“We have four daughters and that’s actually one of the reasons I started coaching. “Our youngest got on the high school track team her freshman year and they needed some help, so that’s why I started.” “I’d never worked with high school kids before. But I love it. It’s really been fun watching kids as...
“Liberty House opened its doors in April 2004. We started as a shelter for veterans, and over the years it’s evolved into more of a transitional housing program. Today, we’re in a new facility which we just moved into less than a year ago. “We’re the only sober living house for veterans in the state...
“It’s so sad for me to see so many Americans take their freedom for granted.” “Lots of people don’t understand what the government is. Government is force, it is coercion. When you rely on government to pass laws and make everything mandatory, how do they enforce that? They use guns, prisons. They can arrest you...
“Education freedom accounts would give us the ability to pick, choose and really tailor the best learning environment for our children.” “There’s a broad mix of families here in Nashua that would jump on the opportunity to choose the model of education their children receive. It would open up such a vast array of learning...
“It all started when my children were having difficulty in school. My daughter had cancer back in 2012, while in middle school. Because she was receiving chemo, she was allowed a tutor to come to the house and bring the homework her teachers would assign.” “The teachers were more relaxed given the situation, and the...
“It’s a lot harder to be flaming mad at somebody who is right there in front of you, when you see their face and their reaction. When you get to know people that hold beliefs different than your own, you realize that’s not only an idea but a person too – it helps rehumanize our...
“Our scholarship program is simple: it levels the playing field.” “It gives children the opportunity to get the education they would otherwise not be able to afford – whether that’s paying tuition at an independent or private school, a public school outside of their district, online education, or even for home schooling expenses.” “There was...
“I am an environmental scientist. Growing up in Maine, my family were all Democrats.” “The hard work of my parents’ generation allowed my generation to get a college education – that was the American dream I grew up with. At the same time, I’ve seen how communities in northern New England that relied on manufacturing...
“I live in Londonderry, New Hampshire and I work out of Boston – or maybe I should say I did work out of Boston. The nature of my job had me working from home usually two or three days a week, and then in Boston the other two or three days a week.” “In March,...
“We moved to New Hampshire in 2007 to start, what we called at the time, the Bardo project. We were looking for land along with another couple for a place where we could pursue any business ideas we had – from alternative schools to teaching homesteading and survival skills, things like that. “We ended up...
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