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The Special Olympics New Hampshire Winter Games will be held this weekend, and the organization is putting out the call for volunteers.

This year the Hampton Holiday Parade is themed “It’s Only a Movie” in honor of the late Desi Lanio, former co-owner of Route 1s 401 Tavern.

CONCORD — “All means all” is the mantra for this Saturday’s inaugural Disability Justice Parade in Manchester. The event is designed to “celebrate and elevate the values of inclusion, equity

Many Granite Staters are getting involved in the recovery effort after Hurricane Ian struck Florida.

NH motorcycle club holds fundraiser for Special Olympics Share Updated: 7:58 PM EDT Jul 17, 2021 NH motorcycle club holds fundraiser for Special Olympics Share Updated: 7:58 PM EDT Jul 17, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript FOR MORE THAN A YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC THE MORE THAN 3,000 , SPECIAL OLYMPIC ATHLETES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ARE STARTING THEIR TRAINING AGAIN. AND TODAY, THAT WORK GOT A BIG BOOST FROM THE IRON LEGACY MOTORCYCLE CLUB. THEY WENT ON A 42 MILE RIDE...

Special Olympics Penguin Plunge fundraiser goes DIY due to COVID Special Olympics of New Hampshire athlete Sean Rohlfing of Lee, taking part in this years do-it-yourself penguin plunge. —Courtesy Sue Coviello of Allenstown is handed a towel after taking the Penguin Plunge at Hampton beach in early February. Her daughter Amanda Coviello, who filmed the video of her mom jumping into the freezing ocean, is a Special Olympic athlete. This years event had a "do it yourself" theme because of COVID ...

People taking Penguin Plunge in their own way this year to benefit Special Olympics New Hampshire Updated: 7:28 PM EST Feb 7, 2021 Share Updated: 7:28 PM EST Feb 7, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript CHERISE: GRANITE STATERS GOT CREATIVE FOR THE 22ND ANNUAL PENGUIN PLUNGE. MIKE: INSTEAD OF THE TRADITIONAL GATHERING AT HAMPTON BEACH THIS YEAR, SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW HAMPSHIRE DELIVERED MORE THAN 800 PAILS, SO PEOPLE COULD TAKE THE DIP AT HOME. BUT THE CLAYBURGH FAMILY ST...

New Hampshire Magazine Creative solution allows annual fundraising plunge to move forward January 22, 2021 You’d think plunging into the ocean in the dead of winter would be rather chilly. You’d be right. “Here’s the interesting thing,” Special Olympics New Hampshire Senior Communications Manager Mark Ericson says. “It’s cold, man. It’s a shock to the system.” Yet scores of people do just that every year around this time as part of Special Olympics New Hampshire’s (SONH) Pen...

Take The Penguin Plunge and Raise Funds for Special Olympics New Hampshire! by Gino Devaney on   Penguin Plunge in 2021, aimed to offer everything you love about the Plunge, while encouraging you to participate safely wherever you are.  You’ll still be able to get cold and earn bragging rights, compete for prizes like best costume and top fundraiser, earn incentives for the funds that you raise…and support more than 3,000 Special Olympics New Hampshire athletes across the granite state! ...

Protesting a pair of antipiracy bills going through congress, but the senate is saying a lot of these sites are in the dark for nothing. mark ericson is the executive director of the open internet coalition and skroins me now. we have this to talk about. a lot of people are probably noticing that a lot of websites, if they arent dark, theyre asking you to move on and complain to your congressman. we have google that has black tape. sites that did go black today arent going to be affected by an i...