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Employees at Amica Insurance Co.’s corporate headquarters recently collected enough school supplies to literally fill a bus.
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By PBN Staff
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Children’s Friend, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of Rhode Island’s most vulnerable children, is expanding its “Dads Making a Difference” program to help dads be prepared for the job market and become more confident fathers and positive role models.
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By Richard Asinof |
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President and CEO of The College Crusade talks about the nonprofit’s work.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Nothing that has been tried by the federal or state governments has produced any serious upward move by the Ocean State’s economy in the last five years. Not stimulus, not quantitative easing, not extended unemployment benefits.
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8/27/12
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Since Rhode Island made medical marijuana legal in 2006, there has, some say, been one roadblock after another in getting patients served and, more recently, in facilitating the three approved dispensaries, or compassion centers.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Five local women were recently honored as recipients of the Ronald McDonald House of Providence Women’s Leadership Award.
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By PBN Staff
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“You’ve been chowdered,” is the token phrase for The Blount Clam Shack and Soup Bar’s new marketing campaign that not only gets the word out about the Providence restaurant, but also benefits the nonprofit Amos House.
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By PBN Staff
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Youth in Action and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women – Rhode Island have been named the first recipients of grants from the Black Philanthropy Initiative a permanent endowment at the Rhode Island Foundation.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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When Thomas Mann Jr. announced earlier this month that he was relinquishing his post as executive director at The Pawtucket Foundation, it coincided with the nonprofit’s release of a market analysis for the Pawtucket-Central Falls River Corridor real estate marketability.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Parents and staff affiliated with Family Service of Rhode Island will soon be able to learn infant CPR using realistic infant mannequins.
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By PBN Staff
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