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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.,...
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....
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...