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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island

Health Services 06/14/2019

Best Places to Work 2019 | SMALL COMPANIES (15-49 employees): 9. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island How would you describe the culture of your...

DELIVERING SMILES: Kerri Baker, left, child-life specialist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, receives gift bags for sick children, from Amy Antone of the Cuddles of Hope Foundation.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

These gifts go to kids who need them most

Business Women 06/07/2019

When you run a successful nonprofit that provides gift bags for children who are in a hospital or in a shelter, you end up...

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, PHIL MASON of ServiceMaster by Mason; Elizabeth Eckel, chief marketing officer for The Washington Trust Co.; and Beth Markowski-Roop of ServiceMaster by Mason pose with donated peanut butter at Washington Trust's Westerly Branch as ServiceMaster by Mason delivers boxes of peanut butter to Washington Trust's 19th annual Peanut Butter Drive. / COURTESY THE WASHINGTON TRUST CO.

Washington Trust collects 3.4 tons of peanut butter during annual drive

Financial Services 05/24/2019

WESTERLY — About 6,800 pounds, or 3.4 tons, of peanut butter were collected for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and 12 area food...

MANY HATS: Margaret Brooks, president of the Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition, also directs the Rhode Island Council for Economic Education, advocating for more financial education for K-12 students. She is the director of the Center for Economic Education at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Mass., and leads the school’s Office of Financial Literacy Initiatives.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Boosting financial literacy Brooks’ passion

Business Women 05/24/2019

Business Women Awards 2019 | HONOREE Margaret Brooks, Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition Margaret Brooks is passionate about empowering the state’s vulnerable populations via financial literacy, a...

STRONG LEADER: Melissa D. Travis is the new president of the Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants and the first woman to hold the position since the organization’s formation in 1905.   / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Travis blazing a trail by joining forces

Business Services 05/24/2019

Business Women Awards 2019 | HONOREE Melissa D. Travis, Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants Melissa D. Travis is breathing new life into the 2,100-member...

Salganik to lead RIPIN

Government 05/17/2019

SAMUAL SALGANIK was recently named executive director for the Rhode Island Parent Information Network, a Cranston-based nonprofit that helps individuals and families who need...

Caring for parrots at home and abroad

Nonprofit 05/10/2019

THE CHICKADEE FARMS building in Hopkinton, a former factory chicken farm, is now home to birds of another feather. Foster Parrots, founded by Marc Johnson,...

CCAP opens dental facility in Coventry

Health Services 05/05/2019

COVENTRY – Rhode Island’s Comprehensive Community Action Program has announced the opening of a new family dental center in the town. The center, a newly...

Travis blazing a trail by joining forces

Business Services 05/03/2019

Melissa D. Travis is breathing new life into the 2,100-member Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants. The Cumberland native is president of one of...