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URI’s
Harrington School of Communication and Media established with $5 million
gift
Richard Harrington
graduated from the University of Rhode Island’s College of Business
Administration in 1973. It wasn’t a straight shot, though, as Harrington,
like many students both before and after him, decided to take some
time off in the middle to rethink his direction in life.
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Charity
Spotlight: While summer is here, Paul Cuffee School hopes to achieve
high school status
There’s
a meeting going on, so I inch quietly to the back of the room only
to be surprised by a faint chirping sound. “Those are baby quail,”
my tour guide, David Burnham tells me, “They started with ten eggs
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Grants
help Progreso Latino design solutions for Rhode Island Latinos
While many nonprofits struggle to survive
on their own these days, others are getting creative. One such organization
is the Central Falls-based Progreso Latino, an immigrant assistance
and education organization that is redefining itself in a faltering
economy. “Anything that produces a job is good,” says Chief Operating
Officer George Ortiz.
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Children’s
Museum receives $210,000 from Economic Recovery Act to expand AmeriCorps
program
Providence Children’s
Museum has been awarded a $210,000 grant to expand its AmeriCorps
program, funded by the Economic Recovery Act. The grant will enable
the Children’s Museum to add 12 new AmeriCorps members to its current
16-member team and expand outreach to after-school and summer programs
in the greater Providence area beginning in July. |
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Philanthropists
in the News:
Rhode Island Foundation names John M. Murphy, Sr. as 2009 Inspiring
Partner
Referring to his
philanthropy as “legendary in Rhode Island and nationally,” Foundation
President and CEO Neil Steinberg named John M. Murphy, Sr. the Foundation’s
2009 Inspiring Partner.
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Philanthropists
in the News: United Way of Rhode Island gives Cranston’s Caramadre family prestigious Tocqueville Society Philanthropy Award
Cranston’s Joe Caramadre, President and
CEO of Estate Planning Resources, his wife, Paula, and three children,
Michael, 15, Amelia, 13 and Daniel, 9, received United Way of Rhode
Island’s (UWRI) highest honor, the Tocqueville Society Philanthropy
Award. |
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People
in the News: American Cancer Society to recognize C.O. “Skip” Granai,
M.D. With Louis Leone, M.D. Lifetime Achievement Award at A Night
of HOPE Celebration
The
American Cancer Society will honor C.O. “Skip” Granai, M.D., with
its American Cancer Society’s Louis A. Leone M.D. Lifetime Achievement
Award. The award will be presented at its A Night of HOPE to be held,
Thursday, June 25, at the Roger Williams Casino at 6:30 p.m.
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Business Talk: Philanthropists’ Journal
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