Yearly Archives: 2021

Early Holiday Deals You Can’t Afford to Miss

From electronics to clothing, get a head start on your gift list and earn cash back while you shop online. by NEA Member Benefits Is it ever too early to start holiday shopping? We don’t think so! All year long, NEA members can shop and save through our popular discount shopping program, NEA Discount Marketplace, powered by Rakuten. You’ll find limited-time savings to help you stretch your budget, and you can earn cash back on your purchases.  We’ve combed through NEA Discount Marketplace to help you get a jump-start on early holiday deals. Shop and save now, and you’ll have your gift list […]

Get Rewarded for Holiday Shopping

By NEA Member Benefits Whether you’re shopping for holiday presents, booking your flight home for the holidays, or making everyday purchases such as groceries, gas, clothes, classroom supplies or books, you can make your hard-earned dollars pay you back with customer loyalty reward program cards, apps and codes. You’ll still be buying the same items, but when you use rewards programs, you’ll get more value for the money you spend. Incentivizing loyal customers has become a big business. Rewards program memberships have grown at a strong, steady rate. Pre-pandemic surveys showed nearly 4 billion loyalty program memberships, and the jury […]

Mental Health Resources for NEA-NH Members

Feel like you’re at the end of your rope and your grip is slipping? The past eighteen months have been like no other and educators have faced unrelenting challenges every day. You’re stressed, exhausted and may need some support or someone to talk to other than your spouse or colleagues who are equally spent. You have numerous resources available at your fingertips providing help for your mental health. NEA Member Benefits offers many discount, financial, insurance and retirement planning benefits for NEA members. They also provide a no-cost, convenient option for mental health and support through their partner Sanvello. NEA […]

On National Recognition Day for ESPs, Thank You For All You Do!

Dear Educational Support Professionals (ESP), The NEA-NH ESP Issues Committee believes that our ESP members fill a variety of important roles in our public schools. Every one of them is critical to the success of each student who attends New Hampshire public schools; no position is more important than another. We believe that our schools are an integral part of making our communities strong. School employees share a common responsibility to provide for the learning environment, the health and mental well-being, and the physical safety of students. We know that ESP are vital to this mission. Take a moment to […]

This American Education Week the Word of the Day is Unrelenting

Unrelenting: not yielding in strength, severity, or determination. That’s the word I think best describes the situation we find ourselves in this American Education Week. The mutating virus, the angry pressure applied on our local elected officials by a small, vocal, misinformed segment of our society, the attacks on public education and those who provide it, and now the bounty placed on New Hampshire educators – all unrelenting. Also unrelenting however is our dedication and devotion to our students, our desire to safely remain in our classrooms, and the creativity in our approaches to the problems we face each day. […]

NEA-NH Calls on Governor Sununu to Swiftly Denounce State Sanctioned Bounty Hunters and Repeal Banned Concepts Law

CONCORD, NH – NOVEMBER 12, 2021 – In response to the offering of monetary bounties by political allies of Governor Sununu’s Education Commissioner in return for targeting educators over the new banned concepts law, NEA-NH is calling on Governor Sununu to denounce this vigilante tactic and urge the Legislature to repeal this disaster of a law. Politicians like Commissioner Edelblut who pushed for this ban don’t think children deserve an honest and accurate education bear responsibility for this type of repugnant activity. “We want our kids to have an education that imparts honesty about who we are, integrity in how […]