NHBR About Town: Child Advocacy Center of Hillsborough County

May 18, 2012

NH Business Review Staff,

The sixth-annual gala for the Child Advocacy Center of Hillsborough County, a program of the Granite State Children’s Alliance, was recently held at Manchester Country Club in Bedford. More than 260 guests attended the event, themed “Springtime in Paris,” which raised $250,000 to support the center’s efforts to aid child victims of abuse. Attending the event are, from left, Kristie Palestino, executive director of the Granite State Children’s Alliance; Stephen Langan, GSCA board member and recipient of the Robert and Karin Finlay Foundation Service to Children Award; Karin Finlay; Kathy Langan; and Robert Finlay. The Finlays sponsored the event, along with Mark and Julie LeDoux of Hollis, Nixon Peabody LLP of Manchester and Spectrum Marketing Companies of Manchester.

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