Children’s Museum of NH Hosts Kids’ Clothing and Gear Consignment Sale

DOVER—

The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire is hosting a consignment sale of children’s clothing and gear on March 31 and April 1. This sale will offer gently used, good quality children’s clothes, baby clothes and gear, footwear, costumes, toys, nursery furniture and décor, sports equipment, books, music, and videos at outstanding prices. Maternity wear will also be available. People who consign items will earn 60 percent of the revenue from their sold items. The remaining net proceeds will benefit the Children’s Museum of NH and its vital education and outreach programs.

The sale will be open to the public at the Museum’s 6 Washington Street location on Saturday, March 31, from noon-7pm and on Sunday, September 11, from noon–5pm. Sunday will be a half-price sale on many items. There will also be a private pre-sale event on Saturday morning from 9am-noon for people who consign 25 items or more, or who register to volunteer at the sale.

“We got such a great response to our first consignment sale last fall, we decided to make it a semi-annual event,” said Justine Roberts, Executive Director of the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire. “We love it because consignment sales not only help families recoup some of the money they’ve spent on kids’ clothes and accessories, but they also help other families in the community, promote recycling and provide support for our museum, which serves the entire region.”

The Children’s Museum’s consignment sale makes use of technology to streamline the process of consigning items, scheduling volunteers and automating sales. “People interested in consigning can go to our website and click through to a page where they can log in all the items they want to sell,” Roberts explained. “When all of their items are entered, the program will print out a page of bar-coded tags that can be cut out and attached to each item before being dropped off for the sale. Clothing will all be organized by size to make shopping easier, and the tags clearly state the brand and price of each item. We use hand-held bar-code scanners for easy check-out, then consignors can log in and see which of their items sold and how much money they have earned. Volunteers can also sign up right at our website.”

At the conclusion of the sale, consignors may pick up their unsold items or sign-off to have the Children’s Museum donate unsold items to local charities.

Photo Caption: Children’s Museum of NH will host two consignment sales this year. (Courtesy Photo)

Easter Seals NH Kick Off Statewide, Annual VIP Campaign

MANCHESTER—

Community leaders and local businesses gathered in Manchester on Tuesday, February 14, at a kickoff breakfast at Public Service New Hampshire (PSNH) to launch the annual Easter Seals NH VIP Campaign. This year, nearly 200 volunteers will work through April to help raise $500,000 to support services for children, adults and seniors with disabilities and special needs.

PSNH, who assembles one of the campaign’s leading teams each year and hosted the breakfast, has raised funds for Easter Seals NH for 32 years, with funds totaling over $2.3 million.

Easter Seals VIPs, representing 20 companies and groups, will reach out to their network of friends, family and coworkers through emails, phone calls, webpages and letters to reach their fundraising goals.

For more information about Easter Seals NH, call 1-800-870-8728 or visit their website. If you’d like to be part of the VIP Campaign, please call 603-621-3457.

Photo Caption: (left to right) Easter Seals NH Vice President of Development Michael Cormier is joined by VIP Campaign Chairs from PSNH Tara Olson and Brad Owens and Easter Seals NH Child Representative Maya Chasin and her mother Jeanette at the 2012 Easter Seals NH VIP Campaign Kick-off Breakfast on Valentine’s Day. (Courtesy Photo)

Wentworth Connections Adult Day Program Receives State’s Stamp of Approval

PORTSMOUTH—

Wentworth Connections Adult Day Care Program, operated by the Mark Wentworth Home, recently received a deficiency-free stamp of approval during the State of New Hampshire’s survey of care services at the center. The NH Department of Health and Human Services conducts the regulatory review annually; and for day programs for seniors like the Wentworth Connections program, receiving a deficiency-free rating is one of the highest confirmations of quality service available. State and Federal regulations for Senior Adult Day Programs require a thorough survey on a range of core criteria such as safety, patient rights, food service, administration and quality of care services.

The results of the 2012 survey results confirm that the Wentworth Connections Adult Day Program demonstrates a high level of client-centered care for its more than 20 daily clients. The program accommodates clients with physical and cognitive impairments between the hours of 8am and 4:30pm on weekdays. Services offered include meals, assistance with toileting, bathing and grooming, nursing services and medication oversight, music therapy, support group services for client’s families and a myriad of activities covering social, cultural and physical well-being. The program is currently accepting applications for participation, which can be arranged for a flexible number of days each week.

For more information or to enroll in the program, please contact Amy VanSplunder at 603-430-0070.