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PPL Foundation awards $232K to 17 local nonprofits

Nonprofit 06/18/2024

PROVIDENCE – The PPL Foundation, the fundraising arm of Rhode Island Energy’s parent company PPL Corp., recently awarded $232,400 to 17 local nonprofits, including...

Washington Trust donates $122K to 7 R.I. housing organizations

Financial Services 03/07/2024

WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Charitable Foundation has awarded a total of $122,000 to seven Rhode Island organizations in support of various programs providing...

HONORABLE GUEST: Jim Wallace, BayCoast Bank’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, will be presented with the Roger Valcourt Outstanding Citizen Award on Oct. 17 at a One SouthCoast Chamber of Commerce dinner at White’s of Westport in Westport.  COURTESY ONE SOUTHCOAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Editor’s Choice: Wallace to receive Valcourt award at One SouthCoast Chamber...

Subscriber Only 09/29/2023

EDITOR’S CHOICE Wallace to receive Valcourt award at Chamber dinner ONE SOUTHCOAST CHAMBER of Commerce will hold its annual Roger Valcourt Outstanding Citizen Dinner,...

R.I. Mortgage Bankers Association builds with Habitat for Humanity

Financial Services 06/19/2023

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Mortgage Bankers Association partnered with South County Habitat for Humanity in May for a home building project in Hopkinton. A team...

Blue Cross awards $740K to organizations addressing housing issues

Health Services 01/22/2023

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has awarded $740,000 through its BlueAngel Community Health Grants to organizations addressing housing-related health...

Westerly church donates $20K to affordable housing project

Nonprofit 07/28/2021

WESTERLY – Wakefield Baptist Church, at 236 Main St. in the Wakefield village of South Kingstown, has committed to making a $20,000 matching gift...

Blue Cross announces 13 nonprofits chosen for annual day of service

Health Services 07/18/2021

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has chosen 13 nonprofits as recipients of its Blue across Rhode Island day of...

DOUBLE DUTY: Virginia Burdick, a certified nursing assistant and mother of two, stands in front of her two-bedroom apartment in South Kingstown. Burdick, who works two jobs to be able to afford the rent for the apartment, was recently approved by the South County Habitat for Humanity for one of its homes in Exeter, which she hopes to move into by the end of the year. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

MISSING MIDDLE: R.I. focuses on finding housing for people who fall...

Cover Story 06/11/2021

Certified nursing assistant Virginia Burdick works two jobs so she can afford the rent for her cramped, two-bedroom apartment in South Kingstown. Her daughter,...