In an effort to ensure those without health insurance have access to medical care, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has contributed $75,000 to the Rhode Island Free Clinic. more

Provider Group recently closed its offices in Rhode Island and Massachusetts so employees could pitch in at the Children’s Friend Head Start Program in Providence. more

What does your growth-minded small business have in common with Apple? Not much, perhaps, but here’s one thing: The multigazillion dollar tech company got early funding from a unique type of investment firm called a Small Business Investment Company – and so could you. more

Narragansett Council Boy Scouts sort food for the 25th annual Scouting for Food Drive on Nov. 3. Thousands of Boy Scouts collected nonperishable food items for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. Last year the Boy Scouts collected close to 300,000 pounds of food, with 185,000 pounds being brought directly to the food bank. Since its inception in 1988, the food drive has collected more than 7.8 million pounds of food. more

In 2010, Big Sisters of Rhode Island, a nonprofit that matches adult volunteer mentors with at-risk youth, made a game-changing decision: For the first time, the organization would expand its work to mentor girls and boys. The organization adopted its current name, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ocean State, to embrace its new mission and broader service population. more

What makes Amgen Inc. a leader in community involvement and volunteerism is its core values in creating a holistic work/life balance, according to Bill Flaherty, a database administrator who has worked at the biomanufacturing facility in West Greenwich for 10 years. more

When the Great Recession hit in 2008 and mortgage foreclosures soared, Webster Bank took a different route than many other lending institutions. more

For some people, the drive to learn new things and acquire new skills stops. Maybe they’re tired of pushing themselves, maybe they don’t have time – whatever the case, it’s not a priority. more

Seventy-seven nonprofits received a welcomed holiday-season boost Dec. 19, sharing $1.2 million generated from the 2012 CVS Caremark Charity Classic. PGA tour professionals and tournament co-hosts Brad Faxon, second row, fourth from left, and Billy Andrade, first row, second from right, joined CVS Caremark President and CEO Larry Merlo, first from right, at the presentation at CVS Caremark headquarters. more

The New England Institute of Technology has been awarded a $109,000 grant from the Champlin Foundations to help purchase laboratory equipment for the school’s associate degree in veterinary technology program. more