Building Committee Chairman Eric Moore guides volunteers in a pre-construction brush and wood clearing effort. Photo by Marie Lopez.

CONTACT:  MARIE LOPEZ, OFFICE MANAGER                              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TEL. 603-883-0295                                                                                   
EMAIL: office@nashuahabitat.org

Milford – Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity will begin the construction of a duplex home on Tonella Road, in Milford, in a few weeks.  It will hold a meeting that is open to all members of the public in order to answer questions related to this project and to increase its volunteer pool in Milford and the surrounding area.  This is an opportunity for local residents and for potential volunteers to meet Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity leaders and to learn about the organization’s efforts. 

The organization also seeks the opportunity to reach local business owners willing to donate goods spanning from meals for volunteers to labor and construction equipment use.  The organization will answer questions about this specific project as well as questions from those interested in partnering with Habitat for Humanity to become home-owners in future projects.  At the moment the organization is also in the planning stages to build homes in Wilton and Nashua and is seeking applications from families for these properties. 

This “Habitat Information Night” meeting will be held at the Boys and Girls Club of Souhegan Valley, located at 56 Mont Vernon Street, in Milford, (New Hampshire, 03055), from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM on Monday, February 8^th, 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

With snow on the ground, and decent weather expected for Saturday, we’ll continue burning the brush at our new duplex site on Tonella Road in Milford. 

Free firewood! 

Please bring chainsaws, etc. as available – can’t burn anything over 5-inches in diameter (but can remove anything suitable as firewood).

Directions from NH-101 Overpass Over NH-101A (Nashua Street, at the Amherst / Milford Line):

1. Continue west on NH-101A W / Nashua St. 1.5 miles to
2. Left (just before County Store) onto TONELLA ROAD. 0.2 miles to
3. Left to house site, on east side of the road…

We hope to see as many of you as can make it, starting about 9:00 AM.

This is a big job; would appreciate good turnout. Between the work and the fire, it’ll be plenty warm…

Have you begun to think about cleaning out your garage, closets, or attic and don’t know what to do with items you don’t want?  If so, we could use your yard sale donations!  The Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity is having a giant yard sale this spring on Saturday May 1st from 8A.M. to 3 PM.  Rain date will be May 8th. It will be held at 15 Meredith Drive in Nashua.

In order to make this yard sale a success, we are hoping that you will begin to set aside possible yard sale donations for this fundraising event.  We will be having pick up and drop off dates in April and will notify you then.

We also need volunteers for the yard sale on that date.

For further information, please contact Ellen Svenson at ellen.svenson@nashuahabitat.org or call her at 603.882.5953 and leave a message. 

All yard sale donations will be greatly appreciated and we hope to see you at the sale!

Our Holiday Newsletter has been released – we hope you have a chance to read it and to check out what’s going on at GNHFH. Please remember to visit our PayPal link on the upper right hand corner of our webpage if you’re able to donate to our organization – every penny counts!  Happy Holidays from GNHFH!

Click here to read our Holiday 2009 Newslettter.

With snow on the ground, and decent weather planned for Saturday, we’ll burn the brush at our new duplex site on Tonella Road in Milford. Please bring chainsaws, etc. as available – can’t burn anything >5-in diameter (but can remove any suitable as firewood).

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Each year a number of Habitat for Humanity affiliates in the north-east region (Massachusetts and New Hampshire – with a large amount of individual participants from surrounding states, and an increasing number of participants from other regions) participate in Habitat for Humanity’s Take A Hike For Humanity.  Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity has always had a strong presence at this event, which is without doubt, the single largest fundraising event for Habitat for Humanity in the area.

Our affiliate is looking for a volunteer willing to act as a liaison between our organization and this year’s Take A Hike For Humanity director, Peter Dobratz.  The Affiliate Coordinator:

- Helps teams organize themselves (much of this is taking place online: teams create their own webpages and can ask for pledges online).

- Help track which teams have raised enough for T-Shirts.

- Help find sponsors.

- Help distribute flyers.

The affiliate has a great deal of experience with this event and many of our participants are regulars who will help make this job easier.  The event is most likely taking place on June 5th of next year.  For more information please contact our office: office@nashuahabitat.org.

* All photos by Jen Romano

Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity is asking members of the Greater Nashua community for any space where the organization could park its truck.

“EMC has graciously allowed us to park in their lot for the past couple of years, but cannot extend that privilege” stated Building Committee Chairman Eric Moore.

The truck carries all the supplies and materials that the organization drives to a number of sites throughout the Greater Nashua area for work.  This means the truck is actively used, driven, and maintained.  It is anticipated that the truck will be parked semi-permenantly in Milford once the organization begins the construction of a duplex in that area this coming spring – so it is likely any space donated for this purpose will only be needed for a handful of months, between now and the start of the Milford project.

If you have any knowledge of space or you have the availability of space for our truck, please contact Eric Moore at eric.moore@nashuahabitat.org.  You can also leave a message at our main office: 603.883.0295 or drop an email to Marie and Jen at office@nashuahabitat.org.

CONTACT:  ELLEN SVENSON                                                             
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TEL. 603-883-0295                                                                                    
EMAIL: office@nashuahabitat.org

Nashua – Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity invites those attending the Winter Holiday Stroll to stop by its famous Annual Bake Sale. The event will take place on Saturday, November 28, from 5PM- 9 PM.  It will be held at the United Methodist Church on 154 Main Street, Nashua, New Hampshire (03060).  

Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity’s bake sale has always been a well-known stop during the Nashua Winter Holiday Stroll.  This year the sale will include Arts and Crafts in order to help increase proceeds.  Starbucks Coffee has joined forces with the organization by supplying coffee and hot chocolate, which will be sold along with home-made baked treats.  Arts and Crafts to be featured include items from Karen’s Everyday Beaded Jewelry and Marie Lopez Photography, as well as items donated by Carol Farland.  Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity is preparing to build homes for two families in the spring of 2010.  Proceeds are all directed toward the organization’s efforts to build and renovate houses, “so that there are decent houses in decent communities in which people can live and grow”. Read the rest of this entry »

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Nashua – Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity has begun transitioning to a new website address, a transition that will unfold until December 31, 2010.  The organization’s new website address is www.nashuahabitat.org.  Over the next few months the organization’s website will still be accessible through both its former address (URL) and its new one, at least until the transition is complete. 

Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity’s website address has been www.nashabitat.org since the organization began issuing press releases, newsletters, notices, and potential home applicant information and applications online.  The organization’s website also provides updates on construction projects, its leadership, and fundraising efforts.  Members of the community interested in volunteering will soon be able to register for volunteer hours with an online scheduling system to be released by next spring.  Those interested in donating funds to the organization can also visit the website to contribute online.  The organization is currently working on several projects to help improve fundraising as it prepares to build two homes in the spring of 2010. 

The organization adopted www.nashuahabitat.org as its new official website address during the last meeting of its Board of Directors.  All email addresses will transition as well: any correspondence sent to addresses ending in “@nashabitat.org” will be forwarded automatically to “@nashuahabitat.org.” Read the rest of this entry »

We would like to ask all of our volunteers and supporters to bring along friends and family to our Annual Bake Sale at the Nashua Stroll!

You can read about the Nashua Stroll and our Bake Sale, including details of time and location at the Nashua Telegraph website by clicking here.