Stonington The Ocean Community Chamber Foundation has announced that it has donated more than $35,000 in profits from sales of its Pop Up Book of Stonington to a wide variety of local organizations, with more donations to come.
The success of the book follows that of the chamber s Westerly pop up book, which raised $80,000, all of which was donated to charitable projects and nonprofit organizations.
The chamber printed 4,000 copies of the Stonington book, which was released before Christmas. About 1,000 copies remain. We re absolutely thrilled with the response, and I ve gotten a lot of nice notes from people about the book and families who gave it as a gift, said chamber President Lisa Konicki. It s been really nice, really gratifying.
2021 Common Good Awards
We honor Rhode Island businesses of all sizes that inspire philanthropy in their employees around the state.
January 7, 2021
We’re excited to once again partner with the Rhode Island Foundation in presenting the fourth annual Common Good Awards. This program recognizes Rhode Island businesses of all sizes that inspire philanthropy in their employees around the state, not by writing a check to a worthy cause, but by encouraging staff to go into the community and help. These companies also take it a step further, offering employees incentives including paid time off and making donations to charity.
During this year of COVID-19, however, we pivoted and asked businesses to tell us how they innovated during the pandemic and how they helped the community during the crisis. The judges were impressed by the many different projects that were submitted for consideration: “They went above and beyond” was a common reaction. So, congratulations to the companies r
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