Tag: Stepping Up
Stepping Up: Ocean State Job Lot promoting health equity during pandemic
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The pandemic was just another reason for Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation to continue its philanthropic efforts, while promoting health...
Stepping Up: Marc Allen Fine Clothiers donating $100K in clothes to...
PROVIDENCE – Like most businesses across the state, Marc Allen Fine Clothiers could not escape the COVID-19 pandemic.
Owner Marc Streisand operated two store locations,...
Stepping Up: India Restaurant giving free meals to those impacted by...
PROVIDENCE – Amar Singh remembers his humble start in the United States as if it was yesterday.
Coming from India as a student, Singh didn’t...
Stepping Up: Providence residents launch donation-based grocery delivery service
PROVIDENCE – Starting a nonprofit was not on Evan McManamy’s pre-pandemic to-do list.
Between his work as a licensed massage therapist with his own practice...
Stepping Up: Warwick teacher helps match college students with rooms for...
WARWICK – Marie Cavanaugh knows firsthand the struggles of teaching through a computer screen.
The kind of electronics classes the engineer-turned-educator teaches through STRAC Institute,...
Stepping Up: Newport barber offers free haircuts for families in need
NEWPORT – Victor Curet has experienced hardships, but shaggy hair was never one of them.
The New York native spent much of his childhood in...
Stepping Up: Cromwell Lunch Ladies serve chef-created meals to Providence school...
PROVIDENCE – In a matter of weeks, Providence school children in April went from having their lunches, and often breakfasts, served at school to...
Stepping Up: Small Point Cafe bakes donations for health care workers...
PROVIDENCE – Tracy Whittaker’s first day of her new job was also the last day of normalcy.
Whittaker started as head baker at Small Point...
Stepping Up: Family Service of Rhode Island teams up with local...
PROVIDENCE – Diane Shemtov says she has a hard time sleeping at night knowing that there are Rhode Islanders that still go to bed hungry....
Stepping Up: Local teachers create masks to help with communication
PROVIDENCE – Former East Providence High School teacher Linda Harnois and Johnston-based Thornton Elementary School teacher Linda Greco were talking recently about what it...
