Fundraising continues at Pink Tie Gala
Local volunteers are planning a Pink Tie Gala to benefit Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of NH to be held in Historic Phenix Hall, Concord, NH on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. The evening will include local chef-prepared small plates, dessert bar, craft cocktails, beer & wine, music, dancing and a live auction. The evening’s chefs include Corey Fletcher from Revival Kitchen & Bar, Matt Provencher from O Steak & Seafood...
Invitation to survivors and thrivers
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of New Hampshire welcomes all who have been touched by breast cancer. You are invited to experience the powerful spirit of this most extraordinary day. At Survivor & Thriver Place, trained volunteers (who are survivors themselves) will greet you with sensitivity and understanding. Inside, survivors, thrivers, and families can rest on chairs or sofas while enjoying conversation and activities....
Stories of Hope
It is an honor to be the new Volunteer Director of Teams. I have been a Making Strides Volunteer for 20 years, in various roles, including event chair, director of logistics but most importantly, a team leader. I understand the challenges and joys of leading a team. I appreciate the time, commitment and energy of our team leaders. I also know the camaraderie, feeling of community and the important impact of being part of making a...
Cancer resources
The American Cancer Society offers programs and services to help you during and after cancer treatment. Some of the programs include: Cancer Helpline 1-800-227-2345, available 24/7 A trained cancer information specialist can help with questions about a cancer diagnosis, provide guidance and a compassionate ear. Lodging Hope Lodge A free place for patients and their caregiver to stay during treatments. There are 2 located in New...
Turning passion into action
When I think of October, I think of the beautiful fall foliage and the color pink. The colors of autumn include pink because October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. This is also the month that the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of NH event is held. This statewide event takes place in Concord on Oct. 15. The first National Breast Cancer Awareness month took place in 1985. It was designed to...
Garden of hope
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer volunteers designed and planted this beautiful Garden of Hope in Concord in 2024. Located at Memorial Field, it is dedicated to all those who have been touched by breast cancer. Over these years, many dedicated volunteers have maintained this place of honor. With the generous tradition of donation of flowers from Pleasant View Gardens, mulch from Tasker Landscaping and the women power of Bow Garden...
Road to recovery
Every day, many cancer patients need a ride to treatment, but some may not have a way to get there. The American Cancer Society Road To Recovery program provides transportation to and from treatment for people with cancer who do not have a ride or are unable to drive themselves. Volunteering as a Road To Recovery driver will put you at the heart of the American Cancer Society’s mission and fulfill a critical need for cancer patients....
Making Strides Walk returns on Oct. 15
Please join me on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, at Memorial Field in Concord, to support Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of NH. This statewide initiative supports the mission of the American Cancer Society to improve the lives of people with cancer and their families, through advocacy, research, and patient support. To ensure that everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer. Making Strides Against Breast...
The key to unlocking precision cancer therapy
Progress in improving cancer outcomes increasingly involves the use of precision medicine, an approach that uses information about a person’s own genes or proteins to prevent, diagnose, or treat disease. Advances in precision medicine in cancer have led to targeted therapies that only work within populations of cancer patients with very specific biomarkers, the biological molecules found in blood, tissues, or other bodily fluids that...
Bulletin Board
Author Paula Munier, Home at Night: A Mercy Carr mystery On Tuesday, Oct. 17, from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Paula Munier returns to Gibson’s Bookstore on 45 South Main Street in Concord with the fifth Mercy Carr mystery, Home at Night, as once again our favorite former-military-police pair (one two-legged, one four-legged) stumble across a body, this time during what is supposed to be a relaxing staycation in Vermont at Halloween....
This week in Concord history
Oct. 12, 2002: It used to be that Concord has an affordable housing shortage, the Monitor reports. Today, it simply has a housing shortage – one that’s hitting every income sector, from minimum wage workers to wealthy executives. Oct. 12, 2000: The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce refuses to allow Independent Mary Brown to take part in a debate among candidates for governor. “It’s demeaning,” she...
Book: Morgan is My Name
“Morgan is My Name” is the debut novel from Sophie Keetch, but you wouldn’t know it based on her sparkling, lyrical prose and spellbinding plot. Reading this book feels like traveling back in time and immersing yourself in another, mystical world. If you enjoyed “Circe” by Madeline Miller, this book is for you! Lady Morgan of Tintagel, or Morgan le Fay (Morgan the Fairy) as she is known later in Arthurian legend, is a widely portrayed...
First Annual New England Woodworking Competition
The new president of the Guild of New Hampshire Woodworkers, Elliot Savitzky, is already seeing one of his goals come to fruition – expanding the diversity of Guild membership – in the submissions for the upcoming First Annual New England Woodworking Competition. This “Celestial Event” will be held at McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center & Planetarium, Concord on Saturday Oct. 21, from 5-10 p.m. To date, 69 entries by a...
