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TLC Family Resource Center has Board Member Opportunities
TLC Family Resource Center will celebrate 30 years of serving the Claremont community and surrounding region in 2022. TLC has grown over the past few years and is seeking out new board members to join its team. As a volunteer Board Member, you will be providing support and guidance to an agency that is having a positive impact on the lives of your neighbors and your community every day. TLC provides family support programs, peer recovery services, youth programs, and activities and services for our LGBTQIA+ community. Board Membership is a rewarding experience at TLC and only takes 2-4 hours of your time each month. If you would like to learn more about this opportunity with TLC, contact Stephanie Slayton at stephanie@tlcfamilyrc.org or 603-542-1848 ext.322. We would love to connect and learn more about you!
Merrimack Valley SCORE
Online Workshops
The Basics of Blogging for Businesses
Friday, January 14 at 2 pm
Learn blogging tactics for marketing your business and some tips, tricks, and techniques to leverage your posts for maximum exposure to potential clients and customers. Learn about Guest Posting and how to integrate your other social media marketing and offline marketing with your blog. Develop a marketing plan utilizing a blog including a clogging schedule. Find out how to best integrate your blog into your overall social media strategy and why blogging is one of the best platforms out there for long-term search engine optimization.

Register online for this free virtual event today!
Advanced Facebook: Strategies & Tactics
Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at 2 pm
In this second of three online workshops for using FaceBook to grow your business, Christine Halvorson will provide insights and tips on getting the best results from using this social media marketing platform. A prerequisite for this Workshop is that you have established a Facebook Business Page.

Register online for this Free Online Workshop
Questions to Ask When Evaluating Hiring a Digital Advertising and Social Media Marketing Firm
Friday, January 21 at 2 pm
Are you considering outsourcing your digital and social media marketing? Before you do, please join us for this informative workshop. We'll explain what questions to ask when evaluating a digital marketing firm and how to evaluate their own marketing as well as their clients?

Register Online for this Free Virtual Event
Sullivan County - Destination Development Initiative
Sullivan County Government has partnered with the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension to support a Destination Development Initiative for Sullivan County, newly identified as the Sugar River Region, and we want to hear from you!

What is Destination Development? Destination development is a long-term process that depends on strong community buy-in and participation. It involves assessing and improving visitor services and experiences and coordinating communication and marketing. The Sugar River Region Destination Development Initiative is designed to help us grow our visitor economy while improving the quality of life for our residents. 

The survey will take you 5-10 minutes to answer. Your answers will inform a Destination Development Plan for the region that will also feed into related projects: an updated regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and a Sugar River Region Trails Project.

Your responses will be anonymously recorded and aggregated with others.

A Note from Arrowhead Recreation Club
Being 100% volunteer always need volunteers for winter time operations.

Outside, for lifts, tubing area operations, ski and snowboard instructors. Inside with kitchen help, concessions, ski shop, first aid, weekly cleaning and other tasks.

Also for Vacation periods need staff for some weekday periods and occasionally a few operations people for some midweek private rentals for a couple of hours.

We are looking for people to take a more active role in leadership positions as we need some new blood and enthusiasm. Don't assume others are stepping up, because they are not.

Looking to add people to the Board of Directors to include advisory help in all areas of the organization and to fill officer positions. like public relations, marketing, recruitment, mechanical maintenance, heavy equipment knowledge, grant writers, activities coordinator and anyone with a skill or who just wants to help. 
 
If anyone wants to learn more or would like to join us, please contact us. We also have new brochures to distribute.

On the web site there is lots on information and you can fill out the one time seasonal tubing release form, purchase gift cards and season passes.

To contact Arrowhead, FB Message us, email arrowhead@arrowheadnh.com or call (603) 542-7016 and leave a message.
First Friday MicroGalleries and More
February 4th 5-7pm
Join us for the opening reception of the CFA Members Exhibit at The New London Inn and Bar Harbor Bank and Trust on Main Street in New London. Also, we hope you will join us at the newest MicroGallery at Prospect Hill Gallery in Sunapee. There will be no receptions at the Blue Loon and Tatewell Falley as Penny Koburger's exhibit continues at the Blue Loon on Maine Street and Lou Winter's exhibit continues at the Tatewell Gallery on Newport Road, in New London.

Plus, come and meet Richard Haynes in a special CFA Opening Reception at the Davidow Center for Art and Design at Cobly-Sawyer College. An American visual storyteller, Richard Haynes uses his art not only to make society aware of the invisible in this world but also to inspire unity. He is a painter, photographer, educator, mentor, and powerful advocate for social justice who currently serves as the Associate Director of Admissions for Diversity at the University of New Hampshire.

Stoll and enjoy the art! All exhibits are open during regular business hours as well and go through the end of April. Please be sure to visit our homepage for Covid updates and cancellations. Masks required at all venues.
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Pathway to Micro
Create your own pathway to success with NH SBDC’s new Pathway to Micro program!

Entrepreneurship is an alternative to fulltime employment that can offer you independence and flexibility. Starting a small business may sound daunting, but SBDC has a team of business advisors and educational resources to help you get started.

Who can participate in Pathway to Micro?

The Pathway to Micro program offers unemployed or under-employed individuals* the opportunity to launch a micro business (1-5 employees) of their own. Participants get confidential, highly individualized business assistance at no cost. Specialized education offerings for participants will be rolled out this year.

*People who are working part-time but want full-time employment or those with a job that does not fully use their existing skills, experience and education.

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