CRVNA clinic, support group and other programs
Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association offers a monthly Walk-In Immunization Clinic for children and adults who are uninsured, underserved, and who have no access to these needed services in order to lead a healthy lifestyle. The next will be Monday, March 2, from 1 to 4 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Outreach Center, 21 Centre St. in Concord. A fee of $10 is requested per person. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Please bring an immunization record with you.
It also will offer a Newly Bereaved Discussion Group on Tuesday, March 3, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Concord Regional VNA Hospice House, 240 Pleasant St., in Concord. Groups are held on the first Tuesday of each month at the same time. This session provides grief education and support for those who have experienced the recent loss of a loved one. Registration is not required.
Beginning March 4 for six Wednesday, CRVNA is offering a six-week “Powerful Tools for Caregivers” online educational program that helps caregivers learn to take care of themselves. The online program can be completed in the comfort of your own home from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Caregiving can add stress to our physical and emotional health. “Powerful Tools for Caregivers” is an educational program to help family caregivers learn to take care of themselves. This interactive online workshop helps caregivers learn to reduce stress and improve your confidence, learn from your emotions, learn effective communication skills and improve your decision-making skills. This offering is in connection with a research study (the Telehealth Powerful Tools for Caregivers Effectiveness Study) to examine the effectiveness of delivering the “Powerful Tools for Caregivers” program online as compared to in person. Participation is voluntary and you may stop at any time. There is no fee to attend this program and space is limited. Registration is required.
Concord Regional VNA and The Birches at Concord are offering a Caregiver Café on March 5 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at The Birches at Concord, 300 Pleasant St. in Concord. The Caregiver Café is held on the first Thursday of each month at the same time. Caregiving is a crucial role that at times can be challenging. To support and honor those who are giving care to loved ones, we offer a monthly Caregiver Café. Come chat with Lesley “Jazz” Barnette, Professional Organizer and Downsizer, as she listens to your challenges and shares some valuable tips for surviving the process of organizing and minimizing. One of her favorite books is Let it Go – Downsizing Your Way to a Richer, Happier Life. Join us and find out how you, too, can have a richer, happier life. Refreshments served. Registration required by calling Ashley Tino at 224-9111
For more information, call 224-4093 or (800) 924-8620, ext. 2828.
Andrew Morse
Soup supper fundraiser
A Soup Supper fundraiser is being held on Feb. 29 at the Heritage Heights’ Barrows Dining Room. This supper is a fundraiser sponsored by the local Chapter B of the P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) for women; we are an international organization encouraging women to help women with educational endeavors.
Doors open at 5 p.m.; tickets are $8 at the door. Please help us to support this very worthwhile endeavor of our local chapter B. Come and enjoy a variety of homemade soups and desserts with salad and bread. We hope you will join us for good food and fellowship.
Janet Ulbrich
Ready to run
Girls on the Run New Hampshire program registration is now open for the Spring 2020 season. There will be over 120 sites this spring, serving girls across the state. Girls on the Run is a physical activity-based, positive youth development program that teaches key life skills to girls in third through eighth grade through dynamic discussions and fun games that creatively integrate running. At each site, volunteer coaches lead teams of 8-15 girls through research-based curricula that include lessons on confidence, treating others with care and contributing to the community. During the ten-week program, girls complete a community service project and become physically and emotionally prepared to participate in a celebratory 5k event.
The true success of the program is told in the words of the girls who participate: “Girls on the Run made me realize that I am the boss of my brain.” “I know that whatever I set my mind to do, I can do.” “At Girls on the Run I learned how to be comfortable in my own skin!”
To learn more about registering your girl today, visit girlsontherunnh.org/Register-Now or contact Betsy Cissel at betsy.cissel@girlsontherun.org.
Betsy Cissel
Tell your story
Every family has a story and the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications wants to help you tell yours.
You will learn from experts in the field, including a storyteller, historian, writer, interviewer, videographer and an archivist how they prepare and present legacy stories at the “Telling Your Family Story” workshop on March 7 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 .p.m at the School in Manchester. This workshop teaches how to uncover family or community stories, how to present them, and how to preserve them for future generations.
The presenters focus on interviewing and listening skills, research and presentation, using video and audio tools to gather stories, and how to preserve priceless photos and documents that are part of every family’s, or community’s, history.
John Clayton is a former N.H. Union Leader reporter and is now director of the Manchester Historic Association, helping preserve the city’s stories.
Mike Nikitas is a former award-winning reporter and anchor who delivered news stories and produced documentaries for more than 36 years.
Archivist Lori Fisher of Bow’s Baker Free Library brings advice on preserving and protecting photos and family papers that often fade away in a box in the attic.
John Gfroerer of Accompany Video Production in Concord, will talk about and demonstrate basic approaches and techniques for using video to tell your story – what to do and what not to do as well as what video can bring to enhance your storytelling.
Registration is $60, and includes lunch. Register at loebschool.org.
