Thirteen people attend a volunteer committee meeting to discuss a community ice rink at Franklin Public Library on Friday evening. (Daniel Sar…

Mayor Desiree McLaughlin speaks during a volunteer committee meeting to discuss a community ice rink at Franklin Public Library on Friday. (Da…

Volunteer committee members, from left, Mayor Desiree McLaughlin, Myla Everett, and Kathy Fuller discuss the creation of a community ice rink …

A photo of Ernest Aube is seen in a scrapbook during a volunteer committee meeting at Franklin Public Library to discuss creation of a communi…

Janine Neggers hands a package to a family for the Christmas Angel program in the Children’s Foundation at St. Vincent de Paul in Laconia on T…

Volunteers enjoy themselves while putting together packages for the Christmas Angel program in the Children’s Foundation at St. Vincent de Pau…

Volunteer Janine Neggers chooses gifts to put in packages for the Christmas Angel program in the Children’s Foundation at St. Vincent de Paul …

Volunteer Brianna Baker, left, calls a family's number as volunteer Janine Neggers waits with their package for the Christmas Angel program of…

Kristie Santy searches for a coat to put in a package for the Christmas Angel program of the Children’s Foundation at St. Vincent de Paul in L…

Volunteers build Thanksgiving meal kits at the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry in Laconia on Monday afternoon. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily…