Source: www.nashuatelegraph.com --- Saturday, February 16, 2013
NASHUA ? As officials continue to examine Gov. Maggie Hassan?s $11.1 billion state budget proposal, packed with aid for higher education, more mental health investment and health care funding, Hassan spent time Saturday doing some packing of a different kind ? stuffing s?mores kits, dental supplies and other goodies into care packages for Troops overseas. At the Nashua National Guard Armory off Daniel Webster Highway, Hassan joined about 50 Moore Mart volunteers flowing through an assembly line to fill 750 U.S. Postal Service boxes with candy, power bars, socks and hand warmers, and topping it off with a handwritten thank-you note from area schools and churches. Hassan, who presented her two-year spending plan Friday, added a Veterans? Service Officer to the Veterans Council in her proposal and funded the New Hampshire Veterans Home ?responsibly,? according to a press release from Moore Mart. ?More Troops are coming home, and they need our help,? Hassan said. ?We need to make sure we have adequate staff to give them that help.? For more than 20 different units currently serving in the Middle East, relief will come soon in a box of sweets and treats that Moore Mart has been gathering through various community members and organizations since Christmas. Every unit deployed from New Hampshire, regardless of its branch or service, will receive one, said co-founder Paul Moore. Moore Mart began as a family effort four years ago to send ...
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