The Fraternal Order of the Eagles donated $7,000 to Concord Hospital Trust to support the pediatric department and the Regional Early Activation Care Team. Two thousand dollars of the gift came from the Eagles' Jimmy Durante Children's Fund and will partially fund the purchase of a much-needed treatment table for Concord Hospital's recently renovated pediatric patient care unit. The remaining $5,000 came from the Eagles' Max Baer Heart Fund and will support REACT, a collaborative effort of Concord Hospital, Lakes Region Healthcare and Laconia Fire Department. The REACT initiative enables Laconia…

The Concord Family YMCA would like to extend a warm welcome to Anne Omundson as the new development director. Anne brings more than 30 years of experience working with families and children including her past 10 years working for The Friends Program. Anne's proven fundraising skills, strong commitment, generosity and kind heart will help her to build and sustain quality-based programs and services at the YMCA. Anne…

BNI Granite Referrals (a group of business owners and company representatives) meets Tuesdays from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at the Community Building in Chichester. For more information, call 391-1498

Through the generosity of the community, the United Way of Merrimack County raised $2.12 million during the 2009 campaign. The announcement was made at the United Way's annual meeting. The annual campaign depends on the caring power of hundreds of volunteers and staff. However, it is the vision, determination and leadership of the campaign chair that guides that team to success. Jim Bassett of Orr & Reno, the 2009 campaign chair did just that. Although a challenging year, expectations were exceeded thanks to the hard work of Jim and the campaign cabinet volunteers: Ron Wilbur, Steve Camerino,…