RICAN,
Neighbors Helping Neighbors get support
By
Will Collette
Two
fine Charlestown charities were awarded grants from The Realtor Foundation of Rhode Island. Neighbors
Helping Neighbors, founded by St. Andrews Episcopal Church and RI-CAN both
received $2,500 grants.
Neighbors Helping
Neighbors RI plans to use its funding to buy materials
to provide no-cost home repairs for qualifying low-income homeowners.
Rhode
Island Center Assisting Those in Need (RICAN) plans to use its $2500 grant for rental,
utility and possibly mortgage assistance for low-income residents.
When you are thinking about alternative Christmas gifts or
end-of-year tax-deductible donations, these are two good candidates for your
money.
The Realtors also made four additional grants:
Books are Wings – A disbursement of
$2500 will put free books into the hands of children from birth to middle
school;
Boys & Girls Club of
Warwick – Foundation
funds of $1350 will help provide memberships and monthly fees for those who
cannot afford services;
Special Olympics Rhode
Island, Inc. – A Foundation
grant of $5000 will support the organization’s 50th Annual State Summer
Games in June 2018.
If
you work with a non-profit organization and would like to apply for funding, CLICK HERE.