Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

August 2010
WEST CENTRAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
AFFILIATE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY, DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL
PADDLEPOWER 2010 marked the 8th year
that West Central Behavioral Health has hosted a
legion of paddlers, volunteers and crew on a 2day journey down the Connecticut River. More
than 150 paddlers and 80 volunteers joined us
on Saturday morning at the Orford Boat Launch
to begin our journey. Together we raised funds
and awareness for suicide prevention and to
support WCBH’s Emergency Services program.
Dean & Shelli Vanier are no strangers to the blisters,
sunburn, soggy clothes and head winds that paddlers
often endure. Yet for this couple, any discomfort
pales by comparison to the great adventure that is
PADDLEPOWER; it’s a summer tradition they just
won’t miss! Dean & Shelli have raised money and
awareness for suicide prevention since the very first
PADDLEPOWER in 2003 and this year
they served as honorary co-chairmen
of our event. We are so grateful for
their loyalty and generous support.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
WEST CENTRAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Generous Support
Many thanks to all our individual donors.
Your generous support keeps us going! Find
your names in the FY 2011 Annual Report.
Thanks to our SPONSORS and IN-KIND DONORS
GOLD SPONSORS: The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation,
Come Saturday morning...
Larissa King, Mascoma Savings Bank
SILVER SPONSORS: Hypertherm HOPE Foundation, Eric Kasen
of Hays Company, KIXX FM Radio 100.5, Lyme Foundation, VT &
NH Chapters of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
SPECIAL THANKS: Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, Allan’s
…I’m sailing away with my friends
Christening a new bridge to the field at Horan’s
Farm built by Paul Putnam and underwritten by
LaValley Building Supply. From left: Cynthia
Twombly, Suellen Griffin, Robert Hawley, Sandy
Putnam, Paul Putnam, and Jody Horan.
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Vending, Karina Arnold, Arthur Whitcomb–Block Plant, Bagel
Basement, Dick & Gloria Ballantine, Tom & Karen Belisle,
Blodgett’s Sash & Door, Carnival Ice Cream, Chittenden Bank,
Church of Christ at Dartmouth College, Coca Cola, Cockadoodle
Pizza Café, Company Picnic, John & Alice Creagh, Dartmouth
College Dept of Safety & Security, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical
Center, David DelGallo of MetLife, Doctors Who Care LLC, DOMUS
Construction, Evans Group, Everything But Anchovies, Farm-Way
Inc, Fairlee Marine & Recreation, Farro Deli, Alex Gaylor, Geokon,
Sandy Gilderdale, Grafton County, James Graham, Catherine
Greenleaf, Hanover Lions Club, Robert & Deb Hawley, Mark
Heels, Mike Heyl, HSD LLC, Jake’s Market & Deli, James Holley
Memorial Fund, David & Jody Horan, Kilowatt Park, Lake Morey
Inn & Resort, Lake Sunapee Bank, Angie LaRocque, LaValley
Building Supply, Lebanon Recreation Dept, Lebanon Rotary Club,
Lebanon-Riverside Rotary Club, Lebanon Village Market, Ledyard
National Bank, Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Lynn Swett
Miller, Murphy’s on the Green, Jim Musty, Newport Ballroom,
James Patterson, Dave Pelletier, Price Chopper, Priori-Tees, Paul
Putnam, Bob Quaderer, Tom Reardon, Steve Schuchman, Shaws,
Stateline Sports, Stinson’s Village Market, Storrs Pond Recreation
Area, Three Tomatoes Trattoria, Timken Aerospace, Tozier's
Restaurant, Trumbull–Nelson Construction, Upper Valley
Produce, White River Lions Club, WNTK Radio.
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WEST CENTRAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Saturday Night’s All Right
Twinkling lights and candles set the mood for Saturday night’s
traditional dinner at Storrs Pond, where we feasted on Dick and
Gloria Ballantine’s famous barbecued chicken, and Everything
But Anchovies served lasagna and yummy salads. After the raffle
we danced the night away to rock & roll by Company Picnic.
Everyone had a great time!
Closing Ceremony Awaits Us
at Kilowatt Park
On Sunday morning, fog and drizzle accompanied breakfast and
driving rain followed us to the launch site on the Connecticut River,
but we were not deterred! Ninety-eight hardy souls ventured into
the water to paddle the last few miles, which symbolized their resolve to raise money and awareness for suicide prevention. Volunteers toiled in the rain to prepare a hot meal provided by Stinson’s
Village Market for paddlers and support teams who were about to
arrive hungry, cold and wet. After lunch, the closing ceremony began with a moving melody on the bagpipes played by James Patterson, and concluded with messages of hope from WCBH board member Nancy Reardon, CEO Suellen Griffin, Steering Committee Chairman Cynthia Twombly and this year’s PADDLEPOWER Honorary CoChairmen, Dean and Shelli Vanier.
Jim Musty, James Graham and Mark Heels of “Company Picnic”
Number$ help tell the $tory
• $106,300 total donations raised
The boys of summer.
• $32,995 from corporations and organizations
• $34,000 from in-kind donations and volunteer hours
• 157 paddlers launched from Orford Boat Landing
• Nearly 80 volunteers took care of everything
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WEST CENTRAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Board of Directors
Stephen L. Whitman
Chairman
Lebanon, NH
Non Profit Org.
U.S. Postage
Paid
WRJ, VT
Permit No. 192
WEST CENTRAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
9 Hanover Street, Suite 2
Lebanon, NH 03766
David Evancich
Vice Chairman
Norwich, VT
Scott Laughinghouse
Secretary / Treasurer
Newport, NH
Gert Assmus
Hanover, NH
Cathryn S. Baird
Newport, NH
Kristina E. Fjeld
Lyme, NH
Arthur Jillette, Jr.
Goshen, NH
Katherine Milligan
Thetford, VT
Nancy J. Reardon
Enfield, NH
SAVE THE DATE for PADDLEPOWER 2011
Carla M. Skinder
Remember to visit us on The Mall in Lebanon
Cornish, NH
for our annual PADDLEPOWER Kickoff -
Patricia Warren
May 27, 2011 from 11am to 1pm
Lebanon, NH
Alan I. Green, MD
West Central Behavioral Health’s mission
Ex-officio
Hanover, NH
is to reduce the burden of mental illness and to
improve the quality of life in our community. We
commit ourselves to provide services that are safe,
effective, client-centered, timely and efficient.
Suellen Griffin, MSN
Ex-officio
President / CEO
Grantham, NH
We offer counseling services, psychiatric care, case
management, psychiatric nursing and rehabilitative
services to children, teens, adults and elders in our
Claremont, Lebanon and Newport offices.
Diane Roston, MD
Ex-officio
Medical Director
Hanover, NH
We offer emergency crisis services
24 hrs a day, every day of the year.
G. Kenton Allen
Fellow
Tuck School of Business
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August 20 & 21, 2011
“Friendly pirates?” you ask. AYE, mateys!
Special Thanks to Lynn Swett Miller, Dave Pelletier and
Karina Arnold for providing photographs for this newsletter
Call 1-800-564-2578
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