Donations to ‘Keep the Heat On’ Challenge as of Jan. 10
PROVIDENCE - As temperatures are expected to take a decided downturn this week, all indications are that winter is not ready to loosen its grasp on Rhode Island’s residents.
Bishop Thomas J. Tobin’s “Keep the Heat On” Challenge helps those who have exhausted all other public and private resources and with no place left to turn for assistance, with their heating costs. Supported by generous donors throughout the state and matched each year up to $75,000 by the Catholic Charity Fund, “Keep the Heat On” has helped thousands of Rhode Islanders obtain heat or have their untility service restored.
To make a donation to the “Keep the Heat On” Challenge, please send checks, payable to the “Interfaith Community Dire Emergency Fund,” 184 Broad St., Providence, R.I. 02903 and note “Keep the Heat On” on the check. You may also log on to www.heatri.com and use the secure Web site for credit card donations or to obtain additional information. The following is a list of recent donations:
Mr. Daniel E. Murphy - $3,000
St. Bernard Church, North Kingstown - $2,035
Anonymous - $991
St. Philip School, Greenville, Students’ Dress Down Day - $571
Good Shepherd Catholic Regional School, Woonsocket, Dress Down/Jeans Day - $500
Ms. Nancy J. Allen - $500
Anonymous - $200
Mr. & Mrs. Everett D. Cantagallo - $100
Anonymous - $100
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Anderson - $100
Anonymous - $100
Anonymous - $100
Anonymous - $100
Ms. Diane Coffey - $100
Ms. Margaret M. Ogden - $100
Ms. Agnes R. Goyette, in memory of Earl & Stephen by family - $100
Mr. Donald J. Dalton - $100
Mr. & Mrs. William Schenck - $100
Mr. & Mrs. Roger H. Biron - $100
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Guertler Jr. - $100
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Tallo - $100
Ms. Lucy A. Rossi - $50
Anonymous - $50
Anonymous, in memory of the Bernard & Horner families - $50
Mr. Charles N. Sewall - $50
Ms. Molly Mae - $50
Ms. Joan C. Galloway - $50
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph McIntyre, in honor of Father Gerald E. Beirne & Father Peter J. Sheehan - $50
Mrs. Doris O’Connell - $50
Portsmouth Abbey School - $50
Mr. & Mrs. Edmund W. Miller - $50
Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. O’Malley - $50
Ms. Lorraine Richard - $50
Anonymous - $50
Anonymous - $50
Anonymous - $50
Anonymous - $40
Anonymous - $35
Anonymous - $25
Anonymous - $25
Ms. Dorothy M. Connolly - $25
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Verrecchia, in memory of Nancy Pacia - $25
Mr. & Mrs. David T. Ullmann - $25
Ms. Montana Bray - $25
Anonymous - $25
Ms. Lucille Blake - $25
Anonymous - $25
Ms. Josephine P. McCarthy - $20
Dr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Bruzzese - $20
Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Flynn Jr. - $15
Anonymous - $10
Ms. Jane Tierney - $10
Total Donations - $10,322
Previous total donations - $65,188
Grand total donations - $75,510
This article originally appeared in The Providence Visitor.