Bristol's Sports Exchange helps students learn vocational and life skills.
Heather Tolan and Cassie Tucker had never considered golf gear before starting to work at Bristol’s Sports Exchange. “Now we know the difference between drivers and wedges,” said Tolan. “And irons!” added Tucker. The two 19-year-old Tiverton girls are students at the East Bay Transitional Academy, a skill-building program that helps 18- to 21 year-olds join the work force or prepare students to attend a college or trade school. Warren's East Bay Educational Collaborative funds both the Academy and The Sports Exchange, which accepts consigned and donated sporting goods from hockey sticks and ice skates to books, treadmills, jerseys and more. From conception to implementation, the store has involved all 15 of the Academy’s students who …
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Commercial property owner builds a rink on the site of a demolished building and opens it to the neighborhood kids.
On the corner of Franklin and Buttonwood streets, the sounds of children squealing with delight could be heard long after dark on Wednesday night. As if by some Christmas miracle, the children were skating around an outdoor ice rink, which appeared last week in a parking lot on the site of a demolished building. It was not the work of Santa Claus, however, but rather property owner Andy Tsyka, who wanted a place to skate with his young daughters. "I like it because I get better and better at skating," said his 7-year-old daughter, Hope. "We get to come whenever we want," piped up her 8-year-old sister, Drew. At 100' by 40,' rink construction was no small feat. With help from his employees, Tyska used lumber to construct the perimeter, and …
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Franklin St & Buttonwood St, Bristol, RI
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