Volunteer NH recently honored Joe Kennerson, left, a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Seacoast, with a Volunteer Service Award at its Spirit of New Hampshire Awards. Matched with his 'Little Brother' Jacob since January 2009, Kennerson…

Nancy Formella of Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock presents the hospital's 2011 Outstanding Community Ambassador Award to John Xiggoros, who has raised more than $1 million through Kristen's Gift, CHaD's pediatric oncology fund that he founded and named in honor of…

David Ross, left, president of St. Joseph Hospital, and Kathie Rice Orshak, right, the hospital's vice president of mission integration, award patient service representative Jessica Caruso with the 2011 St. Marguerite d'Youville Award, which is given annually to a St.…

NeighborWorks Greater Manchester hosts a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of The Townhomes at Mallard Place, a $3 million development project that created 16 affordable rental units in Hooksett. Pictured at the ceremony are Robert Tourigny, NeighborWorks executive director;…

Through its Test Drives for Turkeys promotion, Bonneville and Son has donated 162 turkeys to New Horizons for New Hampshire, a Manchester homeless shelter and soup kitchen.

Chef Robert Irvine, host of the Food Network show 'Restaurant Impossible,' stands with Kriss Soterion, owner of Kriss Cosmetics in Manchester, who did makeup for the show while it filmed an episode at The Chatterbox Café in Windham.

Jeff Marks, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Ledyard National Bank, presents a $2,000 check to Mary Margaret Sloan, executive director of Local First Alliance, which will support the organization's mission of strengthening the local Upper Valley economy.

The Singer family of Merchants Automotive Group has underwritten the cost of Thanksgiving dinner at New Horizons for New Hampshire, a Manchester soup kitchen and homeless shelter. Pictured with the donation are, from left, Alan Singer, Michael Sidney, New Horizons…

Susan Ryan, president of the Elliot Health System, and Doug Dean, its CEO, stand behind Elliot Hospital Associates, from left, Ethel Chaput, Janie Tibbetts and Elizabeth Stewart at the 10th annual Elliot Hospital Associates Gala, which raised more than $225,000…

From left, Linda Roche, Northeast Delta Dental's senior director of New Hampshire sales, and Joe Kasper, its director of corporate services, present Maria White, CEO of the New Hampshire chapter of the American Red Cross, with a donation to support…

Staff and board members of the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center join Patrick McHugh, New Hampshire's interim president of FairPoint Communications, second from left, Greta Johansson, in orange, state district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration, and Mary…

The Greater Nashua Arts Initiative -- a young professionals group aimed at supporting arts in the Gate City -- has raised more than $60,000 for renovations to the Edmund Keefe Auditorium in Nashua through an Indigo Girls benefit concert. Pictured…

Peter Janelle, right, CEO of The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester, awards John Broderick, dean and president of the University of New Hampshire School of Law, with the organization's 2011 Community Leadership Award. Jay Couture, not pictured, executive director…

Celebrating the opening of the New Hampshire Liquor Commission's newest New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlet on Coliseum Avenue in Nashua are, left to right, Mark Bodi, NHLC commissioner; Joseph Mollica, NHLC chairman; State Reps. Lisa Scontsas, Don LeBrun, David…

Eighteen Dover residents celebrate their graduation from the 2011 Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Citizens' Leadership Academy, which is sponsored by Centrix Bank.

Proceeds from the 2011 Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show were donated to several nonprofits in New Hampshire, including the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire, the Daniel Webster Council Boy Scouts of America, and America's Credit Union Museum in…