October 2023 Member Exchange

C o m e s h a r e a b o u t

y o u r b u s i n e s s ,

l e a r n m o r e a b o u t

t h e M E T s c h o o l

i n t e r n s h i p

p r o g r a m , a n d m e e t

p o t e n t i a l s t u d e n t

i n t e r n s . M e t s c h o o l

i n t e r n s c o m p l e t e

a u t h e n t i c w o r k t h a t

c o n t r i b u t e s t o t h e i r

i n t e r n s h i p s i t e .

Fall Fun at roger williams park zoo

Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular

September 28th - October 31st / 6:00 - 10:30 PM

Character Meet & Greets

October 10th & 11th / 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Spooky Zoo - Trick-or-Treating

October 28th / 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Carving with the Masters

October 29th / 5:00 - 9:00 PM

Monday, October 23, 2023 5:30pm to 7:00pm

OF THE DREAM

&

ANNUAL

MEETING

Atlantic Pavilion at Wyndham Newport Hotel 240 Aquidneck Ave Middletown RI 02842

Meeting and ceremonies begin promptly at 5:35 p.m. Refreshments, hosted beer and wine bar, and mingling to follow.

There is no cost to attend, but reservations are required.

Scan for event page!

The Keeper of the Dream awards are bestowed on those whose outstanding commitment and contribution to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center most embodies the ideals of Dr. King.

Congratulations and deepest appreciation to our honorees:

Keepers of the Dream

Bob and Veronique

Gerber

Keeper of the Dream - Community Partner

St. Paul’s United Methodist

Church

Content of Character Award

Kate Whitney Lucey

Don’t settle for generic Accounting & Reporting. Your restaurant’s metrics are not the same as a landscaping company. Yet, your accountant is likely providing you with the same generic reporting processed from bookkeeping software. There is a better way — a much better way. With RAS1 you have all of your bookkeeping along with customized financial reporting in your hands on a timely and accurate basis every week allowing you to stay profitable and gain control of your prime cost and operating expenses.

Pioneers for the business you love. There are many reasons why there is a number 1 in our name. In 1989, RAS1 started first in Nantucket providing bookkeeping and accounting solutions to high volume, seasonal restaurants. Over 30 years later, we are still truly the number one accounting solution for restaurants, delivering weekly processing of bookkeeping and financial reporting to a much expanded restaurant client base with longevity to customers and membership with the MRA.

Can your current Restaurant Accounting Service truthfully say that?

“RAS1 has been nothing short of fantastic for the past 15 years. Before them, I had an entire corporate accounting department with a CFO and many bookkeepers. Now I simply have RAS1 with Arthur as my CFO and the RAS1 team replacing the huge overhead of an accounting department. Most importantly, I have reliable weekly bookkeeping and reporting and monthly financial statements that are fine-tuned and dialed in to all my restaurant holdings. I only wish I discovered my alternative accounting solution and moved over to RAS1 15 years sooner.”

Anthony Athanas, Jr. Owner, Anthony’s Pier 4 Restaurant Group

“14 years ago, our legendary Boston Restaurant CPA, Mr. Saul Garlick, recommended RAS1 as an alternative to our then in-house accounting department. Thank you Saul for that recommendation and thank you RAS1 for continuing to provide the optimum of bookkeeping and financial reporting standards.”

Rob Gregory, Owner Redbones, Somerville

“ For the past 19 years, I could always count on RAS1 to guide me through the financial challenges that go hand and hand with operating a very busy restaurant. The daily, weekly and monthly financial information I receive has made my life less stressful and my restaurant more profitable.”

Alan Delaney, Owner Skipper Chowder House

“In the restaurant business, you can get in trouble really fast. That’s the beauty of receiving accurate bookkeeping resulting in critical weekly and monthly reports. RAS1 lets you know where you are and where you should be like a road map, making sure percentages are in line at all times. I couldn’t even imagine what it would be like to operate my busy restaurant without the RAS1 road map and team approach which I have had for over 25 years.”

Gerry Manning, Owner Captain Parker’s Restaurant

Arthur G. Chaprales, Founder & CEO (left) George A. Leonovich, Co-Founder & COO (right)

H O U S E M A S T E R H O M E I N S P E C T I O N S S E R V I N G

N E W P O R T , P R O V I D E N C E , R I , F A L L R I V E R ,

M A A N D S U R R O U N D I N G A R E A S

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A B O U T H O U S E M A S T E R

H o u s e M a s t e r H o m e I n s p e c t i o n s h a s p r o v i d e d c o m p r e h e n s i v e , a f f o r d a b l e a n d t i m e l y r e s i d e n t i a l h o m e i n s p e c t i o n s f o r o v e r 4 0 y e a r s .

O u r o f f i c e s e r v e s N e w p o r t , P r o v i d e n c e , R I , F a l l R i v e r , M A , a n d n e i g h b o r i n g c o m m u n i t i e s .

A s p a r t o f t h e H o u s e M a s t e r n a t i o n w i d e f r a n c h i s e s y s t e m , w e a r e a n i n d e p e n d e n t l y o w n e d a n d o p e r a t e d c o m p a n y t h a t v a l u e s p r o f e s s i o n a l i s m , i n t e g r i t y a n d c u s t o m e r s e r v i c e .

F a s t & F r i e n d l y S c h e d u l i n g

L i c e n s e d E x p e r i e n c e d I n s p e c t o r s

F u l l y I n s u r e d C r e d i t C a r d s A c c e p t e d

D i g i t a l & P D F R e p o r t s

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Contact: Jennifer Whelihan

Phone: (401) 848-4141

Email: jwhelihan@childandfamilyri.org

childandfamilyri.org

Child & Family Host 40th Annual Taste of Newport Sunday, October 2 9, 2023

Middletown (RI) September 18, 2023 – Child & Family’s 40th Annual Taste of Newport will be held on Sunday, October 29, 2023, at the Wyndham Newport Hotel in Middletown . You can learn more about Taste, including a preview of auction items and participating Tasting Station partners, at childandfamilyri.org/tasteofnewport/

Established in 1866, Child & Family is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization working every day to help the most vulnerable children, families, and older adults across Rhode Island. Taste is Child & Family’s signature event raising millions of dollars over the past four decades to support Child & Family programs. The past few years have been challenging for everyone but has hurt those Child & Family serves most of all. This historic annual fundraiser benefits the many Rhode Island families, children, and older adults who use Child & Family programs and services during times of crisis.

Honorary Co-Chairs Geremie and Jeff Callaghan, Lea and Derek Savas, Dr. Pablo Rodriquez, and Representative Julie Casimiro along with Event Co-Chairs Sharon Alemany and Lynette Dawley invite the community to join your favorite Rhode Island eateries for a delicious evening of tasting, sipping, and mingling as we celebrate Taste’s 40th anniversary.

Taste is a joyful celebration of the BEST Rhode Island has to offer with the finest restaurants, caterers, beverage vendors, and confectioners. Guests will have an opportunity to bid on tempting silent auction offerings, all while learning about the important work of Child & Family throughout Rhode Island. The online auction will start Thursday, October 26, 2023, at 9 am and will close at 7:30 pm Sunday, October 29, 2023. Together with generous donors, Child & Family brings hope, comfort, and support to thousands of Rhode Islanders every year.

Child & Family would also like to send their sincerest “ thank you” to the community partners that support their programs year-round; this includes The Aramli Foundation, BedJet, Affiliated Insurance Managers, Bank of America, BayCoast Bank, Bowen's Wharf Company, A-1 Roofing and Construction Company, Family Service of RI, Hilb Group of New England, Newport Hospital, PKF O’Connor Davies, Regan Heating and Air Conditioning, Secure Networks, Neighborhood Health Plan of RI, Universal Wealth Management, Coastal1 Credit Union, Blue Cross Blue Shield RI, BankNewport, Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty, Homes by Connect, Gil's Appliances, Corrigan Financial, Brady Sullivan Properties, Kiwanis Club of Newport, Salve Regina University, Delta Dental, dot pro digital, Exquisite Events, Born To Rise, Mancini Beverage, The Newport Experience, LCF Design, the Wyndham Newport Hotel , and all the dedicated volunteers with their Development & Special Events Committees.

Your gift will make a life-changing impact on families. To make a donation, purchase event tickets, or to learn more, visit childandfamilyri.org/tasteofnewport/

If you would like to join Taste as a Tasting Station partner, Community Partner, or would like to donate an auction item, please contact Dana DiMarco, Vice President of Development & Communications, at ddimarco@childandfamilyri.org or (401) 848-4150.

ISLAND OASIS: SCHOOL-BASED FOOD PANTRY OPENED AT MIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL, PROGRAM OF THE MLK COMMUNITY CENTER.

(MIDDLETOWN, R.I. September 14, 2023):

A new school-based food pantry – The Island Oasis – formally opened at Middletown High School (MHS) Wednesday, September 13th, 2023.

The goal of the pantry located off the cafeteria of the Valley Road school is to help serve existing needs in the community in a positive, productive environment for students and their families.

Currently, more than 760 students in the school district qualify for free and reduced lunch.

“Meeting the needs of Middletown’s students and families is the district’s top priority. Island Oasis will provide an essential resource to support our families’ health and well-being,” said Rosemarie Kraeger, Superintendent of Middletown Public Schools.

“We wanted a name that referred to a place that provides nourishment without calling it a pantry and landed on Island Oasis”, said Megan Mainzer, Director of Family Support. “We are the Islander community, and we want to create a safe space for all our Middletown students and families to feel welcome and to be supported.”

A partnership between the school and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, the Island Oasis is open daily during advisory and last period of the high school schedule for students, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 2-5pm for all district families during the school year. Any Middletown student of family is welcome to visit the Oasis monthly and choose the items they need for free.

“The MLK Community Center is committed to reducing food insecurity and increasing the equitable access to healthy, fresh, food in all of Newport County. We have a wonderful relationship with the Town of Middletown and when the school reached out about finding ways to help, we leapt at the chance to partner”, said Heather Hole Strout, Executive Director of the MLK Community Center.

The Island Oasis offers the same items available at the MLK’s food pantry: milk, eggs, fresh produce, frozen meat, groceries, toiletries, and household products. The High School plans to offer backpacks, school supplies, and access to a care closet of clothing and shoes. The MLK is providing the food and shelving; Megan Mainzer will staff the Island Oasis.

Students or families who use the food pantry can access the space via an exterior door that opens to the patio by the cafeteria. Students who attend MHS will also have access during the school day.

“The Island Oasis is made possible by a very generous local benefactor who is underwriting the costs of the first year of the program. We’re committed to continuing the program for as long as there is a need for hunger relief in the Middletown Public Schools,” Hole Strout explained.

STONEACRE GARDEN

Saturday

November 18

4:00 PM

8-piece African Band Hors

d’oeuvres

Signature Cocktail Beer, Wine, Soft Drinks

UNIVERSAL PROMISE

International Wares

Auction Items

COME MAKE THE WORLD BETTER

– Portsmouth, Rhode Island’s

the Museum’s

858 West Main Road

Middletown, RI 02842

Immediate Release

Contact: Courtney Hunter

401.619.1754

chunter@peoplescu.com

PEOPLE’S CREDIT UNION APPOINTS CHRISTIE JENCKS, CREDIT ANALYST

MIDDLETOWN, RI (September 19, 2023): People’s Credit Union has appointed Christie Jencks as Credit Analyst, responsible for operational oversight of the Credit Union’s commercial loan portfolio. Jencks will manage new business development as well as maintenance of existing relationships including loan application, credit analysis, annual review, and portfolio concentration.

Prior to joining People’s, Jencks served as AVP/Business Banking Relationship Manager for Citizens Bank where she facilitated commercial and small business lending, and with Digital Federal Credit Union as Small Business Development Specialist. Jencks also served as Branch Manager with Citizens Bank and Digital Federal Credit Union, and with Chase Bank in their market development program

Jencks will report to the Head of Lending, and be based out of the Credit Union’s Middletown, RI headquarters.

Christie Jencks, Credit Analyst

ABOUT PEOPLE’S CREDIT UNION

People’s Credit Union offers a complete range of services including online and mobile banking, savings and checking accounts, personal loans, mortgages, business accounts, business loans, and financial services. Headquartered in Rhode Island, People’s Credit Union is a member-owned, state-chartered, federally insured, community credit union established in 1922. Membership is open to all individuals. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), an agency of the federal government. For more information about People’s Credit Union visit www.peoplescu.com.

858 West Main Road

Middletown, RI 02842

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Courtney Hunter 401.846.8930 ext.: 1218 chunter@peoplescu.com

PEOPLE’S CREDIT UNION APPOINTS NEW HEAD OF MORTGAGE OPERATIONS

MIDDLETOWN, RI (September 5, 2023): People’s Credit Union has appointed John Banks as Head of Mortgage Operations. Banks’ responsibilities will include directing and monitoring overall operations for the Credit Union’s Loan Underwriting and Loan Servicing Departments. Banks will also have oversight of the departments’ general management, including vendor relations, compliance, and risk management. He will report directly to Tim Jermain, Head of Lending. Banks brings 20 years of financial services and lending operations experience having previously worked for Bank of America and since 2019, at Chelsea Groton Bank in CT as Assistant Vice President of Retail Lending Operations.

“John has a highly accomplished background in mortgage operations and overall department management His skills will contribute significantly to our mortgage portfolio’s growth and servicing capabilities,” stated Jermain, Head of Lending for People’s Credit Union. “His many years of ever-increasing responsibilities are an excellent match as Head of Mortgage Operations at People’s Credit Union,” Jermain added.

“Joining People’s Credit Union is the perfect move for me. I will be challenged with new opportunities to apply my operations and management experience within an organization that truly puts its members and their needs first,” offered John Banks, Head of Mortgage Operations, at People’s Credit Union. “I eagerly look forward to this next stage in my career,” he further detailed.

Banks resides in East Lyme, CT, with his family. Banks has a Bachelor’s Degree from Lebanon Valley College of PA and a Master of Science in Management from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, CT. He will be based at People’s Credit Union’s main headquarters in Middletown, RI.

John Banks, Head of Mortgage Operations

ABOUT PEOPLE’S CREDIT UNION

People’s Credit Union offers a complete range of services including online and mobile banking, savings and checking accounts, personal loans, mortgages, business accounts, business loans, and financial services. Headquartered in Rhode Island, People’s Credit Union is a member-owned, state-chartered, federally insured, community credit union established in 1922. Membership is open to all individuals. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), an agency of the federal government. For more information about People’s Credit Union visit www.peoplescu.com.