Cha-Ching! Cash Mob Invades Jennifer's Chocolates

Jennifer's Chocolates on Robinson Street saw almost four times the business it sees most days thanks to Monday's enthusiastic cash mob shoppers.

A simple Facebook invite to 40 friends and a modest goal to drum up support for some of Wakefield’s struggling businesses ended in an $800 stimulus for one local shop on Monday. Laura Winward’s idea for a cash mob in Wakefield - think of a flash mob where participants agree to shop together, spending $20 each at a designated local shop - went viral with little more planning than setting a date and typing up a couple of paragraphs about her plan, garnering 655 invitations before Monday's event. Winward’s vision was to ignite a community effort to support small businesses across the state. “Unfortunately in a world of big box stores and this rough economy, they are dropping like flies,” said Winward, who owns Waves of Creation, 271 Main St, …

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Five Things You Need To Know Today

5 Things: Cash Mob, DJs and Hoops

Five things to know in SK on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012:

1. Spend, Spend, Spend. South Kingstown's first cash mob to help support local small businesses takes to stores this afternoon on Main Street. Waves of Creation owner Laura Winward organized the assemblage after reading a New York Times article about the mobs of shoppers that rush in on unexpectant local businesses and spend, spend, spend.  Participants should meet at 3 p.m. in the parking lot across the street from Waves of Creation, 271 Main St., Wakefield. From there, Winward will announce the name of the business to be mobbed and cash mobbers will walk as a group to the shop and spend some money. 2. Itching for some loud bass and fast beats? Catch Grammy Award-nominated Sweedish DJ Avicii tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Ryan Center, 1 …

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Plan Ahead: Farmers, Zen and Coffee

A look at what's to come in South Kingstown in the week ahead.

The South Kingstown Wintertime Farmers Market is open today at 10 a.m. at the Peace Dale Mills, 1425 Kingstown Road, South Kingstown. College Goal Sunday Rhode Island stops at South Kingstown High School at 2 p.m.  Financial aid professionals will provide hands-on help for college-bound students and their families in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). This event will take place  in several locations throughout Rhode Island.  For information on additional locations, click here. Don't forget to check the daily roster at Boss Arena, 1 Keaney Road, Kingston, to see who plays. For a list of high school ice hockey games today, click here.  All That Matters on Main Street will host its Monthly Guided Zen Meditation…

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