Goffstown News : fundraiser

Crispin’s House tournament on deck

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:48:00 GMT

The seventh annual Crispin’s House One-Pitch Softball Tournament takes place Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Villa Augustina fields. First pitch is set for 9 a.m. Al Baines, president of Crispin’s House and tournament director, said Main Street Eye...(read more)

Goffstown High School staff, students raise money for cancer patient

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:15:00 GMT

By Danny Deconinck The Goffstown community came together recently in support of 17-year-old Shayne Pouget. Pouget was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Disease in September 2008 and has struggled with his condition ever since. Luna Salon in Goffstown sponsored...(read more)

Parents set to buy Villa Augustina

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:07:00 GMT

BY STEPHEN BEALE Every year, about 50 Catholic schools close. The Villa Augustina School will not be one of them. In December it seemed like it would be, when the religious order that founded it almost a century ago said it did not have the personnel...(read more)

Villa Augustina hits $500,000 mark

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:39:00 GMT

BY STEPHEN BEALE Parents at the Villa Augustina have taken one giant leap forward in their capital fundraising campaign, considered a critical part of their bid to buy the school this year. The Villa Augustina Leadership Transition Team announced that...(read more)

Goffstown group gets $2,400 for rail trail

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:43:00 GMT

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) presented the Friends of the Goffstown Rail Trail with $2,400 recently for construction of the new Goffstown Rail Trail. Tom Sexton, director of RTC’s Northeast Regional Office, presented...(read more)

Just cause – Team seeks support for cancer walk

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:36:00 GMT

BY MICHELLE KIM Jennifer Oliver was at the end of her chemotherapy treatments when she first heard about the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk. “I saw this ad and I said to myself, ‘I have to do this’,” said Oliver, a 51-year-old mother...(read more)

Crispin’s House softball tourney a success

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:39:00 GMT

BY DAVE CHOATE On this cool summer night, they traded in their notepads and pens for gloves, their cameras for bats and their questions for shouted encouragements. At the Crispin’s House softball tournament on Friday. Aug. 10, members of The Goffstown...(read more)

Play ball! – Crispin’s House tourney raises spirits, awareness

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:54:00 GMT

BY RYAN O'CONNOR Among Crispin’s House fundraisers, the annual softball tournament isn’t so much about dollars as it is about sense. “We do it to raise some money, but more than anything it brings a lot of good groups of people into...(read more)

In concert – Bands work together for benefit event

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 02 May 2007 19:58:00 GMT

BY ROD HANSEN It’s only rock ’n’ roll, but sometimes loud and boisterous music can serve a higher purpose. Such was the case at the Sexual Assault Awareness Benefit Concert on April 27, when a trio of local bands cranked up their amps...(read more)