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Challenge grants give Women & Infants campaign a boost

PROVIDENCE – Two challenge grants for a combined $2.5 million have helped Women & Infants Hospital raise $5.6 million as of last month for...
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R.I. is nation’s first ‘Well State’

Wellness Councils of America Chairman Stephen LaCagnin spoke at a rally held on the State House steps last week that marked Rhode Island’s being...
FROM LEFT, Eileen Howard Dunn, vice president of the CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust, and Betsy Akin, Rhode Island director of the March of Dimes,  with the National March of Dimes 2007 Ambassador Family, Zeke Taylor, 9, and his parents, Betty and Corey Taylor. /

March of Dimes receives $105,000 CVS grant

The CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust, the private foundation managed by CVS Corp., has donated $105,000 to the March of Dimes Rhode Island Chapter to support...

RiverzEdge Arts Project picked as a ‘Champion’

WOONSOCKET – Citizens Bank of Rhode Island and WJAR/NBC 10 last week named the RiverzEdge Arts Project as their second-quarter “Champion in Action” in...
WITH THE TRUCK are Priscilla Young, left, executive director of Big Sisters of Rhode Island; Lynne Kelly, center, Collette's community relations manager; and Jennifer Wilson, a former Big Sisters chairwoman and Collette's vice president of human resources. /

Big Sisters of R.I. honors Collette <br> with logo on donation-center...

ig Sisters of Rhode Island recognized Pawtucket-based Collette Vacations as its 2007 lead corporate partner recently by putting Collette’s logo on a Big Sisters...
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A proud standard-bearer for R.I. hospitality

The Rhode Island Hospitality and Tourism Association was formed in 1982 by the merger of the Rhode Island Restaurant Association and the Rhode Island...

Newport Chamber inks PR deal with Fleming & Co.

MIDDLETOWN – The Newport County Chamber of Commerce this week named Fleming & Co. to handle its marketing and public relations campaigns. The Chamber had...
FOR HER WORK to save the Rose Island Lighthouse, Charlotte Eschenheimer Johnson will be honored with the 2007 Frederick C. Williamson Professional Leadership Award. /

R.I. historical preservation conference, <br>awards set for April 14 in Pawtucket

The Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission presents The 22nd Annual Statewide Historic Preservation Conference tomorrow, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.,...
THIS SOFT Mr. Potato Head doll was designed by Hasbro exclusively for the children aided by Operation Smile; the toy's hat bears the logo of the Virginia-based nonprofit. /

Hasbro teams up with Operation Smile

PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. has teamed up with Operation Smile in an international partnership, the toymaker and the Norfolk, Va.-based nonprofit announced late yesterday....
200 EMPLOYEES of Ocean State companies and organizations that have been named Well Workplaces marched from the downtown to the State House for the ceremony. /

R.I. designated nation’s first ‘Well State’

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island yesterday was designated the nation’s first “Well State” by the Wellness Councils of America. The Worksite Wellness Council of Rhode...
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