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Registration is now open for the Third Annual Friends of Aine Kid’s Try-athlon to be held on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015 in Bedford, according to a press statement.

The only event of it’s kind in the area, the try-athlon is designed specifically for children ages 4-15 years, in memory of Aine Phillips. Aine died on August 10, 2010.

It was a typical summer day in 2013 for the Turner family of Derry. Greg and Sue spent the day outside enjoying the heat of early July, playing in the pool with their 8-year-old daughter Emma.

“It was a great day, just the three of us spending the entire day together having fun and just relaxing,” said Sue.

MERRIMACK — Home Health and Hospice Care of Merrimack recently received a major grant from The Friends of Aine Foundation to benefit the agency’s child bereavement program.

Trustees of the foundation, along with Christine and David Phillips and their daughter, Bella, presented a $25,000 check to Home Health and Hospice Care to help with its bereavement support groups for children.

David and Christine Phillips, of Bedford, received the Unsung Hero Award from Gov. Maggie Hassan in February.

In honor of February as Parent Recognition Month, Hassan and the New Hampshire Children’s Trust honored 28 parents from every county in New Hampshire at the seventh annual Unsung Hero Awards, held Feb. 10 at the New Hampshire Statehouse in Concord.

David and Christine Phillips’s ’s daughter, Aine, died August 10, 2010 at the age of 8, as a result of an undiagnosed lung disease. The loss of their beloved Aine had devastated them, but beyond what is has done to them as parents, it is the effect it continues to have on Aine’s sister, Bella, who was 5½ at the time,

The Coalition for Bedford Youth cares about the community in which it lives. Teens involved in this organization are heavily involved in helping out their community at various local events.

Friends of Aine Phillips went the distance Sunday morning to help support children coping with the loss of a loved one.