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Lou and Lutza Smith

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, NHCT Executive Director; Audrey Knight, NHCT Trustee; Kurt Norris, Boys & Girls Club of Nashua (Smith Award finalist) Peirce Hunter, MD, NHCT Trustee, Chair


Keryn Bernard-Kriegl, NHCT Executive Director;

Katie Manson, Girls Incorporated of NH (Smith Award

finalist);Peirce Hunter, MD, NHCT Trustee, Chair; Audrey

Knight, NHCT Trustee

Peirce Hunter, MD, NHCT Trustee, Chair; Mary Jane Wallner, Executive Director, Merrimack Valley Day Care Service (Smith Award finalist); Keryn Bernard-Kriegl, NHCT Executive Director; Audrey Knight, NHCT 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, NHCT 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, NHCT Executive Director and Lucy Fowlkes Breed, former trustee and board chair of NHCT.


Joan Fossum, NH Dept. of Education with John Harrington,

NH DCYF

Deborah Chase, NHCT Trustee and Brenda Tibbetts, NHCTF Trustee thanking the sponsors of the Family Services Celebration


Courtney Herz, NHCT Trustee with Janice Fitzpatrick,

NHCT 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, NHCT 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, NHCT Trustee

Deborah Chase, NHCT Trustee selling raffle tickets


Brenda Tibbetts and Deb Chase, NHCT Trustees with Diane

Hastings, NHCT 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, NHCT Trustee

and Maura McGowan, Prevention Makes Cents


Mike Ostrowski, CEO, Child and Family Services of NH

with Lucy Fowlkes Breed, former NHCT Trustee and Chair


Kay Sidway with former and current board and staff of the

Children's Place and Parent Education Center

NHCT Board of Trustees, Staff and Volunteers


Purple Finches of Concord Community Music

School

 
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