24 May 2022

2024 Annual Clambake – July 11, 2024

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Annual Rhode Island Funeral Directors’ Clambake/Outing
Thursday, July 11, 2024

For Sponsorship Opportunities, please click here

Please make reservations by July 5th. Tickets will not be mailed in advance of the clambake. Your reservations will be available at the clambake.

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Kempenaar’s Clambake Club
323 Valley Road, Middletown, RI

The moment that all New Englanders have been waiting for has finally arrived. You are cordially invited to attend our Annual Rhode Island Funeral Directors’ Outing/Clambake that will be held on Thursday, July 11, at Kempenaar’s Clambake Club, (401) 847-1441. (See directions below). The chowder and clamcakes will be served from 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. and the littlenecks will be served at 2:30 p.m. This “Authentic” New England Clambake will be held at 5:00 p.m. sharp. The New England clambake consists of steamers and mussels with drawn butter & broth, your choice of 1-1/4 lb New England Lobster* or Steak* and all meals are served with barbeque chicken (family style), BBQ drumstick, sausage – fresh fish, potato, corn-on-the-cob, coleslaw, brown bread and seasonal fruit platter with a sweet and your choice of coffee or lemonade. The cost of the New England Clambake is $115.00 per person. A cash bar will be available, however, we will have an open soda bar served throughout the day. As always, please feel free to bring along guests.

There will be many great door prizes as well as the raffle for the liquor basket.  Kempenaar’s green lawns, flowering shrubs, colorful flower beds and open air-pavilions, is the perfect setting for our Annual clambake.  You are welcome to compete in a game of horseshoes, volleyball or lawn bowling or just sit back and enjoy the attractive grounds.  They only serve one group at a time, so the 5 acres is totally for our exclusive use.  

Please make reservations by July 5th. Tickets will not be mailed in advance of the clambake. Your reservations will be available at the clambake.

  • You may register online here
  • OR by printing out this order form and mailing to
  • Laurie Robinson, PO Box 1223, East Greenwich, Rhode Island 02818
  • OR by faxing to (401) 885-7090
  • OR by calling Laurie Robinson at (401) 523-5107

3 May 2017

Dinner Meeting – June 11, 2024

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Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Lemongrass
1138 Post Rd. Warwick, RI 02888

Kindly RSVP by June 5, 2024

Hosted by Shalom Memorial Chapel

We will begin with a social gathering featuring Hors D’oeuvres and a cash bar from 6:00 pm to 6:45 p.m. Dinner Meeting begins at 6:45 p.m.

For this meeting, the dinner will be a buffet. The host has taken extra steps to ensure that gluten-free dietary restrictions are met.

(Appetizers – Hosted by Shalom Memorial Chapel: Nime Chow, Fried Ravioli, Egg Rolls, Crab Rangoon, and Beef Teriyaki). Some of these options are gluten-free.

(Buffet: Chicken Fingers, Beef Pad Thai, Barbequed Spare Ribs, Chicken Fried Rice, Vegetable Lo Mein, Rainbow Roll, California Roll, Spicy Shrimp Tempura Roll, Chicken w/Vegetable, Pork Lo Mein, Beef Broccoli, General Tso’s Chicken). Many of these options are gluten-free.

Buffet Cost @ $35 pp

If you have a special dietary restriction, please contact us by June 5th. (1.50 CEUs).

  • You may register online here
  • OR by printing out this order form and mailing to Laurie Robinson, PO Box 1223, East Greenwich, Rhode Island 02818
  • OR by faxing to (401) 885-7090
  • OR by calling Laurie Robinson at (401) 523-5107

If you make a reservation and are unable to attend, please contact Laurie Robinson so that we do not have to absorb this expense.

14 Aug 2022

Wreaths Across America

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This year’s Annual Wreaths Across America State House Ceremony will take place on Monday, December 9, 2024, at the RI State House.

The 2023 RI Wreaths Across America Ceremony included the Gold Star Families, Governor Daniel McKee, Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, Secretary of State Gregg Amore, Representatives from House Veterans Affairs, Officers of the RIFDA: Maria King President, Nicole Heywood, President-Elect and Anthony Nardolillo, vice President, Major General Christopher Callahan, Kasim Yarn, Director, RI Veterans Affairs and Guests from Ponagansett HS, and Goff Middle School.

The Wreaths Across America’s ceremony begins a week-long series of events designed to raise awareness and appreciation for the sacrifices of our nation’s veterans and their families.

The ceremony takes place in most of the 50 states and Washington, D.C. and have a particular focus on family during the holidays.

Volunteers conduct the State House ceremonies each year in their respective state capitals. Dignitaries and special guests are invited to speak in honor of our veterans and active military.

These wreath-laying ceremonies are nonpolitical.