Rhode Island Community Food Bank receives $100K grant from Point32Health
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Community Food Bank received a $100,000 grant from the Point32Health Foundation to increase its capacity in response to a growing...
Five Questions With: Suzan Menihan
Johnson & Wales University announced the launch of a new Bachelor of Science in nursing degree earlier this year, an accelerated, four-semester program that...
R.I. to get $87M from federal spending bill for dozens of projects
PROVIDENCE – More than $87.2 million from the federal 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill that was approved by Congress this week will be directed to...
Trinity Rep pauses ‘A Christmas Carol’ due to COVID-19 outbreak
PROVIDENCE – Trinity Repertory Company has paused its performances of "A Christmas Carol" through at least next Tuesday due to a COVID-19 outbreak affecting...
Are you satisfied with the pace of improvements in the state-run Providence Public School...
A state report released on Dec. 16 found that 31 of the Providence Public School District’s 40 schools have a two-star rating or lower,...
Jonnycake Center’s Brewster receives R.I. Foundation’s 2022 Murray Prize
PROVIDENCE – Kate Brewster, executive director for South Kingstown-based nonprofit Jonnycake Center for Hope, has been named by the Rhode Island Foundation as its...
HELPERS HURTING: Nonprofits overwhelmed by needs and no end in sight
In nearly 15 years of working at poverty relief nonprofit Amos House, Jessica Salter has seen the toll that food and housing insecurity has...
The rush is on at Amos House earlier each month
At Amos House’s soup kitchen, need is typically lower at the beginning of the month, then ramps up as people’s public-assistance benefits run out....
Offering warm welcome gets tougher for Dorcas
As Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island Inc. heads into the winter, the nonprofit doesn’t look at the upcoming stretch of time as the...
Hope in the form of food pantries at local schools
When nonprofit leaders describe current conditions in their communities, the term “perfect storm” comes up.
One of the places where the storm is most visible...
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