The Friends Program

Industry:	Charitable Organizations & Foundations
Employees:	20

Description

The Friends Program is a non-profit, social service organization that strengthens communities by building relationships that empower people, encourage community service, and restore faith in the human spirit. A United Way agency, the organization strives to achieve this goal through mentoring programs for youth, case management and emergency shelter services for homeless families, an intergenerational program that creates meaningful opportunities for seniors to work with children, a volunteer program which matches the skills of older volunteers with opportunities to serve their communities, and a volunteer service program that connects people of faith with older adults, and persons living with disabilities, in need of assistance to maintain their independent lifestyles. The agency provides services to 4,000 people annually with the assistance of over 900 volunteers.

The Friends Program is currently a subsidiary of the Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association (CRVNA). The Boards of TFP and CRVNA have recently agreed to disaffiliate by October 1, 2007 to give The Friends Program Board of Trustees the independence and autonomy it has desired.

The Friends Program has a long history of providing cost-effective, community based services that have been widely recognized by State agencies, community organizations, and most recently:


Business NH Magazine's 2006 "Business of the Year Award." New Hampshire Business Review's 2003 "Business Excellence Award," for Outstanding Achievement in the Nonprofit Sector. Volunteer NH!'s 2003 "Volunteer Champion Award" in the small nonprofit category for our outstanding ability to successfully manage volunteers. The Corporate Fund's 2003 "Walter J. Dunfey Award for Excellence in Management."


The Friends Program is the overall administrative organization for five programs. These programs include, in order of their initial date of service, the following:

News Archive

"FRIENDS for Life": the results of a resilience-building, anxiety-prevention program in a Canadian elementary school. Professional School Counseling; 8/1/2009 ...anxiety regardless of receiving the FRIENDS program. Limitations of the study...programs available today. The FRIENDS program was adapted from the "Coping...amp; Schneider, 2007). The FRIENDS program is a curriculum that targets... ...more

Business notes Concord Monitor; 10/4/2009 ...school juniors and seniors for internship opportunities. THE LONE WOLF CRUISERS of Concord donated $3,000 to the FRIENDS PROGRAM. The club has raised more than $15,000 over the past nine years. ...more

Families lose last resort ; Shelter at Tobey will not reopen Concord Monitor; 10/15/2009 ...s unemployment rate rose slightly last month to 7.2 percent. Demand is similar at the family shelter run by The Friends Program: An average of 10 to 15 families per week are turned away, and those that get in stay two or three times as long... ...more