SHARe – Supporting and Helping Asylees and Refugees – is a grassroots, volunteer-based organization that helps newcomers settle into communities in the Upper Connecticut River Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire. We are funded by generous local and regional grant-makers, faith communities, and individuals. We receive no government financial support.
Through the collective efforts of volunteers, donors, and partners, SHARe accompanies newcomers as they address extreme challenges and become increasingly at peace and self-sufficient.
Together, we offer a warm welcome and necessary support to build hopeful new lives and thriving communities.
We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Norwich, Vermont and Orford, New Hampshire.
Our Team
Martha Tecca, Orford, NH – Board Chair
Nick Krembs, Norwich,VT – Treasurer
Carolyn Gordon, Hanover, NH – Board Member
Maylena Chaviano, Hanover, NH – Board Member
Faye Grearson, Lebanon, NH – Board Member
Erica Hiller, Hanover, NH – Board Member
Lars Johanson, Lebanon, NH – Board Member
Alex Kennedy, Lebanon, NH – Board Member
Carmina Garciadealba – Program Manager
Hella Dijsselbloem Girón – Newcomer Resource Navigator
Elizabeth Franson, Good Neighbor Health Clinic – H.E.A.L. Program Partner
Meg Newman, MD, Lebanon, NH – Health Navigator
Stephanie Prisch, MD, Carlisle, MA – Health Navigator
Doug Boyd – IT and Administrative Systems Lead
Pat Robitaille – Accounting Systems Consultant
Wendy Nichols – Bookkeeper
Vivian Dolkart, Grantham, NH – Advisor
Bill Ploog, Lyme, NH – Advisor
Dean Seibert, Norwich, VT – Advisor
Plus many extraordinary volunteers and partners
Our Network
SHARe is a founding member of the Vermont-New Hampshire Asylum Support Network, nine community-based asylum support groups who work together to foster collaboration, share best practices, build capacity, raise public awareness about the benefits of welcoming, and advocate for policies and funding that support our collective work and the asylum seekers at the heart of our missions. The VT-NH ASN website includes Asylum Support Resources to answer many questions about working with asylum seekers; contact information for VT and NH federal and state elected officials; and information about our network partners.