1. As part of $400,000 in donations focused on addressing mental illness and mental health, Hannaford Supermarkets and the Hannaford Charitable Foundation provided $100,000 in funding to NAMI New Hampshire (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Pictured here, from left to right: Todd Donovan, NAMI NH board member; Major (Ret.) Russell Conte, NAMI NH board president; John Fifield, director of operations, Hannaford; Kristen Welch, director of development, NAMI NH; Ken Norton, executive director, NAMI NH.
2. UScellular has announced a $30,000 investment in the Boys & Girls Club of Manchester to support K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and academic enrichment programs for members at the Club. This is part of a $1 million donation the company made to support 20 Boys & Girls Clubs across its service areas.
3. On May 10, New England’s Tap House Grille in Hooksett prepared more than 720 meals for nurses at Catholic Medical Center, Elliot Hospital and Health System, and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester in appreciation of their services. The “Meals of Thanks” were funded by a partnership with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, NH Magazine and Connection I.T. Solutions, which also sent volunteers to help package meals. The endeavor was also supported by sponsors Benuck & Rainey, Amoskeag Beverages LLC, Citronics and Granite State College.
4. Wayne and Kali Moulton of Portsmouth-based Sages Entertainment (pictured here with daughter, Alice, in some magic foam) were recently presented with the prestigious Discover Magic Golden Wand of Excellence, awarded for outstanding online magic courses. Discover Magic is the international education program specially designed to teach magic to 8- to 12-year-olds while also building eight characteristics: being respectful, prepared, enthusiastic, confident, humble, creative, authentic and giving.
5. Denise White (right), manager of integrated care at Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro, and Vicky Kirch, nurse care coordinator, are pictured with part of the supply of pulse oximeters purchased with a $2,000 donation from Meredith Village Savings Bank. The pulse oximeters help community members with Covid-19 monitoring their illness at home. An early warning sign of declining condition due to Covid-19 is the lowering of blood oxygen levels.
6. Makin’ It Happen has been chosen to receive the New Hampshire Public Health Association Friend of Public Health Award for 2021. Based in Manchester, Makin’ It Happen provides primary prevention and continuing care related to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in Manchester and seven surrounding communities.
7. Girls Inc. of New Hampshire hosted its second livestreamed “Fuel Her Fire” auction on April 16, raising $165,000 to support the organization’s mission and programs. Pictured here is Girls Inc. CEO Sharron McCarthy with auctioneer and board member Mark Fodero.
8. Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies, a high school located at and working in partnership with Manchester Community College, recently introduced students to a number of exploration day activities, including learning about the Electrical Line Worker Program at MCC, which was created in response to workforce needs at energy utility, Eversource.
