LEBANON — Visions for Creative Housing Solutions, an Enfield-based nonprofit providing supportive housing for adults with developmental disabilities, has closed on a Lebanon property it plans on turning into affordable housing for ten adults who are on the organization’s waiting list.
The property, located at 12 Green Street, will need to undergo renovations before it is ready for residents to move in, according to a news release from the organization. They expect it to be ready in early 2021. The closing was held Thursday, which is just four days shy of the 30th Anniversary of the ADA.
“Thirty years ago, the idea that adults with developmental disabilities could live in their own apartments with individually tailored support services would not have been considered a possibility,” Visions founder Sylvia Dow said in a news release.
Once the Green Street Apartments are ready for residents, this second site will double the number of adults with disabilities Visions supports, according to the release. The organization will then turn its attention to the former Outreach House in Hanover, which was donated to Visions. For more information, visit visionsnh.org.
HANOVER — The Dartmouth Alliance for Children of Color, a Dartmouth College student run organization, is hosting free four virtual camp programs for children of color and their caregivers.
The first program, “Camp Arts and Crafts,” will take place from 4-4:30 p.m. on Tuesday; “Camp Bonding” will run from 12-12:30 p.m. on Aug. 4; “Science and Nature” is on Aug. 18 from 12-12:30 p.m.; and “Hair and Skin Care” is from 4-4:30 p.m. on Sept. 1.
For more information, email Dartmouth.Alliance.for.Children.of.Color@dartmouth.edu. Sign up at tinyurl.com/campdacc.
MONTPELIER — This fall, the Community College of Vermont will begin offering afterschool and youth work, cybersecurity fundamentals, IT service desk specialist and pharmacy technician certificate programs.
Most certificates can be completed in one year, according to a news release from the college system, which has a branch in White River Junction.
“Most of the courses are discipline-specific in order to prepare students for the particular work they’ll be performing,” CCV Academic Dean Deborah Stewart said in the release. “In addition, CCV’s certificate programs are stackable. This means that students can take the courses they complete in the certificate and apply them to the relevant associate degree program.”
The College offers 11 associate of arts and associate of science degrees, and 23 of CCV’s 29 certificate and degree programs can be completed fully online.
NEWPORT ─ West Central Behavioral Health, a community mental health center has awarded The Honorable John Broderick, Jr. with its Lilla McLane Bradley Award for Mental Health Development and the inaugural Fred Hesch Award to Fred Hesch.
Broderick is a former New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice, who has worked to raise awareness about mental health and substance use disorder awareness throughout the region. Hesch worked at West Central for 43 years and was an original member of the Sullivan County Mental Health Clinic that became West Central Behavioral Health in 1977, according to a news release from the nonprofit organization which has locations in Claremont, Newport and Lebanon. Hesch’s most notable role was serving as the agency’s director of emergency Services until his retirement.
CLAREMONT — The COVID-19 drive-thru testing site set up at Claremont Middle School will close on Friday.
Anyone can be tested who would like a test in New Hampshire, including those who may be asymptomatic. For more information about COVID-19 testing in the state, visit nh.gov/covid19/resources-guidance/testing-guidance.htm.
WOODSTOCK — Four Vermont quilters were awarded honors during Billings Farm & Museum’s annual quilt exhibit.
Judi Simon-Bouton, of White River Junction, was recognized for her quilt, “Square in a Square” by juror Colleen O’Neil; Linda Diak of Chester, Vt., was regonized for her quilt “Edgar” by juror Nola Forbes; and Susan Damone Balch of Reading, Vt., was selected by juror Marti DelNevo for her quilt “Salmo at Sea.” The Billings Farm & Museum Staff Choice was awarded to Josette M. Jones, of Windsor, for her quilt “Diamonds and Hearts in the Stars.”
The Quilt Exhibition runs through Aug. 23 at Billings Farm & Museum and can also be viewed online at billingsfarm.org.
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