Eleven award recipients representing individuals, groups and organizations will be honored for exemplary volunteer contributions at the third annual Spirit of New Hampshire Awards on November 2, 2005 at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord. Volunteer NH! administers the Spirit of New Hampshire State Recognition Program in collaboration with the Office of Governor John Lynch.

The event brings together interested citizens, volunteers and representatives from business, nonprofit, education, government, faith communities and national service initiatives to celebrate examples of New Hampshire’s strong tradition of service.

A panel of peer reviewers from all regions of the state has just completed the review process and has selected eleven award recipients for 2005.

Volunteer Service Recipients include:

• Youth - Kaitlyn Howland (Dover)
• Adult - Crescentia True (Durham)
• Senior - Brenda Boudreau (Littleton)
• Senior -Josephine Tansey (Lebanon)
• Adult Group - The Conway Dinner Bell (Conway)
• National Service - Emma Paquette (Chichester)

Volunteer Champion Recipients include:

• Small Non-Profit - NH Assn. of RSVP
• Small Business - North Country Ford (Lancaster)
• Large Business - Citizens Bank (Manchester)
• Local Service Club - Nashua Evening Exchange Club
• Municipality - Town of Colebrook, NH

One of the award recipients will be additionally honored with the 2005 “Spirit of New Hampshire” Award. This special award is presented to the one award recipient considered by the review teams as an outstanding example of New Hampshire’s spirit of service. Announcement of this year’s recipient will be made at the celebration

A reception will be held from 5 PM to 6 PM with dinner and presentation of awards to follow. For more information or to make a reservation by October 26th, please contact Volunteer NH! at 1-800-780-8058 or (603) 271-7200 or make on-line reservations by visiting our website at www.volunteernh.org.