"Founded in 2017, What Cheer Flower Farm sits on 2.7 acres of former factory land in the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence, RI. We are a 501c3 nonprofit with two full-time farmers on staff who, with support from volunteers, grow flowers on our land organically.
"We don’t sell flowers – we give flowers away to the people who will benefit from them the most via partnerships with hospitals, food banks and other nonprofits in RI." read more....
"Hope's Harvest mobilizes volunteers to harvest and distribute fruits and vegetables that would otherwise go to waste." - Twitter statement
Save the Bay's "interactive marine science center is home to more than 40 species from Narragansett Bay, often including rare lobsters, crabs, seahorses, sea robins, terrapins and more. Three touch tanks allow you to get up close and personal with little skates, urchins, spider crabs, sea stars, dogfish sharks and more - all from local waters." - from the website, July 6, 2018
This is a program of the New England Wild Flower Society, a collaboration of professional and amateur botanists, state agencies, and conservation organizations in each New England State. Their goal is to conserve the region's endangered native flora.
Training for the field season is in February or March each year.
"The Farm is a non-profit whose mission is to preserve and protect the integrity of its natural assets and its historical structures."
From the website April 8, 2021
Volunteers raise thousands of pounds of fresh produce for the East Bay Food Pantry.
The Blackstone Parks Conservancy is dedicated to the preservation and stewardship of historic Blackstone Park Conservation District and Blackstone Boulevard. They maintain these parks in partnership with the Providence Parks Department.
[Sometimes the group may be called Blackstone Park Conservancy, but it actually cares for two parks. - ed.]
