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Cornerstone VNA Receives Multi Year Grant

Cornerstone VNA Receives Multi Year Grant from New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

 

Rochester, NH: Cornerstone VNA is thrilled to announce they have received a $60,000 grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. The grant, which will be paid in $20,000 installments over a three-year period, was made possible by gifts from the following fund(s): Charles and Aroline B. Greenfield Fund, Cocheco Fund, Edmond and Margaret Drouin Charitable Fund, Greater Portsmouth Rehabilitation Center Fund, Marcia G. Moody Fund, Robert and Alexandria Lowe Fund. This important funding will help further Cornerstone VNA’s mission to promote the optimum level of well-being, independence, and dignity of those living in the community by providing trusted, compassionate and expert health care.

 

This multi-year grant will be used in-part for a rehabilitation training platform that will provide standardized patient education for exercises and provide professional education for their rehabilitation therapists. Furthermore, it will support underfunded specialty programs, such as Lymphedema, and specialized training for clinicians, which is critical due to the increased level of care needed to support patients at home with complex medical conditions. Funding will also support access to care for those in need, as well as efforts to attract, retain and train skilled staff.

 

According to Julie Reynolds RN, MS, Cornerstone VNA President/CEO, “We are so very grateful for the Charitable Foundation funding, which will enable us to continue our important work with expertise and excellence. These funds impact our ability to keep our clinicians up to date with the newest trends in healthcare, and providing specialty services to our most vulnerable residents in NH.”

 

About Cornerstone VNA: Cornerstone VNA currently serves Rockingham, Strafford, Belknap and Carroll Counties in New Hampshire and York County in Maine. The team at Cornerstone VNA provides award-winning care and support through five distinct programs: Home Care, Hospice Care, Palliative Care, Life Care-Private Duty, and Community Care. For 110 years, Cornerstone VNA has been committed to bringing services to people of all ages so that families can stay together at home, even when facing the challenges of aging, surgical recovery, chronic or life-threatening illnesses or end-of-life care. To learn more about Cornerstone VNA, visit www.cornerstonevna.org or call 800-691-1133.

 

About the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation is New Hampshire’s statewide community foundation, founded in 1962 by and for the people of New Hampshire. We are the place where generosity meets the dedication and ingenuity of nonprofits and the potential of New Hampshire students. For six decades, thousands of people have entrusted their charitable resources to the Foundation, creating a perpetual source of philanthropic capital and making it possible for the Foundation to award more than $60 million in grants and scholarships every year. For more information, please visit www.nhcf.org or call 603-225-6641.

Cornerstone VNA Celebrates 110 Years

Cornerstone VNA Celebrates 110 Years

 

Rochester, NH – January 2023, marks the 110th anniversary of Cornerstone VNA, a local nonprofit home health and hospice care organization serving Strafford, Rockingham, Belknap and Carroll Counties in New Hampshire and York County in Maine.

 

Cornerstone VNA is excited to celebrate its 110th year and is proud to look back on their impressive history of providing care at home.  In 1913, the Rochester Women’s Club, led by president and philanthropist, Norma Snow, and the Ladies Aide of the First Church Congregational founded the VNA to provide homecare services.  For more than a century, Cornerstone VNA has been committed to bringing services to people of all ages, so that families can stay together at home, even when facing the challenges of aging, surgical recovery, chronic or life-threatening illnesses or end of life care.  As a full-service home care organization, Cornerstone VNA provides award-winning care and support through five distinct programs: Home Care, Hospice Care, Palliative Care, Life Care-Private Duty and Community Care.

 

Julie Reynolds, RN, MS, President/CEO states, “I have proudly worked as a home care nurse since 1987 and joined Cornerstone VNA in 1994. I have experienced so much personal and professional growth in my time at Cornerstone VNA, and it has been an honor to lead this organization as the President/CEO for the past 10 years.” Julie continues, “Although we have grown tremendously in recent years, we still pay tribute to our founder and our remarkable history of providing high quality care to our patients and our community.”

 

Particularly in the last decade, Cornerstone VNA has experienced significant growth which earned them recognition as the Business NH Magazine 2020 Health Care Business of the Decade, as well as numerous other awards including most recently the Falls Chamber of Commerce 2022 Nonprofit of the Year, and the 2022 Best of the Seacoast Best Home Health Care.

 

As the region braced itself for the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Cornerstone VNA was well-prepared thanks to their ongoing emergency preparedness efforts. They continued providing care to patients and developed innovative ways to remain connected to their local communities. They also broke ground on an important capital project in October 2020 to expand their building and renovate their existing space to address the growing needs of their patients, staff, and community members. Over the years, Cornerstone VNA has remained proactive in its approach to researching and implementing innovative specialty services, including a remote telehealth monitoring program, to meet the complex needs of their patients to ensure positive outcomes.

 

With a staff of over 170 team members, Cornerstone VNA has a depth of longevity that is quite extraordinary. Sandy Powers, RN, has been a nurse at Cornerstone VNA for thirty-one years, and is known fondly by her patients as “Nurse Sandy”. Sandy remarks, “I’ve had various roles over the last 30 years, and it has been a wonderful ride with all of them. I’ve gained so much knowledge working as an RN in home care.”

 

From longtime nurse, Sandy, to recently enlisted team member, Megan Casey, RN, BSN, the positive feeling of being a nurse and working in home care is just as strong. Megan shares, “There’s something remarkable and rewarding about caring for patients in the home setting, often at their most acute and vulnerable states, and being part of an agency (family) that provides endless support and appreciation. I don’t just love what I do, I live for it.”

 

To learn more about Cornerstone VNA, visit www.cornerstonevna.org or call 800-691-1133. Visitors to the website can also learn more about Cornerstone VNA’s history by reading their historical blog posts, which will be posted each month throughout the year.

Modern square dance beginner class

Modern square dance beginner class starts Feb. 6th beginning 6 p.m. at the First Parish Church. First class free, then $5 per class. No partner, no special clothing and no experience needed.  Combines intellectual challenge, heart healthy walking exercise, social interaction and lots of fun! More info call 603-978-1988.

$70 for 70 Years of Garrison Players!

$70 for 70 Years of Garrison Players!

2023 is a big year! Not only is it the 400th anniversary of the founding of Dover, New Hampshire, it’s the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Seacoast’s one and only community theater: Garrison Players! After putting on shows for decades in a variety of venues around the city, in 1986 we purchased the Hiram R. Roberts Grange Hall in Rollinsford and began the slow and expensive process of renovation, opening our first show there in 2003. Re-named the Garrison Players Arts Center (now in its 20th anniversary!), our home has provided quality community theater, top-notch youth performing arts education, and space for both individual and group performing artists, as well as community youth education groups. Now our venerable old building needs our help. On this momentous anniversary, we are asking our members and our supporters to donate $70 to keep us going for another 70 years! $70 for the 70th! Thank you! https://www.garrisonplayers.org/70-for-70-years

Worldwide Printmaking Exhibition

The Art Center in Dover, NH continues to build its international reputation with its Worldwide Printmaking Exhibition.  The work submitted to this year’s show came from all over the world with over 40 artists from 11 countries.  Artworks from Australia, Poland, France, Germany and Sweden are shown alongside exquisite pieces from Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.  Also included are works from Brazil, and Canada. There are artists from the United States from coast to coast.     

 

The Worldwide Printmaking Exhibition was juried by artist William Mitchell.  Mitchell received his B.A. from the State University College at Oneonta, NY, and later studied at the Boston Museum School.  In 2007 completed graduate studies at the University of New Hampshire receiving a Master’s degree in Education.  He currently serves as the League of New Hampshire printmaking media juror.

Artists in the Worldwide Printmaking Exhibition: Kathryn Ikle, Catherine Tempest, Lenka Vilhelmova, Iurii Aleksandrov, Andre Guyot,Laura Cantor, Tibor Jaeger, Cleo Wilkinson, Chiung fang Chang, Hui-Ju Chang, Beth Wittenberg, Susan Henderson, Roger Sutcliffe, Nancy St Marie, Brooke Lambert, Kristen Lanzer, Nina Kreis, Metasit Bunaikbuth, Tania Chou, Mark Dooley, Henry Korwald, Phuong Le Minh, Rachel Mindrup, Timo Ehmke, Betty Abelev, Ngoc Le Trinh, Raluca Iancu, Diane St. Jean, Sergei Tsvetkov, Sarah Ahearn, Ron St. Jean, Helene Bascoul, Cristina Buga, James O’Donnell, Brian Knoerzer, Aurora Goodland, Emalyne Fox, Polly Law, Christina Kang, Eileen Bushnell, Karolina Lasota, Sharon Whitham and Kate Higley.

An Artist Reception is scheduled for Saturday, February 11th, from 6-9pm.  

The exhibit can be seen in person at The Art Center – One Washington Street, Suite 1177. Visit the online gallery at www.theartcenteronlinegallery.com.  For more information about The Art Center, visit www.theartcenterdover.com, call (603) 978-6702 or email theartcenterdover@gmail.com.

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