Concord, NH - Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association recently received a $5,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, and a $2,500 grant from the Arthur Getz Foundation, RBS Citizens, NA , Trustee, according to Mary B. DeVeau, President/CEO of Concord Regional VNA.  

The grant funds from Bank of America will be used for the Concord Regional VNA Parent Friend Program, which helps families learn to become self-sufficient through modeling of learning, mentoring in parenting, and constant support, encouragement and guidance for up to one year of weekly in-home visits. 

The grant funds from the Arthur Getz Foundation will be used toward the purchase of an LCD projector and computer for the agency’s Hospice House in Concord. This will ensure up-to-date education and training for staff of the Hospice House.

Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association, incorporated in 1899, is a home health and hospice care provider.  The agency’s service area includes more than 30 communities in central New Hampshire, in which skilled nurses, therapists, social workers, home health aides, homemakers, volunteers, and support staff provide both preventive and supportive health care services. Concord Regional VNA serves 7,000 patients annually and provides 150,000 homecare hours and 16,000 hospice days annually, including a 10-bed Hospice House in Concord.