DTC team members will be participating in the Exeter Area Lions Club Walkathon on Thursday, August 22, 2013 to benefit the Steve Shope Trail to Recovery Fund. Steve Shope is a Newfields, NH resident, local small-business owner, volunteer firefighter, town official and mountain biking enthusiast. Steve was hurt on April 26th while mountain biking, incurring a severe injury to his cervical vertebrae and spinal cord. Family, friends, and the local community have rallied in support of the Shope family, including the formation of the Trail to Recovery fund. All proceeds from the Walkathon will be going to the Steve Shope Trail to Recovery Fund to help Steve and his family with the expenses related to making his home handicap accessible and ongoing care. If you would like to learn more about Steve Shope’s story or make a donation click here www.trailtorecovery.com.

Attorney Chris Boldt will play “King Eddie”, in Advice to the Players’ comical production of the melodrama The Bunch-backed Toad based Shakespeare’s immortal classic Richard the Third. This performance will be part of an evening of Shakespearean delight called “Midsummer Mirth: A Shakespeare Comedy Cabaret,” which will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Sandwich Town Hall on July 26th and 27th and August 2nd and 3rd. Additionally, Chris’ wife, Carolyn, will return to her role as Costumier to the Company’s production of Much Ado About Nothing, which will take the stage at the Sandwich Fair Grounds outdoor theatre at 2 p.m. on August 9th to 11th and 15th to 18th, with one show at Sandwich Town Hall at 7:30 p.m. on August 13th. Advice to the Players is a non-profit Shakespearean theater company in Sandwich, NH bringing Shakespeare’s brilliance to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. For more information and on-line ticket reservations, please go http://artstamworth.org/category/advicetotheplayersdotorg.

Attorney Chris Boldt brings his barbecue talents to bear for a fundraiser for St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Tamworth, NH on July 26th at 6:30 p.m. The Church is putting on a Backyard Barbecue Bash featuring Chris’ slow smoked pulled pork coupled with baked beans, coleslaw, pasta salad and dessert. Music is provided by the Caravan Band, a local Folk and Celtic Music group. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for children under 16 and are available through the Church located at 678 Whittier Hwy (old Route 25) in Tamworth or by calling 603-986-0232. Half of all proceeds will go to other local, regional and international charities, including Tamworth Caregivers, the NH Community Loan Fund, and Episcopal Relief and Development.

On Saturday, June 29, under hot sunny skies, Attorney Jessica Ecker volunteered her time to the Seacoast Kiwanis Duck Pluck Booth at the Strawberry Festival in South Berwick, Maine.  Proceeds from the Duck Pluck game, very popular with the children in attendance, go towards scholarship programs and other charities in the Seacoast focusing on children.    For more information on Seacoast Kiwanis visit their website at www.seacoastkiwanis.com.

Attorney Rob Ciandella presented the Lawyer in School program to students at the Maude H. Trefethen Elementary School in New Castle on June 12.  Rob has been presenting the program at the School for over 20 years since his children attended the school.  Rob presented 3 seperate programs to children from grades 1 through 6.

Bob Derosier, Ed Young of D.B. Warlick & Co, Rob Ciandella and Chris Hilson particpate in Green Mountain Wireless Open

On June 10, Rob Ciandella, Bob Derosier and Chris Hilson participated in the 8th Annual Green Moutain Wireless Open at Lake Winnipasaukee County Club.  Now an annual event, the Wireless Open was started to honor the memory of Vice President, Catherine Drouin’s father, Wallace E. Andreson, Jr. and mother, Renee Andreson. To date, Green Mountain has raised over $161,533 for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute!  DTC applauds Green Mountain Communications’ support of The Jimmy Fund and the money they raise to to help give cancer patients the best, most compassionate care today, while finding cures for tomorrow.    DTC is proud to be a sponsor of this special event!

DTC Staffer, Jill Harrison, will participate in Relay for Life of Seacoast on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at Portsmouth High School.    Relay for Life began in May 1985, when Dr. Gordy Klatt walked and ran for 24 hours around a track in Tacoma, Washington, ultimately raising $27,000 to help the American Cancer Society fight the nation’s biggest health concern – cancer.  A year later, 340 supporters joined the overnight event. Since those first steps, the Relay For Life movement has grown into a worldwide phenomenon, raising more than $4 billion to fight cancer.  If you would like to learn more about Relay for Life or to make a donation click here.

On, July 20, the American Independence Museum and the Town of Exeter will celebrate America’s Freedom at the American Independence Festival.  Join the crowd escorting George Washington down Water Street, see the horseback delivery of the Declaration and listen to the public reading (complete with hecklers!), chat with historic role-players, step to the stirring music of the Lincoln Fife and Drum and delight in the maneuvers and cannon firings of militias.   Visit the Traditional New Hampshire artisans’ village, view the original Dunlap Broadside (one of 26 known copies in the world) and early drafts of the U.S. Constitution and stroll Swasey Parkway and Water Street to see local arts and crafts.  Enjoy plenty of food, music, sidewalk sales and children’s activities, then stay for the town’s evening fireworks and live band!  DTC is a proud sponsor of the Festival.  For more information on the Festival or the American Independence Museum click here.