http://ripr.org en http://ripr.org/post/clothing-drive-collects-prom-dresses <p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">If you have an old prom dress hanging in your closet you might want to put it to good use.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">A coalition of Blackstone Valley nonprofits is teaming up to provide prom dresses to needy girls. &nbsp;It’s called the “Say Yes to the Dress” drive and its aim is to make low income teens feel like princesses on prom night. Drive organizer Linda </span>Impagliazzo<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> says they’re looking for donations of at least 200 clean, lightly used evening gowns.</span></p> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:21:33 +0000 Flo Jonic 12491 at http://ripr.org http://ripr.org/post/sandy-cancelled-about-300-blood-drives <p>Superstorm Sandy took out power, down trees, canceled classes and meetings and flights galore. But she also sent some unexpected disruptions. The Red Cross says the storm forced it to cancel about 300 blood drives. And it’s not sure yet what might be the long term impacts of those lost donations and power outages. Here’s what Red Cross chief medical officer Dr. Richard Benjamin said on their web site about what is known:</p> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000 Kristin Gourlay 8273 at http://ripr.org