White Mountain Community Health Center

06/09/2026

Help your neighbors get the dental care they need! This NH Gives Day, our goal is to raise $3000 to refill our dental fund, which helps low income patients get tooth extractions and other care we can't provide in-house.

Visit our page to donate starting Tuesday, June 9 at 5 pm: https://www.nhgives.org/organization/White-Mountain-Community-Health-Center

Many of our patients who qualify for our sliding fee scale make too much for adult Medicaid, but still can't afford expensive dental work. This means that while we can help patients with cleanings and minor dental work at a rate they can afford, we see many suffer with urgent, serious dental needs without recourse. In 2025, our primary care providers had 35 visits for dental abscesses, which are often caused by delayed tooth extractions. These patients often get repeat courses of antibiotics for infections that would be solved with an extraction, or, in some cases, pull their own teeth at home.

We have a dental fund to help patients pay for extractions at a local dentist when they qualify for our sliding fee scale but not Medicaid – but it’s currently depleted. With our financial situation tightening, we aren’t able to replenish it with our own funds.

Our goal of $3000 would allow us to help 10 patients get urgently needed extractions. Contributions of any amount will get us there!

06/02/2026

Have you thought about trying yoga, but felt a little intimidated? Lorraine Kermond is a yoga teacher whose mission is to make yoga welcoming and empowering for people of all backgrounds and body types. This summer, she'll be holding monthly yoga classes at the Public Library - to benefit us! Classes are by donation so everyone can participate. It's a great chance to try something new in a welcoming environment, while helping your community.

She's offering classes on these three Thursdays:
✨ June 6 from 5-6 pm
✨ July 23 from 5-6 pm
✨ August 13 from 4:30-5:30 pm

Bring your own mat, or let Lorraine know ahead of time that you'll need one at by emailing [email protected] or texting (781) 799-3568.

We interviewed Lorraine about her approach to yoga and why she's holding classes to benefit local nonprofits! Read the interview here: https://www.whitemountainhealth.org/the-latest/yoga-classes-supporting-us

06/01/2026

Today is the last day to sign up for home delivery of summer meals for kids & teens! Sign up here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=SWu2t7Na70CJTIx8n6AHKHTi2QE0GvtIjIW2icbsV7dUN05BNFpCSkUzREQ2OFJTRUtKWjAwWlI0Ni4u&route=shorturl

06/01/2026

Another Mobile Food Pantry date is coming up next week! No paperwork required, just your town of residence and how many households you're picking up food for.

NH Food Bank’s mobile food pantry will be at Ham Arena in Conway on June 10. These are drive-through pantries where each household receives a box of perishable and a box of non-perishable foods. They will ask what town you are from, for record-keeping purposes, but no other questions. Actually, they also ask how many households you are picking up for—so you can pick up for a neighbor who can’t make it on June 10.

05/28/2026

Getting regular exercise is one of the best things you can do to improve your health and reduce pain, but it’s hard to do that when it hurts to move! To help patients who are having trouble making movement a regular habit due to pain, Nurse Practitioner Margie Riforgiato is leading a free Walk With Ease program starting June 1.

Walk With Ease is an evidence-based six-week program designed by the Arthritis Foundation to reduce the pain and discomfort of arthritis. It can also help people who have trouble getting moving for other reasons, or want a structured way to start walking regularly - or just want to find some friendly walking partners!

To sign up, call the front desk at (603) 447-8900 or email Margie at [email protected]

Learn more here: https://www.whitemountainhealth.org/the-latest/walk-with-ease

05/27/2026

Thank you to everyone who made the Whitaker Wander 5k a wonderful morning, and congratulations to all of our runners and walkers! After two years of rain, we finally had perfect sunny weather. We raised over $9000 this year, which will go to support our programs and services that ensure that everyone in our community can access the care they need, regardless of ability to pay. This support is particularly critical at this moment when our funding is lower and the need is growing.

We so appreciate everyone who came out to run, walk, or cheer people on and made it such a joyful day. An enormous thank you to all of our board members, staff, and volunteers who put in the work to make the Whitaker Wander happen – we could not do it without you! And so much appreciation to our sponsors, who make this event possible and contribute the bulk of the funds raised.

Director of Operations and race co-director Julie Hill said, “The Whitaker Wander is an event that is near and dear to my heart. I'm absolutely thrilled that members of our community have embraced it as an annual event, and I look forward to seeing it grow each year.”

See race results and read more: https://www.whitemountainhealth.org/the-latest/congratulations-to-whitaker-wander-runners-and-walkers

05/11/2026

Thanks to all our young runners who participated in the kids' 1-mile fun run at the Whitaker Wander 5k this weekend! As Abrie says, it's a tradition!

05/11/2026

Thank you so much to Leone, McDonnell & Roberts, P.A. for both sponsoring and participating in the Whitaker Wander 5k this Saturday!! We're able to make sure everyone in Mount Washington Valley can get the healthcare they need thanks to businesses and other community members pitching in - we appreciate it so much!

05/09/2026

Thank you to 93.5 WMWV North Conway, NH for doing such a fantastic job live broadcasting the Whitaker Wander 5k this morning and getting this great video of the starting line!

05/08/2026

We're almost there! Racers will set off on the Whitaker Wander 5k at 9 am tomorrow morning, with kids following in the 1-mile fun run at 9:45 am. The weather is looking great! It should be cool and sunny during the race in the morning, with no rain expected till the afternoon.

If you're planning to come but haven't registered, please come extra early so you have time to complete the forms! Registration is from 8 to 8:45 am for the 5k, and closes at 9:30 for the kids' fun run.

We hope to see you there! If you don't run, stop by to cheer on the runners, try out some hula hoops, enter the raffle, and support healthcare everyone in Mount Washington Valley can access!