Merrimack County Savings Bank supports Step Up Parents

Portsmouth-based Step Up Parents recently received $2,500 from Merrimack County Savings Bank that will help the nonprofit agency continue to help kinship families throughout the bank’s service area.

“We’re happy to give and do as much as we can to ensure children are being cared for and raised in stable, loving homes and we encourage others to do the same,” said Merrimack President Linda Lorden. “The Merrimack is grateful for the incredible work and services that Step Up Parents provides and we thank them for their community leadership.”

SUP Founder Denyse Richter said she is thrilled to partner with the Merrimack.

“25% of the families we serve come from the bank’s service area of southern New Hampshire and the greater Concord region,” she said. “The Merrimack is our first corporate sponsor outside the Seacoast and we couldn’t be more excited.”

SUP offers financial assistance to kinship caregivers throughout New Hampshire who have “stepped up” to raise children with parents who struggle with substance use disorder. Since its founding in 2019, SUP has given assistance to more than 80 families.

To learn more about SUP, make a referral or donate, visit www.stepupparents.net. Donations may also be mailed to PO Box 1603, Portsmouth, NH, 03801.