WEST WARWICK – For the second time in two months, the Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation has awarded grants to local organizations totaling more than $100,000.
The bank announced June 27 it has awarded $128,500 in grants to 14 Rhode Island organizations. The amounts of individual grants were not given. It follows the bank’s announcement last month that it awarded $181,500 in grants to eight Rhode Island organizations.
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“As a community bank, we remain committed to helping strengthen the lives of Rhode Islanders. We embrace this responsibility by supporting organizations that are making a positive impact through innovation and collaboration programs,” said Harold M. Horvat, the bank’s president and CEO. “These recipients of our Charitable Foundation grants are making a difference where it is needed most.”
In the latest round of grants, the recipients were:
- Autism Project: It provides support, training and programming that is accessible to all children and adults with an autism spectrum disorder, their families and those who work with them. The funds will be used for a two-week summer camp program.
- Back to School Celebration of Rhode Island: It was created to involve parents in the education of their children, helping to create an atmosphere of trust and open communication between schools, students and families. The grant will be used for the purchase of backpacks and school supplies for low-income students in 16 communities.
- Books are Wings: Its mission is to put free books in the hands of children. The funds will be used to expand its Children’s Book Spot into West Warwick with the Little Free Library book-sharing program.
- College Visions: It provides resources to low-income and first-generation college-bound students to promote college enrollment and graduation. The funds will be used to support its college access program.
- Jonnycake Center of Westerly: It provides a continuum of services to assist people through crisis situations and work to find a path out of dependency. The funds will be used for its food pantry and emergency financial aid for families.
- Manton Avenue Project: It unites young people living in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood, among the city’s low-income areas, with professional artists to create original theater. The funds will be used for a summer dialogue playwriting camp for low-income students from kindergarten through high school.
- North Kingstown Food Pantry: It provides emergency food assistance and services to individuals and families in North Kingstown. The funds will be used for the purchase of food for its school vacation nutrition program.
- Nowell Leadership Academy of Providence: It is a public charter school that serves pregnant and parenting young adults. The funds will be used to renovate and equip its postsecondary counseling center.
- Ronald McDonald House: It is the only organization in Rhode Island that provides a supportive home for families in medical crisis. The funds will be used for its Adopt-a-Room program.
- Sharing Locker of East Greenwich: It provides assistance to low-income residents of Washington and Kent counties, as well as Cranston, who are experiencing a need for assistance with nonfood products. The funds will be used to buy backpacks and school supplies.
- Sophia Academy: It is an independent school for girls from low-income homes in grades 5-8 in Providence. The funds will be used to pay for student enrollment.
- Student Diplomacy Corps: It provides opportunities and scholarships for high school students from across the nation and around the world to access international education summer programs that build college readiness. The funds will be used for its thematic study-abroad program for low-income high school students from Rhode Island.
- YouthBuild Preparatory Academy: It operates as a school and provides integrated academics, industry-standard construction skills, leadership development and support for participants. The funds will be used for a comprehensive strategic plan process.
In addition to the organizations above, Centreville Bank also funded the town of West Warwick’s assistance program by providing a grant for its Emergency Food Fund.
Scott Blake is a PBN staff writer. Email him at Blake@PBN.com.
