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GET YOUR SEAT NOW! 2011 Charity Auction - Sit Back and Relax $40 per person or $400 for a table of 10. Reservations required. Click here to download the auction brochure! There's still time to register for the 12th Annual Charity Auction, with lots of fun for everyone! This year's event will feature not only art created by local artists but also speciality items that make this a MUST attend event! This year we will be auctioning off, in addition to some fine 'artist choice" pieces and speciality items, 18 Adirondack chairs purchased from the Amish Country Barn , in Concord and adapted by Tom McLaughlin, NH Furniture Master of Canterbury, NH. The chairs will then be further customized by local artists who donate their time and talent in support of our mission - making these chairs truly one of kind! Pictures of the finished pieces will be posted on this site as they become available. We are still seeking artists to paint chairs for the auction. Would you like to be involved with the auction, but your not artistic? Well, there are a number of sponsorship opportunities available. This is a great way to show your support for The Friends Program while promoting your business to others in the community. Please contact Angela Sepela, Director of Development, at 603-228-1193 or via email at asepela@friendsprogram.org for more information.
Here are a few stories that represent the 100’s of clients we serve annually whose lives are changed by generosity and energetic bidding of event attendees.
Sue – Lynn was relieved when she and her family moved into our temporary emergency housing shelter. She thought it would be like a big gym with cots. What she found was an inviting “home” with friendly faces… fun activities to do and a chance for her family to regroup.
“Jessica’s” Dad is in jail, her Mom is involved with drugs… so she takes on a lot…. not much time for school work, she got behind. Grammy Sally volunteers at her school and has helped her catch up. She is now a more confident student and Grammy Sally feels needed and successful. A win – win!
One-on-one attention is our goal when matching children with mentors in our Junior Senior Friends program. Learning by doing, having someone to talk with when something exciting has happened or when life doesn’t seem fair, watching a movie and then talking about it over ice cream, laughing so hard that you can’t catch your breath – these are just a few of the many ways children who are referred to our program learn and grow together with their mentors.
Myrta is 72 and lives alone and does not drive. At times life seems daunting and lonely. Getting to her doctor’s appointments is a challenge and weigh on her mind. Peggy volunteered to drive Myrta to her doctor’s appointments – they became friends and Myrta feels more secure and her health is improving. |
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