Bank of New Hampshire Donates Emergency Response Cargo Trailer to Partnership for Public Health

By Eagle Times Staff
Laconia, N.H. — The Bank of New Hampshire has given $8,000 to the Partnership for Public Health to purchase an emergency response cargo trailer.

The Partnership for Public Health’s mission is to improve the health and well-being through inter-organizational collaboration and community and public health improvement activities. The primary role of the group is to facilitate discussion and develop plans to reduce disease and promote broad-based community health.

The trailer will allow the volunteer Lakes Region Community Emergency Response Team and the Lakes Region Medical Reserve Corps to organize equipment by function, increase storage capacity and respond to calls by the state Health and Human Services and Homeland Security departments, and their community partners as the teams travel across the region.

“Partnership for Public Health is so grateful for funding to purchase a trailer that will be utilized by our Emergency Preparedness and Response Department. Over the past couple of years in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic our organization traveled throughout the Winnipesaukee Public Health Region to deliver protective equipment and host clinics to administer the vaccines and boosters,” said Executive Director Tammy Carmichael. “Being able to purchase this trailer will allow us to respond to future emergencies in an organized manner and assure that all supplies and equipment are readily available wherever the response is needed in our community.”