NH at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Themes - Partnerships for Community Service

A variety of public agencies are dedicated to preserving aspects of the state's heritage and contribute to it. Their work touches upon city and town planning, transportation, culture and arts, historic preservation, library management, education, agriculture, dairy promotion, corrections, and energy. Private partnerships dedicated to the concept of resource management and land stewardship are an important partner in the efforts to preserve New Hampshire's cherished natural resources and open landscape.

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Granite State Dairy Promotion
encourages New Hampshire
dairy farmers and their products.
At this "Got Milk" picnic
for the Meals-on-Wheels program,
volunteers demonstrate
making ice cream.

On board the Gulf Challenger,
volunteers get an opportunity to
participate in a mini research cruise
to either the Isles of Shoals
or around the Great Bay Estuary
as art of the Great Bay Coast Watch
sponsored by UNH Sea Grant Extension.

This theme area was added for 2000 Celebrate New Hampshire festival and featured organizations whose mission is to improve community services and quality of life in New Hampshire.

Organizations that presented in this area of the festival were:

• Citizens for New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage
• Department of Resource and Economic Development
• New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services & Governor's Office of Energy and Community Services
• New Hampshire College and University Council
• New Hampshire Conservation Partnership
• New Hampshire Department of Cultural Resources
• New Hampshire Department of Transportation
• New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, NH Agriculture in the New Classroom, & Granite State Dairy Promotion
• New Hampshire Office of State Planning
• New Hampshire State Prison for Women
• New Hampshire State Prison for Men
• New Hampshire Sweepstakes Commission
• University of New Hampshire
• University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension Services