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Girls Incorporated of New Hampshire announces new officers

Board of Directors begins new year

July 14, 2008, Manchester, NH:  Girls Incorporated of New Hampshire announces new officers and board members for 2008-2009.  Selected as the Board Chair was Tom Paterson - Sam's Club Market Manger, Northern NE; Vice Chair, Leslie Thompson - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Market Mgr., Market 202; and continuing terms as Treasurer - Darlene Friedman, CPA of Baker, Newman and Noyes in Manchester and Secretary - Rachel Hampe, of McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton PA in Manchester. Newly elected board members include Maurice L. Arel, retired and former Mayor of Nashua and Terri Modine, Owner, LynNicole Athletics, LLC in Derry, NH.   Continuing members   are Jeffrey Mason - Mason Financial Manchester - Immediate Past Chair; Mark Adamy, VP of Sales and Marketing - Comcast NNE Region; Debra Breed, General Manager, - Emerson Thunderline Z, Hampstead, NH; Helen P. Closson, Former ED of The Girls Club of Manchester; Gary Couture of Holllis, NH; John P. Motta, Nashua, NH - President of Dunkin Donuts Motta Family Franchises; Richard V. Pratte, Consultant, of Bedford, NH.

Girls Incorporated of New Hampshire, with subsidiaries in So. Maine and Windsor County, VT, is a member-based organization for girls ages 6 to 18. The agency is dedicated to developing the confidence, intelligence and leadership abilities of girls. Programs are designed to provide girls with an environment in which they can be themselves among supportive peers. Programs, education and mentoring – and the opportunities that arise from them for members – are tailored to the community in which they are offered.   Girls Incorporated of New Hampshire, where girls achieve their personal best, is all about making it possible for girls to discover that strength, that quality within them, that makes them realize they can achieve anything. Over 9,000 girls are served annually through after-school programs, enrichment programs in schools in over 100 schools and regional summer camps. Regional Girls' Centers are located in Nashua, Concord, Manchester and Rochester, NH and Portland, ME. For more information about Girls Incorporated of New Hampshire programs in your community, please visit our website or call our Administrative Offices at 603-625-1296 - toll free 800-775-9372.