CONTACT:  ELIZABETH TERESHKO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TEL. 603-883-0295
EMAIL: office@nashuahabitat.org

Read about our recent move in the Nashua Telegraph by clicking here.

Nashua – Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity (GNHFH) has relocated. After many years at 63 Temple Street, the non-profit organization has moved to 92 Main Street in downtown Nashua.

Over the last two years GNHFH has grown significantly. In addition to hiring its first staff-member in recent weeks, (a Director of Resource Development), the Board of Directors has added new members and many of the organization’s committees have flourished with new leaders and volunteers. This has added to the organization’s ability to continue building affordable housing and to launch efforts in the revitalization of homes and neighborhoods.

GNHFH is about to complete a home in Wilton and will begin a new project in Hudson immediately after that. Plans are in place to build homes for two more families, guaranteeing large projects through at least 2013.

GNHFH President Ed Lopez credits fellow Board member and Office Manager Nora Boyle with much of this successful transition: “Nora has helped elevate our presence in the community by assembling a strong office team and helping us move to a location where we’re more visible and more accessible to the community. As neighbors of Renaissance Downtown Nashua, Great American Downtown, and so many other great organizations that are working hard to improve Greater Nashua we feel this puts us in a better place to engage in dialog and partner in efforts to improve Nashua and its surrounding communities. We feel our move also reflects the tremendous growth our organization has transitioned through over the last two years. We do remain grateful to Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Nashua for providing our previous office space – which was a critical part of our ability to provide a professional environment for our volunteers to thrive in.”

Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.  Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with families in need.

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If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview, please call Elizabeth Tereshko at 603-883-0295. For further publicity information email the Public Relations Committee at pr@nashuahabitat.org.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NASHUA – Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity is happy to announce we recently purchased a house in Hudson, which will eventually be home to the Hughes family. There are plans to renovate and add-on to the home, but the plans are conditional based on town approval.

The happy ending to this story came after a bumpy road for the Hughes family, who were originally slated to move into a duplex on Tonella Road in Milford. Because of construction delays and questions about the suitability of the land for building, the project had to be shelved and the Hughes found themselves one step away from homelessness.

After publicity about their situation, the Hughes were able to find suitable temporary housing. In the meantime, Habitat volunteer Lisa Goulet went to work finding another home for the Hughes family.

The Hughes, Bob and Stephanie, and their two children live in Hudson and hoped to stay in the area so their children would not have to change schools again.

A house came on the market in the fall in Hudson that was within Habitat’s price range, and was, by happy coincidence, a house Bob Hughes had once brought to the attention of Habitat, suggesting it might make a good home for his family.

Habitat purchased the home at 24 Adelaide St. for $70,000. Volunteers hope to start renovations in the spring.

Anyone interested in volunteering their time or resources to help us complete this home can contact us through our website: www.nashuahabitat.org.

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