The Inn
At Deerfield1st Annual Calendar Raffle Fundraiser
Twenty
eight prizes will be raffled off in February 2014 to benefit The Inn
at Deerfield, a non-profit residential facility which specializes in
caring for individuals with Alzheimer’s and other forms of
dementia.
This
1st Annual Calendar Raffle fundraiser will be held the entire month
of February 2014, with the chance to win something every day. The
full list of prizes to be raffled is impressive. Among them are
gift certificates to local restaurants and businesses, family
outings, sports memorabilia, tickets to sporting events, and other
exciting activities.
The
full list of prizes, along with the official raffle rules, can be
viewed at
www.innatdeerfield.org.
Tickets
are $10 each or 3 for $25 with all proceeds to benefit the residents
at The Inn at Deerfield. Check for winning numbers each day in
February at
www.innatdeerfield.org.
For
more information about the Inn at Deerfield, Inc. and how to
purchase tickets, please call us at 603-463-7002 or email Jessica
Matson, Community Outreach Coordinator, at
[email protected].
Else
Cilley Chapter, NSDAR
Submitted By Jan Gilman
Senior
member of the Else Cilley Chapter, Norma Perkins of Nottingham,
poses for a picture with Good Citizen chapter winner, Dominica
Deluca, also of Nottingham, during the chapter’s annual potluck
awards luncheon. Mrs. Perkins had also attended Coe-Brown Academy, a
few years previously.
The
else Cilley Chapter, NSDAR, of Nottingham has had a busy fall
participating in the goals of the National Society Daughters of the
American Revolution including fostering patriotism, education, and
historic preservation. In October members, prospective members,
friends, and relative me to for lunch, toured the Pierce Manse in
Concord, NH and held the chapter business meeting. Reports included
the successful publicity and fund-raising booth held a Nottingham
Day celebration in September. Funds raised support the preservation
of the chapter’s historic Nottingham Square School house.
In
November, the members held their meeting in Northwood and provided a
potluck luncheon for their DAR Good Citizen contest candidate
Dominica Deluca of Nottingham and her family. She is a senior at
Coe-Brown Academy. Ms. Deluca was presented with the DAR Good
Citizen medal, a certificate, and monetary award. She will complete
an essay to entered into the state level scholarship competition
later in the year. The chapter members also signed Christmas cards
and collected personal care items and money for phone cards to be
sent to troops and wounded soldiers overseas.
In
December, the chapter started its first Junior American Citizens
club. Members met, toured the American Independence Museum in
Exeter, and had lunch. Junior American Citizen clubs foster the idea
that the rights and responsibilities of citizenship can and should
be taught from an early age. The JAC program teaches America’s
school children the principles of democratic government, good
citizenship, and appreciation of American heritage and history.
Clubs are open to all students in kindergarten through high school.
The
Else Cilley Chapter does not meet during the winter months, but
during that time they will be planning for another full and exiting
year in 2014. For more information and for any women interested in
joining DAR may contact any officer listed on our website.
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