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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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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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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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Providence was named the grand prize winner of the inaugural Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge, a competition designed to inspire American cities to generate innovative ideas that solve major challenges and improve city life.
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By PBN Staff
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Bank Rhode Island recently announced that is has awarded a $2,000 charitable grant to South Providence Neighborhood Ministries.
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3/11/13
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The Schwartz Center and BayCoast Bank recently announced that doctors from around the South Coast will join them in “Pushing Beyond Limits” during the 36th annual New Bedford Half Marathon, to be held March 17.
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3/11/13
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Approximately 10,000 Rhode Island middle schools on Thursday attended a performance of “The Splendor of Mexico – A Celebration of Mexican Music & Dance” at the Providence Performing Arts Center on behalf a partnership between the theater and Bank of America.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Bank Rhode Island and the local nonprofit Books Are Wings, an organization focused on literacy issues, recently announced a joint book drive that will provide children with free books.
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By Lindsay Lorenz |
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United Way of Rhode Island has announced that the 2013 Merger and Shared Services RFP now is available for nonprofit sector applicants wishing to pursue a partnership with at least one other human services organization to consolidate administrative functions or enter into a merger or shared services agreement.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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The University of Rhode Island’s Ryan Center will host the eighth annual Rhode Island Heart Gallery this month in partnership with Global Spectrum, the center’s facilities management company, and Adoption Rhode Island, a Providence nonprofit adoption agency.
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By Rebecca Keister |