Neighborhood Health staff donate hundreds of holiday gifts for children
NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH Plan of Rhode Island employees pose with gift bags collected for children served by Tides Family Services or the McAuley House. Standing in back are Stacy Paterno, left, social responsibility and corporate communications manager, and event specialist Cynthia Osmanski. Sitting are member advocate Rita Towers, left, and Rob Magnan, facilities and mail room coordinator. / COURTESY NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH PLAN OF RHODE ISLAND SMITHFIELD – Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island’s reimagined holiday giving program has yielded gift bags for 250 children in the Greater Providence area. The health plan partnered this year with Tides Family Services and the McAuley House after its usual Gingerbread Express program with the National Education Association of Rhode Island was canceled. Despite…
HarborOne Foundation Rhode Island Awards New Round of Non-Profit Grants
(Warwick, RI) - December 10, 2020 - ONE Neighborhood Builders was among 11 recipients of HarborOne Foundation Rhode Island grants focused on helping Rhode Island individuals and families - especially those impacted by the COVID crisis. This new round of giving brings the 2020 total of grants awarded by the Foundation in Rhode Island to $275,000.
The ONE Neighborhood Builders grant will be utilized to support efforts to deliver and maintain internet access to hundreds of residents in the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence where close to 40% have limited connectivity. With residents needing to work at home, and children schooling from home, lack of internet access was and economic and educational detriment that Neighborhood Builders has stepped in to fix.