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10/8/12
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100+ Women Who Care in Rhode Island, a group of women dedicated to supporting local charitable organizations, recently donated $10,000 to The Providence Center’s Home Base program to support homeless people with behavioral health problems to find and stay in housing and improve their lives.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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The seventh annual Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival, benefitting the The Preservation Society of Newport County, will take place Sept. 21-23.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Bristol County Savings Bank and its charitable foundation has awarded grants to 10 Pawtucket area organizations totaling $33,360.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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The Artic Mission, a Christian Mission nonprofit organization, will host an electronic waste and paper shredding event to raise funds for its heating assistance program on Sept. 8 at Cardi’s Furniture stores on Quaker Lane in West Warwick and Newport Avenue in South Attleboro from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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The Rhode Island Foundation ended the year with a record $678 million in asset, an increase on its 2011 year-end asset total of $604 million, thanks in part to a 13.1 percent return on its investments, according to its recently released annual report.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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A studio apartment on Providence’s Hope Street is now home to a creative space designed for those served by Fellowship Health Resources Studio 35 program.
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By PBN Staff
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The Lincoln location of Lapels Dry Cleaning, an environmentally friendly dry cleaning company headquartered in Hanover, Mass., collected the largest amount of clothing – 600 pounds – of all participating locations during the company’s recent clothing drive to benefit Big Brother and Big Sister of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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National Grid has pledged $700 to the Joe Andruzzi Foundation’s Patient Touchdown Program every time Tom Brady throws a regular season touchdown pass and match public donations, dollar for dollar up to $75,000 for the foundation’s “Touchdowns by Tom” campaign.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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The Sisters of Mercy Northeast Community Leadership Team recently stopped by the Re-Focus Community Centers in Providence to present the organization with a $12,000 grant from the Mercy Ministry Fund.
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By Rebecca Keister |