Farmers Markets Host Food Bank’s Paper Plate Campaign
Side by side with food banks across the country, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank urges the public to speak out against hunger during September, Hunger Action Month. You’ll find the Food Bank at...
View ArticleTeaching Kids about the Presidents: Activities, Books, and Fandex
Current events and kids old enough to ask about history and interested in the world around them, leads to interesting dinner conversations in our house about ALL the presidents not just the ones...
View ArticleTake your kids to vote today!
We strongly believe in being informed about our community (locally and beyond) and exercising our right to vote. We want to raise our kids to be conscientious citizens and care about the world around...
View ArticleFamily Matters: Hurricane Sandy: 12 + ways you can help
We feel fortunate that we survived Hurricane Sandy unscathed. Many of our friends in Rhode Island and beyond were not so fortunate. We have gathered a list of ways to help those in need after this...
View ArticleLet’s make #GivingTuesday an annual tradition.
This is where my heart is. I recently learned about #GivingTuesday™ and love their mission: To create a national day of giving at the start of the annual holiday season. It celebrates and encourages...
View Article2012 Thanksgiving and Christmas Meals provided Food Bank Agencies
For those in need of a meal this Thanksgiving or Christmas holiday, here's a list of locations with meal times. If you already have food on your table but have time to spare, volunteers are needed....
View ArticleTalk about Giving
I have not actually played the Talk About Giving game. I was immediately drawn in by its message and simplicity after seeing an image of the cards shared around the internet. Finding ways to give back...
View ArticleOn a positive note.
Fill a jar with hope and goodness all year long. I have seen this idea floating around cyberspace for awhile. I love the simplicity of this activity and the positive vibes it sends out.
View ArticleThe Great Checkout: Help support the 9 Providence Community Library branches!
The Great Checkout is a cool night out for parents—mix and mingle at the Rochambeau Library and bid on "living people" to support programming at all nine Providence Community Library (PCL) branches.
View ArticleProvidence Earth Day Spring Cleaning 2013
Join the "Superheroes of Trash" on April 22 to clean up Providence!
View ArticleJoin the 6th Annual Urban Pond Procession Parade on Saturday, June 1!
We love a parade, making music, getting creative, and helping the community! Join the 6th Annual Urban Pond Procession Parade on Saturday, June 1 (rain date June 2) from 10 am – 1 pm. The annual Urban...
View ArticleJoin us for IMAGINATION WEEK at the newly opened IMAGINATION CENTER in...
The opening of the Imagination Center kicks off our Imagination Week – a week to let your imagination soar through creative writing, drawing, and play! Here is the Imagination Week schedule. Download...
View ArticleUrban Pond Procession (UPP) 2013 Summer Series Send-Off
Celebrate the end of summer and the arrival of fall with an outdoor movie screening and launching of candlelit ice boats onto Mashapaug Pond.
View ArticleToys R Us should rethink priorities. Big companies can also care about the...
I’m not anti-toys or anti-shopping but I am against glorifying the need to buy stuff from a big box store by squashing or diminishing the importance of something valuable—in this instance,...
View ArticleAcorn Squash – not just for decorating
More than mere table decoration, acorn squash is a fabulous cooking squash and it is now exactly in season.
View ArticleLocal Film Screening: “Room to Breathe”
Bainbridge School invites the community to join a screening and discussion of the film “Room to Breathe”. A panel of experts on the integration of education and mindfulness will reflect on the film and...
View ArticleFamily Hiking: Audubon’s McIntosh Wildlife Refuge and Environmental Education...
Go it alone, or join RI Families in Nature on Monday, January 20th, as we explore this area together. Tucked behind the renowned Audubon Environmental Education Center (EEC), a state-of-the-art natural...
View ArticleGot a question? Need information? AskRI.org!
Need to fix your car? Is your aunt visiting from Florence and you need to brush up on your Italian? Can’t remember how to do long division? Trying to find your great-grandfather’s birth certificate?...
View ArticleMarch means Muddy boots and Maple sugaring!
It’s spring at last! Bring the family and enjoy sweet maple sugaring or get outside and take a guided hike on a wildlife refuge. The warmer weather is on its way, so pull on some boots, head outside,...
View ArticleBrown University turns 250 and we’re all invited to the party!
Brown's 250th Anniversary Opening Celebration weekend includes many family-friendly events, and Brown welcomes the community to participate! Most events are FREE of charge...
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