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.
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2026 Women of the Year | Difference Maker Award | by the Northern RI Chamber of Commerce (March 2026)
Extraordinary Woman Award by The Woman Development Institute (March 2026)
Community Partner Award by The Boys and Girls Club of Pawtucket (November 2025)
Employer of the Year, Community Provider Network or Rhode Island (nominated by The Fogarty Center)
2025 Preservation Reward by the Heritage Alliance of Pawtucket
2025 the SBA Rhode Island District Office and New England Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year
2025 First Place Commercial Historic Renovation Design Award (Rhode Island Monthly Magazine / Nest) with Ed Wojcik
Rhody Award 2024 (Preserve Rhode Island)
Disability Advocate Award (Rhode Island Department of Human Services, Office of Rehabilitation Services) 2024
Diversity and Inclusion Professionals: Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion Award 2024
Rhode Island Monthly Magazine: Yoga Empowerment (July 2024)
Dr. Ruby Roy Dholakia Memorial Award (URI Inclusion Innovation Conference (June 5, 2024)
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
2010-2011 Awards:
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
Bologna stretches for more with yoga
2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Alison Bologna Shri Studio Inc. founder and owner ALISON BOLOGNA’S GOAL for Shri Studio Inc.’s new home is to be “self-sustaining.” Bologna launched the yoga studio in 2010 in an empty downtown Pawtucket storefront, offering low-cost and free classes to students who didn’t have access to yoga.
Off-air, Ch. 10 Alison Bologna builds programs that help thousands of Rhode Islanders
PAWTUCKET – Adaptive yoga instructor Robin Sousa begins her class by having her 16 participants shake their arms, first by their sides and then over their heads.
From Yoga Instructor To Citizen Developer
Residents of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, may recognize Alison Bologna as their local NBC news anchor and others as the owner of Shri Yoga Studio. Now, the multi-hyphenate Rhode Islander is adding developer to her resume.
After Opening Yoga Studio, She Has Stretched For More
It’s a late summer morning and the stately brick building that is Shri Studio Inc.’s new home is about to officially open for business. A worker tidies the roof. Down below, there are flower beds ready for plantings and the green irrigation system. “The goal is to be self-sustaining,” said Alison Bologna, Shri’s founder and…
Five Questions With: Alison Bologna
Alison Bologna anchors WJAR-TV NBC 10’s “NBC 10 News Sunrise,” and when she is not on the air, she runs Shri Studio Inc., doing business as Shri Studio, Service Corps & Bark. The company includes Shri Studio, an outreach yoga studio; Shri Service Corps, a nonprofit arm that serves more than 8,500 residents every year…
Showing Up Means More Than Putting In The Time
Alison M. Bologna WJAR-TV NBC 10 Sunrise and Noon News co-anchor Shri Studio Inc., Shri Service Corps founder and executive director “Showing up” is a practice I’ve learned to manage, in both time and spirit, while anchoring the news at NBC 10 in the morning and running Shri late into the afternoons and evenings. Because…
Rhode Island Monthly: Inspiring People Who've Moved The State Forward
Rhode Islanders of the Year. These people helped make the world a better place this year.
Alison Bologna Teaching Yoga In Providence Schools
Alison leads the 8th-grade class in yoga. Alison Bologna and her Shri Studio combine yoga and smart snacking in a pilot program in Providence schools. She has created a nutrition bar, Shri Bark, that is sold in local grocery stores and that the students get as part of the class at Nathanael Greene Middle School.
Alison Bologna, Shri Studio
In 2009, Alison Bologna opened Shri Studio, Urban Revitalization Yoga, in downtown Pawtucket with the mission of offering yoga and wellness classes to the local downtown district while spearheading neighborhood revitalization efforts. Today, Shri Studio is the only corporation of its kind in the state with an emphasis on yoga outreach in urban communities.
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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