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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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A Rhode Island Statehouse event marking World AIDS Day will take place today from noon to 1:30 p.m.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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The Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau has partnered with Solutions Inspired, a Providence company that specializes in strategic-engagement programs, to launch Creative Contributions, a program that pairs meeting planners with Rhode Island community organizations for service projects.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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The Rhode Island chapter of The March of Dimes has awarded a $20,000 to the Department of Family Medicine at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island to support enhanced prenatal care.
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By Richard Asinof |
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By Rebecca Keister |
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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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In a state with double-digit unemployment, there are many Rhode Islanders struggling to pay bills, including veterans who often resist asking for handouts.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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Rhode Island’s largest nonprofit performing-arts organization,
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The Katie DeCubellis Memorial Foundation and Big Blue Bug Solutions officially lit the affectionately known as the “Big Blue Bug” earlier this week, marking one start of the holiday season and lighting a portion of Interstate 95 for residents who call the unofficial landmark Nibbles Woodaway.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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The Rhode Island Foster Parents Association has rebranded as Foster Forward with a new name, new look and new logo to promote its mission to empower lives through impacted by foster care.
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By Rebecca Keister |