Rhode Island Foundation Grant, EBCAP Annual
Appeal Support Basic Human Needs
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Present at the press conference announcing the Rhode Island Foundation grants are from left to right: Peter Damon, member of the Board of Directors at the Rhode Island Foundation; Susan Schenck, Chief Operating Officer at East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP); Joyce Botelho, Philanthropy Officer, Newport County Fund , Rhode Island Foundation; and Dennis Roy, Chief Executive Officer, EBCAP. | Just a week after East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP) embarked on its 2010 Annual Fund campaign, dedicated this year to raising money for the basic human needs of its clients, the Rhode Island Foundation (RIF) announced a $250,000 grant to all eight Community Action Programs (CAPs) in Rhode Island for similar needs, including emergency housing, food, heating and critical medical prescription assistance.
EBCAP and the other CAPs will each receive $31,250 from the Foundation. Neil Steinberg, Chief Executive Officer of the Rhode Island Foundation, in announcing the grant, said “We saw the need to be responsive in these unusually stressful economic times. Thanks to the generosity of the hundreds of Rhode Islanders with Funds at the Foundation, we are uniquely positioned to make these emergency dollars available for food, shelter, heating assistance and other basic necessities.”
Dennis Roy, EBCAP Chief Executive Officer, in accepting the grant from Joyce Botelho, Philanthropy Officer at RIF, made at a press conference at EBCAP’s Aquidneck Island headquarters, 19 Broadway, Newport, said, “we appreciate the generosity of the Rhode Island Foundation at a time when many in our state have been hard hit by economic problems. This grant will support our own efforts to provide basic human needs help to many individuals and families.”
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