Media Alert
Event to include a speaking program, team registration details, and more
WHAT:
Easterseals NH and Eversource will host a kick-off breakfast at The Derryfield Country Club in Manchester on Tuesday, April 15, at 7:30 a.m. The event will recognize team captains for the upcoming 27th annual Eversource Walk & 5K Run for Easterseals NH. The race will take place on Thursday, June 5, beginning and ending at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Manchester.
Captains are tasked with recruiting additional race participants and will receive a kit with event registration details, tips and strategies for growing their teams, and other resources. Around 15 teams, including internal staff teams and corporate partners, are represented at the breakfast.
WHY:
The primary objective of the kick-off breakfast is to equip team captains with the resources necessary to maximize race participation. More than 1,400 runners and walkers take the streets of downtown Manchester for this event each year.
Since 1998, Eversource has partnered with Easterseals NH to host the annual Walk & 5K Run, raising nearly $4 million for the agency’s programs. These programs offer a wide range of services and direct assistance to approximately 17,000 individuals of all ages and abilities each year, including children, adults, seniors, and Veterans. This year’s event aims to raise $160,000.
WHEN:
Tuesday, April 15
7:30–9 a.m.
A speaking program begins at 8 a.m. Breakfast will be provided.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Bryan Bouchard, Board Chair, Easterseals NH & VT
- Tom Davis, Director of Electric Transmission Field Operations, Eversource Energy
WHERE:
The Derryfield Country Club, 625 Mammoth Road, Manchester, NH
PHOTO/INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:
Michele Talwani, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, Easterseals NH & VT, 603.621.3551, [email protected] or William Hinkle, Media Relations Manager, Eversource, 603.634.2228, [email protected]
About Easterseals New Hampshire
Since 1936, Easterseals New Hampshire has provided exceptional services to ensure that all people with varied abilities and their families have equal opportunities to live, learn, work, and play in their communities. A leader in social services for individuals with disabilities and those underserved by traditional programs, Easterseals NH provides essential services and supports to approximately 17,000 children, adults, seniors, and Veterans annually. Their programs cover areas like early intervention, autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, adult day and in-home care, behavioral health, housing, and substance use disorders. Easterseals NH is a community of care for all ages, for all abilities, for life. For more information, visit eastersealsnh.org or follow them @EastersealsNH on Facebook.
About Eversource
Eversource (NYSE: ES), celebrated as a national leader for its corporate citizenship, is the #1 energy company in Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies for 2024 and recognized as a Five-Year Champion, appearing in every edition of the list. Celebrated as a national leader for its corporate citizenship, Eversource is New Hampshire’s largest electric utility, serving nearly 535,000 homes and businesses in 211 cities and towns, and also supplies water to approximately 10,300 homes and businesses in eight communities. Eversource is proud to be recognized as the #1 contributor to United Way in New Hampshire. Eversource harnesses the commitment of approximately 9,900 employees across three states to build a single, united company around the mission of safely delivering reliable energy and water with superior customer service. The #1 energy efficiency provider in the nation, the company is empowering a clean energy future in the Northeast, with nationally recognized energy efficiency solutions and successful programs to integrate new clean energy resources like a first-in-the-nation networked geothermal pilot project, solar, offshore wind, electric vehicles and battery storage, into the electric system. For more information, please visit eversource.com, and follow us on X, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. For more information on our water services, visit aquarionwater.com.