Health Care Today, Giving Tree All Week

Health Care today - Health Source RI will host a workshop on buying affordable healthcare today at 6:30 p.m. at Weaver Library, 41 Grove Ave. 

Giving Tree - To help make the holidays brighter for children in need, BankRI has partnered with 12 local non-profits to provide gifts for the less fortunate this holiday season. 

Gifts collected at the Bank's giving trees at East Providence branches at 999 S Broadway and 195 Taunton Ave. will benefit East Bay Community Action Program,  

Foster/Adoption Night - The Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families and Foster Forward are hosting a Foster Care and Adoption Information Night on Thursday, Dec. 19, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Foster Forward, 55 South Brow St., East Providence. DCYF staff, foster, and adoptive parents will be available to explain the program and answer questions. The Information Night is open to anyone interested in exploring becoming a foster or adoptive parent for children in DCYF care. 
Please stop by and learn how you can make a difference  in the life of a child! For additional information, please call Robin Perez, DCYF Foster and Adoptive Parent  Recruiter, at 528-3700.  

Share the Season - The holidays are here! Share in the spirit with the rest of East Providence by sharing your photos with Santa, recipes, gift ideas, etc. on Patch. Get the details here: 

Giving back - Looking for ways to give back to your community and those in need, or want to let others know about ways to give back? Post your fundraising, donations and other opportunities on our open blog: Giving Back in East Providence. 

Music for a cause. Crossroads Family Center hosts a holiday concert to support the brown bag lunch program — which serves families in need in the community — at the center Saturday at 7 p.m. at Positive New Beginnings Holistic and Wellness Center - 877 Broadway East Providence.