The Founder: Marie Younkin-Waldman
© Where’s The Town, 2013 Narragansett, Rhode Island USA
Where’s The Town?
Enraged: Almacs dismissed employees before Christmas
Led campaign & raised $100 from community for each employee. All in
one week.
Concerned about focus on bad news on TV
Started “Tea With Marie” a weekly cable TV show based upon beauty,
gentility and tranquility. See TeaWithMarie.com
Wanted to help local people in need
Organized ten charity teas for the Jonnycake Center and kept them
going for ten years.
Initiated the creation of a new State commission
Started effort in her Narragansett home’s basement to create a new
Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for Rhode Island.
Organized professionals, administrators, Deaf culture and hard of
hearing culture. A new Commission was formed.
Here are some of Marie’s past community projects
Armed with a strong passion for helping people and a Master’s degree
from URI, Marie’s accomplishments go well beyond this list.
Needed to support her children
Marie started her own cleaning business while earning
her advanced degree from URI.
Wanted to help children
She started a home-based play group and from that she
became a co-founder of a professional nursery school.
Wanted to help local student
Marie became a mentor of one student for a full six
years. The student subsequently graduated from high
school and college.
Wanted to write
Marie wrote a column for the South County Independent
and went on to write and publish two books.
Wanted to help her church
Marie organized and ran several auctions and
fund-raisers.
Wanted to honor local 8th graders
Marie organized a tea in their honor at the local Bed
and Breakfast, Eden Manor.
Now, Marie wants to help her town prosper
She feels that Narragansett needs a center of focus and
that should be located in vicinity of Narragnsett Pier.
With a strong center, our town will be redefined and
strengthened and our community unified. Visitors will
feel the energy and want to participate by centering
their own activities where it feels “right.”
Wanted to help local Vietnam Veterans
Used her professional and organizational skills to help
the local Vietnam Veterans groups and families.
