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Champions In Action Honored

NBC 10 and Citizens Bank honor our four Champions In Action for 2011 at a breakfast ceremony Monday.

Champions In Action: Community Boating Center

The Community Boating Center in Providence provides a unique learning experience for youngsters.

Breakfast Honors Local Groups

The nonprofit groups recognized as 2011 Champions In Action are: Social Venture Partners; Farm Fresh Rhode Island; S.W.A.P. Inc. and Lucy's Hearth.

Champions In Action: Lucy's Hearth

An emergency shelter for women in Middletown is named an NBC 10 and Citizens Bank Champion in Action.

Interview: Champions In Action

Ned Handy of Citizens Bank talks about enhancements to the Citizens Bank-NBC 10 Champion In Action program.

Champion In Action: SWAP

A private, non-profit development community has been providing affordable housing opportunities to people for 35 years.

Champion in Action: Farm Fresh Rhode Island

NBC 10 and Citizens Bank award Farm Fresh Rhode Island with a $25,000 grant.

Champions In Action Breakfast

The NBC 10 - Citizens Bank Champions in Action for 2010 are honored at a breakfast.

Champions In Action: Social Venture Partners

Social Venture Partners Rhode Island will receive a $25,000 grant and promotional support.

Champion In Action: SVPRI

NBC 10 and Citizens Bank announces that Social Venture Partners Rhode Island has been named a Champion in Action.

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NBC 10 and Citizens Bank are teaming up to support local nonprofit organizations with the Champions in Action program.

Twice a year, a nonprofit organization in Rhode Island will be chosen to receive a $35,000 grant as well as media coverage and promotional and volunteer support.

The selection committee will include community leaders and representatives from Citizens Bank and NBC 10.

The award winner will receive $35,000 in unrestricted funds, media coverage, public service announcements and television profiles.

The winner will also receive volunteer support and extensive public relations support as well as promotional support, which highlights the Champions in Action in all Citizens Bank branches and on its ATMs.

For more information about the Champions in Action program, click here.

To apply for the Champions in Action program, click here.

2011 Winners

Stop Wasting Abandoned Property (SWAP)
Farm Fresh Rhode Island
Social Venture Partners
Lucy's Hearth

2010 Winners

Kids First
Connecting For Children and Families
Southside Community Land Trust
Amos House

2009 Winners

Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center
Everett Dance Theatre
Olneyville Housing Corp.
ASPIRE - RI Foster Parents Association

2008 Winners

Molar Express
Youth In Action
Goodwill Industries
Church Community Housing Corp.

2007 Winners

Franklin Independent Living
RiverzEdge Arts Project
Woonasquatucket Watershed Council
Institute for Study and Practice of Nonviolence

2006 Winners

Tides Family Services
Community MusicWorks
Martin Luther King Jr. Comm. Center
The Welcome House of South County

2005 Winners

The Genesis Center
Norman Bird Sanctuary
New Urban Arts
West Elmwood Housing Dev. Corp.

2004 Winners

TechACCESS
Sojourner House
Pawtucket Citizens Development Corp.
Rhode Island Free Clinic

2002-03 Winners

Bayside Family Healthcare
The House of Hope
The Providence Black Repertory Co.
Woonsocket Neighborhood Dev. Corp.
McAuley House