The Diocese of Providence granted $411,637.10 in heating assistance this season, the most aid it has provided in the 17-year history of Bishop Thomas J. Tobin’s Keep the Heat On Program. This amount is more than double the $171,119.55 in assistance it provided last season.

Heating assistance program has given out more than $330,000 in assistance so far this season

National Grid Foundation gift helps warm local homes this winter (Photo: RI Catholic)

PROVIDENCE — The Keep the Heat on Program for the Diocese of Providence has never experienced a heating season quite like this one before. So far this heating season, KTHO staff have already assisted 437 households compared to 183 at this time last year. Keep the Heat On has also provided more than $163,000 in assistance already this year. (Photo: RI Catholic)

PROVIDENCE — Kristen Costa, 35, is a supermom. She’s caring for her two children, navigating work, motherhood and her own personal health concerns — in a pandemic no less. The Rumford resident was recently diagnosed with cervical cancer and has been recuperating from a partial hysterectomy. She had a payment plan with National Grid for her electric, but was unable to keep current with the agreed upon budget plan plus the current bill. Finances were getting tight.

Sunday, December 5 at 3 p.m., in conjunction with the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the Diocese of Providence, the Gregorian Concert Choir and Festival Orchestra will perform a concert in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence, entitled “The Sounds of the Season” to benefit Bishop Tobin’s “Keep the Heat On" Challenge. (Photo: RI Catholic)

PROVIDENCE — After another difficult winter, “Keep the Heat On,” the heating assistance program for the Diocese of Providence, continued to provide great relief to Rhode Islanders struggling to pay their utility bills, many due to circumstances brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

(PROVIDENCE, R.I.) – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence has announced that the National Grid Foundation has made another major gift donation for its ‘Keep the Heat On’ heating assistance program. The donation of $250,000 is the eighth major gift that the heating assistance program has accepted from the Foundation and the largest to date, more than double last year’s donation of $100,000.

As we approach the end of 2020 and the last chance to make a tax-deductible charitable donation to a program that makes a real impact and fulfills a real need for Rhode Islanders, please consider a donation in any amount in support of Keep the Heat On.

Diocesan heating assistance program offers critical lifeline to local households

Diocesan heating assistance program offers a critical lifeline to local households

On Friday mornings in December, student council members at St. Margaret School in East Providence helped start the day off right, and for a good cause, by selling hot cocoa to students to benefit... (Photo: RI Catholic)

UPDATE: Lumen Gentium 2020 did not take place due to the pandemic

Several hundred people recently attended a concert at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence to enjoy ‘The Sounds of the Season’, while helping to ‘Keep the Heat On.’ (Photo: RI Catholic)

Sunday, December 8th at 3:00pm in the Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul, Providence - to benefit Bishop Tobin's Keep the Heat On Fund (Photo: RI Catholic)

‘Keep the Heat On,’ a heating assistance program of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, will kick off the 15th anniversary of the campaign Monday, November 25th

As its 14th season comes to a close, the diocesan “Keep the Heat On” program, founded in 2005 by Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, has surpassed $3 million in heating assistance provided to those most in need from across Rhode Island.

The Diocese of Providence received a major gift today from the National Grid Foundation for its ‘Keep the Heat On’ heating assistance program! (Photo: RI Catholic)

Recent cold weather throughout New England has brought concern for those who struggle to stay warm throughout the most frigid days during Rhode Island winters.

Sunday, December 9th at 3:00pm in the Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul, Providence - to benefit Bishop Tobin's Keep the Heat On Fund (Photo: RI Catholic)