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Young people raise their voices about covid

In Laconia, the local paper has embarked on an ambitious project to hear directly from young people about their COVID experiences and other issues important to them. The Laconia Daily Sun is taking a Solutions Journalism approach to reporting on the issues raised by young people: examining how similar issues have been addressed elsewhere and what possible solutions might be options in the Lakes Region.

Gardeners at a Grow Nashua community garden. (Courtesy photo.)

Growing community, joy and satisfaction

Grow Nashua connects people through urban gardens, programs and education at elementary schools, farm stands with free produce and curbside compost pickup.

Liz Cannon has been awarded the 2022 Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

McAuliffe Sabbatical recipient focuses on early literacy

“Early literacy is the most pressing issue in education today,” said teacher Elizabeth Cannon of Hopkinton. “You can’t start building all of the other blocks of learning until literacy is there.”

Trevor Birard of Jefferson whacks a golf ball, in thanks to the activities provided through Adaptive Sports Partners of the North Country (ASPNC). (Courtesy photo.)

Sports, adapted for all

Adaptive Sports Partners of the North Country provides year-round opportunities for sport, recreation and wellness, enriching quality of life for people with disabilities.

A scholar, a worker – and a welcoming presence for refugees

As a youngster in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hussain Amiri collected and sold firewood and made carpets to help support his family, then studied at night. After enduring war and trauma, his family arrived in Concord with only what they carried and very little idea of what to expect. Now, he is studying at Plymouth State University for a career in computer science and working as a case manager at Building Community in NH, helping refugees as they build new lives in New Hampshire.

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner, Executive Director Andrew Bullock. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum teaches important lessons

“Native people still live here in New England and they are your neighbors or work at the supermarket or are your doctor,” said Museum Executive Director Andrew Bullock. “It’s a really vibrant community that’s just simmering below the surface.”

Kate Knox of Dover, NH, winner of the 2021 Piscataqua Region Artist Advancement Grant. (Photo by Tammy Byron.)

Kate Knox awarded 2021 Artist Advancement Grant

Dover artist wins grant that helps cultivate the Piscataqua Region’s arts community, boost artists’ careers and keep artists living and working in the area.

Local organizing, education, action to fight climate change

Nonprofit 350NH works to combat the climate crisis by promoting the use of clean and renewable energy sources and advocating to phase out polluting and non-renewable energy sources.

Eric Schlapak, a Dover High School teacher, has been awarded the 2021 Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Dover High School’s Eric Schlapak awarded Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical

Schlapak will help Career and Technical Education teachers connect the dots for students between math concepts and career skills. Math matters in diagnosing auto problems, adjusting recipes in a culinary class, welding, carpentry, reading meters in electrical work — even in cosmetology, where geometry helps sculpt hairstyles.

Seacoast Mental Health Center providers meet with clients outdoors at the organization’s Portsmouth location. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

The next surge

New Hampshire nonprofits address COVID’s mental health fallout.

Pedro Altagracia, community organizer who lives in New Hampshire. (Courtesy photo.)

We want New Hampshire to foster an environment that lifts the human spirit

If HB 544 passes — aimed ban to anti-racism, implicit bias and gender bias training in state-funded agencies, schools, and business — it would be severely problematic for our economy, our children, and our image to the rest of the nation

Helping schools pivot to outdoor learning

As schools began to close this past spring, educators across the state scrambled to figure out how to keep teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. Programs supported by the Wellborn Ecology Fund have been helping schools move to more outdoor instruction for years, and more schools are now making "outdoor classrooms" a regular part of the school day.

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