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Serving 100 New Hampshire communities in the
Concord Area, Lakes Region & North Country
BREAKING NEWS: Disaster Update
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THE RED CROSS WAS THERE: A Statement from the Regional
Executive Director
Along with friends, neighbors and families, American Red
Cross chapters were on the scene immediately after the tornadoes on July 24th,
offering help and hope to the families and communities who were affected.
Disaster relief is at the core of the American Red Cross mission: “a
humanitarian organization, led by volunteers, that provides relief to victims of
disaster.” Read more...
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Disaster volunteer, Jim Timmins,
assesses
thedamage to a home in Epsom |
Disaster volunteers, Jim Timmins and Janet
Ducharme, look over the property damage in Epsom |
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NATIONAL GUARD HONORED AT RED CROSS ANNUAL MEETING
The partnership between the United States Armed Forces and
the American Red Cross was the theme of the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Granite
Chapter of the Red Cross. The keynote speaker at the meeting was Colonel Donald
R. Dupuis, Manpower and Personnel Officer for the NH National Guard, with
oversight to Air Guard Personnel, Army Guard Personnel and the Human Resources
Office. In introducing Col. Dupuis, Tim Murray, Regional Executive Director for
the NH Region of the Red Cross, cited the colonel’s decorated military career
and the military tradition in generations of his family.
Read more...

Tim Murray (left) welcomed Col. Donald Dupuis to the Granite Chapter
for the 2008 Annual Meeting.
More
information about the SAF program is available from the Granite
Chapter at 1-800-464-6692
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RED CROSS CHAPTER VOTES IN NEW BOARD MEMBERS
Four new members of the Board of Directors for the Granite
Chapter of the American Red Cross were approved at the 2008 Annual Meeting.
Peter Brankman, a resident of Penacook, is the
founding owner of the accounting firm Peter C. Brankman & Company,
PC, in Concord.
Raymond Martin, Senior Vice President Trust Manager
at Merrimack Country Savings Bank, has more than two decades of
experience in financial services. He is a resident of Warner.
John Porter of Center Harbor is Vice President of
USI New England, an insurance and financial services firm based in
Bedford. He has been in the insurance business since 1979.
Linda Roche has been with Northeast Delta Dental for
23 years and is currently Director of Strategy Management. She lives
in Francestown.
With these new members, the chapter’s board now has
19 members. The other members include lawyers, health care
providers, bankers, administrators, and business leaders. For more
information about the Granite Chapter, call 1-800-464-6692.

Attending the 2008 Annual Meeting were new and current members of
the Granite Chapter’s Board of Directors. In the front are new
members (L to R) John Porter, Linda Roche and Raymond Martin; Peter
Brankman was not present. In back are current board members - George
Calder, Katharyn Hoke, Susan Bryant, Robert Gerseny, Joan Bishop and
Donald Gartrell. |
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MORE classes for LNA's!
The LNA certification program at the Granite Chapter has been
growing fast. They have added several new LNA I classes, and now offer an LNA II
class.
Read more...

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Two LNA students practice basic
health care skills on each other |
Graduation day is exciting for all involved |
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CHAPTER VOLUNTEERS HELP AT MIDWEST DISASTERS
Severe storms and heavy rainfall this past spring
in the central United States caused serious flash flooding in
already saturated areas. The American Red Cross was there to help
victims of the flooding and tornadoes through a major disaster
relief operation covering several states.
To provide the workforce for this operation, the
Red Cross brought in workers from all over the country to these
states. Six volunteers from the local Granite Chapter left in June
to help with the Midwestern Red Cross disaster relief operation.
Helen Champa from Pembroke and Phil Jones from
Gilmanton Iron Works are trained by the chapter in disaster
response, and active members of the Concord Area Disaster Action
Team. Champa went to Iowa and Jones headed for Indiana.
Peter Fortier of Contoocook left for Des Moines,
Iowa, to work with distribution food and bulk items, like cleaning
supplies. Laura Volker from Northfield helped with management of a
facility in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Two volunteers, formerly of New Hampshire, were
sent by the Granite Chapter even though they now live out-of-state.
Holly McMeekin from Virginia went to Madison, Wisconsin, to work on
communications and other technical support. Denise Smith from
Arkansas helped with support of staff services in Wichita, Kansas.
Read more...
To make a donation to the Disaster Relief Fund,
write a check to The American Red Cross, with “Central US Disasters”
on the memo line, and mail it to the Granite Chapter, 2 Maitland
Street, Concord, NH 03301, or call the chapter at 1-800-464-6692.
For information about the work and services of the Granite Chapter,
visit the website
www.concord-redcross.org. |
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Sherri with one of the many Health and Safety
manikins, this one for Pet First Aid.
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NEW HEALTH & SAFETY DIRECTOR
Sherri Litchfield has been
appointed the new director of the Health & Safety program of the Granite Chapter
of the American Red Cross.
Sherri first came to the Red Cross
as a volunteer instructor. She has been with the chapter for a year as the
Health & Safety Quality Assurance Coordinator.
Before that, Sherri served for four
years as a Red Cross Authorized Provider for her previous employer.
She is a native from New Hampshire
and currently lives in Sanbornton with her husband and English springer spaniel.
Congratulations, Sherri!
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Red Cross Closed Belmont Branch
Office in Belknap Mall
In a move to
consolidate facilities and reduce costs, the Granite Chapter of the
American Red Cross closed the administrative functions of the branch
office in the Belknap Mall effective July 1, 2008.
The space continues to
be used for storage of critical supplies for the chapter’s disaster
teams in the Lakes Region and northern communities.
The Red Cross will also
use the location to hold meetings and mobilize crews during disaster
operations. The chapter will continue to hold classes in the space,
according to Sherri Litchfield, the chapter’s Health and Safety
Director. But classes will also be held at convenient locations
throughout the Lakes Region communities, made possible by generous
donations of space from local businesses.
“We continue to be
committed to strengthening and expanding our disaster response and
training capacity in the Lakes Region and North Country,” said Tim
Murray, Regional Executive Director of the NH Region of the American
Red Cross. “This move will only improve our responsiveness to the
needs of residents and communities in the Lakes Region by reducing
costs and making our program more effective and flexible.”
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GIRL SCOUT TROOP DONATES STUFFED
ANIMALS
Girl Scout Troop 282
from Warner collected stuffed animals for the American Red Cross as
part of their “Sign of the World” Badge.
The troop members got
help from their classmates at Simonds Elementary School in Warner
who joined in collecting new stuffed animals or funds to buy stuffed
animals, according to troop co-leaders Amy Juranty and Laurie
Collins.
The generous donation
went to the Disaster Services program at the Granite Chapter of the
American Red Cross in Concord. Disaster volunteers will pass out the
stuffed animals to children of families who have been burned out of
their homes.

Two members of the Girl Scout Troop 282 from Warner
and one Brownie brought piles of new stuffed
animals to be given out to children affected by disasters. From
left to right, Emily Collins, Sarah
Allie, and Abby Collins, all from Warner. |
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SIT, BOY! SIT!
Recently volunteers from
the NH State Prison Service Dog Program participated in the Granite
Chapter’s Pet First Aid class.
The dogs pictured are
pups-in-training that currently reside at and are trained by the
inmates to become service dogs. Some of the dogs involved in the
program stopped by the Granite Chapter office with program
volunteers to get their pictures taken and to have some fun. The
dogs that pass this training program will be matched up with
disabled people who can be helped by an attentive canine assistant.

After considerable cajoling, these energetic pups,
aka Service Dogs in Training, and their volunteers posed
in front of the Granite Chapter Office with Sherri Litchfield (back
left) holding a Pet First Aid manikin.
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