Local Suppport Groups

Belknap County

Grandparents as Parents held at Giggles and Grins Family Resource Center, 20 Canal St., Laconia. The group meets on the first Monday of every month from 12:00 - 1:30pm. A light lunch is provided. Contact: Mary Beshta at 603-524-2610 or 524-8811 ext. 175 for more information.

Cheshire County

Off Our Rockers, sponsored by the Parenting Outreach Project of Monadnock Family  Services, meets twice a month at 64 Main Street in Keene. Contact Elizabeth Raposa at 603-283-1562 for more information.

Hillsborough County

Relatives As Parents Prgram (RAPP) held at YWCA, 72 Concord Street, Manchester. The group meets every other Thursday night from 6:00 to 7:30 PM registration is not required. Free educational and support group for grandparents and relatives raising children. Childcare and dinner are provided at every meeting. Registration is not required. See our events calendar for dates, or for more information contact 625-5785 or info@ywcanh.org. Supported by the Brookdale Foundation.

Grandparents & KinsCare Support Group held at Crossway Christian Church, 125 Northeastern Boulevard, Nashua. The group meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month, dinner 6:00 - 6:30pm, meeting 6:30 - 8:00pm. Contact Dorothy Whittaker at 603-518-4218 for more information.

Grandparents As Parents Support Group held at Child and Family Services, 464 Chestnut Street, Manchester. The group meets every second Tuesday of the month at 6:00 PM. Childcare and supper are available. Grandparent contact: Bernadette Perry at 603-627-1583. Facilitator contact: Joanne Linden at 603-225-2985. See our events calendar for dates, or for more information.

Merrimack County

The Grandparents as Parents Support Group This support group is for grandparents who are caring for their grandchildren. Contact Linda Stephenson at Dame School 603-225-0830 for more information.

Relatives as Parents Gathering meets Tuesdays from 11:00am to 12:30pm, Franklin Methodist Church, 88 Franklin Street, Franklin. Contact Jenn Sumner at 603-934-3170 for more information.

Rockingham County

Grandparents as Parents Support Groups, sponsored by Salem Family Resources-Success by 6, meets the third Friday of the month at the Greater Salem Caregivers (Foss School Building), 287 Lawrence Road, Salem. Contact Dick O’Shaughnessy at 603-898-5493 for more information.

Grandparents Support Group meets Thursdays from 1:00 - 2:00pm at the Seacoast Mental Health Center, 1145 Sagamore Avenue, Portsmouth. Contact Diane Cyr at 603-431-6703 ext. 3167 for more information.

Strafford County

GRASP: Grandparents Are Special People meets once a month at the HUB Family Resources Center, Located at the McConnell Center, 61 Locust Street, Dover. Call 603-749-9754 for more information.

 

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