Seacoast Board Of Realtors Wows Step Up Parents With Donation

Portsmouth NH

21 December, 2021

10:54 PM

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Press release from Step Up Parents: Dec. 21, 2021 On December 2, 2021, the Seacoast Board of Realtors presented its 2021 Charity of Choice, Step Up Parents, with a check for $26,882 – a staggeringly generous donation that will allow the Portsmouth-based nonprofit to help kinship care families throughout New Hampshire better manage the difficult winter months ahead. "I have seen first-hand the benefit that a kinship caregiver can have in a child's life," said Barbara Lemieux, Executive Officer of SBR. "Thank you for all you do for these families. On behalf of the members of the Seacoast Board of Realtors, it has been an honor to support Step Up Parents this year." "As a proud member of the Seacoast Board of Realtors and its affiliates," said Step Up Parents Board Member Katie Fontana, "I am grateful for the generosity and hard work of my fellow members to support Step Up Parents as its Charity of Choice 2021." As a direct-assistance organization, Step Up Parents provides financial and material support to kinship caregivers raising children whose parents struggle with substance use disorder. Many of these caregivers are grandparents on fixed incomes. "We are proud to have been chosen as SBR's Charity of Choice for 2021 and simply overwhelmed at this incredible gift," said Step Up Parents President, Denyse Richter. "The COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for so many kinship care families in our communities. This donation will ensure that we will be there to help them better navigate these uncertain times." If you or someone you know is a relative caregiver raising children of a loved one struggling with substance misuse, please visit www.stepupparents.net, call 603-319-4739, or email [email protected]. To make a donation to Step Up Parents, please visit www.stepupparents.net/donate or mail to PO Box 1603, Portsmouth, NH, 03801. This press release was produced by Step Up Parents. The views expressed here are the author's own.