C&H Construction, Inc. firmly believes that “when you give of yourself, you give of your heart”. As a community-oriented business, both Charlie and Jill have served on the Board of Directors for the Greater Derry Londonderry Chamber of Commerce with Charlie serving as Past President in 2001. C&H Construction was chosen 2002 Business of the Year by the Chamber as well.

Charlie is past president of the Derry Village Rotary Club, voted Rotarian of the Year in 1995 and received the highest Rotary Award, The Paul Harris Fellow Award, in 2001. In 2002, he was honored by the Boy Scouts of America and given the Good Scout Award for outstanding service to the community. Charlie is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (following in his grandfather’s footsteps). He has also served as an advisor to the Building Trades Program at Pinkerton Academy since 1991.

Jill is usually the first voice you’ll hear when you give C&H a call. Jill has won numerous awards for her photography and is also a published poet and writer. Her poetry has been in several anthologies and she was also published in NH To Do Magazine in 2002 and 2007.

The couple has been married since 1973 and have an incredible son, Christopher, a beautiful daughter-in-law and an amazing little grandson, Andre. Both Charlie and Jill are avid collectors in very venues. Charlie collects clocks and Jill’s choice is wizard and dragon statuettes.

In November of 2007, Charlie and Jill adopted a new pet, a black labrador retriever named Saida. She was rescued from a kill shelter in Arkansas and subsequently made her was to her forever home in New Hampshire. Saida underwent months of training and gloriously received her Canine Good Citizenship award from the AKC. Currently, she collects “treats”.