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Newsletter Highlights
Kelly's Ramble
Big E Food Funds
New Center - Cathedral at the Pines
Hampton Beach Seafood Festival
Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day
NH for the Holidays Expo
Knights Pond Blog
Big E Load-in Blog
Waterville Valley / WMNF Tour Blog
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UPCOMING OPPORTUNITY STATUS AND NEWS
Click to read about... new tour/event sign up policies.
Sign up www.nhgsa.com/gsaOpen to all GSAs & community friends.
Benedictine Hike - Oct 16
Space available
December Calendars Open
September 1, 6:00am
Keene Pumpkin Festival - Oct 20 Opening Postponed - watch your email next week for details.
Airport Tour - Nov 13 Space available
NH for the Holidays Expo-Dec 8-9
Opening Wed, Sept 5, 11 am
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PSNH proud sponsors of NHGSA
"2012 Educational Tour Series"
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Granite State Ambassadors
We sincerely appreciate your donations.
Choose where your money goes:
Donate to support GSAs in general
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Key Partners
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Things to Do Around
New Hampshire
 
Also: Click to read NHDTTD's Newsletters
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Granite State Ambassadors
One Airport Road - Suite 198, Manchester NH 03103-7450
Information: 603-621-0638
Member Services: 603-238-6764
Board of Directors
rrr1944@motleythebear.com
Jean Acton, 2010 GSA of Yr - countess370@verizon.net
Peter Morgan, Founder
CARAUDI@aol.com
Bill Petersen - Founder
en2000@comcast.net
Staff, Contractors
Judi Window, President/CEO
ceo@nhgsa.com
Kelly Bryer, Technology, Operations & Member Services Manager
opsmanager@nhgsa.com
Nathan Pasquale, Big E, Operations & Training Manager Matt Lavoie, Literature Coordinator Michelle Demirjian, Chief Financial Advisor
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Greetings!
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My cousin and her family visit the area every year. This year she and her three kids stayed with my family for 4 days last week. With budgets tight she asked me to line up some free and inexpensive fun for us all... and you know what -- they had way more fun than they normally do. I did get some ribbing about "Kelly time" which refers to my perception that nothing is that far away. I guess the city girl in me is truly gone for good.
We swam, paddled the Pemigewasset River, watched a mink swim, went camping for a night, roasted S'mores, star gazed, avoided a skunk, went to Chutters Candy (Longest Candy Counter in the World), drove the 4 notches, walked into Sabbaday Falls on the Kancamaugus, hiked Rattlesnake overlooking Squam, visited the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center and back-to-school shopped at Tanger Outlet Center. Phew, I'm tired just writing this.
~Kelly
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PORTSMOUTH PEACE TREATY DAY
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
Celebrating when New Hampshire's citizen diplomats -- true Granite State Ambassadors -- helped save the world. www.portsmouthpeacetreaty.org  The NH Legislature in 2010 declared the day the Treaty was signed to be Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day in perpetuity, confirmed by Governor's Proclamation.
Visit www.PortsmouthPeaceTreaty.org
for a full calendar of events.
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NEW EVENT -- NH FOR THE HOLIDAYS EXPO
Here is another opportunity to earn "Event" hours to use towards the Indian Head Perk!
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Sign-ups Open
Wed Sept 5th @ 11am
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The first ever NH for the Holidays Expo will combine the atmosphere of a winter wonderland with a unique shopping experience. This year's event will include the opportunity to buy distinctive quality gifts for everyone on your shopping list, a holiday village for shopping and strolling, and entertainment on the stage!
It will be similar in size and scope to the Made In NH Expo, with a holiday theme. We are looking for GSAs to help out with greeting guests and handing out programs, keeping an eye on the holiday trees, walking the floor to assist guests and exhibitors, and wrapping gifts.
Show dates/times:
Saturday, December 8, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Sunday, December 9, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (5:00 pm) ORIENTATION - WED, NOV 28TH, 10:30-12:30 Click here for more information and to sign up to volunteer....
Labor Day Weekend Wraps Up Summer & Kicks off Fall in New Hampshire
540,000 Visitors Expected to Spend $76.5 Million this Holiday Weekend
by: Tai Freligh, NH Division of Travel and Tourism 
The Labor Day Weekend in New Hampshire will be a busy one as many visitors and residents look to get one last beach or boating trip in before summer ends. Visitation and spending are forecasted to be up this year over last year.
According to a report by the Institute for New Hampshire Studies, about 540,000 visitors will come from out-of-state, up by 1.5 percent over last year and are anticipated to spend about $76.5 million, up by 2 percent over last year. Read DTTD's article....
You are invited to join us for the fun at the Big E! 
Sign up for shifts or orientation; Room rates; details... www.nhgsa.com/bige
Plan to eat at the fair? Purchase your "Food Funds" now through September 12th and save 20%.
New Non-Member Approved Visitor Center As with all of our non-member approved centers, you must contact them directly to schedule shifts and post your hours via the online calendar system.
Looking for a place to volunteer in the Monadnock Region? The Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge is looking for GSAs to help welcome guests. Our own Board Chair, Gretchen Ziegler, is the Acting Executive Director and will serve as trainer and mentor. The Cathedral of the Pines is opened from May through October, with September and October particularly busy. If you are interested, contact Gretchen at: gretchen@cathedralofthepines.org. and check out the Cathedral website: www.cathedralofthepines.org.
23rd Annual Hampton Beach Seafood Festival
September 7-9, 2012
This is an unofficial GSA Event - which means you contact them directly for shifts and you post your own hours via the online calendar system.  The Hampton Beach Seafood Festival still needs volunteers for crossing guards and traffic control at our North Gates! For more information and how to sign up,
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Day in the Life of a Granite State Ambassador
By: Kelly Bryer, GSA
Museum of NH History Class of 2003
 Recently the GSAs were invited to participate in a hands-on tour of the Waterville Valley Region and the White Mountain National Forest. The day began at Exit 32 in Woodstock at the White Mountain Information Center where we met with the folks at White Mountain Attractions and the White Mountain National Forest Welcome & Information Centers. Jim Sacchetti and Jimmy Hill of the White Mountain National Forest's Pemigewasset Ranger District captivated the group with their intimate knowledge of the forest and with their interpretive center. It was hard to move on, there were so many resources available to volunteers and some great questions by the GSAs. I personally learned a lot about the area I call home.
Read more about the tour...
A1,6-7 ; A4,6 ; B4,12...?  If you are looking at the title of this blog and laughing it's because you are one of the few who have been there and done this. If you don't, then let me tell you the story about my first Big E load in... We headed to Springfield, MA on an EARLY and gloomy morning. I started in Portsmouth, then over to Bedford, South to Keene, and finally down to the Big E in Springfield MA (about a 3 hour drive with a stop at the Days Inn to pick up more boxes, eat, and pee, courtesy of our friend & hotel manager, Jim). Only one problem awaits us when we arrive, we must locate our key. This gave me time to take a walk around. The day had turned for the better, by the time we arrived it was a warm sunny afternoon. I took some time admiring the building and its surroundings. After failing to find our apparently well hidden key, we acquired one from someone on the grounds and were quickly on our way.
Read more about our Load-In Adventures...
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GSA Recommendation When Visiting NH
 Knight's Pond, Alton, NH, A Little Known Gem Of A Trail In The Lakes Region
by Anura Guruge, GSA
 I read about Knight's Pond, around this time last year, on Winnipesaukee.com. It sounded interesting. Deanna and Teischan were going to a birthday party. Devanee was anxious to do something new and fun. So the two of us, with the two dogs, and Maya really was a puppy, went looking for Knight's Pond. We found it, at last, but it wasn't straightforward. There is NOT a single sign for it! That is OK. They want to keep it fairly secret. We were impressed. A few weeks later we all went, again, of course, with the dogs. We have been there a few times since.
Read more about Anura's trip to Knight's Pond....
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