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  • Press Release

    NH Liquor & Wine Outlet’s Annual Winter Wine Spectacular for Easterseals Turns Sweet 16!

    Celebrate the NH Liquor & Wine Outlet’s 16th annual Winter Wine Spectacular, presented by People’s United Bank

  • Easterseals Military & Veterans Services is Committed to Veteran Employment

    Talk about making a positive change! According to the New Hampshire Employment Security report issued in 2015, the unemployment rate for New Hampshire veterans was 5%. As of February 2018, that number has dropped to 2.1% as reported by the National Department of Labor, well below the national average of 3.5 percent. We’re making progress…

  • Ethan Allen hosts 2nd Annual Festival of Wreaths

    Ethan Allen of Portsmouth is hosting their 2nd Annual Festival of Wreaths to benefit Veterans Count. They have 22 beautiful wreaths that have been designed and donated to be raffled off on 11/25, just in time for the holidays! Raffle tickets can be purchased in-store or online, and the raffle benefits Veterans Count. We highly…

  • Lisa Guertin, president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire (right), presents a check for a $100,000 grant to Easterseals President and CEO Larry Gammon (left) to support care coordination and emergency assistance to 1,250 veterans in New Hampshire and Maine. Joining them is Grisel DaCorte Suarez (center), a former client who, along with her husband Sid, received assistance from Easterseals’ Military & Veteran Services program prior to their marriage and after Sid’s most recent deployment. Grisel now works in the MVS program and helps other veterans and service members and their families in need.

    Press Release

    Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation Supports Our Veterans with $100,000 Grant to Easterseals’ Military & Veteran Services

    Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation Supports Our Veterans with $100,000 Grant to Easterseals’ Military & Veteran Services

  • O’Connell Valor Fund Support Military & Veterans Services

    The O’Connell Valor Fund, Inc. stopped by and donated $3,000 to Easterseals New Hampshire Military & Veterans Services! This will go a long way in helping our military this winter! Thank you Rich for all you do for our veterans, service members and their families.

  • Stories

    A Veterans Day Message

    Formerly known as Armistice Day, Veterans Day was originally established as a U.S. holiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially ended on November 11, 1918. In 1954, after both World War II and the Korean War, the U.S. Congress changed the word “Armistice” to “Veterans,” and Nov. 11 became a day…

  • Helping Hands: Annual Gala Honors Veterans, Raises Funds

    The Nashua Telegraph — The 7th annual Nashua Salute Our Soldiers Gala Saturday evening at the Sky Meadow Country Club honored the many men and women protecting the nation’s freedoms. This was the first year the event was hosted at Sky Meadow, which was decked out with red, white and blue lights and table arrangements honoring…

  • Veterans Count is hosting the 11th Annual Salute Our Soldiers Breakfast

    The Manchester Chapter of Veterans Count, the philanthropic arm of Easterseals Military & Veterans Services (M&VS), is holding its 11th Annual Salute Our Soldiers (SOS) Breakfast on October 24, from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. at The Manchester Downtown Hotel (formerly the Radisson). The patriotic breakfast will recognize veterans and service members in attendance, inspirational stories…

  • Help at Hand for Veterans, Service Members and Their Families

    Are you a service member, veteran, or military family member (SMVF) who needs help and doesn’t know where to go? Are you a community provider who wants to do more to help the SMVFs in our state? Are you a clinician who wants to be better informed about the physical and mental health challenges faced…

  • Easterseals Military & Veterans Services and Veterans Count Expand to the Upper Valley Region

    Letter to the Editor — For more than 80 years, Easterseals NH has had a proud tradition of providing services to those in need. From birth to end of life programs Easterseals provides services for the full lifespan. Ranging from Early Supports & Services and our Child Development Centers to Community Based services for young…