Three local non-profits received an early Thanksgiving donation last Wednesday night from the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce (CRICC).

CRICC donated nearly $6,000 between the RI Center for Law & Public Policy, Goodwill Industries of RI and A Wish Come True at their latest Business After Hours event at Coastway Community Bank, each receiving a little more than $1,900.

Geoff Schoos, president, accepted the donation for the RI Center for Law & Public Policy, which through a partnership with Roger Williams School of Law, Brown Medical School and Hasbro Children’s Hospital provides children and their families with assistance with housing, child custody/support, utilities, public benefits, IEPS and more. The partnership has assisted 715 families to date.

Jan Young, marketing director, accepted Goodwill Industries of Rhode Island’s check. The non-profit has been helping improve the quality of life for those transitioning into the workforce with training an employment opportunities.

A Wish Come True grants “wishes” to children from 3 to 18 with life-threatening conditions that live in either Rhode Island or Southern Massachusetts.

The donations come from this summer’s 3rd Annual Rocky Point 5K. Tom McGovern, executive director, accepted the donation on behalf of the charity.

Lauren Slocum, president of CRICC, said the chamber began the 5K three years ago in an effort to have more reach into the community.

“There is a strong relationship between the community and businesses they support each other depend on each other,” Slocum said. “If it’s good for business its good for the community.”

CRICC chairman Jason Bianco, from Gilligan & Bianco LLC, agreed nothing that a big focus for the chamber is to bring people together and provide opportunities for people to make connections.”

This year’s race saw more than 500 runners and walkers back in June and was the first in which CRICC partnered with CVS Health Charity Classic.

In December, CVS Health Charity Classics will be distributing a secondary check to the three organizations, totaling more than $14,000.

CRICC’s non-profit members must apply to become a recipient for the Rocky Point 5K, and a committee reviews all the applications, ranking them 1-5 based on the work they do in the community. Whichever score it receives is how many entries a group receives, and then three organizations are picked to receive donations from the race.

Greg Costello, vice president of Peter Jacobsen and representative for the CVS Health Charity Classic, announced that next year’s race will be June 25, 2016 and registration will open December 15 of this year.