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New Flavors, New Sounds
Concord-area residents experienced a taste of cultural diversity through music, food, crafts and services at the 6th Annual Concord Multicultural Festival held on the State House lawn. The festival is a grassroots project run by Greater Concord Area Task Force Against Racism and Intolerance and funded in part by the foundation for two years running. www.multiculturalfestivalnh.org
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Boys Becoming Their Best
Mayhew challenges at-risk NH boys to believe in themselves and work well with others through tuition-free summer and school-year mentoring programs for six years. Many foundation donors support Mayhew through advised funds. Designated scholarships also help bring Mayhew to the boys. www.mayhew.org
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Arts in the Upper Valley
Chandler Center for the Arts received a multi-year grant from the foundation for operating support. The Center, based in Randolph, Vt., offers a year-round series of performances, art exhibits and educational opportunities in historic Chandler Music Hall and Gallery. www.chandler-arts.org
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Let's Hit the Trails
Crotched Mountain dedicated a new wilderness trail system — the longest fully-accessible mountainside trails in the United States. It took eight years to build and funding from many places, including the foundation’s Goyette Fund and Fund for Accessible Living. www.crotchedmountain.org/trails
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Curtains without Borders
Not long ago, the foundation made two $5,000 grants to Curtains Without Borders to inventory historic painted scenery tucked away in town and grange halls around the state, publish a volume showcasing these unique pieces, rescue historic artifacts, and research several of the artists responsible for these native New Hampshire works. They have since been recognized for outstanding achievement by NH Preservation Alliance. www.curtainswithoutborders.org
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Clean Water
Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) received a $40,000 foundation grant to develop and launch a community engagement campaign to raise awareness and inspire action to protect the Great Bay Estuary. www.prep.unh.edu
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Teachers get high honors
Michael Giroux, a fourth-grade teacher at the Milan Village School, and Nancy Edwards, a fifth-grade teacher at the Canaan School, each received $12,500 as part of the Louise Tillotson Teaching Fellowship in 2011. www.nhcf.org/tillotsonfellowship
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On Track to Graduate
Keeping Manchester youth in school and on track toward graduation is an important and demanding job and City Year NH gets it done with a $20,000 grant from the foundation. www.cityyear.org/newhampshire
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Ending Abuse
Turning Points Network received $35,000 to support its mission of ending all forms of domestic abuse, sexual assault and stalking. www.free-to-soar.org
Donors make $1 million gift
The Paul and Nancy Amato created The Amato Family Fund with a $1 million gift to the foundation. The Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley received the first grant from the fund. www.svbgc.org
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