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STORY OF THE WEEK: Back in the day, the approach of the end of February would signal the time for the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies – the bygone annual satiric sendup of the year in Rhode …
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2/21/24
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Thanks to the generosity of Bank Rhode Island (BankRI) customers, staff and the community, the holiday season has been made brighter for underprivileged children across the Ocean State. The …
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1/4/24
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Bishop Hendricken High School has announced record-setting data for its 2023 #GivingTuesday campaign. This year’s efforts raised $213,298 from 645 unique donors. Both numbers — dollars …
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12/7/23
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There was a lot of giving going on Tuesday at the Warwick Boys and Girls Clubs.
Like nonprofits everywhere, the club participated in Giving Tuesday, seeking support of its mission to …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/30/23
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Two recent high school graduates were the recipients of $5,000 Robert O. Pare College Scholarships awarded by the Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation. Pare served in a variety of roles including …
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7/13/23
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Mike and Angelica (DiMascio) “Gel” Penta are known to many. They own Gel’s Kitchen on West Shore Road in Warwick and a sister restaurant on Main Street in West …
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4/27/23
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Rhode Islanders in every corner of the state embraced this year’s Bank Rhode Island (BankRI) Holiday Giving Tree program, leading to an incredible 5,556 gifts donated to brighten the season for …
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1/4/23
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The skill of giving The Warwick Area Career & Technical Center's SkillsUSA Leadership Team recently held their annual "Giving Tree." Students decorated the tree with new hats, mittens, scarves, and gloves that were distributed to the students at
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By JOHN HOWELL
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12/22/21
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Gregg's Restaurants & Taverns, with locations in Warwick, Providence, East Providence, and North Kingstown, is hosting its 26th annual "Giving Tree" initiative to benefit the children, adults, and seniors at area nonprofit community organizations this
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12/16/21
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House of Hope CDC will launch their Giving Tuesday Campaign, Give 4 Hope on Tuesday, Nov. 30 with the goal of raising $24,000. As the staff at House of Hope points out, "Giving Tuesday is not only about raising funds for those we serve, but about raising
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11/18/21
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Bank Rhode Island (BankRI) is getting into the spirit of the season a little early this year with the hope of putting smiles on the faces of as many children as possible this December. The bank has kicked off its long-running Holiday Giving Tree program
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11/11/21
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By ARDEN BASTIA Today more than 400-non profit organizations in Rhode Island will take part in United Way's 401Gives Campaign. The 24-hour online giving campaign runs from Thursday morning at 6 a.m. to Friday, April 2 at 6 a.m. Donations can be made at
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By ARDEN BASTIA
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4/1/21
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In a year unlike any other, community generosity helped Bank Rhode Island's (BankRI) 23rd Annual Holiday Giving Tree program provide more than 2,659 gifts to children throughout the state. Each of the Bank's 20 branches displayed a giving tree decorated
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1/14/21
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Pitching right in As an activity and more important a means of helping, residents of Ethan Place, the assisted living facility on Ethan Street built by the Order of the Eastern Star in 1967 assembled 25 food baskets that will be distributed by the
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12/17/20
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Recognizing the need in its community and the many families struggling due to the ongoing pandemic, Bank Rhode Island (BankRI) will begin its annual "e;Holiday Giving Tree"e; program early in hopes of brightening the season for as many local children as
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By JOHN HOWELL
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10/29/20
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By JOHN HOWELL -- The plan was to get 25 people to each give $100. That would raise $2,500, which Shuster and his wife Stephanie planned to personally match. The combined amount – $5,000 – would then serve as the match for the Rhode Island Foundation grant for a total of $10,000.
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By John Howell
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12/19/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- You'll never know where you'll find Santa's workshop. Bobbie Bacon knows that all too well.
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By John Howell
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12/19/17
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