Holiday Business After Hours with the Chamber and CYPN tonight from 5:30 to 7 p.m., hosted by The Duprey Companies at Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Ave. Chamber members cost $7 in advance or $10 at the door, or may donate six non-perishable food items for the Capital Region Food Program’s Holiday Food Basket Project. Guests and non-members interested in attending need to RSVP in advance by calling 224-2508. Details and registration can be found at ConcordNHChamber.com. The chamber’s monthly forum topic will be on Concord’s opportunity corridor and proposed changes to Interstate 93 onDec. 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 172 N. Main St. Chamber members cost $25, non-members $35 (includes lunch). Sponsored by Nobis Group and McFarland-Johnson, Inc. Register at ConcordNHChamber.com.
During November, New Hampshire’s 2018 “I Am College Bound/I Applied” initiative assisted 1,672 N.H. high school seniors at 42 public high schools on their path to post-secondary education by helping them submit 4,442 college applications. More than 86 percent of the applications submitted were for New Hampshire colleges and universities. All of New Hampshire’s colleges and universities waived application fees, saving participating students and families in excess of $125,000. In addition, each high school received one $500 college scholarship to be raffled and awarded to a participating student.
Kimball Jenkins, a prominent Concord landmark, has received a $202,000 matching grant award from the N.H. Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) to support restoring the roof and upper woodwork of its 1882 brick High Victorian Gothic mansion. Restoration work is expected to begin in the spring of 2020.
Granite Pathways of Concord recently received a partnership grant from Eastern Bank’s Charitable Foundation.
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services announces that the N.H. State Committee on Aging and EngAGING N.H. are now accepting nominations for the 57th Annual Joseph D. Vaughan Award. The Vaughan awards recognize individuals over the age of 60 from each of New Hampshire’s 10 counties for their excellence in leadership and voluntary service that have positively impacted the lives of older residents across the state. Award recipients will be honored during a ceremony in the Executive Council Chambers at the State House on May 6. For more information about the nomination criteria and process or to request a nomination form, please contact Vaughan Awards event coordinator Roger Vachon at 223-6903 or via email at engagingnh@gmail.com. The nomination form can also be downloaded at engagingnh.com.
Beginning at 7 p.m. on Dec. 21, Hiroya Tsukamoto will bring his “abstract, imagistic compositions” to center stage at the Highland Lake Grange Hall, 7 Chase Hill Road, East Andover. Admission is free, although donations – which are shared with the performers and the Andover Community Church, owner of the Grange Hall – are gratefully accepted. Also appearing onstage will be up to a dozen open-microphone performers, whose contributions in previous months have ranged from the spoken word to show-business, jazz, folk, bluegrass, and country-and-western tunes. Doors to the Grange Hall open at 6 p.m. for food purchases offered by the Andover Community Church, and for open-mic sign-ins on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The Concord Jingle Bell Run will be Dec. 16 at Rundlett Middle School, 144 South St. Register now at JBR.org/Concord for $35 or on the day of the race for $40. All of the registration fee and fundraising efforts go to this great cause. For more information, contact 857-301-7627 or aholmes@arthritis.org.
Sadie, a fifth-grade student at Puyallup Elementary, is doing a report on the state of New Hampshire. She is hoping readers will send her pictures, postcards, used license plates, facts, products or other tidbits. Please mail to Cascade Christian Schools, Puyallup Elementary, 601 Ninth Ave. SE, Puyallup, Wash., 98372.