Special Recognition For Our Work

Shri Awards

& Recognitions

Shri Yoga's innovative classes and unique approach to wellness have been highly recognized, resulting in various awards applauding its commitment to fostering community well-being.

  • GrowSmart Rhode Island: 2024 Smart Growth Award: The Pine Street Project

    Junior Achievement Rhode Island: Profiles in Excellence 2024

    National Ancor Community Builder Award 2024 (Santa Fe, New Mexico)

    Person of the Year, Pawtucket Hall of Fame, 2023

    Fogarty Center "Janet Almeida Community Inclusion Award," 2022

    Pawtucket Senior Center (Leon Mathieu) Community Award, 2021

    Myra Kraft Community MVP Awards | New England Patriots Foundation | Alison Bologna, 2020

    Looking Upwards "Making the Difference" Community Partner Award, May 2019

    The ARC of Bristol County, Community Award, 2017

    Person of the Year, The Pawtucket Foundation, 2015

    The Rhode Island Small Business Entrepreneurial Woman To Watch Award, 2014

    Rhode Island Justice Award, nominated and awarded by RI Attorney General Peter Kilmartin, 2014

    Rally for Recovery Advocacy Award, 2014

    Rhode Island Monthly Magazine's Best Yoga Outreach, 2013

    The Women of Excellence Community Award, on behalf of The Women's Center of Rhode Island, 2013

    "Wise Woman" award from the National Organization of Italian American Women, 2013

    The Volunteer of the Year Award from LIFE, Inc., 2013

    Rhode Island Monthly Magazine Best New Yoga Studio, North, 2012

    Providence Business News' 40 Under 40, Class of 2011

    Community Award from ARC of Blackstone Valley

    Special Recognition Award from the Children's Shelter of Blackstone Valley

    Community Award from Venture Community Services

    Sturbridge MA

    Community Award from the Pawtucket School Department

Shri Development Revitalizes The Commuter Rail Neighborhood
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Shri Development Revitalizes The Commuter Rail Neighborhood

It started in 2010 when Alison Bologna, a Pawtucket resident and local news anchor at NBC 10, decided to open a yoga studio in one of our empty downtown storefronts. She named it “Shri Studio” with the intention of bringing light (the definition of “Shri” in Sanskrit) into the district by offering low cost and free yoga outreach classes to students who otherwise wouldn’t have access.

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Grant Funds Fill Hole As Shri Studio Expansion Continues
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Grant Funds Fill Hole As Shri Studio Expansion Continues

PAWTUCKET – By this time next year, the new space for Alison Bologna’s Shri Studio should be fully ready to go, aided by a $100,000 grant from The Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation to support build-out of the facility at 390 Pine St. near the city’s future new train station.The $100,000 grant is among 37 grants that Centreville Bank awarded as part of its fourth-quarter 2021 round of grants. The money will go toward the affordable housing and community hub space being developed at 390 Pine St.

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Threading The Needle

PAWTUCKET — Imagine a future where Pawtucket is a bustling urban center; where dining, shopping, entertainment and recreation entertainment opportunities abound; where residents commute to good-paying jobs in Boston or Providence — or even walk to those jobs in their Pawtucket neighborhood.

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  • Fogarty Center "Janet Almeida Community Inclusion Award," 2022

    Pawtucket Senior Center (Leon Mathieu) Community Award, 2021

    Myra Kraft Community MVP Awards | New England Patriots Foundation | Alison Bologna, 2020

    Looking Upwards "Making the Difference" Community Partner Award, May 2019

    The ARC of Bristol County, Community Award, 2017

    Person of the Year, The Pawtucket Foundation, 2015

    The Rhode Island Small Business Entrepreneurial Woman To Watch Award, 2014

    Rhode Island Justice Award, nominated and awarded by RI Attorney General Peter Kilmartin, 2014

    Rally for Recovery Advocacy Award, 2014

    Rhode Island Monthly Magazine's Best Yoga Outreach, 2013

    The Women of Excellence Community Award, on behalf of The Women's Center of Rhode Island, 2013

    "Wise Woman" award from the National Organization of Italian American Women, 2013

    The Volunteer of the Year Award from LIFE, Inc., 2013

    Rhode Island Monthly Magazine Best New Yoga Studio, North, 2012

    Providence Business News' 40 Under 40, Class of 2011

    Community Award from ARC of Blackstone Valley

    Special Recognition Award from the Children's Shelter of Blackstone Valley

    Community Award from Venture Community Services

    Sturbridge MA

    Community Award from the Pawtucket School Department