aul Lavertu has been appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO), leading all information technology functions for Easterseals NH & VT, including IT strategy, technology roadmap, and digital transformation efforts.
The Granite YMCA held an awards ceremony last month during which volunteers, community supporters, donors, and employees gathered to recognize and celebrate the many accomplishments of The Granite YMCA over the past year.
As major changes to the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program go into effect next year, local pantries and charitable organizations are stepping up to feed Granite Staters—especially as holidays and the winter season increase demand.
Matt Courchesne, the founder and executive director of Helping Our Pupils Excel (HOPE) NH, Inc., said the funds from The Nash will help continue services like food, athletic gear, driver’s education, musical instruments and field trips for the many students they mentor in partnership with the City of Manchester.
Granite United Way last week announced the results of the first Opioid Abatement Community Grants Program (OACGP) responsive grant cycle, awarding $378,723 to 26 organizations across New Hampshire (NH). The funded projects will support a wide range of evidence-informed and community-driven initiatives designed to address the opioid crisis.
Following nearly 30 years of service in the U.S. Army, NH National Guard, and as a national director for military counseling services, Ana McKenna has been named Interim Director of Easterseals NH Military & Veterans Campus in Franklin.
Four members of the campus’s leadership team — including its head, former Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg — have resigned in protest in recent days, citing a range of concerns, including mismanagement and poor treatment by Easterseals. And some veterans living on the campus allege that Easterseals has prioritized the site’s money-making hotel and conference center that share the site, and has disregarded their needs.
In the wake of the longest-ever government shutdown in U.S. history and severe long-term cuts in the federal SNAP program, also known as food stamps, the task of feeding people in need is increasingly falling on the shoulders of individuals and nonprofits. Even with the combined efforts of the N.H. Department of Health and Human Services and the New Hampshire Food Bank, small operations like Restoration Acres have seen a spike in demand, and it’s not going away anytime soon.Â
n this season of giving, Swim With A Mission handed out grant checks totaling nearly two million dollars in funds in a fresh injection of much-needed resources to Veteran Service Organizations throughout the region. SWAM hosted its first ever grant award ceremony to deliver checks to 31 SVOs, helping to ensure the mission of serving our Veterans surges forward in our great state.
Seated in his electric wheelchair in one of the therapy rooms at Stepping Stones, Jacob Murdock of Derry smiled at his mom and his occupational therapist as they stretched and massaged his forearms, wrists and hands.Â