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14th Annual Search Under Way for New Hampshire's Top Youth Volunteers Do You Have Exceptional Youth Volunteers?Over the past 13 years, Prudential Spirit of Community Awards have been given to more than 400 middle and high school students across New Hampshire for helping the less fortunate, promoting health and safety, protecting the environment, and serving their communities through many other volunteer activities. These awards, presented nationwide by Prudential Financial, Inc. in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), honor outstanding community service by young people in grades 5 through 12. Young volunteers can apply online at www.prudential.com/spirit or at www.principals.org/prudential. Applications must be completed by October 31, 2008, then printed out, signed and submitted to a middle or high school principal, Girl Scout council, county 4-H agent, American Red Cross chapter, YMCA, or affiliate of HandsOn Network. Those without Internet access can get a paper version of the application form by calling 877-525-8491 toll-free.
Coalition names new program director Lisa Henderson recently returned as the program director of the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast after 3½ years working for other community based ventures. Most recently, she served as associate director of Squamscott Community Commons, which is developing a community center and YMCA in Exeter to serve the larger region.
Prior to this, Henderson was senior deputy director of Fannie Mae's Northern New England Community Business Center where her main responsibility was to source affordable housing investment opportunities in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. She spent the nine years prior at The Housing Partnership, a nonprofit affordable housing developer based in Portsmouth, working in a variety of capacities from fundraising to workforce housing advocacy to serving as their interim director.
U.S. Treasury awards $1 million to New Hampshire Community Loan Fund Concord, NH – The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund of the U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced its award of a $1 million grant to the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund. The Loan Fund will use the money to increase its loans to manufactured housing communities, microbusinesses and non-profit facilities in New Hampshire. Read more... Summit Presenter to Receive Award  Maureen Beauregard will receive the 12th annual Women's
Recognition Award from the New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Women at a
fall meeting of the governor and Executive Council. The award is given each year
to a woman who has brought honor and valor to herself and to the state through
her accomplishments and contributions. Beauregard is this year's recipient for
her tireless efforts as the president and founder of Families in Transition, a
nonprofit agency proving housing and services to homeless families and
individuals in Manchester and Concord.
Maureen
will be a presenter at the Nonprofit Leadership Summit on September
22nd in Manchester. She and Juliana Eades, President
of the Community Loan Fund, will explore leadership that goes beyond the four
walls of their organizations and how they have inspired and "grown leaders" in
Leadership that Transcends throughout the
Organization and Beyond. Register for the event and sign up for that
leadership story session today.
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Awards More than $1.8 Million. The NH Charitable Foundation recently announced 179 grants in its seven regions totalling more than $1.8 million. The competitive grant program runs two times a year, with application deadlines in March and September. View the details of each region. Southern NH Area Health Education Center Receives Grant Southern New Hampshire Area Health Education Center has received a $5,000 grant from Northeast Delta Dental Foundation. Since 2003, the Center has held more than 44 training sessions on "Integrating Oral Health into Primary Care," with an emphasis on pregnant women and young children throughout the state. This grant will allow the center's oral health educators to provide additional training to primary care providers.
Clean Air Cool Planet Receives EPA Environmental Education Grant A Portsmouth, N.H. organization was recently awarded a $41,714 environmental education grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency. Clean Air Cool Planet, which received the grant, will use the money to work with community groups which are assessing and improving their towns’ actions on energy use and conservation. This project also fosters creation of new local energy committees with the goal of increasing environmental stewardship and encouraging towns to make sustainable decisions on energy, transportation, waste disposal and land use. Read more... NH Creative Club Announces New President Manchester - The NH Creative Club recently announced that Chris Conroy, President and Creative Director of Heartwood Media has been elected president. The NH Creative Club is a nonprofit association of creative professionals in northern New England, including graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, copywriters, printers, videographers and others in related fields. The club serves as a creative forum for networking and professional development through its monthly meetings, panel discussions, presentations and workshops.
Manchester Community Health Center Makes a Healthy Change This Union Leader article highlights MCHC's move to the renovated offices in what used to be the old Dunn Furniture building. Read the article... NH Charitable Foundation President Listed in the 2008 NPT Power and Influence Top 50  Congratulations to Lew Feldstein, President of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation for being listed in the 2008 Nonprofit Times Power and Influence Top 50.This listing celebrates some of the nonprofit sector’s top executives and thinkers. Executives were selected for the impact they have now and for the innovative plans they are putting in place to evolve the charitable sector. Congratulations also goes to Robert Egger, Founder of the D.C. Central Kitchen in Washington and director of the NH Primary Project, an initiative of the Nonprofit Congress that was piloted here in NH last year. View the Publication... MicroCredit-NH Names David Hamel Director Concord, NH, - MicroCredit-NH, a program of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, is pleased to announce its hiring of David Hamel of Merrimack as MicroCredit-NH Director. MicroCredit-NH is a business development program that delivers services to self-employed individuals and microbusiness owners statewide. Read more... Dental Foundation Awards Seventh Grant to Families First Portsmouth, NH – A recent $6,000 grant from Northeast Delta Dental Foundation, Inc., will help Families First Health and Support Center purchase dental supplies for its on-site dental center and toothbrushes to give to children participating in Seacoast Healthy Grins, its school-based dental education, screening and cleaning program. Read more... The Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund awards nearly $200,000 in grants Concord, NH – The Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund, a donor advised fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, has awarded 20 grants totaling $196,203. In this grant round, decisions were made on grant requests of up to $15,000. A committee comprised of local residents from around the region reviewed requests. Grants were awarded to organizations throughout Coos County, New Hampshire, northeastern Vermont, and the MRC Coaticook region of Quebec, Canada in the fields of economic development, conservation and sustainable forestry, education and basic needs. Read more... The Girl Scouts of Swift Water Council Receive Grant from Riverstone Resources LLC Bedford, NH - The Girl Scouts of Swift Water Council’s Camp Farnsworth, celebrating a century of all-girl camping this month, will benefit from a $25,000 gift from RiverStone Resources LLC of Manchester, New Hampshire. Camp Farnsworth, in Thetford, Vermont, encompasses 300 acres of forest, trails and meadows on Lake Abenaki. Before it was a Girl Scout camp, it was Camp Hanoum, an all-girl camp established 100 years ago by Dr. Charles and Charlotte Farnsworth. Read more... |
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