Archive for the 'Rainbow Award' Category

By Stan Kapelewski

This Month’s Rainbow Award proudly goes to all the staff, parents and students from the St. Peter School in Warwick, R.I. for donating food to the Emmanuel House Shelter.  The Diocese of Providence recently opened The Emmanuel House homeless shelter.

Since its opening in early December, the shelter has been overflowing. The Emmanuel House has been featured in the news as they add beds. They have asked members of the community to donate items for its everyday operations.  The facility was established as a “sleep shelter only”, with no food provided. But with the dangerously cold weather they have been open around the clock as a safe haven for homeless families and individuals. Continue reading ‘An Act of Kindness for Those in Need’

By David Eisenberger and Stan Kapelewski

September’s Rainbow Award proudly goes to the Recovery All Star’s Band. They voluntarily play in many places in Rhode Island, including coffee houses, and perform at the Public Square Day at Burnside Park every 2nd Tuesday of the month from 11:30am – 1:30pm.

Over the years 100 members have performed for this band.  Also they’re the cover band for a sit-com that’s on Channel 10, after Saturday Night live, called “Rhode Bytes,”  and spearheaded by Doreen Collins, who used to team with Charlie Hall, years ago and she’s also associated with Channel 10. Continue reading ‘Music From the Heart’

By William K. Harter

This month’s award goes to a dedicated family who believes in helping people.

Wesley and Frances Gardner have lived in Warwick for about 30 years.  They moved to Warwick to be closer to their church, the Buttonwoods Chapel.  They taught Sunday School there all that time. They are known as team workers, Wes & Fran.  Continue reading ‘Gardner family gives thirty years of service’

By Stan Kapelewski

This month Street Sights is proud to give the Rainbow Award to three very special people. For over a year Maria, Todd, and Heather have been donating their time and services by volunteering at the Mathewson Street Church for the P.I.C.A. meal site’s Friday night dinner and at the St. John’s City Meal Site on Tuesday nights.

These three volunteers do their best to help wherever they can. Heather always seems to put a smile on people’s faces while working very hard at refilling everyone’s beverages when they need it. Congratulations for a job well done.

By Stan Kapelewski

Congratulations to Lisa Ciccone, outreach coordinator at the Riverwood Mental Health Clinic and this month’s recipient of the Street Sights Rainbow Award.

The clinic, within St. Joseph’s Hospital, has been functioning for four years. In the one and a half years since Ciccone joined the staff she has earned the trust and respect of all the people she deals with. Continue reading ‘Clinic Worker Hits the Street to Find People in Need of Help’

By Stan Kapelewski

This month, Street Sights is proud to give its Rainbow Award to William W. Price Jr., a peer specialist and counselor at Oasis. He goes out of his way to listen to peoples’ problems, and gives them rides, haircuts, and a variety of other things.

When I asked him “What do you like best about helping people?” he responded, “The best job that you can have is helping your fellow human beings. I enjoy being the liaison for people that sometime cannot help themselves. I want to give back some of the opportunities that I had to others who are less fortunate.” Continue reading ‘Price Evolves from Art Student to Counselor’