Category: Recreation

In early November, more than $150,000 was raised at The Chase Home’s 9th Annual Wine & Chocolate Tasting at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club in downtown Portsmouth.

Event proceeds will support services offered at The Chase Home and in the community. “This event is our biggest fundraiser of the year and instrumental in helping us bridge gaps in our annual budget,” explained Meme Wheeler, Executive Director of The Chase Home.

In recent years, The Chase Home has incorporated trauma-informed care into its service delivery model, a programmatic development that underscores changing needs.

In early November, more than $150,000 was raised at The Chase Home’s 9th Annual Wine & Chocolate Tasting at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club in downtown Portsmouth.

Event proceeds will support services offered at The Chase Home and in the community. “This event is our biggest fundraiser of the year and instrumental in helping us bridge gaps in our annual budget,” explained Meme Wheeler, Executive Director of The Chase Home.

On Wednesday, November 8 at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club, The Chase Home will host its 9th Annual Wine & Chocolate Tasting. Raising more than $400,000 for at-risk kids since its inception, the annual fundraiser is responsible for approximately half of the gap in The Chase Home’s annual budget.

In May 2022, The Chase Home launched ‘Pave the Way Forward’ to raise funds to repave its driveway, a campaign that has successfully concluded.

In May, nearly 100 persons were in attendance at a Gala event at AC Hotel in Portsmouth that helped raise more than $15,000 to support The Chase Home. The event was presented and organized by Seacoast Oral Surgery Center & Lakes Region Oral Surgery Center.

While primarily focused on providing clinical, counseling, and psycho-therapeutic services to at-risk youth, ages 11 to 19, The Chase Home in Portsmouth offers an ambitious Summer Program explicitly designed “to create unforgettable memories.”