Greetings from our virtual fundraiser at the North Conway Community Center. We are excited to kick off our third year of participation in New Hampshire Gives, an online fundraiser for non-profits across the state, starting Tuesday, June 7, at 5 p.m. and wrapping up Wednesday, June 8, at 5 p.m.
As a non-profit organization, we rely on generous donations from our community in order to run programs for local youth and adults. We had 90 distinct program sessions last year at our facility and welcomed folks for 25,000 programming visits, not to mention the tens of thousands of visits to the playground, events, and open gym.
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