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For more than 35 years, AmeriCorps*VISTA members
have been helping bring individuals and communities out of poverty.
Members serve full-time for a year in nonprofits, public agencies
and faithbased groups throughout the country, working to fight
illiteracy, improve health services, create businesses, increase
housing opportunities, or bridge the digital divide. In fiscal
2001, approximately 6,000 AmeriCorps*VISTA members served in 1,200
local programs.
Please contact the Corporation for National & Community
Service for further information on AmeriCorps*VISTA at:
55 Pleasant Street, Room 1501
Concord, NH 03301-3556
(603) 225-1450
(603)225-1459 Fax
The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) helps
people 55 and older find service opportunities in their
communities. Participants serve in organizations such as hospitals,
schools, youth centers, police stations, United Ways, CAPs, senior
centers, etc. There are seven (7) RSVPs in New Hampshire with up to
3,894 RSVPs serving in over 800 various organizations. The
following is a list of the RSVPs in NH:
Carroll County RSVP
3631 White Mt Hwy, PO Box 1182 North Conway, NH 03860
603/356-9331
603/356-9331 Fax
Benny Jesseman, Project Director
ccrsvp@verizon.net
Coos County RSVP
30 Exchange Street
Berlin, NH 03570
603/752-4103
603/752-7607 Fax
Kathy McKenna, Project Director
kmckenna@tccap.org
Merrimack County RSVP
37 Regional Drive
Concord, NH 03301
603/224-3452
603/224-0157 Fax
Nancy Spater, Project Director
rsvp@centennialseniorcenter.org
Monadnock RSVP
17 – 93rd Street
Keene, NH 03431
603/352-2088
603/352-5698 Fax
Geraldine Liebert, Project Director
gliebert@mfs.org
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RSVP (Serving Grafton and Sullivan
Counties)
10 Campbell Street
Lebanon, NH 03766
877/711-7787 (toll free)
603/448-3906 Fax
Teresa Volta, Project Director rsvp@gcscc.org
Rockingham County RSVP
140 Court Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801
603/373-6144
603/766-1716 Fax
Donna Odde, Project Director dodde@friendsprogram.org
Southern NH RSVP
PO Box 5040
Manchester, NH 03108
603/668-8010
603/645-6734 Fax
Dee Martin, Project Director
dmartin@snhs.org
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The Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) provides a
comprehensive volunteer experience for low income seniors 60 years
and older working with children 6 weeks through 21 years of age
with special and exceptional needs. Each senior provides 20 hours
of role-modeling and nurturance each week at local rehabs, schools
and child care centers to approximately 1,400 at risk and special
needs children annually. A tax free stipend of $2.45,
transportation, training, meals and recognition events are
provided. This is a year round program providing over 75,000 hours
of volunteering in the local community. In New Hampshire, over 180
Foster Grandparents are actively engaged in two projects:
CROTCHED MOUNTAIN
FGP
1361 Elm Street, Suite
400
Manchester, NH
03101
CONTACT: Sherry
Wheeler
(603)
668-1990
FAX:
603-626-5318
fgp@crotchedmountain.org
THE FRIENDS FGP
249 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 228-1193
FAX:603-226-3884
fgp@friendsprogram.org
Senior Companion are low-income seniors, aged 60 and
older, who assist frail adults achieve and maintain their highest
level of independent living. They receive a small stipend that
enables them to serve 20 hours of practical, compassionate
volunteer service each week, making a very tangible difference in
the lives of those they serve. SCP has built partnerships with 30
agencies who match a companion to individuals in need. In New
Hampshire, approximately 106 volunteers help more than 600 other
seniors live independently in their homes through:
Belknap-Merrimack CAP
PO Box 1016
Concord, NH 03301
CONTACT: Joyce Heck
(603) 225-3295
FAX: 603-228-1898
jheck@bm-cap.org
The average private rate for nursing home care in New Hampshire
is $53,000 and the Medicaid rate is $39,000. Long term care costs
are expected to increase by 300% over the next 20 years. Volunteers
are seen as critical support systems to help people remain in their
homes for as long as possible. The Senior Companion Program has
demonstrated through research to be a cost effective model that
benefits both client and volunteer. The average annual costs for
one Senior Companion serving 20 hours per week is approximately
$3,500.
It is estimated that 16,000 to 20,000 New Hampshire citizens
have Alzheimers disease. This translates to 1 in 10 individuals in
our state are somehow touched by disorder due to its impact upon
family, friends and neighbors. The Senior Companion Program
provides respite services for caregivers allowing them the personal
time they need to continue their 36 hour day.
Learn and Serve America supports service-learning programs in
schools and community organizations that help nearly one million
students from kindergarten through college meet community needs,
while improving their academic skills and learning the habits of
good citizenship. Learn and Serve grants are used to create new
programs or replicate existing programs, as well as to provide
training and development to staff, faculty, and volunteers.
New Hampshire Department of Education
Ms. Suzanne Birdsall
101 Pleasant Street
Concord , NH 03301-3860
Phone: 603-271-3853
Fax: 603-271-2760
sbirdsall@ed.state.nh.us
www.ed.state.nh.us/ServiceLearning/servicemain.html
Campus Compact for New Hampshire
3 Barrell Court, Suite 200
Concord, NH 03301
603-223-2302
603-223-2018 fax
website: www.compactnh.org
Founded in 1997, Campus Compact for New Hampshire is a statewide
consortium of college and university presidents and private sector
partners who are united in their commitment to the civic purposes
of higher education.
Campus Compact for New Hampshire unites member presidents in
leading their campuses toward the integration of service into the
academic, student life, and civic goals of their institutions.
Member presidents and private sector partners believe that through
sustained and creative student, faculty and institutional
involvement in community service, higher education realizes its
most noble goals of educating citizens, preparing tomorrow's
leaders and contributing to the life of America's communities.
Objectives
1. Improve the quality of teaching and learning opportunities
throughout New Hampshire institutions of higher education.
2. Provide leadership throughout the state and nation to
reinvigorate the civic and moral leadership of higher education in
ways that connect colleges and universities with the communities
and constituencies they serve.
3. Promote citizenship education by expanding higher
education's role in educating students, not only for careers
and jobs, but for roles as active, engaged community members.
Deborah Scire
Executive Director
dscire@compactnh.org
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