Cranston Cares

12/10/2025

11/04/2025

🎁 Cranston Cares Holiday Toy Drive 🎁

We’re incredibly thankful for all the generous local small businesses joining us this year to support our annual community holiday toy drive!

Every toy collected in Cranston will stay in Cranston - helping local families this holiday season with the support of our amazing Cranston, RI Police Department Community Division. 👮‍♂️🎄

🗓️ Toy collection runs:
Monday, November 10 – Monday, December 1

Drop off new, unwrapped toys at any of the participating local businesses listed below and help us spread holiday cheer right here at home. ❤️

Thank you for your continued support in making a real difference for our Cranston community. God Bless! 🙏🏻

09/03/2025

Join us this Saturday for a commUNITY Back to School Supply Drive and community day at Itri Park from 11am to 3pm. Bring a lawn chair and have some fun as we rally together for a great school year ahead!

05/10/2025

Please consider writing a letter in support of State Representative Chris Paplauskas legislation to create a new walking path at our beautiful lake. Letter from founding family board member Ed Brady attached below ❤️⚓️🙏.

📢 Your voice is needed! Join us THIS TUESDAY at the State House, Room 35 at the RISE of the House for a Finance Committee hearing to support a $1 million appropriation to restore the Meshanticut Lake walking path/road. This vital community space needs repairs to ensure safety and accessibility for families, seniors, athletes, and ALL Cranston residents.

🙋‍♂️ Come testify in person or submit written testimony in support to [email protected]. Let’s show the committee how much Meshanticut Park means to our community!
Thank you to my colleagues in the Cranston delegation for backing this resolution. Together, we can make Cranston’s green spaces safer and better for everyone! 💙🏃‍♀️🌳

01/09/2025

People helping people! Together we are stronger. ❤️🙏

12/17/2024

Thank you to our generous Cranston community, The Cranston Cares board, and Spectacle Live at The Historic Park Theatre and Event Center for helping make sure 37 Cranston children at Comprehensive Community Action Program, Inc. received presents this holiday season! ❤️🙏

12/16/2024

Thank you to our friends at The Historic Park Theatre and Event Center for collecting toys towards the 37 Cranston children we adopted with Comprehensive Community Action Program, Inc. for this holiday season! We appreciate all of the support from the generous community and the team Spectacle Live. 🙏

12/04/2024

Cranston, Rhode Island - a compassionate community we ALL are proud to call home. At Cranston Cares, our mission is simple: to continue to bring our community together through deeds not words. We believe in the power of compassion, unity, and service to create positive change in our city. We will continue to strive to support, uplift, and empower individuals and families throughout our entire city of Cranston. Thank you to all of our kind community supporters and partners for making sure no Cranston family is left behind this holiday season. Happy Holidays to you all. ❤️🙏

12/03/2024

Thank you to some of our generous friends who cannot make tonight’s toy drive but wanted to support a local Cranston family in need. Would you like to adopt a family?! Please consider donating to our Venmo today if you cannot attend tonight’s community toy drive at The Thirsty Beaver Cranston - our Venmo account is Cranston_Cares. 🙏✨❤️