HORIZONS A Newsletter for Families and Friends of Crotched Mountain July 2002 Vol. 2 No. 2 Donald Shumway Selected New President of Crotched Mountain Donald L. Shumway, commissioner of the State of New Hampshire’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), has been named the new president and chief executive officer of Crotched Mountain Foundation effective Aug 5. “Following a nationwide search, Commissioner Shumway was the Board of Trustees’ unanimous choice among several excellent candidates,” said Dr. Gilbert Fuld, chairman Crotched Mountain’s board. “His extensive experience in fostering the rights of people with disabilities will build on the work of Crotched Mountain to lead us in new directions.” Don was appointed commissioner of the state’s largest agency in February 1999 by Governor Jeanne Shaheen. DHHS has more than 3,400 employees, a third of the state’s total number of employees. He also is an adjunct professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon. “I am tremendously honored to become Crotched Mountain’s new president,” said Don in accepting this new challenge. “Crotched Mountain has a distinguished record of service to people with disabilities to enable them to live independently. I look forward to bringing new dimensions and awareness to the important mission of Crotched Mountain.” Don succeeds Major Wheelock as president of Crotched Mountain. Major announced in October that he would retire this summer following seven years as the organization’s president and chief executive officer. Prior to Don’s appointment as commissioner, he was co-director from 1996 to 1999 of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Program of Self Determination for Persons with Developmental Disabilities at the University of New Hampshire. From 1979 to 1996, he served in the Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services, including 12 years as director. The new Crotched Mountain president additionally has served as planning director (1976-1979) of the New Hampshire Developmental Disabilities Council in Concord. He has worked in health-care capacities throughout his career, including in his early years for Montgomery County Mental Health/Mental Retardation in Norristown, Pa.; Ken-Crest Centers for Exceptional Children, Plymouth Meeting, Pa.; Belchertown (Pa.) State School; and Northampton (Mass.) State Hospital. Don earned his bachelor of arts degree at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst; his master of social services degree at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; and he has taken post graduate courses toward his doctor of philosophy degree in education at the University of New Hampshire, Durham. His recent publications include “Freedom, Support, Authority, and Responsibility” in Focus on Autism and Other Disabilities; two volumes of “Beyond Managed Care: Self Determination for People with Disabilities” in 1996 and “An Owner’s Manual for Self-Determination” in 1997, which he coauthored with Thomas Nerney; and “Closing Laconia,” an article in Deinstitutionalization and Community Living: Intellectual disability services in Britain, Scandinavia, and the USA,” published in 1996 by Chapman and Hall. Don is a member of and serves on the boards of several national and state mental health associations. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Leadership New Hampshire, the Endowment for Health, the Town of Hopkinton Social and Recreation Service Planning Committee, and is a volunteer for the Hopkinton, N.H., Social and Skate Park Program. Don, his wife Miriam, and two children live in Hopkinton, N.H. ‘The Mountain’ is Alive With The Sound of Music Thanks to gift of new grand piano The rafters were raised and ‘The Mountain’ was alive with the sound of music in February when the new 8-foot grand piano was dedicated in Carter Hall. To the delight of a standing-room-only crowd, a jazz quartet formed by Bob Arpin, husband of music teacher Bonnie Arpin, played a host of jazz tunes. The Crotched Mountain School Chorus performed under the direction of music teacher Bonnie Arpin. The program was completed with a piano duet featuring Barbara Summers, marketing manager, and Randy Anderson, member of the Class of 2002. The new Baldwin grand piano is a generous gift of an anonymous donor, who saw the piano on Bonnie Arpin’s wish list in a previous issue of Horizons. Free and Subsidized Services Offer Significant Community Benefits More than $1.6 million was spent during Crotched Mountain’s 2000-2001 fiscal year to address community needs according to a report submitted annually to the Charitable Trusts Unit of the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. “The amount of $1,677,000 reflects the total value of free and subsidized services for 30 specific community benefits,” said Michael Weil, chief operating officer for Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center. Community benefits include a range of programs and services designed to meet the health needs of the communities Crotched Mountain serves – principally people with disabilities throughout New Hampshire and beyond, as well as families living in local communities in the Monadnock Region. “Our community benefits address a number of identified needs in our communities, including access to dental care and nutrition; fitness and safety; specialty medical services (such as physical and occupational therapy, speech/hearing, and assistive technology); mental health; professional and community education; child care and early intervention; family support; and transportation,” said Dr. Weil. These community needs were identified through a series of comprehensive assessments conducted in November 2000 which, by law, must be updated every three years. Because it serves two distinct communities, Crotched Mountain conducted its own independent research to survey the needs of people with disabilities and also teamed up with a group of local health and human service organizations, led by Monadnock Community Hospital, to determine the health needs of the general population living in the greater Peterborough area. “This year we estimate Crotched Mountain will deliver $1,956,000 worth of community benefits, distributed throughout 28 specific programs and services,” stated Dr. Weil. “We invite interested members of our communities to review our community benefits plan, which is posted on our web site www.crotchedmountain.org, Crotched Mountain’s Top 10 Community Benefits Dental Clinic and Health Center: More than 900 inpatient appointments. Aquatics: More than 21,000 individual therapeutic and recreational users. Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Enabled community reintegration for 24 inpatient adults daily. Children's Specialty Hospital: Provided skilled nursing care for 42 respite and short-term inpatients. Internship Program: Supported 40 medical, clinical, and international students throughout the year. Wonderworks: Provided child care for up to 80 children of employees and local families on a daily basis. Developmental Pediatrics Clinic: Conducted more than 500 evaluations of children with disabilities. Media Center and Library: Served more than 8,800 after-school visitors from the local community. Driver Evaluation and Training: Served 179 individuals with disabilities. School Partnership Program: Strengthened the capacity of local schools to educate 115 students with disabilities throughout New Hampshire. Major Wheelock Named Business Leader; School Presents Gifts, Honorary Diploma Major Wheelock, president, has received numerous awards during his career. In June, two more were added to the list. On June 12, the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce named him the 2002 Business Leader of the Year. With him are, Robert Edwards, president of the Board of Directors of the Chamber; his wife Rita, and Janet Reilly, executive director of the chamber. On June 18 at the Crotched Mountain School graduation, Major was surprised by being awarded an honorary diploma and a card signed by all the children in the school. Major jubilantly shows a framed montage of all the children in the school to everyone attending graduation. Family Resource Coordinator Practices What She Preaches by Peg Lopata Tunnel vision. That’s what happens when you have retinitis pigmentosa. You begin life seeing some things but you most likely end up with only a pinpoint of light coming into your eyes. That’s one kind of tunnel vision. Then there’s the metaphorical kind. The kind that mothers have when they are trying to do the best they can for their children. All extraneous business disappears and a dot of light becomes a beacon of hope. Your child becomes your only business. Denise Yerardi is that kind of mother. And now she’s that kind of employee for Crotched Mountain’s newly created Family Resource Center. With Denise at the helm of the center, parents at Crotched Mountain have someone who knows how to get what each child deserves, and is entitled to, from some of the complicated and too often slow-moving bureaucracies that they might have to deal with. Parents also have someone who understands what it’s like to place a child in a residential setting. Denise has two tools at her disposal to assist parents on the mountain and in the community. First there’s the information. The Family Resource Center is building a highly specialized library on issues pertinent to raising a child with a disability. There’s Internet access to databases from such groups as the National Organization of Rare Disorders (NORD), where families can learn not only about their children’s conditions, but also about orphan drugs and other support organizations, nationwide and local. Then, second, and perhaps even more important, there is Denise, who can relate to parents on so many levels. “I’ve walked in the shoes of being a parent with a child with a disability and I’ll die with those shoes on. So, any parent who walks through our doors, I have a wealth of experiences to share with them,” says Denise. Denise’s odyssey is one of heartbreak, disappointment and then dogged determination. Her journey began in 1983 with the birth of her first child, Stephen. He had multiple structural anomalies which were corrected by major surgeries. At one time he had three casts on his small body. Those several years of surgery and recovery, however, turned out to be the easy part. Finding out what was impeding his learning and educating him properly was a nightmare of frustrations that Denise converted into action. Explains Denise, “The school system kept focusing on what Stephen couldn’t do; four pediatric ophthalmologists didn’t discover his vision disorder, one told us his problems were behavioral. A highly respected hospital in Boston assessed he was mentally retarded.” School life was abysmal for Stephen. He had no friends and no physical activities. His reading teacher came twice a week for twenty minutes each time to attempt to teach him Braille–something she didn’t know herself. He was falling farther and farther behind his peers. Denise says sadly, “He felt like he was an outcast.” Denise could see he was at risk for severe depression. Despite the bleak outcomes predicted for her son–the school district advised stopping all academics when he was thirteen and job-train him – Denise knew that was wrong road for her son. And that’s when Denise The Mom turned into Denise The Advocate. After five long years battling with her local school district, Stephen was finally placed at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Mass., a place where he’d receive the kind of education that he had the right to have. He was thirteen years old. He’d lost about seven years of schooling. Now, as coordinator for the Family Resource Center, what she did for her continually misdiagnosed, under-served bright, but depressed young son, she is now doing for other children, throughout Crotched Mountain and the community at-large. It’s not hard to imagine that many parents, on the mountain and beyond, would feel welcome here. The Family Resource Center is housed in the homey confines of Gregg House, with trees swaying in the breezes outside the wide windows, and a cozy living room setting that could not fail to put the most frazzled, distraught and confused parents at their ease. And then there’s Denise—the take-charge ‘Mom’, child advocate and, always, an empathetic listener. She wants to help Crotched Mountain parents obtain what she got for her son: a chance to achieve one’s highest potential. Stephen at nineteen enjoys rowing and wrestling, and has a natural aptitude with computers. He’s currently trying to decide where to go to college when he graduates from Perkins and hopes to someday teach other visually-impaired people how to access technology. Denise knows when parents come here they are making a difficult decision. “Sending kids away” used to be the norm, but the pendulum has swung so wildly the other way that parents of children with disabilities now feel they are not supported when they choose residential placement. “Mainstreaming” or inclusion has become the norm. Says Denise, “We feel penalized when we choose a residential placement–like we’ve failed.” Denise knows that a residential setting can be just the right thing for some children and can give parents better support than public or private schools that have few or no children with disabilities. In addition, Denise understands the huge adjustment to handing your child over to others for their daily care. “Everything parents of the disabled do their whole lives is geared around their child. Then all of sudden you’re making a break and saying to us, the facility: ‘raise my child ’” It’s a struggle Denise has lived through herself. She knows how emotionally tired these parents are. “I’ve made this decision also.” Because Denise knows so well what the parents of children with disabilities are going through when they choose a residential placement, or are advocating for their children to be schooled in their communities, she says she feels honored to be doing this job. She feels she is offering all she’s learned and lived through as a parent of a child with a disability. Parents of Crotched Mountain children do not have to endure what Denise put up with. “Everything that I’ve done for Stephen is exactly what I am now doing for other parents.” The Center officially opened in May. Denise is eager to help. Her natural affinity towards children with disabilities, her unceasing optimism and years of experience will make it easy for her to create her dream for the center. “I hope we can be an oasis for families–parents, especially for when they’re feeling down, they will know we are here for them to get the support and encouragement to be resilient and resourceful for their family.” Portsmouth Man Benefits From Antiques Appraisal Day Bruce Chambers of Betty’s Dream in Portsmouth, N.H., soon will have a new lift to help him get in an out of his chair. Bruce’s new lift is the result of efforts by Crotched Mountain Community Care (CMCC) of Portsmouth, Granite State Independent Living, and the Harry Gregg Foundation. Crotched Mountain Community Care’s portion of the funds was made possible through proceeds from CMCC’s Antique’s Appraisal Day and Silent Auction (one of several special events sponsored each year by Crotched Mountain). As a child, Bruce attended Crotched Mountain School in Greenfield. At age 14, he moved into a Portsmouth nursing home and worked at the Great Bay School and Training Center in Newington. As an adult, he was one of the first residents of Betty’s Dream, a foundation that built the apartments designed for adults with disabilities. And when he moved there, he selected CMCC to assist him with his care management, which has enabled him to live independently. Bruce is active, serving as a volunteer at Portsmouth Hospital, attending his church, bowling, and tending to a garden outside his apartment. “We are delighted to give this special assistance to Bruce,” said Sue Gustafson, director of CMCC. “Special events such as the Antiques Appraisal and Silent Auction Day permit us to raise funds to assist our clients with special equipment not covered by other services, insurance, or grants.” Many Tote Their TreasuresTo Antiques Appraisal Day More than $5,000 was raised in donations at Crotched Mountain Community Care’s Second Annual Antiques Appraisal and Silent Auction Day held recently at Yoken’s Restaurant in Portsmouth. “Money raised is used to assist Crotched Mountain clients in special ways to help meet client needs that are not covered by Medicaid and Medicare,” explained Sue Gustafson, director of Crotched Mountain Community Care. Five New Hampshire antique appraisers donated their time and enthusiasm to raise money for clients of Crotched Mountain. Fleet Bank was the major corporate sponsor. Appraisers were Doug Cooper of Stratham; Caroline French, Dover; Hank Ford of Drummer Boy Antiques, Bedford; Dan Olmstead, Dan Olmstead Antiques and Auctions, Newfields; and Harvey Webber, H.G. Webber Antiques, Hampton. Among more than 40 donated items for the silent auction were a digital camera, a Tiffany lamp, gift certificates to restaurants and resorts, gift baskets, in-line skates, and clothing. First Bilingual Volunteer Selected As Foster Grandparent Bilingual senior citizens in the Manchester, N.H., area are being sought by Crotched Mountain Foster Grandparents to work with children in a variety of programs. Rosa Rivera was the first recruit. A $5,000 grant by the Norwin S. and Elizabeth N. Bean Foundation was awarded to Crotched Mountain to assist in identifying bilingual men and women over 60 years old who are willing to work with children in area public schools and after-school programs. “With growing populations of families who have English as a second language moving into our community, we feel it is vital to have more Foster Grandparents who are bilingual available to children,” said Sherry Wheeler, director of the Foster Grandparent Program. “We have more than 80 Foster Grandparents in schools and agencies throughout the greater Manchester region,” said Sherry. “Both children and seniors benefit from quick bonding that takes place in the tutoring, mentoring experience. Impact for children is strengthened behavior and social skills as well as improved literacy, reading, and math skills.” The program, said Wheeler, provides transportation compensation, an annual health screening, training, and a small stipend for those who qualify.” Crotched Mountain’s Foster Grandparent Program has volunteers in more than 46 New Hampshire community locations and is part of a nationwide service administered by the National Senior Service Corps. Last year, Crotched Mountain Foster Grandparents provided more than 70,000 hours of service. For more information about Foster Grandparents, call Sherry Wheeler at 603-668-1990. Whitefield Apartment Resident Earns National Recognition Helen Smith of Crotched Mountain’s McIntyre School Apartments in Whitefield, N.H., turned 101 years old in May. On her birthday, Mrs. Smith was presented a national award for being the oldest person in the United States who knits mittens for members of the armed forces. Mrs. Smith was one of the first residents of McIntyre, one of four Independent Living Apartment complexes owned and managed by Crotched Mountain. Originally a public school built in 1936, Crotched Mountain bought and converted the school into 24 apartments in 1996. Best of the Best Crotched Mountain School has earned the State of New Hampshire’s “Best of the Best” School Recycling Endurance Award for 2001-2002. Elizabeth A. Bedard, coordinator of the Governor’s Recycling Program, presented the award to Wendy Krouse-Kazanovich, Crotched Mountain vocational coordinator, Celeste Lunetta, Crotched Mountain recycling coordinator, and Crotched Mountain School students Jason Richards, and Brandon Camp. The award was presented during the School Recycling Summit held May 10 in Concord City Auditorium. Crotched Mountain earnestly began its recycling program in 1989. Graduation Full Of Praises, Surprises Full of praises for all Crotched Mountain has done for her daughter Stephanie and her family, Kathleen Van Wert told the audience attending Crotched Mountain School’s graduation on June 18 that her experience has been “nothing less than joy.” Mrs. Van Wert, whose daughter Stephanie was one of the 12 graduates, gave the Parent Message. She told her family’s story of needing help, of finding Crotched Mountain, and the confidence that evolved in Crotched Mountain. “We were told Stephanie would never walk. Crotched Mountain taught her to walk. We learned to have explicit trust in Crotched Mountain,” said Mrs.Van Wert. She cited numerous staff members by name for the caring they offered to Stephanie and the Van Wert family. The graduation ceremony was presided over by Principal Archie Campbell and featured the Crotched Mountain Chorus, a Student Message by Adam Lauer, Congratulatory Remarks by Crotched Mountain President Major Wheelock, presentation of certificates, and Parting Regards by Vice President of Operation Michael Weil. Special presentation were made to Major Wheelock, who retires this summer after seven years as president and chief executive office of Crotched Mountain. In addition to an honorary diploma of graduation, Mr. Wheelock was presented a card with the signatures of all the children in the school, a framed picture of children in the school, and a letter holder made by kids in the woodworking shop. In his Congratulatory Remarks, Mr. Wheelock commended the graduates for all of their hard work. He pointed out that “Graduation is called a commencement because it marks a new beginning, a ‘moving on’ filled with hope and excitement.” He said, “It means the beginning of a wonderful adventure: an opportunity to relish what is ahead and to reach for your dreams, to commence using and expanding upon all that you’ve learned at Crotched Mountain School. You have enriched us by coming here as a student, and we hope you feel enriched by the many ways Crotched Mountain and all your friends here have been an important part of your life.” Vice President Weil thanked students and their families for allowing Crotched Mountain to become part of their families. He urged students and families to return to visit often and reminded them that Crotched Mountain will always be available to them as an important source of information and support. “If along the way you run into obstacles, remember that we will be here, ready to reconnect with you through our lifelong alliance.” Following the ceremonies, a lunch and reception was held on the campus quadrangle. Gala Celebrates Two Grand Organizations On the beautiful spring evening of June 8, Crotched Mountain Foundation and Monadnock Community Hospital were co-hosts for a premier spring social and fund-raising dinner-dance. Some 250 people attended the formal affair. The theme was “Dancing Partners” to celebrate the many ways in which Crotched Mountain and Monadnock Community Hospital work together to provide health-care services to the region. The gala featured a social hour in Carter Hall, an international-style gourmet dinner catered by Crotched Mountain Food Services, and dancing to the big-band sound of the Tom LaMark Orchestra of Boston. A special tent was raised in the Foundation parking lot next to Carter Hall. “We, indeed, are fortunate for the tremendous contributions Monadnock Community Hospital provides to our community each and every day,” said Major Wheelock, president of Crotched Mountain Foundation. “And we are particularly proud and pleased of the many ways in which courtesies Monadnock Community Hospital and Crotched Mountain have worked together.” Peter Gosline, president of Monadnock Community Hospital, said, “Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center is an outstanding resource to people with disabilities in our region and beyond. It is a distinct honor for our hospital to be associated with Crotched Mountain.” Charitable Gifts of Life Insurance Life insurance has long played an important role in charitable giving. Whether you donate an older policy that you no longer need, or start a new policy to fund a major charitable project, life insurance offers a unique way to leverage relatively modest annual payments into a sizable charitable gift. There are several advantages to giving life insurance to Crotched Mountain or another charity using life insurance: Life Insurance allows you to make a much larger gift to charity than you might otherwise afford. The charity is guaranteed to receive the proceeds of the policy when you die. Giving life insurance to charity has certain income tax benefits. Giving life insurance to charity has certain estate tax benefits. Methods for Transferring Life Insurance to Charity There are four basic methods to benefit Crotched Mountain using life insurance: Name Crotched Mountain Foundation as your successor beneficiary. For example, you own a policy and have named your spouse as the beneficiary. You could name Crotched Mountain as successor beneficiary in the event that your spouse predeceases you. There are no immediate tax benefits, but if no successor beneficiary were named, the death benefit would be included in your taxable estate. Name Crotched Mountain Foundation as your primary beneficiary. For example, if you purchased a policy several years ago but your chosen beneficiary no longer needs the protection, you can designate the Foundation to receive the benefit. Once again, your estate would receive a charitable deduction, and the death benefit would pass to the charity tax-free. Name Crotched Mountain as a recipient of dividends. Another simple way of making a charitable gift is to assign the dividends on your existing policy to Crotched Mountain. You receive an income tax deduction as dividends are paid. You can donate an existing policy to Crotched Mountain. If you have older insurance policies which you no longer need and would like a current income tax deduction, you can donate these contracts to Crotched Mountain. As long as all of the rights of ownership are completely transferred to Crotched Mountain, you receive a current income tax deduction equal to the lesser of your cost basis or the fair market value of the policy (roughly equal to the cash surrender value.) Examples of policies which are often no longer needed: Business insurance after the business has been sold Income replacement insurance after you’ve retired Estate insurance when your estate has been reduced below the taxable level Mortgage insurance after the mortgage has been repaid You can give a new policy to charity. Many donors would like to make a significant contribution to Crotched Mountain but simply don’t have the available funds. If you purchase a new policy on your life and assign all rights in the policy to Crotched Mountain, you can achieve your philanthropic goals. You would continue to pay the premiums during your lifetime and, if structured properly, take a charitable deduction for those premiums. Of course, all financial decisions should be discussed with your legal and tax advisors. For more information, please contact: Michael D. Redmond Vice President for Advancement 1 Verney Drive Greenfield, NH 03047 603-547-3311, ext. 404 development@crotchedmountain.org Patrick O’Neill’s Story by Peg Lopata Patrick O’Neill’s story goes like most young people’s stories in many ways despite the fact that he has Down’s syndrome. He plays sports, has a job and considers his friends and family the most important parts of his life. At 23, he’s on an identity quest. He knows quite well that a key part of who he is today was formed during his years from 1989 to 1995 at Crotched Mountain. Permanence is usually a given for most of us. But Patrick’s early life was not so stable. Ted Gillan, employment specialist with JOBS ETC. in Nashua, and Patrick’s job coach, feels that Pat’s years at Crotched Mountain gave him a place that he holds dearly in his heart. “I think,” says Gillan, “Crotched Mountain is one part of the clusters of things that have made Pat emotionally self-supporting today.” Patrick has been lucky in other ways as well. He’s lived for many years with a loving foster family in Milford, N.H. He has a part-time cleaning job at Home Goods, Nashua, N.H., which he truly enjoys. Gillan says Pat works well with his co-workers and has developed good interpersonal skills over the years. At Crotched Mountain, Patrick didn’t sit on the bench watching the world happen. Says Gillan, “He had to communicate and get involved.” He stays involved today, playing sports at the YMCA, dancing, and visiting the local library regularly. His dance club performs for area organizations. Next up? Pat wants to learn to tap dance and volunteer at Crotched Mountain. He certainly would be welcome as is evident by the joyous reunion he had recently after seven years away from the mountain. His day here, Gillan believes, will be remembered forever. “When we were at lunch that day, Pat looked like he was running for governor of New Hampshire and he acted like it, too. There wasn’t anyone, from kitchen staff to maintenance, to Archie Campbell, principal of the school, and several clinicians and other staff members who didn’t come over and say ‘hello’ to Pat.” That day at Crotched Mountain, however, wasn’t just a reunion among old friends. Patrick very much wanted to reestablish contact with Crotched Mountain as part of his journey of knowing himself. The past year has been an odyssey of self-discovery as he searches for his biological roots, uncovering vital statistics about himself, and, most important, building a visual library of his own history. Anyone enjoys a trip down memory lane thumbing through high school or college yearbooks, but Pat’s well-worn Crotched Mountain yearbooks attest to the attachment Pat has to the mountain especially his one-on-one helpers, Kris Kwisell, Chris Bedore and Debbie Brunt. Says Gillan, “Patrick remembers the people at Crotched Mountain with great passion.” The day he visited was for Patrick, explains Gillan, an opportunity “to beginning to pull his universe together from a fragmented and difficult past.” Crotched Mountain served many roles for Pat. He attended school, learned new skills, and made friends. He has grown up to be a fully-engaged member of the world with much to contribute. He has learned to love and trust people, and that he was and is still loved by many. The people at Crotched Mountain and Patrick have parted ways for now, but they will never forget each other and are sure to see each other again. HORIZONS Contributing writer Peg Lopata is a Crotched Mountain Volunteer. Horizons is published quarterly by the Office of Corporate Communications, Crotched Mountain. For more information, contact: John Greene Crotched Mountain 1 Verney Drive Greenfield, NH 03047 603-547-3311, ext. 530 www.crotchedmountain.org As a service to our readers, please write to us at the address above if you wish to have your name removed from our mailing list to receive fundraising requests supporting Crotched Mountain.