Project Weber/RENEW

Last week, the Rhode Island Department of Health treated the PWR team to a special peer appreciation event, complete with delicious ice cream! 🍦

Thank you to RIDOH for taking the time to celebrate and appreciate our team. We loved getting to spend the afternoon together!

We had our Community BBQ today and served up **360 plates** of food! We’re so grateful to everyone who came out, grabbed a plate, and spent some time with us. ❤️

A huge thank you to our staff and volunteers who helped make it happen. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Also...a very special shout out to our incredible summer interns, Thomas and Alex (seen with Ashley and Colleen on photo/slide 1)! You both put so much heart and compassion into every single thing you did and were always ready to help wherever you were needed. We’re so grateful for all your hard work this summer. ❤️

A huge thank you to the Rhode Island Energy Foundation for their support of Project Weber/RENEW through a $20,000 grant!

This funding will help us provide food, water, hygiene supplies, and other essential basic needs items to the more than 7,000 Rhode Islanders we serve each year.

Thank you for standing with us as we work to ensure that every person in our community has their basic needs met and is met with compassion, dignity, and care. 💜

Rhode Island Energy

Don't forget to sign up for this year's International Overdose Awareness Day!

Join us on Tuesday, September 1st as we recognize International Overdose Awareness Day with a statewide Narcan distribution and an evening vigil honoring those we've lost to overdose. We'll be at locations throughout the state, providing free Narcan, demonstrating how to use it, and sharing why carrying it can save a life.

Sign up to volunteer here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0-gFWHMRz8Ndz21AbQDyY3l-quUWW_OTFq1hnp5lwZg8KYg/viewform

💜A heartfelt thank you to our incredible sponsors and partners for making this lifesaving work possible across Rhode Island.

The August Beyond (the Understanding of Gender) Group schedule is here! 🏳️‍⚧️

Beyond is a peer-led, affirming support group for transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse people to connect while exploring topics around identity, health, safety, and self-advocacy. Each session includes conversation, learning, and a warm meal.

We hope to see you there!

Happy 1-year anniversary to Jaseem, Drop-In Center Specialist at our Providence Drop-In! 🎉

Jaseem not only brings a calm and steady energy to the space every singe day, but he also works hard to fill whatever need comes up while supporting each and every person who walks through our doors.

Whether he's managing the laundry and showers, making sure people have food, or simply being a calm presence to listen, Jaseem shows up for our community every single day.

We’re so grateful for Jaseem and everything he brings to PWR. Happy 1 year! 💙

Join us on Wednesday, August 12th from 1–4 PM at our Providence location (45 Willard Ave., Providence) for an afternoon of food, fun, and community! We’ll be grilling, hanging out, and enjoying the summer together. We hope to see you there! 💛

Interested in making something to share or supporting the BBQ with a donation of food or beverages? We’d love your help! Send us a message at [email protected] if you’re interested in contributing.

Have you had a chance to check out our 2025 Annual Report yet?

2025 brought an incredible amount of unexpected challenges, but it also showed us the strength of our community and what we can accomplish together. We served more people than ever before and expanded the ways we were able to support our community.

Take a look when you have a chance and see what your support made possible. 💜

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We are so excited to announce that Ash, a local artist here in PVD, is the winner of this year’s International Overdose Awareness Day T-shirt contest! 🎨 You can check out more of Ash’s work at .

Our committee absolutely loved this design and felt that it really resonated with this year’s theme: 25 Years On, Still Needed.

Thank you so much to everyone who submitted a design. We truly love being able to involve our community in this process and see the creativity, thought, and care that people bring to IOAD each year. 💜

Mark your calendars for this year's International Overdose Awareness Day!

Join us on Tuesday, September 1st as we recognize International Overdose Awareness Day with a statewide Narcan distribution and an evening vigil honoring those we've lost to overdose. This year, our goal is to distribute 5,000 Narcan kits across Rhode Island. We'll be at locations throughout the state, providing free Narcan, demonstrating how to use it, and sharing why carrying it can save a life.

Overdose is preventable. By challenging the stigma surrounding drug use and overdose, we can build a future where no one dies from a preventable overdose.

Sign up to volunteer here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0-gFWHMRz8Ndz21AbQDyY3l-quUWW_OTFq1hnp5lwZg8KYg/viewform

💜A heartfelt thank you to our incredible sponsors for making this lifesaving work possible across Rhode Island: NASTAD, Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Rhode Island Department of Health , PONI, The Providence Center, City of Providence, City of Pawtucket - Mayor's Office, City of Central Falls, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Brown University Health, UnitedHealthcare, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, RICAREs: The Recovery Community Organization for RI, and Starkweather and Shepley Insurance Brokerage.