Tag: United Way of Rhode Island
Webster Bank launches financial program for ‘frontline heroes’
PROVIDENCE – Webster Bank is offering perks to essential health care workers and first responders through its newly launched “Frontline Heroes” program, according to...
Five Questions With: David Salvatore
David Salvatore is the legislative lobbyist for the Rhode Island Association of Realtors. He spoke to the Providence Business News last week about the...
23 nonprofits receive $700K from COVID-19 Response Fund
PROVIDENCE – An additional $700,000 in grants were issued to 23 nonprofit organizations across Rhode Island from the United Way of Rhode Island and...
Landlords needed: July 1 goal set for the Housing Now! challenge
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Association of Realtors, in partnership with the United Way of Rhode Island, is challenging landlords to pledge to rent...
UWRI makes $600K in operational support funds available to nonprofits impacted...
PROVIDENCE – United Way of Rhode Island is offering $600,0000 in operational funding to aid the recovery of some of the state’s nonprofit organizations...
STARVING FOR HELP: Needy flock to R.I.’s overwhelmed food pantries
IT'S COMMON for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center Executive Director Heather Hole Strout to see adults and the elderly seeking food at...
BankNewport helping to feed hungry in R.I. during COVID-19 pandemic
LOCAL PARTNER: BankNewport CEO and President Sandra Pattie, left, and Wendy Kagan, executive vice president and director of employee and community engagement, display the...
Industrious Spirit, Frog & Toad gift shop team up to produce...
PROVIDENCE – The Industrious Spirit Co. LLC, a manufacturer of gin, bourbon and vodka, has been producing hand sanitizer in its distillery to help...
Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation donates $124K to 15 R.I. organizations
WEST WARWICK – The Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation recently donated $124,500 in emergency grant funds to 15 Rhode Island organizations to assist with COVID-19...
Unkindest cuts: Many casualties expected as R.I. begins ‘brutal’ budget process
The future looked encouraging for Karen Santilli just a few months ago.
In mid-January, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo released a $10.2 billion fiscal 2021 budget...