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Project Renew, BridgePointe Christian Church work day, Special Olympics Torch Run Plunge and more.
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By PBN Staff
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As the result of some friendly competition, the Southcoast Blood Bank received more than 200 pints of blood, and the Fall River Fire Department received $2,500 to put toward new defibrillators.
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3/25/13
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The Providence Children’s Museum’s annual gala will honor four community leaders for their efforts in creating community well being through fun and learning on April 25 at the Providence Public Library.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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BankNewport recently presented a $1,200 donation to the Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island organization, which will put the money toward the ongoing construction of Rhode Island’s official sailing education vessel, the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry.
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By Lindsay Lorenz |
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Private tours of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum and Brown University’s Ladd Observatory, a private meeting with Providence Mayor Angel Taveras and a baking lesson from Seven Stars Bakery owner Jim Williams are just a few of the items included in the Providence Community Library’s second annual fundraiser and “living books” raffle taking place March 22.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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The eighth annual Marine Industry & Career Day, sponsored by the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association and International Yacht Restoration School, a marine trades and technology school, will be held Saturday, March 23.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Local John Hancock Network firm Independence Financial Partners recently contributed more than $15,000 to Best Buddies Rhode Island, after participating in the Hyannis Port Best Buddies Challenge.
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7/9/12
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ACE Mentoring of Rhode Island, a nonprofit that seeks to engage high school students to pursue careers in the construction industry through scholarship and grants, has announced that its northern Rhode Island team has been selected as one of three national finalists in the CIRT-ACE Design Competition for 2013.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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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.
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12/24/12
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QUINCY, Mass. – The Arbella Insurance Foundation last week announced that the fifth annual Let’s Drive Out Hunger raised $149,617 – more than double the previous year’s total of $62,775.
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4/8/13
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