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Where Have All The Good Samaritans Gone?
We all know the story of the Good Samaritan. A man has been beaten, robbed and left for dead on the side of the road. As he lies in the dirt, slowly dying, he is passed by two men. Both avoid the man by walking on the other side of the road. Fortunately for the dying man Read more
Where Did You Wake Up This Morning?
Where did you wake up this morning? If you answered in your bed than you are living a life that countless unfortunate people in Rhode Island cannot enjoy. Even the simple comfort of a bed is out of reach f0r far too many. Please contact the staff at Mary House and learn how you can Read more
America’s Youth in Poverty
This may just be a cutout, but the reality of children living in poverty is all to real. According to a brief by rikidscount, in 2007 there were roughly 40,000 children in Rhode Island living underneath the federal poverty line. Whats more 38% of these children are 5 years old and under. So please consider Read more
Ending Homelessness in Rhode Island
Check out this video put together by Rhode Island’s Coalition for the Homeless. This is a call to support a plan recently announced by the Interagency Council on Homelessness in Cranston. It calls for a 130 million dollar plan  to provide a long-term solution to effectively end homelessness in Rhode Island. What makes this plan Read more
Just the cold hard facts
On the Economic Progress Institute’s website, there is a significant amount of data on poverty in Rhode Island. Most of which is probably pretty unsurprising. According to their statistics page, the 2010 United States census data found that roughly 14% of Rhode Island’s population is living under the poverty line. Thats a little over 140,000 Read more
