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Posted on May.15.2023August 20, 2025

100 Years of Growth

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Posted on May.15.2023August 20, 2025

CEO’s Message 2023 from Cynthia K McGuire

Melissa French

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Posted on May.15.2023February 27, 2025

Welcome New Medical Staff 2023

Melissa French

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Posted on May.15.2023July 31, 2024

Financial Statement 2023

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Posted on May.15.2023August 20, 2025

A Century of Excellence – Explore Our Growth

Melissa French

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Posted on May.15.2023May 19, 2025

Key Statistics 2022

Melissa French

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Posted on May.15.2023August 22, 2025

Community Benefits Program 2023: 100 Years of Helping Patients in Need

Melissa French

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Posted on May.15.2023August 21, 2024

Remembering Bob Taft

Melissa French

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Posted on May.15.2023August 20, 2025

Celebrating Our Team: A Tribute to Dedicated Healthcare Professionals

Melissa French

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Posted on May.1.2023September 10, 2024

The Healing Arts Gallery at Monadnock Community Hospital Reopens With a New Exhibition Titled Monadnock

Melissa French

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Posted on Jul.1.2022August 26, 2024

MCH Fall Foliage Golf Classic 2022

Melissa French

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Posted on Apr.27.2022August 20, 2025

A Legacy of Leadership and Vision: We Remember Dorothy Peterson

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The Healing Arts Gallery is very enthusiastic about the re-opening and plans to continue with quarterly art gallery shows featuring local artists. Thank you to all of the artists who have supported the gallery and its re-opening.

Please join us at the Healing Arts Gallery on June 3rd, from 11am to 2pm during the MCH 100th Anniversary Community Celebration Day as the gallery does a special unveiling of The Mural. Come and meet the artist, Lee Dunholter. Healing Arts Gallery hopes that you will support our local artists and this venture…. see you at the Gallery!

The Healing Arts Gallery was created to host a venue for artists to exhibit in varied mediums, resulting in a visual experience which promotes the proven healing and restorative benefits of art. The Healing Arts Gallery is located at Monadnock Community Hospital adjacent to the Emergency Services Department entrance. The gallery is open to all.

The Mural by Lee Dunholter
The Mountain postcard

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Years later, as a teenager during World War II, she volunteered in the Hospital’s kitchen. At that time, with so many Americans helping with the war effort, volunteers like Dorothy were essential to ensuring MCH kept its doors open.

After her marriage to future New Hampshire Governor Walter Peterson in 1949, Dorothy kept volunteering at MCH, then as a nurse’s aide. Even after becoming New Hampshire’s First Lady, Dorothy continued to donate her time and skills to the Hospital she loved. And it wasn’t just Dorothy who was devoted to MCH; her mother, Mildred Donovan, was also a volunteer, and her father, Francis Donovan, served on the Hospital’s Board of Trustees.

In 1975, Dorothy followed her father’s footsteps and joined the Board of Trustees. Then, in 1978, she was elected to become the first woman president of MCH’s Board. During her term as president, MCH acquired its first ultrasound diagnostic system and opened the community’s first Birthing Center. Continuing in leadership roles, Dorothy served as the honorary chair of the Hospital’s largest-ever capital campaign to build the new Emergency Department which opened in 2011. Her wisdom and guidance led the campaign to its great success of over $10 million.

Even after becoming New Hampshire’s First Lady, Dorothy continued to donate her time and skills to the Hospital she loved.

Dorothy’s life was one of service and generosity. Besides volunteering at MCH, she served on the boards of the Monadnock Community Visiting Nurses Association, the Peterborough Historical Society, and countless others. She was an active supporter of many local and statewide nonprofits, including the New Hampshire Lung Association, Monadnock Family Services, and New Hampshire Public Radio.

Contributing to the well-being of her fellow citizens was fundamental to Dorothy’s life. She kept up her philanthropic and volunteer activities well into her ninth decade, continuing to support MCH as a member of the Philanthropy Committee as well as the Parmelee Society, which recognizes donors who include MCH in their estate planning. In 2011, MCH honored Dorothy’s contributions by naming the Parmelee garden in her honor.

Walter and Dorothy established a Charitable Remainder Trust in which MCH was a beneficiary. In 2022, after a lifetime of service, Dorothy passed away, leaving a legacy of leadership and altruism that continues to inspire everyone who knew her.

Gentle and generous, she was a leader and a listener with boundless energy and vision. Dorothy Peterson made a positive difference, not just for Monadnock Community Hospital, but for thousands of people across the state of New Hampshire whom her life touched.

She will be remembered with affection and gratitude for years to come.

Thank you, Dorothy, for everything.
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