Our special thanks to the individuals and corporations who share their contacts and resources with us by Hosting Special Events within the community. Without their support, dedication and passion we would not be able to raise the awareness and dollars that are so instrumental to sustaining our wish granting program.
The Foundation cherishes all of our special relationships within the community. Some of our long standing partnerships include the New Hampshire Credit Union League -10 years, Landmark Benefits Inc - 5 years and Mountain Dew Vertical Challenge - 9 years. Thank you for your dedication and passion.
Here are just some of the people, groups and businesses that supported the Foundation this past year by hosting special events.
New Hampshire Credit Union League The Make-A-Wish Foundation is proud of our partnership with the New Hampshire Credit Union League. As a group our friends within the Credit Unions across New Hampshire have sponsored more than 70 wishes and created millions of smiles. We salute our Credit Union partners and gratefully acknowledge their lasting contribution to our mission.
Event Host Wish Sponsor ($10,000+) Lucent Technologies Sylvania 300 Golf Tournament, NH Distributors Manchester Fire Fighters Dance N' Motion Jordan's Walk for Wishes and Dash for Dreams Viper Club of Andover Manchester West High School Hawaiian Open Golf Tournament Melissa Hoffman Dance Studio Sam's Walk for Dreams Murby Family BBQ Wildcat Mountain 100K Day Villa Banca Restaurant, Golf Tournament
Event Host Wish Donor ($5000-$9999) Dover Auto World Frisbee Tournament, Jared Aronson North Country ATV WZID Bang it out for the Kids Softball Tournament Junior Achievement Tanorama Devine Healing Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity Hillside Middle School TD Bank North Concord Wal-Mart Phillips Exeter James Mellow Memorial Golf Tournament Sarah Peterson Memorial Golf Tournament Ski New Hampshire Association North Country Porsche National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors of New Hampshire College Bound Movers
Event Host Wish Partner ($1000-$4999) NE Ice Racing Association North Country Softball One Stop Toy Shop, Lee Speedway event Verizon Softball Tournament Barry School of Real Estate Pen Pals Skate-A-Thon Haverhill Cooperative Hopkinton High School Bowl-A-Thon Moo's Place Christmas in the Summer Tower Hill Golf Tournament Club Fritz, Cruise for Charity Brianna & Griffin Birthday Carnival North Country One Pitch Softball Tournament Mt Washington Hill Club Friends Can For Kids Sake StoreyManseau, LLC Paper Airplane Contest Randy Daniels Golf Tournament Ski Maine Association Bruce Taylor Memorial Golf Tournament Manchester Fall Charity Festival Co-Gen Invitational Golf Tournament Manchester Wal-Mart
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Sylvania 300 Golf Tournament volunteers, Steve Mungovan, Maureen Cronin, Laura Jacobs and Gloria Wood assist with registration at the tournament. The event raised $4,500 to benefit Make-A-Wish...
Landmark Benefits Gala was held this past December at the Atkinson Country Club. Tom Harte of Landmark Benefits, Inc. is seen here with Wish Mom Jodie. Jodie spoke graciously to a receptive crowd about her experience with Make-A-Wish. Thanks to event hosts Tom Harte of Landmark Benefits, Kevin Moore of Morgan Stanley, Mike Bernert of Stericycle, Inc., Scott Kingsley of Community Bank, Paul Lorenzetti of Corflex, Inc., Joe Balsamo of Merrill Lynch, Nancy Chagnon from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Paul Surprenant from Southern NH Bank and Trust, Joe Sharron from Aveera, Tim O'Donohue of New Age Software Services and John LaRochelle of Sodexho for their commitment to the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of New Hampshire's mission. Our heartfelt thanks!
This year's Trans Siberian Orchestra Event donated $11,858 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of New Hampshire. One dollar from every ticket sold was given to the Foundation. Special thanks to Verizon Wireless Arena, Clear Channel and WGIR for promoting the event and supporting Make-A-Wish. Shown in the photo are: from left to right WGIR Radio hosts: Andy (a.k.a. Blacksmith); Greg Jay Pierce, vocals from the Trans Siberian Orchestra; Radio host Laura from WGIR; Donna Parker, Director of Development for Make-A-Wish Foundation®; Robert Kinkel, who plays keyboards and is Music Director of Trans Siberian Orchestra; as well as Scott (a.k.a. Roadkill) from WGIR.
Wildcat Mountain in Pinkham Notch, NH On Monday, March 6, 2006, 26 challengers, including 24 men and 2 women participated in Wildcat's Third Annual 100K Day Challenge for the Make-a-Wish Foundation®. This day-long event was a test to see who was tough enough to tackle 100,000 vertical feet in one day of skiing or riding - that is at least 48 runs down the Lynx trail, 2,112 feet of vertical per run, all in one day. This fund-raiser raised $17,750 for Make-a-Wish Foundation® - over two times the amount raised last year and more than five times the amount raised the first year! Twenty-five of the 26 100K challengers reached the goal of skiing at least 100,000 vertical feet. Top prizes were awarded to the top fundraisers for the Make-a-Wish Foundation®. Manfred Raschke for the second year in a row took first place, raising $4,250.
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