For Manny, this is pure bliss. The splashing, the bubble-blowing, the big jumps – it doesn’t get much better than pool time at the Granite YMCA for this high-energy, big-smiling five year-old. But for Manny and his mom Kym, getting to this point was far from easy. That’s where CMF Kids – and you! – […]
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How does someone rebound when she’s lost everything? She relies on her friends and allies – and life-changing donors like you. It was Saturday last November when Marge Goodreault received news that caught the breath in her lungs. The local news had reported an apartment fire in Manchester, NH, an inferno that consumed the entire
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The power of Crotched Mountain Foundation’s supporters has transformed the lives of children who are struggling the most during the pandemic. “You are a lifesaver, we have struggled so much in the last month and we appreciate the financial support as well as the support with learning and accommodations you are able to make for
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014. It was an ordinary day for an extraordinary phone call: “Hi! This is Jill Collier. Almost 40 years ago, Crotched Mountain helped train me as a young Special Education teacher.” Jill called to share how that training had inspired her 38-year career teaching hundreds, if not thousands, of children with disabilities.
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For Khem Basnet, becoming a shared home provider was more than a rewarding career move – it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a generational impact. It’s a brisk early spring day in Manchester, NH. Khem Basnet sits on a bench at a city park, located a few steps from his house. The sunshine splashes
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For David Caron, personal joy and professional fulfillment was found in service to our most vulnerable citizens. It was March 2020 and COVID-19 had arrived with a vengeance. As the world was grappling with the novel coronavirus, so too was Crotched Mountain in its small corner of western New Hampshire. In those early days of
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The power of Crotched Mountain Foundation’s supporters has transformed the lives of children who are struggling the most during the pandemic. “You are a lifesaver! We have struggled so much in the last month and we appreciate the financial support as well as the support with learning and accommodations you are able to make for
If, some day, a Hall of Fame were to be created for professionals in the disability field, there is no doubt that Mauricio Vivas would be a first-ballot member. “Mauricio is stellar,” says Dave Caron, Adult Services Program manager for Crotched Mountain Foundation. “He treats his clients like his own children. He really cares about
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Alzheimer’s can drain a person of the vibrancy of their memories. But with support, love, and compassion, some colors can return. In a modest home in Rye, just a few miles from the New Hampshire shoreline, a couple sits together on the couch. The TV is on and a cooling meal is perched on the
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