24-hour online giving event in June to raise funds for New Hampshire’s nonprofits By Kristen Oliveri , Vice President of Communications and Marketing
May 6, 2021 CONCORD (PRESS RELEASE) – NH Gives , New Hampshire’s single largest day of giving set to take place on June 8 and 9, is getting a boost thanks to the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and its donors. To encourage other donors to give during the 24-hour event, the Charitable Foundation and its donors will contribute a $300,000 site-wide match, a $19,000 match for participating Upper Valley nonprofits and an additional $119,000 in matches to specific participating nonprofits. Since the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits launched NH Gives in 2016, the event has raised more than $4.8 million from thousands of donors to support hundreds of nonprofits across New Hampshire. In June 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 public health crisis, NH Gives shattered all previous records,
About New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
A community foundation allows local donors to take an organized approach to giving, and to better understand the needs in their region. Of the more than 700 community foundations nationwide, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation is among the oldest and largest.
We reach deep into every community through a network of regional advisory boards and staff who live and work locally. Both the breadth of vision and deep local knowledge can help you focus your giving where it will have the greatest impact.
Over nearly five decades, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation has launched initiatives and built trusted partnerships with individuals, families, businesses, nonprofits and government agencies. These partners represent many different backgrounds, income levels and political sensibilities. Our work together is living proof that collaboration better serves the public good.
The Outside Story: Brown Creepers – denizens of the bark
On certain afternoons, if I time it just right, I may spot a brown creeper (
Certhia americana) on the trunk of a tree in my front yard. Moving stealthily, almost imperceptibly up the tree, the brown creeper hunts for food amongst the bark. I watch this avian mission with a sense of appreciation, as the bird flies to other trees to repeat the process.
These inconspicuous birds are denizens of the bark, creeping their way through the world largely unseen by human eyes. Even while watching closely, it is easy to lose sight of a brown creeper as it blends into the bark that nearly perfectly matches its own coloring.
The Outside Story: Black fly flight control Adelaide Murphy
Published: 4/25/2021 12:58:49 PM
On sunny, warm days, house flies hatch and buzz around homes and offices. These flies complete aerobatic stunts that easily evade human efforts at swatting or shooing. That aerial agility, so frustrating to the would-be swatters, is thanks to a pair of highly specialized sense organs called halteres.
Halteres are modified wings loaded with sensory cells and are known to occur in only two insect orders: the Diptera and the Strepsiptera. The Strepsiptera are a small and unusual group of wasp parasites with males that have front wing halteres. The Diptera, or “true flies,” are diverse and include houseflies, mosquitoes, craneflies, and gnats. The halteres of these true flies are modified hindwings. While these tiny organs don’t contribute to the aerodynamic forces used for flying, Diptera halteres allow flies to spin, dip, and zigzag in flight.
Frisbie Foundation to become Rochester Community Health Foundation
ROCHESTER - The Greater Rochester Community Health Foundation has signed an agreement with the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, creating a formal collaboration between the two organizations. GRCHF will become a supporting organization” of the NHCF, drawing on NHCF’s community knowledge and financial and investment expertise to meet its mission.
The Greater Rochester Community Health Foundation is the new name of the Frisbie Foundation and is being funded with proceeds from the sale of the nonprofit Frisbie Memorial Hospital to HCA Healthcare, Inc. (Frisbie Memorial Hospital remains open to serve the community, under the ownership of HCA Healthcare, Inc.).