Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation has announced that New England Handicapped Sports Association in Newbury was awarded $500 from the Foundation’s Community Spirit 9/11 Mini-Grant program. Diana Suteu, an employee of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, nominated the organization for the award. Funds will be used to support the Winter Sports Clinic for veterans with a disability. To commemorate those Harvard Pilgrim members who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, Harvard Pilgrim and the Foundation created the Community Spirit 9/11 Mini-Grant program. This program allows each Harvard Pilgrim employee to award a $500 grant, completely funded by the Foundation, to the local charity of his or her choice each calendar year. Since this community grants program began in 2002, Harvard Pilgrim employees have directed more than $5.2 million to thousands of organizations throughout Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
On Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Gerrish Gym, 20 Coe-Brown Northwood Academy students will participate in this year’s Poetry Out Loud school contest as part of the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest. The CBNA winner will advance to the regional competition. New Hampshire’s champion will then advance to the finals in Washington, D.C., where $50,000 in awards and school stipends will be distributed. This is a free event.