NHBR About Town: Make-a-Wish Foundation

July 15, 2011

NH Business Review Staff,

To reach its goal of granting its 1,000 wish before year’s end, the Make-a-Wish Foundation of New Hampshire has teamed up with the New Hampshire Electric Co-op Foundation, which since 2006 has awarded four wishes totaling $20,000 to children with life-threatening medical conditions. Pictured are Fred Anderson, NHEC president; Chrissy Anderson; Candy Ploss and her daughter and 2010 Wish child Bella Ploss; NHEC Foundation executive director Audrey Simpson; NHEC vice presidents Judy Gove and Dena DeLucca; and Julie Baron, CEO of N.H. Make-A-Wish.

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