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Together with You,
Building Safe, Stable and Nurturing
Families and Communities
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2010 Board of Trustees
Deborah Chase,
Gilmanton
Janice Fitzpatrick,
Candia
Raymond Gagnon,
Claremont
Sen. Peggy Gilmour RN,
Hollis
Rep. Anne Grassie,
Rochester
Courtney H.G. Herz, Esq.,
Secretary, Hopkinton
Peirce Hunter, M.D.,
Chair, Bow
Kristina Ickes, MBA,
Candia
Audrey Knight, MSN, RN,
Hopkinton
Sen. Bette Lasky,
Nashua
Robert MacGowan,
Webster
Rep. Betsy McKinney,
Treasurer, Londonderry
Lauren Noether, Senior
Assistant Attorney Gen.,
Concord
Malcolm Smith, PhD, CFLE,
Durham
Brenda Tibbetts, Vice Chair, Colebrook |
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2010 Staff
2010 Interns
2010 Volunteers
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 Dear Friends:
As you know, April has been declared Child Abuse Prevention Month since 1984. Here is the link to this year's presidential proclamation. Governor John Lynch has issued a proclamation, declaring April as Strengthening Families and Communities Month. Read on to find out about the many upcoming events around the state.
We invite you to participate in any way you can. Together we can put an end to child abuse and neglect.
See you soon,
Keryn
Keryn Bernard-Kriegl
Executive Director
Maximize your dollar!
For every dollar you donate to the New Hampshire Children's Trust Fund, we are able to leverage federal dollars through our Community Based Child Abuse Prevention contract. This means your dollar goes farther to help us build safe, stable and nurturing families and communities. |
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 April 2010 is Strengthening Families and Communities Month |
"The Strength of Families and Communities: It's your turn!"
Alyssa Azotea, MS
The spring is a time of renewal, a time to breathe the fresh air and remember how changes are possible. My focus for the past few months has been on the strength of families and communities, as a preventative measure against child abuse and neglect. I concentrated on NH families and communities, and met many passionate and inspiring individuals!
Qualitative study
As part of this campaign, I have conducted a State-wide Qualitative Study, focusing on what makes families and communities strong and self-reliant and what factors hinder the strength of families and communities. There were 56 participants, some who joined me for focus groups, and others who submitted anonymous questionnaires. Thank you to the following organizations for their willingness to hold focus groups.
Family Resource Center in Gorham
Families First in Portsmouth
Dame School in Concord
NH Taskforce on Women and Recovery in Manchester
HUB Family Resource Center in Dover
Overall, the study indicated that individuals within NH find strength in families and communities where there is open communication, honesty, and quality time spent together. There is an obvious need for resource centers, and activities that are affordable, as well as child and family friendly. The full study will be available soon!
  Blue Ribbon/ Pinwheel campaign
We have several agencies/ organizations that will be joining us this month, by making displays that represent children/ families served in the year 2009. These pictures will be placed in a power point, to be presented at the Legislative Luncheon on April 15th, as well as other public events. The agencies joining us for this event are listed below:
- Baby-time
- Child and Family Services Day Treatment Program
- Coos Family Support Project
- Early Head Start
- Families First Health and Support Center
- Farmington Children's Center
- Good Beginning
- Junior/ Senior friends
- Laconia High School- Early Childhood Education
- Live and Learn Early Learning Center
- Lower Grafton County Council for Young Children and Families
- New Hampshire Taskforce on Women and Recovery
- Plymouth State University Early Childhood Studies Program
- Plymouth State University Social Work Club
- Prevention makes Cents (Parent information center)
- Rochester Child Care Center
- Seacare Health Services
- Seacoast Family Promise
- Somersworth Early Learning Center
- Stay and Play Early Learning Center
- The Children's Place
- The Children's Winter Garden
- The Family Resource Center at Gorham
- The Grapevine Family and Community Resource Center
- UNH Family Studies Department
- VNA child care and family resource center
- VNA parent baby adventure program
- Wentworth Douglas Hospital Early Learning Center
- Women Singing Out
Click here for the pinwheel video on YouTube by Women Singing Out of Portsmouth. |
Parents and Caregivers
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4th Annual Parent Advocacy Day at the
YWCA New Hampshire, 72 Concord Street, Manchester, NH
Thursday, April 15th, 2010
 The intent of this day is for parents to come away with a new set of skills and the knowledge of how to stand up for themselves and their families. This is a great opportunity to build the confidence to become an even better advocate for one's family and in one's own community.
Sponsored by the New Hampshire Children's Trust Fund, the Head Start Parent Association and the Head Start State Collaboration Office |
Lucy Fowlkes Breed
Family Service Volunteer Award
Nominations Accepted through April 30 |
On May 20, 2010 the NH Children's Trust Fund will award the first Lucy Fowlkes Breed Family Service Volunteer Award during the Family Services Celebration at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord.
Candidates for the Award will have volunteered at a local NH public or private non-profit which serves children and/or families. They will have provided direct service to families. Via their unpaid service, candidates will be working to strengthen families and the community. The volunteer service must have taken place over the past two years, but may have started before then. Click here for the nomination form. Click here for details about the award. To RSVP for the celebration email info@nhctf.org or call 224-1279.
Lucy Fowlkes Breed volunteering at The Children's Place and Parent Education Center in Concord |
Celebrating Success
Investments that Strengthen Families and Communities
3 Events, 3 Audiences May 20 & 21 |
An Interfaith Luncheon
Extending "Safe Congregation" to Strong & Stable Families
May 20, 2010 11:30 to 1:00 pm
St. John the Evangelist Parish Activity Center, Concord
$10 registration fee includes lunch
Catered by the Common Man
Keynote: Jim Hmurovich, CEO Prevent Child Abuse America.
Panel Discussion:
Joe Naff, NH Catholic Charities
Ann Gratton, Lutheran Social Services of New England
Mohamed Ibrahim, Islamic Society of the Seacoast Area
Rev. Mary Higgins, Northern NE District of the Unitarian Universalist Association
Beth Bascom, Faithfully One by One
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A Family Services Celebration
Strengthening Families and Communities
May 20, 2010 4:30 to 7:00 pm
Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord
Free; Raffle tickets $5 each or 5 for $20
Catered by the Common Man
entertainment by the Purple Finches, Concord Community Music School
The Smith Award for Excellence
in Service to Families
Lou & Lutza Smith were New Hampshire philanthropists with a special interest in children and families. Their foundation created the prestigious Smith Award, a bi-annual award to a nonprofit agency whose best practice work and standards exemplify exceptional service to families.
Lucy Fowlkes Breed
Family Service Volunteer Award
Lucy Fowlkes Breed is an active family service volunteer. Ms. Breed served as a founding trustee on the board of the New Hampshire Children's Trust Fund, dedicating 14 years as a board member; 8 of those as board chair. The Lucy Fowlkes Breed Legacy Fund was created in her honor to recognize a NH citizen for their exceptional volunteer service to children and families
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A Business Networking Breakfast
Family Friendly is Better Business
May 21, 2010 7:30 to 9:00 am
Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green, PA, Manchester
$25 registration fee includes breakfast
Catered by the Common Man
When it comes to employee satisfaction & productivity, studies show that family friendly is better business.
Learn how to cut absenteeism, tardiness & turnover, increase morale, productivity & retention
· Today's economy puts more parents in the workforce than ever before.
· Supporting families is investing in prevention, and that pays dividends for generations to come.
Welcome: Joseph DiBrigida, President & Managing Director, Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA
Keynote: Jim Hmurovich, CEO Prevent Child Abuse America. Bio
Panel Discussion:
Bill Whyte, Founder, W.S. Badger Company, Inc.
Noreen Kasper, Director Human Resources, The Timberland Company
Malcolm Smith, PhD, UNH Dept. of Family Studies
Rep. Mary Stuart Gile, Chair, Task Force on Work & Family
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Join Us!
for a night out
April 27 at RIVERWORKS Restaurant |
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On April 27, 10% of night's sales will be donated to the New Children's Trust Fund from the Upstairs Dining Room beginning at 5:00 pm.
Call (603) 659-6119 for reservations.
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Training the Leader:
Understanding Bullying |
 Invites you to attend one of four "train the leader" training events.
This comprehensive training is designed for school personnel, family support, social service, and parent education professionals, and includes everything you need to give a well informed and research-based presentation to parents whose children have been affected by the current explosion in bullying behavior among school-age children.
Co-sponsored by: The Family Education Coolaborative
The New Hampshire Children's Trust Fund
Bully Free New Hampshire
Click here for the full brochure
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Know a Family Friendly Business?
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We are looking for businesses or organizations that are family friendly to customers/ patrons, or employees through policy and practice. We will be posting the names of family friendly businesses at the Business Breakfast on May 21st and at other events.
Download the "postcard" and send it completed to:
NH Children's Trust Fund
Attn: Alyssa Azotea
10 Ferry St., Suite 315
Concord, NH 03301
All entries due by: May 13, 2010.
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Pinwheels for Prevention at Pricechopper Stores!
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 Price Chopper Supermarkets located in Lebanon, West Lebanon, and Keene will be selling pinwheels for prevention pin-ups April 1 through April 31 for $1.
All proceeds will go to Prevent Child Abuse NH.
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The New Hampshire Children's Trust Fund was established in 1986 by legislative statute RSA 169-C:39 to support programs in New Hampshire that work to prevent child abuse and neglect. Our focus is primary prevention initiatives that keep children safe and families strong.
The New Hampshire Children's Trust Fund believes that the most effective way to keep our children safe from abuse and neglect is to foster the development of strong families. The New Hampshire Children's Trust Fund advocates for positive change in both state and federal policies that effect children and families.
The New Hampshire Children's Trust Fund is the New Hampshire chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America.
To find out more about our programs and partners, go to our website.
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Concord, New Hampshire 03301
(603) 224-1279
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