Come out and support your UNH Synchronized Skating Team at the Whittemore Center Arena as they make their way to the 2012 United States National Synchronized Skating Championship! On Sunday, February 26, 2012 from 3:00-5:00 the UNH Synchronized Skating Team will be holding their annual National Send Off Show! Come support UNH and watch local skaters and synchronized skating teams from the Seacoast community!

Contact Shanon at sac67@wildcats.unh.edu with questions.

The focus of the Winter Conference, which is open to gardeners and professional growers alike, is A sustainable future based on local organic production and growing local economies. Cambridge-based eco-activist and author Frances Lappe will be the keynote speaker. Featuring 40 workshops and lectures. Topic tracks include Beginner Organic Farmers, Permaculture, Food Safety and Storage, Herbs, Community Gardening and much more. Featuring the ever popular Green Market Fair, Raffle, book signings and our Famous Potluck Lunch. CEU’s available to Master Gardeners and NOFA Accredited Organic Land Care Professionals. Scholarships available through Beginner Farmers.

NOFA-NH is a non-profit organization of nearly 400 farmers, gardeners, and consumers that actively promotes regenerative and sustainable agricultural practices, ecologically-sound land care, and local, organic food systems. NOFA-NH educates farmers, gardeners, land care providers, and consumers of food on the benefits of natural, organic, and ecological growing practices.

 For more information visit http://www.nofanhwc.org/

Please join us for 90-minutes of bowling to support Dover Children’s Home, a non-profit treatment program serving NH’s most vulnerable children since 1893. We’re looking for 90 teams of 4 bowlers each to fill the lanes at Dover Bowl. A choice of three sessions is available: 11am-12:30pm, 1pm-2:30pm, or 3pm-4:30pm. Both candle pin and 10-pin lanes are available. Lane fees and bowling shoes will be free. We’re hoping each individual bowler can raise at least $100 in pledges for the Home.

TO RESERVE A SPOT IN THE 2012 BOWL-A-THON,

PLEASE CONTACT:

DONNA CORALUZZO at

DOVER CHILDREN’S HOME

603-742-4289, ext. 12

dcoraluzzo@doverchildrenshome.org

www.doverchildrenshome.org

The six-part educational program "Making Sense of Memory Loss" will be offered at Pease Tradeport from February 7th to March 15th. Families of individuals with early stage Alzheimers disease or dementia are invited to attend. Classes will be held on Tuesdays from 4-6pm at 2 International Drive, Suite 121. The series is hosted by Nancy Euchner and AgeQuest Eldercare Stategies. Pre-registration is required. Cost is $25 for registration/materials and $10/class. Participants may register for all six sessions in advance for a total of $75. For registration and further information on this program please call Rachel or Carol at 603-334-6565 or e-mail info@agequest.com.

Support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at the 13th annual Fitness for a Cure on Saturday, March 24th at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.  Enjoy an afternoon of exciting, kid-friendly fun at the Fitness for a Cure Family Show at 1pm.  The whole family will enjoy raffles, kid-oriented activities and a high-energy fitness show by the St. Jude Performance Team.  All event proceeds benefit St. Jude, the nation’s top children’s cancer hospital.  For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.fitnessforacure.com or call 617-965-5262.

Enjoy a no-cost night out at the museum!

The Children's Museum of NH will be open from 5:30-8 pm for a Free Family Fun Night. All families are invited to explore the museum's two floors of exhibits with no admission fee. Favorite exhibits include the new Thinkering Lab, the Studio, Cochecosystem, Music Matrix and Pattern Palace.

The museum shop will also be open during Free Family Fun Night. Find out more at www.childrens-museum.org

Straight from D.C., The Capitol Steps - the comic troupe of former congressional-staffers-turned-comedians, returns to Portsmouth for a 14th annual concert supporting affordable housing development. Come join the fun and laughter on Sat., Feb.4th at The Music Hall in Portsmouth. Two shows: 5 pm and 8 pm. Tickets available at The Music Hall - 603.436.2400 or at www.themusichall.org. No matter who or what is in the headlines, The Capitol Steps are equal opportunity offenders promising an evening full of bipartisan lampooning. This election year performance promises to be the best ever, with no subject left untouched! Sponsored by The Housing Partnership.