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• CONGRATULATIONS!

• CHAPTER MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN VETERANS DAY CEREMONY

• ADVOCACY IN ACTION 2024

• NEW HAMPSHIRE CHAPTER APPOINTS NEW AUXILIARY LIAISON

• CHAPTER RECEIVES TWENTY-SECOND 5-STAR AWARD "MEDALLION"

• CHAPTER RECEIVES COMMUNICATIONS AWARD FROM MOAA FOR 2023

• CHAPTER SUPPORTS CHRISTMAS AT THE TILTON HOME

• NEW HAMPSHIRE CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP GRANT PROGRAM (REVISED & UPDATED)

• SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE APPROVES 9 FOR LOANS

• ATTENTION SNOWBIRDS

• SOME INTERESTING NH CHAPTER STATISTICS

• HIGHLIGHTS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS

• ELECTION RESULTS

• MOAA-NH TAPS

• MOAA-NH PAST PRESIDENTS

• REVISED MOAA-NH BY-LAWS (2024)(NEW)

• MOAA-NH OPERATIONS HANDBOOK (REVISED FOR 2024)

In this section we hope to share the good news, accomplishments and other items of interest from chapter members and their families worthy of recognition!  If anyone has read an article on-line that you would like to include here, please email the link to webmaster@moaa-nh.org so that we may share the news with our members.

Congratulations to chapter member LTC Brenda M. Pennels, USAR who has been appointed as Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (CASA) for the state of Maine.  See photos.

Congratulations to chapter member CW5 Bernard L. Satterfield, USA (Ret.) who was chosen by the New Hampshire Fisher Cats baseball team to throw out the first pitch at a Fisher Cats home game (8/22/2018) on behalf of Eastern Propane and Oil to recognize Veterans, enlisted Military and their employers for work within the various New Hampshire communities. See photo.

Congratulations to chapter member CW5 Bernard L. Satterfield, USA (Ret.) who received a Director's Coin from Alfred J. Montoya, Director of the Manchester VAMC, in recognition of 40 years of service.  See photo.

Congratulations to chapter president COL H. Allen (Chad) Chadwick, USA (Ret.), Chairman of the Piscataqua Maritime Commission, for his efforts in executing another successful Sail Portsmouth in 2015.  Read the letter to the editor in SeacoastOnline.

Congratulations to chapter member COL Roger A. Sevigny, USA (Ret.), New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner, who has been named chair of the Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee, a policy group of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Congratulations to US Senator Kelly Ayotte (wife of chapter member Lt Col Joe Daley, USAF (Ret.)) who received MOAA's Colonel Arthur T. Marix Congressional Leadership Award in recognition of strong and consistent support of national defense and the uniformed services community, including her role in leading the successful fight to repeal unfair cuts to military retiree benefits. Read the press release.

  Congratulations to chapter member CDR Peter S. Burdett, USN (Ret.) who has been appointed as Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (CASA) for the state of New Hampshire.  It's good to see a Navy person helping out the Army!  See photo.

    Chapter members Jim LeFebvre and Karen and Jim Umberger participated in a Veterans Day Program at the Conway MWV Adult Day Care Center on November 10, 2023.  Attached are some pictures of the event (courtesy of Cindy LeFebvre).

   Chapter President LtCol Laurance Miller, USAFR (Ret.) participated in this year's MOAA's Advocacy In Action (the former "Storming the Hill") at the end pf April 2024.  Read his "after action report".

    Check out ADVOCACY IN ACTION 2024 for more information on this year’s three advocacy topics: Support The Major Richard Star Act, Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) Reform, Protect TRICARE for Life (TFL).
 

Larry & Pat Miller with Congressman Pappas Photo courtosy of MOAA National staffer, Megan Huck

Larry & Pat Miller wirh Senator Hassan's staffer Joe Gokin Photo courtosy of MOAA National staffer, Megan Huck

Larry & Pat Miller with Senator Shaheen Photo courtosy of MOAA National staffer, Megan Huck

    The NH Chapter Scholarship Loan Program was established in 1985. Scholarships are made with funds donated by the chapter membership, and the program is managed by a Scholarship Committee as established in the chapter by-laws. Over 85 students have been assisted by this program since it began.

    NOTE:  Contributions to the Scholarship Program are NOT tax deductible as the Program is not an IRS 501(c)(3) category non-profit organization.

    Eligibility is restricted to children and grandchildren of chapter members.

    In 2022 the chapter voted to change the nature of the Scholarship Program from a Loan program to a Grant Program.

    The Scholarship Committee meets in June/July each year to review applications. Applicants are considered based on merit, not need. The amount of a grant will be based on funds available and the number of students applying.  Currently the grant amounts are either $2,000.00 (Freshman/Sophomore) or $4,000.00 (Junior/ Senior)

    Application forms may be obtained by contacting: LtCol Wayne Balcom, USAF (Ret), 7 Rhode Island Ave, Nashua, NH 03060. Telephone: 603-566-5703. Email: wbalcom@comcast.net.  The application form can be downloaded here. (UPDATED)

    Check out the photo of a recent scholarship recipient.

    The Scholarship Committee met on July 11, 2024 to consider applications for loans for the 2024-2025 academic year.  Six applications were approved.  In accordance with the change of policy, first year student applicants receive $2000 and continuing students receive $3000.  A list of those students approved is attached.

    For all of you that go south for the winter (or at any other time), we need your help.  In order to keep our mailing list current, we need to know your alternate address where you go (other than in NH).  Please help us out by providing your other mailing address to include street, city, state, ZIP +4 and phone number (if available) and the approximate dates that you are out of New Hampshire.  This way you can continue to receive important information about your chapter.  Please provide the information to MOAA-NH at PO Box 712, Dover, NH 03821-0712 or emailed to chapter@moaa-nh.org.  Thank you for your assistance.

    The Board of Directors meets usually every other month on the second Thursday of each month.   All chapter members are welcome to attend any Board meetings. If a chapter member has any item they wish to put before the Board, please send it to any of the chapter officers listed on the "Contacts" page of this web site.

(The Chapter hopes to keep its membership informed of important items/issues that were brought up, discussed, or voted on by the Board of Directors at their most recent meeting.)  The file format is PDF.  You will need Adobe Reader in order to open and read it.  If you don't have Adobe Reader, click on the icon to download it.

     Chapter membership approved the revised By-Laws at the Annual Meeting on November 2, 2024.

    The important changes are as follows:

Surviving Spouses (formally called Auxiliaries) are now considered full members with the right to vote on any subject.  They are also eligible to serve on the Board of Directors and be elected as an Officer.

The Surviving Spouse Liaison is now an elected Officer of the Chapter.  This Officer may now be the spouse of an active member of the Chapter.

The spouse of an active member may be elected to serve as a Director or an Officer of the Chapter.

A Board of Directors Director now is not limited to two consecutive terms but may serve successive terms

The number of Directors now is not set at twelve (Four three-year terms) but the number will be determined by the membership upon recommendation of the Board of Directors.

The Scholarship Loan Program is now a Grant Program.

Numerous wording changes in support of the above changes and in general to bring the By-Laws up to date.

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