Congressional
internships available
U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) is accepting applications for interns in his Rhode Island office for summer 2015. This unpaid program is open to civic-minded college students who are available for at least 10 hours per week. A qualified candidate will be well organized, responsible and dependable, and have strong oral and written communication skills.
Responsibilities include answering phone calls, drafting constituent correspondence and supporting staff members on various projects. College credit is available, if approved by the institution.
For more information, visit Langevin.House.Gov and click on the “Internships” prompt under “Serving You” on the homepage.
Bishop Hendricken
comedy night
A comedy night and dinner will be held on May 9 to benefit the Bishop Hendricken High School Memorial Prayer Garden. Dinner will be served in Hendricken’s Founders Hall from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Alumnus Ben Hague will perform at 7 p.m. in the Harop Theater. The evening will also include a silent auction, and tribute gift opportunities will be available.
The event will raise funds to complete Hendricken’s Memorial Prayer Garden, which honors fallen soldiers – specifically Richard D. McKenzie ’63, Matthew R. August ’93 and Eric Valdepenas ’03.
The ticket price of $50 includes both the dinner and comedy show. Checks can be made payable to Bishop Hendricken High School, with “Prayer Garden Memorial” in the memo line, and mailed to Bob Fuoroli, 20 Cushing Road, Warwick, RI 02888. For more information, contact Fuoroli at bobf07@aol.com or 401-474-0650.
At the Mohr Library
Science Club for grades three to five will be held on May 4 at 6:30 p.m. That evening, participants will explore physics with a carnival game. Please register in person or call 401-231-4980, ext. 5.
On May 14 at 2:30 p.m., come downstairs (and outside back yard) for a hands-on demonstration of Ham Radio and W1OP, the Providence Radio Association. This program is geared for students in grades six to 12.
For adults at the Mohr Library, there will be a Genealogy Group meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at 4:30 p.m. If you are interested in finding out more about your ancestors, no matter what nationality they were, join this very active library group to learn more about those who went before.
The Library subscribes to Ancestry Library Edition and to the databases of the New England Genealogical Society (NEHGS), and you can learn many tips.
Golf tournament
to benefit cancer
awareness, research
On June 14, there will be golf tournament to honor Nancy Strong, who was diagnosed with stage four inflammatory breast cancer last April. She continuous to fight every day, with the help of help of Dr. Overmoyer and the terrific people within the Dana Farber organization.
The golf tournament will help raise funds for both Dana Faber and the Jimmy Fund. It will be held at the Cranston Country Club, and tee sponsors are being sought as well as donations for gift bags.
Tee time is 1:30 p.m., and fees are $120 per player. That cost includes 18 holes of golf with a cart, dinner and a Nancy Strong gift pack for all participants. Tickets for the dinner are only $35 per person.
For more information, please contact Ryan Duffy at nancystronggolf@gmail.com.
May Breakfast for
Defenders of Animals
Defenders of Animals is holding its annual May Breakfast on May 17 at 10 a.m. at the Governor Sprague Mansion, located at 1351 Cranston St. in Cranston.
The donation is $25 per person, and the event is by reservation only. Culinary Affair of Cranston will cater the event. Please call Defenders of Animals at 401-461-1922 or email defendersofanimals@msn.com.
Chipotle fundraiser
for March of Dimes
Family Team McNally, from Cranston, is hosting a fundraiser at Chipotle's location at Bald Hill Road in Warwick to support the 2015 March for Babies. Fifty percent of all purchases, eat-in or takeout, made on April 29 between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. will be donated to the March of Dimes when the fundraiser is mentioned.
Did You Know?
Mother’s Day is a holiday honoring motherhood that is observed in different forms throughout the world. The American incarnation of Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914. Jarvis would later denounce the holiday’s commercialization and spent the latter part of her life trying to remove it from the calendar. While dates and celebrations vary, Mother’s Day most commonly falls on the second Sunday in May and traditionally involves presenting mothers with flowers, cards and other gifts. (Source: Mother’s Day History Facts)
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