“Seacoast Mental Health Center awarded $1,300 grant from the Philbrook Children’s Fund”

 Portsmouth, NH—August 10, 2010— Seacoast Mental Health Center (SMHC) was recently awarded a $1,300 grant from the Philbrook Children’s Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation in support of its Helping Hands fund.

 Created through SMHC’s Child, Adolescent and Family Services (CAFS) program, Helping Hands assists families, who are CAFS clients, experiencing emergency financial difficulties.

 In addition to paying for emergency expenses, Helping Hands finances enrichment activities, including necessary school and other related supplies, to help promote the overall stability of families and their children.

Jay Couture, SMHC’s executive director, expressed gratitude for the continued support of the Philbrook Children’s Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.

“Their financial contributions have always been critical to our Helping Hands fund,” said Couture. “It is because of this funding that we can help many of our clients obtain assistance in ways not possible through more traditional resources.”

Founded in 1963, SMHC provides comprehensive psychiatry, counseling, case management and psychological services to residents located within the eastern half of Rockingham County. For more information about SMHC, visit www.smhc-nh.org, or call (603) 431-6703.

The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation serves communities throughout New Hampshire, southeastern Maine and eastern Vermont. The Foundation manages a growing collection of charitable funds created by individuals, families and corporations, and awards more than $30 million annually in grants and scholarships. The Charitable Foundation is nonpartisan, frequently playing the role of convener and catalyst on a broad spectrum of issues. Based in Concord, the Charitable Foundation roots itself in the communities through regional advisory boards. More information is available at www.nhcf.org or by calling 603-225-6641.

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