Welcome Common Man Inn & Spa Class of 2010!
The Granite State Ambassadors are pleased to welcome 25 new GSAs to our team, most of whom come from the Plymouth area. We also celebrated the fact that this was our 50th GSA Training Session, giving a fantastic conclusion to our 2010 Training Sessions. The Plymouth Certification Training took place on June 14th and 15th at the rustic Common Man Inn and Spa in Plymouth, NH. Everyone left with priceless New Hampshire knowledge that covers a wide range of information. If you are interested in becoming a GSA, our next training sessions will be held during March, April, May and June of 2011. For more information and registration, please visit our "GSA Training" Page.
Congratulations to our 2010 AMBIE Winners!
Our 2010 AMBIE Awards Ceremony was another success at Bedford's Town Hall this year. Congratulations to Lorraine Charron for winning our "Service" Award, Judy Greer for winning our "Hospitality from the Heart" Award and Jean Acton for winning our "GSA of the Year" Award! We would also like to thank all of the volunteers who have reached their 100, 500, 1000, 2000 and 3000-hour marks. We are so amazed and lucky to have such dedicated people volunteer as Granite State Ambassadors! Thank you again to our 2010 Benefactor Award recipients- Kirk Membry, Kelly Bryer, Helen Ryba, and Leo Glasheen. We admire and appreciate the time and effort you have given to our organization in order to help us become better every day!
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Welcome Indian Head Resort Class of 2010!
The Granite State Ambassadors are pleased to welcome 16 new GSAs to our team! Our newest class came from a variety of places, mostly from the Plymouth and Lincoln area but a couple as far as Goffstown and Dover. They all came to get certified on May 24th and 25th at the beautiful Indian Head Resort in Lincoln, NH and all left with priceless New Hampshire knowledge that covers a wide range of information. If you are interested in becoming a GSA, our next training session will be held on June 14th and 15th in Plymouth, NH at the Common Man Inn and Spa. For more information and registration, please visit our "GSA Training" Page.
Kelly Bryer Honored with Advertising & PR Award
We are extremely excited to congratulate Kelly Bryer, our GSA Member Services Manager and owner of Maplewood Technology, for being honored at the 2010's Governor's Conference on Tourism, which was held in Portsmouth, NH. She accepted the prestigious NH Travel Council's Advertising and Public Relations Award for her fantastic contributions to the travel industry. Maplewood Technology is a small marketing firm based out of Thornton, NH and has been providing services primarily to nonprofit organizations for over a decade. Maplewood specializes in content management systems and outbound internet marketing. We are so proud to have Kelly on our team and are extremely excited for her being recognized for her work and honored by her peers!
Judi Window Passes Award to New Winner
Judi Window, GSA Managing Director, passed the 2010 Organization Profile Award to the representative of this year's winner, Copper Cannon Camp. Accepting the award on behalf of the camp was the camp's director, Peter Christnacht. The Granite State Ambassadors won the 2009 Organization Profile Award, which gave us had the pleasure of passing the award to this year's winner. The Profile Awards have been created by The Old Man of the Mountain Legacy Fund and are conducted annually. Winners are awarded because of their work for conserving and preserving the state's natural resources and scenic beauty. They are also recognized because of their efforts to preserve NH's cultural, social or political history, traditions, or structures; and leadership in these areas. They also represent qualities of the Old Man of the Mountain- independence of thought and spirit. The Granite State Ambassadors are honored that they were recognized for all of these traits in 2009 and will continue to be supporters for The Old Man of the Mountain Legacy Fund.