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Hasbro issues CSR report update for 2011
Local toy and game maker Hasbro Inc. has made progress on a variety of corporate social responsibility initiatives, including a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and reduced water use, according to the company’s 2011 CSR report update. more
| 12/4/12
Kids Count: R.I. youth employment rate at 50%
Rhode Island’s youth employment rate, at around 50 percent for those aged 16 to 24, is following in what is being called a dangerous trend of declining against a still struggling economy, according to a new Kids Count report from the Annie B. Casey Foundation. more
Providence scores well on LGBT equality report
Providence earned a score of 76 out of 100, better than the national average, on the Human Rights Campaign’s new report grading cities across the United States on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. more
| 11/28/12
Walmart donates to 8 R.I. nonprofits
The Walmart Rhode Island State Giving Council has granted a total of $328,607 to eight nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island for the council’s second round of funding this year, Walmart announced Tuesday. more
DCYF lands $4M federal expansion grant
The R.I. Department of Children, Youth & Families is slated to receive a $4 million expansion grant over the next four years from the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for its system of care implementation. more
| 11/21/12
Change Accelerator Incubator celebrates graduation
The 13 social ventures participating in the 2012 Change Accelerator Incubator, a Social Enterprise Rhode Island program, celebrated their graduation on Thursday evening at Betaspring’s Chestnut St. headquarters. more
| 11/16/12
AS220 Youth wins national arts award
AS220 Youth – the arts collaborative’s free arts education program for at-risk teens – has won a 2012 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, AS220 announced Friday. more
| 11/16/12 | 1 comment
Kids Count presents Warwick education data
At an event Wednesday at the Warwick Public Library, Rhode Island Kids Count Policy Analyst Stephanie Geller presented Warwick-centric data from the 2012 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook, showing the improvements and declines in the well-being of the city’s children and youth. more
Matty Fund founders named WebMD ‘Health Heroes’
Richard and Debra Siravo have been named 2012 WebMD Health Heroes for the establishment of the Matthew Siravo Memorial Foundation – The Matty Fund – a nonprofit that provides services to children and families affected by epilepsy. more
| 11/13/12
Hasbro named one of most ‘community-minded’ companies
Hasbro Inc. was recognized in The Civic 50 survey as one of the country’s most community-minded companies along with companies such as IBM, Citigroup and AT&T. more
| 11/9/12
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