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“We came upon making the project when we saw it on social media. We asked one of our adult leaders, which is a firefighter here, if they had one. They said, no, they didn’t have anything like this,” Straight explained.
FAIRMONT — Jarod Straight wanted his Eagle Scout project to have a practical application.
Conditions were hardly ideal for a celebration last Saturday, with dark skies and heavy rains looming over southern Rhode Island and many local annual holiday events on hold due to a rise in COVID-19 cases throughout the region. It simply wasn't enough to stop first responders and volunteers from coming together to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Matthew's Wish with a special, socially distanced cruiser convoy and toy parade that spanned from the University of Rhode Island to the Rhode Island Center Assisting Those in Need in Charlestown as a way of helping underprivileged children this...