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Join us for the 26th Annual Celebration for Mental Health!
Each year, we hold the Annual Celebration to share with you the accomplishments, hardships, and strides we've made towards new programs and existing program enhancements. Your support of MHCGM is an important piece for each of the 33 programs that we provide to the Greater Manchester community (and Rapid Response Statewide).
We would be delighted for you to help us reflect on the past year at our NEW event location, Murphy's Taproom & Carriage House on Monday, October 20th. Starting with a networking hour at 5pm, our program will start at 6 and conclude at about 8pm and will include heavy hors d'oeuvres. An auction will run in tandem with the evening that will have some spectacular items for you!
This year's speaker is Trent Spiner, Editor-in-Chief of the American Psychological Association.
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When?
Monday, October 20th
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Where? NEW LOCATION!
Murphy's Taproom & Carriage House
393 State Route 101
Bedford | N.H. | 03110
Meet our Speaker: Trent Spiner, Editor-in-Chief at The American Psychological Association
Trent Spiner, of Manchester, is a journalist who has worked for both New Hampshire and national news organizations. Since 2020, he has served as Editor-in-Chief for the American Psychological Association (APA), one of the largest professional associations in the country focused on psychology, mental health, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, technology, and combating mis- and dis-information. He leads a team of editors and writers responsible for APA’s national magazine, Monitor on Psychology, which was named the top large association magazine in the country in 2022. He also runs the association’s overall content strategy, which includes the production of digital, print, and multimedia stories. Before joining APA, Mr. Spiner covered the 2020 presidential election for POLITICO. From 2014 to 2019, Spiner was executive editor of the New Hampshire Union Leader, where he led coverage of the state’s mental health crisis, the opioid epidemic, workforce and housing issues, and much more. He has also served as an assignment editor and web producer for ABC News affiliate WMUR-TV in Manchester, NH and a reporter for the Concord Monitor. Mr. Spiner has been nominated for two Emmy awards, named one of the top young editors in the country by Editor & Publisher, recognized as one of the Union Leader’s “40 Under 40” and named a “must-follow journalist” by POLITICO. He is a 2007 graduate of Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H.
The Community Leadership Award was established by our Board of Directors to recognize and honor businesses or community leaders who exemplify the leadership and commitment needed to build and suppport a caring and healthy community. Honorees are selected for their involvement in business, civic, philanthropic, artistic, or cultural activities that enhance the quality of life and wellness of our citizens.
Congratulations to our Community Leadership Award Winner:
Robert Tourigny, Executive Director of Neighbor Works SNH
Robert Tourigny, Executive Director of NeighborWorks Southern New Hampshire, joined the organization in May 2005, bringing his experience in both urban and rural environments in all aspects of housing activities, including homeownership, multi-family and single family development, home repair and weatherization, and rental management. He also brought a vision, and he has guided its transformation into an organization that addresses the affordable housing needs of a total of 31 communities in Southern New Hampshire, including the Cities of Manchester and Nashua. He has promoted and facilitated an approach of developing affordable housing in a very cooperative manner, inviting the input and approval of leaders and stakeholders from communities. This approach has resulted in NeighborWorks® Southern New Hampshire's reputation as a resource for communities, and has spurred several positive development projects in Southern New Hampshire. He has overseen the development and rehabilitation of nearly 1,500 units of affordable housing and community facilities in his career, totaling more than $175 million in investments.
Mr. Tourigny is involved in several initiatives that address the community development and affordable housing needs in New Hampshire. He serves on the Governing Council of Housing Action New Hampshire, the Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority, the Board of Directors for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, and Evernorth’s (f/k/a Northern New England Housing Investment Fund) NH Investment Committee. He has previously served on the Board of Directors of the National Rural Housing Coalition, Granite United Way, and as President of the Manchester Rotary Club. He has also served on numerous state and municipal housing task forces and committees.
We are very excited for our new Venue!
Murphy's Taproom and Carriage House is located on Route 101 in Bedford. We know traffic can be tough on 101, so please consider taking an alternate route (Meetinghouse Road is an option).
MHCGM's Board of Directors
Mike Reed, Board Chair
Philip Alexakos, Board Vice Chair
Brent Kiley, Board Treasurer
Beth Gutoff, Board Secretary
Melissa Carder
Ronald Caron
Courtney Carrier
Lt. Derek Cataldo
Stacy Champey
Jacqueline Depippo
Madeline Hutchings
Newton Kershaw III
Dr. Joohahn Kim
Jim Merrill
Elaine Michaud
Kibar Moussoba
Glory Mukendi
Connie Roy-Czyzowski
Leo Simard
The Wheelock-Nardi Advocacy Award was established in 2000 and named in honor of former NH Hospital Superintendent Major Wheelock and the late Theodora Nardi, Former NH State Representative. These individuals authored the 1982 report that resulted in dramatic and innovative changes in the delivery of mental health care in NH. This award recognizes people whose advocacy and community service have benefitted persons affected by mental illness and honors the legacy of Mrs. Nardi and Mr. Wheelock.
Congratulations to our Wheelock Nardi Advocacy Award Winner:
Senator Jeanne Shaheen
The first woman in U.S. history to be elected both a Governor and a United States Senator, New Hampshire’s Jeanne Shaheen is a trailblazer with a reputation for working across the aisle to get things done. Shaheen has served in the Senate since 2009 and is the Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and a senior member of the U.S. Senate Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Relations, Appropriations as well as the Select Committee on Ethics.
As inflation rose across the world, Shaheen was a key supporter of the Inflation Reduction Act, which lowered costs for middle class families and provided funds to bolster clean energy and climate investments in New Hampshire, bringing inflation down and saving money for working Granite Staters.
For decades, the United States has put off the investments needed to fix our crumbling infrastructure. Shaheen was a lead negotiator of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and supported several key provisions included in the final bill that bolstered roads and bridges, rail, transit, ports, airports, the electric grid, water systems and broadband infrastructure across New Hampshire and the country.
China and other competitors continue to pose new challenges to the United States. Shaheen helped pass the CHIPS and Science Act authoring several provisions included in the final package. The historic legislation develops U.S. policy to address strategic, economic and diplomatic tools for a global strategy that will allow the United States to confront the challenges that China and other global competitors pose to the United States.
Through her leadership on the U.S. Appropriations Committee, Senator Shaheen has delivered a seven- fold increase in resources to help Granite Staters suffering from substance use disorders receive desperately needed treatment. Shaheen helped pass the Affordable Care Act, ensuring that tens of thousands of Granite Staters have access to good quality, affordable health care.
As the top-ranking woman on both the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, Senator Shaheen is a global leader on important foreign policy issues and she advocates for legislation and actions that confront our enemies, strengthen key alliances and bolster New Hampshire’s role in our national defense.
A champion for energy efficiency, Shaheen created programs while serving as Governor that saved New Hampshire families and businesses over $1 billion. In the Senate, Shaheen has continued this work by helping pass bipartisan energy efficiency legislation, which was signed into law by President Obama.
Senator Shaheen served as Governor of New Hampshire for six years and also served in the state Senate, helping create nearly 67,000 new jobs while keeping New Hampshire's tax burden the lowest in the country. (Learn more about Jeanne Shaheen's three terms as Governor). With bipartisan support, she expanded public kindergarten to thousands of families and made higher education more affordable with a tax-free college savings program.
Between her time as Governor and election to the U.S. Senate, Shaheen served as the Director of Harvard University's Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government. Shaheen was born in Saint Charles, Missouri. She and her husband, Bill, live in Madbury and have three daughters, Stefany, Stacey and Molly, and seven grandchildren.
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