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Three years ago, the Providence Public Library’s threat to close its neighborhood branches resulted in a bitter public debate over who should manage the system.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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The second annual Birdies for Boobies golf tournament, a fundraising event for the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation, will take place at the North Kingstown Golf Course on Aug. 18.
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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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Hyundai Hope On Wheels, along with Providence-area Hyundai dealers, recently awarded a $75,000 scholar grant to Hasbro Children’s Hospital to support pediatric cancer research.
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By PBN Staff
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McAuley Village, a Providence-based transitional housing program for homeless single parents and children, received a $12,000 donation check from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern New England during the grand reopening of the McDonalds in Trinity Square on July 31.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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If a nonprofit wants an upcoming fundraiser to be considered for a calendar listing, email information to nonprofit@PBN.com at least four weeks in advance of the event.
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By PBN Staff
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The Rhode Island Foundation and President and CEO Neil D. Steinberg will host “Make It Happen RI” on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 7 and 8. The event is designed to identify specific plans, along with the path to implement them, that in the end will help to create economic activity in the state that supplements what the private sector is doing currently.
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By PBN Staff
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The Providence Rotary Charities Foundation recently announced that it has awarded $56,100 in community grants to 22 charitable groups focused on aiding disadvantaged children in and around Providence.
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7/30/12
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During a recent luncheon, the Narragansett Council of Boy Scouts raised an estimated $250,000 and presented two local executives with its Sen. John H. Chafee Distinguished Citizens Award.
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7/30/12
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