March 28, 2024

Grange Community Service

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Roger Williams-Rumford Grange recently distributed 383 dictionaries to all of the third graders in the city of East Providence as part of the national “Words for Thirds” Dictionary Project. The goal of this program is to assist all students in completing the school year as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers by providing students with their own personal dictionary. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to come. This is the fifteenth year that the third graders of East Providence have received dictionaries from the local Grange. John A. Lawson, Jr., Community Service Chairman of the Grange, visited all eight elementary schools to make the presentations.

Participation in the Dictionary Project is just one of the many community service projects undertaken by Roger Williams-Rumford Grange members. General Mills “Box Tops for Education” are donated to the R.I. School for the Deaf; aluminum tabs are collected for the Shriners Hospitals and Ronald MacDonald House; old magazines are donated to the Seafarers’Mission; items from the wish lists of both Ronald MacDonald House and Meeting Street School are also collected; and children’s Christmas gifts are given to local distributors.

If you would like to assist the Grange in any of their projects or would like more information about the organization, please contact John or Shirley Lawson at 401-434-1491.

On May 29th, the Grange also presented its Community Citizen Award to Dr. Cynthia Lawson Whitaker, Chief of Services at the Greater Nashua Mental Health Center in Nashua, New Hampshire. She was presented this award in appreciation for her outstanding efforts helping others with their mental, emotional and spiritual issues by giving of herself for the betterment of mankind and the community. Some of Dr. Whitaker’s efforts have been: 1) supporting the deaf community in their efforts to have more services available for them; 2) with the opioid crisis, stressing the possible assistance that could be made available to those with addictions; 3) making the public aware of the Mental Health services available to those who are dealing with addiction, depression and other mental and emotional problems; 4) working with the Southern New Hampshire Rescue Mission in their efforts to assist the homeless and destitute; and 5) being part of the “Over the Edge” Fundraiser for the United Way of Nashua, rappelling off the 24 story Brady Sullivan Building in Manchester, New Hampshire.

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