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Teeing off for charities
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
12/24/12
NEIT wins Champlin Foundations grant
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
| 12/21/12
Philanthropy calendar
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100 gather for RIJC Diamond Jubilee
Despite being held in the midst of a nor’easter, a crowd of 100 gathered Nov. 7 for Rhode Island Community and Justice’s celebration of 60 years of progressive social change. more
Steel Yard artists install fence at skating center
quintet of Steel Yard artists are installing a 385-foot sculptural interactive fence around the Bank of America Skating Center in Kennedy Plaza downtown as the final installment of the National Endowment for the Arts $200,000 Our Town grant that was awarded to the City of Providence, Department of Art, Culture and Tourism, FirstWorks, the Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy and 15 arts and community partners earlier this year. more
R.I. Family Shelter gets Walmart grant
The Rhode Island Family Shelter in Warwick received a $12,500 grant from the Walmart as part of the corporation’s “12 Days of Giving” holiday campaign. more
PSH marks anniversary by giving
Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP, a Providence law firm, is celebrating its 25th anniversary by giving back to the community the firm says has supported its business through the years. more
WashTrust gives for recovery
The Washington Trust Charitable Foundation has donated $15,000 to the Greater Westerly Chamber of Commerce Foundation for “Bring Back the Beach,” the Misquamicut Beach Recovery Fund. more
| 12/18/12
Meeting mentorship challenges through innovation
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
By Sarah Parsons
Contributing Writer | 12/17/12
Supporting charity, improving workers’ communities
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
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 12/17/12
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