Instigating change through philanthropy



Celina Adams, a senior program officer for the Piscataqua Region, (left) and Joanne Lamprey, a fund establisher and former Piscataqua Region Board member (right) conspire on their favorite subjects. Photography by Wendy Cahill, Concord, NH

A day at the movies changed Joanne Lamprey’s life.

She had seen Al Gore’s Oscar-Award winning film “An Inconvenient Truth” and came to an immediate and irrevocable decision. She needed to do something. And she needed to do it now.

For Lamprey, Gore’s film presented an even-more-inconvenient truth than it does for most people: Joanne Lamprey is the president of a heating oil company. But she had made her decision, which she took to Lamprey Brothers, the company her grandfather founded: “There is no argument,” she said.“We are now going to change the direction of this company toward burning less oil.”

“I just get to a point where it’s so clear,” said Lamprey. And with that clarity, the president of an oil company became one of New Hampshire’s clean energy champions. 

Click here to read more on how Joanne Lamprey is partnering with the Foundation to address the issue of climate change. 


2008 Caroline L. Gross Fellowship awarded to Gina Apicelli

Judicial Branch administrator Gina B. Apicelli, who has played a key role in statewide expansion of the court system’s Family Division, has been awarded the Caroline L. Gross Fellowship, established in memory of the late House Majority leader to honor dedication to public service.

The fellowship award was presented to Apicelli in a ceremony at the New Hampshire Supreme Court in the presence of Apicelli's family, friends and colleagues.  Click here to read more about Gina Apicelli and the Fellowship award. 



Left to right: Fellowship Founder Martin Gross; Fellows Merelise O’Connor and Philip Bryce; Senior Associate Justice Linda Dalianis; Chief Justice John Broderick; Fellow Tricia Lucas; Charitable Foundation President Lew Feldstein; 2008 Award Recipient Gina Apicelli; Fellows Alan Robichaud, Jason Hoch and Lou D’Allesandro and Associate Justices Richard Galway and Gary Hicks (Photography by Wendy Cahill)

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Nashua Region Annual Celebration
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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Monadnock Region Annual Celebration
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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2008 Annual Meeting
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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Breakfast Discussion with Jerry Sternin
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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