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A CLOSE LOOK: Carolina Carrillo, a Warren Alpert Medical School student, conducts a health examination of a Calcutt Middle School student at the SMART Plus clinic at Calcutt in Central Falls. Medical students also serve as mentors for middle schoolers interested in the field of health care. 
COURTESY WARREN ­ALPERT MEDICAL SCHOOL

At this school clinic, students get checkups, then career mentoring

As Rhode Island continues to face a shortage of health care workers, a first-of-its-kind program using students from Brown University’s medical school is attempting...
LAB WORK: Ivelisse Sabater and her husband formed SabaterLAB Foundation, which empowers Rhode Island’s diverse communities through workforce development, mental health programs and barrier-free education, in 2021. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

SabaterLAB Foundation’s Sabater combines education with community empowerment

Business Women Awards 2025 INDUSTRY LEADER EDUCATION: Ivelisse Sabater, SabaterLAB Foundation executive director IVELISSE SABATER is a natural educator. Even as a child and teenager,...

Papitto Opportunity Connection awards $4.3M in grants to 136 organizations

PROVIDENCE – More than 130 local nonprofits have been awarded $4.3 million in grants from the Papitto Opportunity Connection to address a myriad of...

United Way: Rhode Islanders, nonprofits ‘shined in [the] moment’ during 401Gives...

PROVIDENCE – The sense that this year’s 401Gives Day would be one for the ages occurred mere moments after the giving portal opened at...

401Gives Day arrives as nonprofits face challenges, funding uncertainty

PROVIDENCE – Even five years after the world stopped and life has since returned to normal, COVID-19’s tentacles still have a firm grasp on...

Amos House receives $1M from Papitto Opportunity Connection to grow nonprofit’s...

PROVIDENCE – Amos House is receiving a significant seven-figure financial gift from the Papitto Opportunity Connection to support a first-of-its-kind program to increase health...

Papitto Opportunity Connection opens annual $1M Transform R.I. Scholarship portal

PROVIDENCE – The Papitto Opportunity Connection has opened the application portal for this year’s $1 million Transform Rhode Island Scholarship program. The program, entering its...

Salve Regina University receives $5M gift for new student pavilion

NEWPORT – The founder of the Papitto Opportunity Connection who also is a board trustee at Salve Regina University provided the private university a...
EXPANSION WORK: Nancy Wolanski, left, director of United Way of Rhode Island Inc.’s Alliance for Nonprofit Impact, and Engagement Manager Caitlynn Douglas collaborate at the organization’s Providence office. The alliance has launched Give4GoodRI, a year-round online platform to enable perpetual giving to local nonprofits that builds off of 401Gives Day. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

United Way of R.I.’s Alliance for Nonprofit Impact offers a new...

FOUR YEARS AFTER United Way of Rhode Island Inc. launched a ­special online fundraising day to support local nonprofits, local organizations are now in...

Lifespan Sickle Cell Program receives $1M grant

PROVIDENCE – The Papitto Opportunity Connection recently announced it awarded its first $1 million Innovation Grant to the Lifespan Sickle Cell Program. The funding will...
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