Smith Award

Lou and Lutza Smith

A legacy of support for children and families

Lou and Lutza Smith were philanthropists with a special interest in children and families. Throughout their lives, the Smiths contributed generously to many local, regional, and national charities supporting the welfare of children and families.

Upon their death, a portion of their estate helped to establish the Lou and Lutza Smith Charitable Foundation, with the goal of continuing their legacy of support.

In 1996, the Smith Foundation awarded $500,000 to the New Hampshire Children’s Trust Fund, enabling the Fund to complete an endowment fundraising campaign, which included matching funds from the State of New Hampshire. In making the award, the Trustees of the Smith Foundation recognized the work of the Children’s Trust Fund in successfully creating public-private partnership to prevent child abuse and neglect, and promote healthy families.

Part of this gift from the Smith Foundation endows the Lou and Lutza Smith Award for Excellence in Service to Families.

Smith Award Winner

Smith Award Winner 2010

The Children's Place and Parent Education Center, Concord

For the news write-up about The Children's Place and Parent Education Center and the first Lucy Fowlkes Breed Family Services Volunteer Award winner, Tia Parr of Northfield, go to our News and Events page.

Smith Award Winners 1998-2008

Smith Award

Leonard Wilson, Sovereign Bank (upper left) and Charles DeGrandpre, former President of the Lou & Lutza Smith Foundation (front row third from right) with Smith Award Winners from 1998 to 2008:

Beginning left front row: Monica Zulauf formerly of the HUB Family Resource Center; Keryn Kriegl, Families First of the Greater Seacoast; Kim Bavaro, The Upper Room; Cathy McDowell, Family Resource Center at Gorham; Kristen Vance, Grapevine Family & Community Resource Center; and top row, Ed Barnwell, Concord Heights Neighborhood Family Center

Year	Winner	Finalists
2010	The Children's Place and Parent Education Center Serving families in the greater Concord area	The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Nashua Girls Incorporated of New Hampshire Merrimack Valley Day Care Services
2008	The Upper Room, A Family Resource Center Serving families in the greater Derry area	The Children's Place & Parent Education Center Good Beginnings of Sullivan County/Diana Love Center
2006	Grapevine Family & Community Resource Center Serving families in the greater Antrim area	The Children's Place & Parent Education Center Riverbend Parent-Child Centers Good Beginnings of Sullivan County/Diana Love Center
2004	Family Resource Center at Gorham Serving families in Gorham and the Androscoggin Valley area	The Grapevine Family and Community Resource Center Good Beginnings of the Upper Valley The Youth Council
2002	HUB Family Resource Center Serving families in Dover and Strafford County	Family Resource Center at Gorham Adult Learning Center of Nashua
2000	Concord Heights Neighborhood Family Center Serving families in the Concord Heights area	Child Health Services The Youth Council Riverbend Parent-Child Centers
1998	Families First of the Greater Seacoast Serving families in Portsmouth and the Greater Seacoast region	Riverbend Parent-Child Centers HUB Family Resource Center

2010 Family Services Celebration: Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord

Keryn Bernard-Kriegl, NHCTF Executive Director; Audrey Knight, NHCTF Trustee; Kurt Norris, Boys & Girls Club of Nashua (Smith Award finalist) Peirce Hunter, MD, NHCTF Trustee, Chair	Keryn Bernard-Kriegl, NHCTF Executive Director; Katie Manson, Girls Incorporated of NH (Smith Award finalist);Peirce Hunter, MD, NHCTF Trustee, Chair; Audrey Knight, NHCTF Trustee;
Peirce Hunter, MD, NHCTF Trustee, Chair; Mary Jane Wallner, Executive Director, Merrimack Valley Day Care Service (Smith Award finalist); Keryn Bernard-Kriegl, NHCTF Executive Director; Audrey Knight, NHCTF Trustee	Board and Staff of The Children's Place and Parent Education Center winners of the 2010 Smith Award for Excellence in Service to Families
Kay Sidway, Program Director of the Children's Place and Parent Center honored for her 32 years of dedication to the children and families of The Children's Place with Keryn Bernard-Kriegl, NHCTF Executive Director.	The Purple Finches of Concord Community Music School with Maria Isaak, Director and Calvin Hearst on keyboard.
Tia Parr of Northwood winner of the first Lucy Fowlkes Breed Family Service Volunteer Award with Keryn Bernard-Kriegl, NHCTF Executive Director and Lucy Fowlkes Breed, former trustee and board chair of NHCTF.	Joan Fossum, NH Dept. of Education with John Harrington, NH DCYF
Deborah Chase, NHCTF Trustee and Brenda Tibbetts, NHCTF Trustee thanking the sponsors of the Family Services Celebration	Courtney Herz, NHCTF Trustee with Janice Fitzpatrick, NHCTF Trustee
Jim Hmurovich, CEO and President of Prevent Child Abuse America, keynote speaker	Board and staff of the Children's Place and Parent Education Center
Joan Valk, Rachel Kelly and Sheri Simpson all of Child and Family Services of NH	Jennifer Baca, Treasurer and Kristen Byron, Assistant Treasurer of The Children's Place and Parent Education Center with their $15,000 check as Smith Award winners
Keryn Bernard-Kriegl, NHCTF Executive Director with Steve Gamlin of Inspired by Steve and Karen Lesmerises of NH DCYF	John Harrington and Eileen Mullen of NH DCYF with Brenda Tibbetts, NHCTF Trustee
Deborah Chase, NHCTF Trustee selling raffle tickets	Brenda Tibbetts and Deb Chase, NHCTF Trustees with Diane Hastings, NHCTF staff and Carol Heald
Kimberly Bavaro, Executive Director of the Upper Room, A Family Resource Center, 2008 Smith Award winner, "lighting the torch" of the 2010 Smith Award winner	Kurt Norris, Boys and Girls Club of Nashua; Lori Fowler, Prevention Makes Cents; Lauren Noether, NHCTF Trustee and Maura McGowan, Prevention Makes Cents
Mike Ostrowski, CEO, Child and Family Services of NH with Lucy Fowlkes Breed, former NHCTF Trustee and Chair	Kay Sidway with former and current board and staff of the Children's Place and Parent Education Center
NHCTF Board of Trustees, Staff and Volunteers	Purple Finches of Concord Community Music School