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Next Habitat for Humanity Information Night — Mon Apr 13th

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SEEKS CONSTRUCTION VOLUNTEERS
Task Supervisors and Leaders Needed to Tackle Busiest Period in its History

Nashua – Habitat for Humanity is looking for volunteers with all levels of experience in construction but is placing emphasis on the need for those experienced in supervision, management, training and who can work consistently with the organization for the foreseeable future.  Habitat construction work typically takes place on Saturdays but the organization would like to eventually spread its work into weekdays.  The first upcoming project Habitat for Humanity will tackle in Nashua is the construction of a home on Ridge Street, in the French Hill area of the city, beginning this spring.

Eric Moore, Chairman of the Building Committee and a member of the Board of Directors has stated that “there is a need for task supervisors and leaders”.  Moore emphasized: “Clearly, we need help with organizing and identifying materials; help with parallel small projects as they come up so we don’t miss that need in the community. We need anybody skilled in the trades – we need plumbing and electrical help and excavation support quite soon as we prepare to build on Ridge Street.  We want to get far ahead enough to finish the house in the winter and be ready to start the next construction project soon after that.  The target is to close up the Ridge Street home by October – closing it up means that the home is completely framed, the roof is finished, and the windows are finished – it means the doors and windows are fully installed.  In the spring there will be outdoor work if we don’t get to it this fall – but we’re talking about landscaping.  If we can close the house without landscaping in the fall we will be right on track anyway.”

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.

 To volunteer in any of the capacities mentioned above, please contact the Habitat for Humanity office at 603-883-0295; send an email to office@nashabitat.org, or fill an online volunteer form here. 

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If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Eric Moore, please call Ed Lopez at 603-883-0295 or email Ed at ed.lopez@nashabitat.org.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Nashua – Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity is participating in the “Take A Hike for Humanity” event to be held at Blue Hills Reservation in Milton, Massachusetts and Mount Monadnock in Jaffrey, New Hampshire on Saturday the 30^th and Sunday the 31^st of May this year. 

“One thing we feel will make this year’s event particularly successful is that participants can register online, email friends, relatives, and colleagues and collect pledges through our website” said Peter Dobratz, the organization’s Vice-President and one of the liaisons between “Take a Hike for Humanity” and the Nashua Habitat affiliate. Public Relations Committee Chairman Ed Lopez added: “We are only now launching a campaign to recruit participants and volunteers for the event, but we have noticed substantial activity on the website as a result of ‘word-of-mouth’ alone. To date we have collected pledges from all over New England but also from places as far away as Texas and even the United Kingdom.”

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.

To participate in the Hike, please visit www.takeahikeforhumanity.org.  You can register as an individual or team at the website and you can specify which affiliate you wish your pledges to be directed to. “We hope people will help steer pledges toward the Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity affiliate – but the most important thing is for people to get out there and support the mission of Habitat for Humanity and to hike with fellow volunteers and their families – this is a great way to meet new people and get involved” said Lopez.

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If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Peter Dobratz or Ed Lopez, please call Ed Lopez at 603-883-0295 or email Ed at ed.lopez@nashabitat.org.  To schedule an interview with event coordinator Ron Dyer please call 603-626-3944.

Come join us at our annual Take a Hike for Humanity hike-a-thon fundraiser.  This is our major fundraiser each year.  Hike with us at Mt. Monadnock in Jaffrey, NH or Blue Hills Reserve in Milton, MA either on Saturday May 30 or Sunday May 31, 2009.

This year, we’re launching a new website so that people can register for the hike in advance:

http://takeahikeforhumanity.dojiggy.com/

Once you’ve registered, you can create a personalized fundraising webpage which you can email out to friends and family asking for support.  Here are some examples of hiker pages from our board of directors:
http://takeahikeforhumanity.dojiggy.com/LopezReyesFamily
http://takeahikeforhumanity.dojiggy.com/peterdobratz

Learn more about the hike

Thanks for your support,
Peter Dobratz

Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity is approaching an internal financial milestone.  With our growth comes added responsibility.  In order to comply with guidelines set out by Habitat for Humanity International, we need to have an external entity audit our financial statements.  We’re looking for recommendations of qualified individuals or firms that could provide these services to us possibly at a reduced cost.

Thanks,
Peter Dobratz
peter.dobratz@nashabitat.org

The Public Relations Committee is seeking volunteers who might be interested in helping edit and publish the Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity Newsletter.  The work is done through Microsoft Publisher.  The newsletter is usually four pages long and consists of about five or six articles an issue, each about three paragraphs long.  The newsletter is published four times a year.

If you have any interest in this, please contact me at your earliest convenience.

Ed

Dear Fellow Volunteers,

We have a Take a Hike for Humanity organizational meeting this coming Saturday the 14th at 2pm. The meeting will be held at 63 Temple Street in Nashua at the Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity office building. We are looking for volunteers to help man tables and other points along the Take a Hike for Humanity event in TWO sites, over the course of TWO days.

The event will take place in two sites concurrently: Mount Monadnock and Blue Hills Reserve.  The event will take place the weekend of May 30th and May 31st of this year.  If you are interested in volunteering to help with the Hike or any related efforts – to help man tables, help organize the event, etc., please come to this meeting. Take A Hike for Humanity is one of the most important and largest fundraising events for Habitat for Humanity in New England – this is a great opportunity to interact with hikers, volunteers, and other members of local communities and Habitat organizations in the New England region.  The event has been held for the last 14 years.

Update: Thanks to Joe and Rich, I think we have all the support we need for this weekend – at least until we get into it. -eric

We have a small job this Saturday at 13 Great Brook Rd., Milford NH – mostly fix a patio slider. We’ll start around 9:00.

NOTE: This should be a small ~3-person job. Please call me to confirm, so we don’t get too many.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 2, 2009

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO HOLD MEETING FOR POTENTIAL HOME APPLICANTS, VOLUNTEERS

Following a recent announcement of homes to be built in Milford, Nashua, and Wilton, the organization will hold a meeting for interested applicants

Nashua – Following the Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity’s recent announcement of construction efforts to take place in Milford, Nashua, and Wilton, the organization will hold a meeting for those who are interested in applying or who have already submitted applications. The meeting will be held this coming Monday, March 9^th, from 7:00pm to 8:00pm at the Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity Annex Office, Main Street United Methodist Church (Lower Level), 154 Main Street, Nashua, New Hampshire (03060).  The applications process, requirements for applicants, possible ways in which applicants might overcome obstacles in the application process, and an explanation of how families are ultimately selected will all be discussed during this meeting.

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.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity, this meeting will also include a thorough discussion of the organization’s mission, history, and the specific volunteer needs in the area.  Everyone is welcome.  Please reserve your space at this meeting by contacting President Jerry Harrow at jerry.harrow@nashabitat.org.

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If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Jerry Harrow, please call Ed Lopez at 603-883-0295 or email Ed at ed.lopez@nashabitat.org.