Vlog | 1st Annual Harbor Lights with Newport Living and Lifestyles
1st announced here on Newport Living and Lifestyles! Pull out your party lights & “Light up the Harbor” at the 1st Annual “Harbor Lights Newport” event (more…)
LetsBuki App John Muggeridge Your key to events and specials in Newport
A groundbreaking app that will help you navigate the city whether you are a local or resident offering you insights into restaurant specials, pet friendly establishments, events and more! Download the app at https://www.heybuki.com/newport-rhode-island/
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Welcome to Newport Living and Lifestyles.I’m Christon and joining me today is Buki representative John Muggeridge.Great, thanks for having me.Absolutely, well I like to call him Mr. Muggs.So, you can do that too, I think? You’d accept that?Anytime, Anytime.So JohnJohnWhat is a Buki?Buki is an app that’ll provide you a mobile experience throughout Newport. Giving you information that you might need or want to help navigate the city whether you’re a resident or whether you’re a visitor.It’s really a very handy thing to have and it’s a free download.You have different sections?Yeah, yeah, the app is kind of structured with a look like Instagram.So you scroll up, it’s got a photo with a little bit of information.Across the top there are channels.What are some of the favorite channels?Well the mansion’s Channel is a big one.There’s a lot of information about the mansions,if you’re visiting the mansionsThere’s a channel for Fort Adams.To learn a little bit more about the history of the fort.in addition to like going to their concerts,and their eventsand their events and things.There’s a special channel for people from Newport.Which is all about pets.MmmHmmmm….. everybody’s FavoriteThere’s all sorts of pet friendly things,pet supplies, there is a pet boarding service.If you want to take a night out without your dog.They can put the put your dog up for the evening.There’s a lot of different ways to use the appIncluding dining other things to do.Like Restaurants and suchYeah, it’s all in there.That’s fantastic, Thanks so much for telling us all about Buki.How can people download this app? Where do they go?They go to www.LetsBuki.comIs it LetsBuki.com? Love it.Here is the visual.That little guy is Buki.and this is a dog?Buki is a dogOkay now, where did the name Buki come from?Originally?… Honest to god, I can’t tell you.It’s secret guys, its secret…If you can find out, please let me know.I have seen the dog in person, he’s very cute.What is it? English bull dog…?Ah Man… I don’t know…We’ll look it up and we’ll report back.We will get back to you.Named after an actual dog that the owners have, and the dog talks.WOW…so this is like a talking dog app.It’s communicating with you through the app, Buki talks, Buki Speaks.Well thanks so much for sharing that with us today. Download this app atLetsBuki.comAgain, its a free download. We’d love to get you downloaded.We’d love to get the feedback from you and what you like and what you don’t like.If you need to get a hold of me, get a hold of Christonand she can certainly hook you right up.I’ll put you a link in the bio.That works for me !Alright right ! Thanks so much!Thank You Christonand we look forward to seeing you onNewport Living and Lifestyles
July 4th Fireworks with Evan Smith President & CEO of Discover Newport
Evan Smith President and CEO gives insight behind the July 4th fireworks in Newport and a list of… (more…)
GreenLove Foundation with Katherine Bowers and Newport Living and Lifestyles
Meet my gal pal @Katherine Bowers of The GreenLove Foundation that installs refillable water stations to support the environment saving over 300,000 bottles of water from polluting our Earth! She created the foundation in loving memory of her daughter Kendra Bowers who’s mission was to enhance the environment.
Please come to their event April 27th Saturday night O’Brien’s Pub 6-9 to learn more and support their cause! www.GreenloveFoundation.org
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MentorRI with Marc Mainville
No, It is not Christmas… Marc Mainville explains why they keep their Christmas Tree up all year long! He is a man of many Mentor statistics backed by his experience mentoring and his 10 year tenure as Director of Operations. He is passionate and knowledgeable. He explains that MentorRI supports 60 Programs and schools in RI including Aquidneck Island Mentoring, Martin Luther King Center and Boys and Girls Club. Marc states that these are not kids that need fixing, they just need someone else to talk to and expand their horizons.
55% more likely to enroll in college
80 % likely to be in a club, sport or activity
2x’s more likely to have a leadership role in those clubs, sports or activities
80% volunteer in their own community
It’s a trickle down effect. When you start Mentoring, you are bettering your community for generations to come !
Dancing with the stars raises a 6th of the annual budget for the MentorRI organization & Aquidneck Island mentoring.
If you are interested in Attending, Mentoring or Donating to MentorRI, click the link below:
https://mentorri.networkforgood.com/projects/62972-support-children-support-local-support-mentorri-christon