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Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Citizens Bank Recognizes 30 ‘Small Business Community Champions’ for Strengthening Local Economies and Communities May 3, 2021 GMT PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2021-- Citizens Bank today announced its Fourth Annual Small Business Community Champion Award winners, drawn from more than 4,000 entries that highlighted how these businesses would use the grants to support community growth, m...

This West Louisville food pantry functions like a small grocery store Share Updated: 7:05 PM EDT Apr 6, 2021 Share Updated: 7:05 PM EDT Apr 6, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript WLKY’S ALEX DURHAM EXPLAINS HOW IT WORKS. ALEX: THE FOOD PANTRY FUNCTIONS LIKE A GROCERY STORE. PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GO UP AND DOWN THESE AISLES, CHOOSING THE FOODS THEY WANT AND NEED. >> YOU DON’T EAT CERTAIN ITEMS , YOU DON’T EAT GARBANZO BEANS, YOU DON’T EAT BLACK BEANS, WALNUTS, ...

As March rolled around this year, Professor Andrew Smith of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications said the anniversary of his COVID-19 diagnosis comes with a lot of baggage but he is grateful to see how the community has came together, and how people responded with wanting to keep their friends and neighbors safe by wearing masks, “because that’s the right thing to do.” “It doesn’t protect me, it protects you. The other thing was that my family and I lived throu...

PORTSMOUTH — Through bleaker times and no matter the weather, food and fellowship have been a weekly constant in town thanks to hot and hearty community meals provided by Common Table.  Each Thursday morning, even amid the ongoing pandemic, a group of between 15 to 20 local volunteers set up shop at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Chapel Street and prepare free bagged lunches for the community. Judy Roberts, a co-chair of the group who has volunteered for 20 years, said the group, which i...

D.G. Yuengling & Son is Americas oldest craft brewery, having first poured frothy pints back in 1829 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Since that time they have remained a family business, passed down through generations, always father to son, until the fifth generation of all daughters who are now at the helm. Despite being the largest craft brewery by volume of sales in the United States, this brand has never been sold in Texas. But that will all soon change. Last year the brewery formed The Yuen...

Housing and Development Newsletter He is an attorney who has worked at organizations dedicated to social justice, digital rights, and free expression. He is a fiction writer, including the award-winning novel, “After the Flare,” and has had work published in Vice, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The Guardian. Olukotun is a graduate of Yale University and Stanford University Law School, and also holds a masters of philosophy from University of Cape Town. Sprague is an immunologist and...

Our food choices are influenced by a variety of factors such as being rushed, lacking nutritional knowledge and the availability of meal options. This can lead to overeating foods that may increase the risk for developing diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and other health conditions. Healthy Emory’s Better Choice program simplifies better eating by pointing employees to healthy food items during the workday. As an additional way to achieve a healthier start in 2021, employees can earn po...