Attorney Douglas Mansfield has been appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Portsmouth Museum of Art.  The Portsmouth Museum of Art presents the work of 21st-century emerging artists, alongside the work of established contemporary artists.  The Museum offers exhibitions and programs that educate the public about art, as well as the use of art as a tool to generate conversation about current events, other cultures, social issues and a wide range of other topics with a diversity of view points.  For more information about the museum visit their website at http://www.portsmouthmfa.org/portsmouthmfa/home.html.

DTC is proud to support the Exeter High School Alumni Association’s first fundraiser being held July 29, 2011 at the Exeter Country Club.  Monies raised at the 1st Annual Alumni Golf Tournament will go to support education programs, mentoring and enrichment activities involving students and alumni.

Attorney Denise Poulos recently participated in the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Run to Home Base 9K, raising over $1,000.  Funds raised by the Run to Home Base are used to support veterans returning from service in Afghanastan and Iraq with traumatic brain injuries and/or combat stress and their families.   The Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program’s mission is to help these veterans obtain the care they need and deserve.  To learn more about this organization go to Run to Home Base.

DTC estate planning and elder law attorney, Joy Riddell, will be one of a handful of Exeter Rotarians serving dinner at the Diversity Camps hosted this July at YMCA Camp Lincoln in Kingston, New Hampshire.  The Diversity Camp brings together children from the United States with children who have recently immigrated to the states to share each other’s diverse cultural backgrounds and experiences and help bridge the gap among individuals from other cultures.

Mike Donahue recently served on the Workforce Housing Coalition (WHC) Sustainability Task Force, where, along with other Seacoast Community Leaders, he helped develop recommendations to guide the transition of WHC to a more self- sustaining model, less dependent on grant funding.  Mike took an active role in the Working Group and focused on the potential of generating a revenue stream from the WHC’s existing charrette efforts.  Mike also participated in Task Force meetings and a roundtable listening session with representatives of the major funders of the Greater Seacoast WHC:   the United Way of the Greater Seacoast, New Hampshire Charitable Fund and the New Hampshire Housing Finance Agency. 

DTC has long been a supporter of Workforce Housing efforts throughout the State, sponsoring Forums, engaging in pro bono work for the Greater Seacoast WHC and reduced fee permitting for non-profit projects, while maintaining an active practice supporting the efforts of our for profit developer clients.  DTC is pleased to have represented two of the recent award winners of the Seacoast Workforce Housing Coalition builder’s category for projects completed in Exeter:   New England Workforce Housing, Inc. (Nathan Szanton) and Felder Kuehl Properties, LLC (Bob Felder).

This year we have chosen to adopt a family in need for the Christmas holiday.  SAU 16 CMS Outreach Program has 80 families from all SAU 16 schools (Exeter, Stratham, Brentwood, Kingston, E. Kingston and Newfields) in need of help during this tough holiday time.  We have selected a family with a single mom and her 7 children ranging from 3 months through age 27.