COMMUNITY NEWS
Children's Day Logo Contest
PORTSMOUTH — Children’s Day, produced by Pro Portsmouth, will take place in downtown Portsmouth Sunday, May 5, from noon to 4 p.m.
As is tradition, Pro Portsmouth invites young artists to share their talent and participate in the Children’s Day Logo Contest. The logo will be seen on event maps, the event website, Children’s Day T-shirts and all marketing collateral.
Here are a few guidelines for 2024:
● Artists under age 12 are eligible to submit drawings and designs.
● Please use a maximum of four colors.
● The image should be drawn and submitted on 8.5-inch x 11-inch paper.
● You can use colored paper, markers, crayons and colored pencils to create your design – the key: the image must be flat (so it can be scanned into a computer).
● The deadline for submission is Friday, March 29.
● Please incorporate the year 2024 in the design.
● Get creative – your drawings should be festive, fun and recognizable.
● Check out previous logos here: proportsmouth.org/childrens-day-logocontest.
Submit your entries to: info@proportsmouth.org or Pro Portsmouth, Inc., P.O. Box 967, Portsmouth NH 03802.
For more information about Pro Portsmouth and its events, go to proportsmouth.org.
Plates for Change partners with Blue Mermaid in Kittery in fundraiser for Mainspring Collective
PORTSMOUTH — Plates for Change, a Seacoast nonprofit dedicated to ending food insecurity in local communities, is hosting a fundraising dance to support Mainspring, a Kittery-based collective that provides resources from multiple nonprofits to underprivileged citizens.
Themed as a Night of Glitz and Glamour red-carpet dance party, the event will be hosted by the Blue Mermaid in Kittery on Saturday, April 6, from 7:30-11 p.m. Tickets are $75 and all proceeds benefit Mainspring. To purchase tickets, visit platesforchange.org and see events.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. with a cocktail hour and DJ Chad Banks spinning tunes at 8:30 p.m. Included in the ticket price are a welcome drink and passed appetizers during cocktail hour and a dessert spread.
The event is sponsored by Treworgy & Baldacci Real Estate Closing Services and The Bonham Family.
For information, email platesforchange@gmail.com.
Car or Cash Raffle to benefit Children's Museum of New Hampshire
DOVER — The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire’s annual Car or Cash Raffle started Monday, March 11. Bill Dube Ford Toyota in Dover is the museum’s partnering car dealership for this raffle fundraiser.
Car or Cash Raffle tickets cost $100 and up to 750 tickets will be sold. One winner will get to choose between $25,000 toward a new vehicle from Bill Dube Ford Toyota, or $20,000 cash. New this year, a second-place winner will win $5,000. Early ticket purchasers will be entered for a chance to win an extra ticket with giveaways happening once every week through the end of March.
The Car or Cash Raffle ends at a live event at the Brook casino in Seabrook, sponsored by The Boulos Company, on Thursday, June 6 from 5-6:30 p.m. featuring a cash bar and appetizers. All ticket purchasers are welcome at the live drawing event.
Raffle purchasers must be 18 and older, possess a valid driver’s license and provide proof of insurance. Winners need not be present at the drawing to claim their prize. Car or cash is not transferable. Purchase raffle tickets at childrens-museum.org.
COAST makes ‘Day It Forward' donation to Gather
DOVER — COAST recently presented Gather with a “Day it Forward” donation following their Leap Day food and fund drive, which included a check for $929.92, 597 pounds of food, and 450 single-ride bus tickets for distribution to its clients.
Gather, which is based in Portsmouth, offers innovative programs that build food security in welcoming and dignified ways.
For over 200 years, Gather has provided fresh, healthy food to individuals experiencing food insecurity in Greater Seacoast communities. Gather distributes food via mobile markets, fresh food bus, and food pantries in Portsmouth, Rochester, Somersworth, Dover, Farmington, Kittery, Seabrook, Hampton and Hampton Falls.
The donation included funds collected on Feb. 29 from all COAST fare boxes, food collected during COAST’s Leap Day Stuff-A-Bus event in Dover; and bus tickets purchased by contributors in the final days of February that were then matched by COAST one-for-one.
“COAST and Gather serve many of the same people and communities,” said Vanessa Polychronis of COAST. “We’re grateful to everyone who donated on Leap Day and applaud the good work that Gather does every day to eliminate hunger around the Seacoast.”
Information: coastbus.org