Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island

NEWPORT, R.I. (May 17, 2010) – Today, Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI) officially added its first civic group — the Newport Navy League of the United States — to the Oliver Hazard Perry’s growing list of supporters. Until now, the non-profit organization has relied mostly on trade groups, individuals in the private sector, corporations, charitable trusts and educational institutions to help it achieve critical mass in the development of Rhode Island’s Education at Sea tall ship, and it is hoping that other local chapters of national organizations will follow the Navy League’s lead.
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NEWPORT, R.I. (May 2, 2010) – For some non-profit organizations, it might seem precarious to have one foot on the dock and the other on a boat, but for Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI) it is just this situation that is helping to turn the concept of Rhode Island’s Education at Sea Tall Ship into a reality. As it stands, OHPRI already owns the steel hull of what, in 2012, will be christened the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry.  After the deck, masts, rigging, sails and electronics have been added and its at-sea education programs for secondary schools and colleges established, the Oliver Hazard Perry will sail as a 207-foot three-masted, square rigger–the largest privately owned school ship in America.  This is the platform on which OHPRI has established its fund raising and educational goals, and it has held steady in the water as more and more supporters come to realize there is little, if any, proverbial gap between the dock and this magnificent opportunity. (more…)