Community

Community Service Projects:

We are committed to serving our community.  Some of our past community service projects have included knitting and crocheting hats for newborns and shawls for elderly women in nursing homes.  

Our hats, gloves, scarves and mittens drive has helped many children in elementary and middle schools in the Providence area. 

Teachers provided a wish list, and we purchased items on the list for infants and toddlers at the Roger Williams Day Care Center.

We have held book drives and partnered with Friends of the Weaver Memorial Library in East Providence, Rhode Island to donate books to day care centers and urban public elementary schools. We have also partnered with MetLife Insurance company and donated mini outfitted MetLife stuffed animals to a local day care center.

The Chapter collected and donated handbags and tote bags filled with toiletries and accessories to homeless veteran women in Rhode Island.  

In addition, we donated canned goods, socks, pajamas, toiletries and candies to local homeless shelters.   Chapter members have donated clothing and accessories to the Women's Back to Work Program at the Center for Non-Violence.  We have donated items and food to the St Martin DePorres Senior center in Providence.  Members have purchased clothes, toys, school supplies, games, food, toiletries and other items to brighten their holidays and have made Thanksgiving and Christmas donations to families and/or charities in need. 
Recent Community Service Projects include:

• 2024 -  American Cancer Society - Making Strides Walk for Breast Cancer

• 2024 - Thanksgiving Basket Giveaway - in conjunction with Mount Zion AME Church in  Newport and  Hood Shaw Memorial AME Zion Church in Providence 

Events & Fundraisers:

At the Providence Chapter of Chums, Inc. we organize events throughout the year to promote civic, cultural, educational, and social improvement.  Our focus is to enrich the lives of children by helping them develop to their fullest intellectual, moral, and social potential while  supporting them emotionally and physically throughout their endeavors. 

Many fundraising events benefit our Constance Edmonds Scholarship Fund 501(c)(3) which is used to financially support students graduating from a high school (public, technical, charter, private or parochial) located in Rhode Island or Southeastern Massachusetts who are attending an institution of higher learning or a technical institute in the  Fall following their graduation.  

Throughout the years, the Providence chapter has held numerous fundraisers in support of this scholarship, such as:

• 2024 - Unsung Heroes "Denim and Bling" Event Fundraiser

• 2023 - Pizza Fundraiser

• 2023 - Funny 4 Funds Scholarship Fundraisers 

• 2022 - Crown Act 

• 2021 - Yard Sale 

• 2019 - Funny 4 Funds

• 2018 - "Women With Vision" recognition luncheon

For information on upcoming events email: events@providencechums.org.  
We look forward to hearing from you.  

Scholarship Committee:  

The Providence Chapter of Chums Inc. continues to award scholarships, up to $2,000 to college bound seniors from Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts who are of African American or black descent and a United States citizen graduating from High school, Charter school or Trade school. 
Our scholarship seeks to honor the memory of Constance Edmonds, a founding member and first President of the Providence Chapter Of Chums, Inc., by supporting students who have demonstrated excellent academic achievement, touched or enriched the lives of others through community service and can exhibit financial need.  

Yearly, scholarship information is distributed to area schools and is available for download on our site.  

The application deadline for our Constance Edmonds Scholarship is April 30th of each year.

2025 Scholarship materials are available NOW on our Scholarship Application page. 

For additional information email: scholarship@providencechums.org 

View our past scholarship recipients.  

We would like to help you reach your educational goals.  As we continue our mission of "listen to the children ... enrich their lives" we encourage you to apply.