Town of Hampton - Lane Memorial Library

- RECREATION & PARKS DEPARTMENT -
The year 2006 was a fun year for the staff and patrons of the Hampton Recreation and Parks
Department.
The staff at Hampton Recreation and Parks may be
familiar to you, but if not I would like to introduce you
to us again. First, I would like to introduce the 4 full
time staff. We have Shirley Doheny, Recreation
Secretary, as the smiling face behind the desk when you
come to sign up for programs. Shirley has 8 years of
experience here in Hampton running the front desk of
our office and had brought 20 years of office
management experience to her current position. Shirley
is a graduate of the Chandler School where she achieved
an Executive Secretary certificate. She has taken many
courses since her completion at that school to keep up
with the trends in technology to keep our office up to
date. She has earned a certificate in Office Technology
Hampton Summer Festival
focusing on computer skills from NH Community
Technical College. Through this education Shirley has
been able to become the Department’s webmaster as well as to apply her technical knowledge towards
many other facets of the job.
Darren Patch, our Parks Coordinator is the guy you will see at Tuck Field and around Town sprucing
up the parks and play areas. Darren holds a State Pesticide License and is a Certified Playground
Inspector. Darren has seven years of experience here in Hampton and hails ten more years of
experience and knowledge that he brought here from the University of New Hampshire in park
maintenance. Darren has also earned many college credits from the Thompson School at the
University of NH in Horticulture and has used that knowledge to evaluate many of the trees around
Town.
Rene´ Boudreau, Program Coordinator and Dyana Martin, Director of Recreation & Parks can often be
seen at special events, programs and meetings. Rene´ holds a Bachelor of Science from Plymouth
State College with a major in Outdoor Recreation. Rene´
completed his college internship requirements here at
Hampton Recreation and Parks and has added another seven
years of experience here organizing and overseeing programs
for all age groups. In 2004, Rene´ won the Don Heyliger
Young Professional Award from the New Hampshire
Recreation and Parks Association for his outstanding service
to the department and profession. Rene´ is currently working
towards earning the title of Certified Recreation and Parks
Professional. He is in hopes that he will be finishing the
requirements and taking the exam in 2007. And most
recently in this past year, Rene´ was honored three times.
First, he was elected to the New Hampshire Recreation and
Parks Executive Board as its Vice President. He was
Hampton Old Fashion Christmas Parade
Rene´ Boudreau, Program Coordinator - as “Elvis”
nominated and chosen as one of the members of a Rotary
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