Giving Tuesday 2017

Donor Honor Roll

Anonymous
Vera Buck
Andru Volinsky
Kile Adumene
Caitlin McCurdy
Mary Searles
Daniel Cappiello
Christina Ferrari
Constance Roy-Czyzowski
Roy Tilsley
Hilary Rheaume
Terry Shumaker
Susan Duprey
Jim Merrill
Betsy Cazden
Talesha Saint-Marc
James Harris
Kate Hanna
Ruth Heintz
Paula Foss
Natalya Svirkova
Lori Wamser
Carol Graham
Karen Makocy Philbrick
Michele Kenney
Donald Caiazza
Campbell Harvey
Patrick Taylor
Jonathan Baird
Margaret Sack
Karen Whitley
Daniel Wentworth
Deborah Kane Rein
John McKinney
Deborah Benjamin
Jennifer Nelson
Anne Williams
Srinivas Vundi
Sarah Mattson Dustin
Ned Sackman
Sheila Sarabia
Martha May Fink
Erica Bodwell
Margo Cooper
Dave McGrath
Robert P. Cheney, Jr.
Courtney Herz
Bryanna Devonshire
Thomas Burack
Scott McCready
Hannah Sullivan
James McGhee
Helen Lloyd-Davies
Marty Van Oot
Karl Durand
Lisa Schulz
Alan Cantor
Susan Guiraudet
Debra Ford

Giving Tuesday is a national day of charity, in the true spirit of the holidays. Thank you to our community of supporters who raised more than $10,000 for legal aid programs in New Hampshire!

Thank you for rising to the challenge!

A generous challenge offered by Well Sense Health Plan, doubled dollar-for-dollar the first $3,000 in gifts!

Now, law firms and legal departments: Join the Centurion Society – and win rewards!

Law firms and legal departments across New Hampshire who reach 100% attorney participation in the 2017 Campaign will receive a visit from the Stonyfield Organic Yogurt Express truck with free treats for your entire office! Giving Tuesday is a great time to hit the 100% mark!

Together, we can protect equal access to justice in New Hampshire!

What does equal access to justice mean?

Mae's Legal Aid Success Story

Mae stands for a portrait next to the window she used to sit in front of in her Franklin apartment. After receiving help from the Legal Advice and Referral Center in an eviction dispute – and getting the eviction dismissed in court – She decided to move to another apartment.

Following a domestic violence incident, the 61-year-old said she and her 11-year-old daughter were abandoned by her partner. She subsequently suffered a stroke and short-term memory problems. Instead of accepting her late payment of rent, her landlord filed an eviction. However, he demanded excessive payment and twice the legal amount of security deposit. LARC prepared Mae to make her case in court. She got the eviction dismissed and moved to an affordable unit with a clean tenant record.

“I was a nervous wreck when I called LARC,” Mae says. “I didn’t know there was any help out there for someone like me, but there was. It’s a huge weight off of my mind.”

Joyce's Legal Aid Success Story

Joyce reached out for legal aid when she decided to divorce her abusive husband. He had been abusive throughout their marriage, whenever he was drinking. He once threw her down the stairs so hard he broke her back and leg. She’s walked with a cane and been unable to work ever since.

Shortly before she called legal aid, Joyce had taken in her four grandchildren. Their mother is struggling with drug addiction and unable to care for them. The stress of four children in the home made her husband even more volatile. Even though he was the sole income for the house, she filed for a protective order.

“It was a long run, my divorce, and it was a nightmare,” Joyce says. “But NHLA got me alimony so we could find a new place to live. I don’t know what I would have done without (my legal aid attorney). There was no way I was ever letting my grandkids get broken up, and there was no way I was going back to him.”