Welcome to Good Beginnings of the Upper Valley!

Good Beginnings is a free, home-visitor program that relies on trained volunteers to provide support to any family with a new baby. The concept behind the Good Beginnings home visiting program is simple and powerful: any family with a new baby can use a helping hand. Good Beginnings volunteers - like a good friend or neighbor - offer the kind of flexible support that can make a family's first months with a new baby healthier and less stressful. Just as important, Good Beginnings is about celebrating this amazing and joyous experience!

News & Events

Thank you if you gave for Mother's Day and Father's Day. Please read the letter (pdf) from the President and consider giving this year. Good Beginnings of the Upper Valley wants to help every baby in our community enjoy a good beginning.

Save the date for the Fall 2010 expert lecture featuring Dr. Carol Andrew, child development specialist from CHaD. The event will be the evening of Tuesday, October 19, 2010 in Auditorium E at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

Thank you to all of you who made the March 27, 2010 Spin-A-Thon a success again this year!

Read the Good Beginnings of the Upper Valley Fall 2009 newsletter.

View the CATV Spotlight interview with Good Beginning's Executive Director, Denise Dame and volunteer Zelma Loseke of E. Corinth, VT.

Read the Valley News article "New Moms Get a Little Help" by Susan J. Boutwell published on Mother's Day, May 10th, 2009. The article is about the many ways Good Beginnings of the Upper Valley helps local families with new babies.

Read The Importance of Getting Help After Baby Arrives, a recent PregnancyToday article featuring Good Beginnings' Executive Director, Denise Dame!

View the upcoming schedule of volunteer meetings.

Denise Dame, Executive Director of Good Beginnings of the Upper Valley completed a nineteen-week Nonprofit Management workshop series at the Woodbury Institute of Champlain College and the Marlboro College Graduate Center. Topics studied were: the world of not-for-profits, fundraising and grant writing, conflict resolution and communication, strategic planning, financial management, marketing, human resources, and understanding the board of directors and leadership.