Ross-Simons President Jim Speltz Discusses Why Company is Donating $50,000 to Fight Hunger in RI
Ross-Simons President Jim Speltz joined GoLocal LIVE to discuss why his company is donating $50,000 to fight hunger in Rhode Island
Raimondo highlights technology in fight against COVID-19
Governor Gina Raimondo highlighted new means to support effective quarantines, and also ways to keep loved ones in-touch while they are in isolation
RIPTA announces assistance to Meals on Wheels
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) announced drivers are stepping in to fill gaps on delivery routes for Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island
Five Questions With: Meghan Grady
Meghan Grady is the executive director for Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island. Grady spoke with Providence Business News about the increased demand
Local organizations receive share of donations
Local nonprofits on the front lines of responding to the COVID-19 crisis are among the organizations that will share grants from a special fund created by the Rhode Island Foundation
Nesi’s Notes: April 4
Rhode Island seems to be in a glass half-full, half-empty stage of the coronavirus pandemic right now. Governor Raimondo has taken an aggressive
Demand for ‘Meals on Wheels’ service triples due to coronavirus
With thousands of elderly Rhode Islanders stuck at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, food delivery service Meals on Wheels tells Eyewitness
‘Knock it off’ T-shirts selling like clam cakes
In just three days, a Rhode Island gift shop has sold 2,722 T-shirts bearing Governor Gina M. Raimondo’s message for residents who blow off her social distancing directives
Aquidneck Island volunteers bringing ‘Meals on Wheels’ to at-risk residents
To help people get food during the unusual circumstances of the COVID-19 outbreak, the city of Newport is partnering with the state’s chapter