CONWAY — Visiting Nurse Home Care & Hospice of Carroll County recently received a three-year $60,000 grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation’s Anna B. Stearns Fund, First Page Fund,
Critics and allies of Dawn Johnson agree: Stop the harassment
State Rep. Dawn M. Johnson
Published: 12/22/2020 3:36:04 PM Critics and allies of Dawn Johnson, a school board member and newly elected state representative, are calling for a halt to the harassment, threats and social media thrashing that Johnson has received since she linked anti-Semitic material on the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website, about a week ago.
Since Dec. 9, the incident has sparked a firestorm of outrage over the content of Johnson’s link, and widespread calls for her to resign from her elected roles at state and local levels. Vocal residents have questioned her lack of judgment and underlying attitudes that accessing the notoriously bigoted site may represent. Backlash has snowballed into threats and harassment from community members and from outside New Hampshire, and have even targeted Johnson’s employer.
Reality Check, a non-profit organization based in Jaffrey focused on addiction recovery, recently received a $30,000 grant from the N.H. Charitable Foundation. The grant will help further Reality Checkâs mission to reduce drug and alcohol use, addiction and overdose, and the related social and economic costs to individuals, families and businesses.
The organization accomplishes its mission by providing addiction prevention, treatment, recovery and education services as well as customized services to New Hampshire employers.
âWe are so grateful to have been awarded this grant from New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. During the pandemic, we have not been immune to COVID-related challenges and the uncertainty of federal and state level funding streams. This grant provides gap funding which will enable us to continue to provide services to fight the drug and alcohol epidemic,â said Mary Drew, founder and CEO of Reality Check. âIt could not have come at a better tim
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