Take a Hike for Humanity: DAY 2!

After a very successful Take a Hike for Humanity at both the Mount Monadnock and Blue Hills Reservation sites yesterday, the Hike is on today, Sunday the 31st of May, at both sites.  YOU CAN REGISTER TO HIKE UNTIL 2PM TODAY!  Please come join us and help us raise funds for a great cause.

You can find detailed information and directions to each site at this link.

AMHERST NEW HAMPSHIRE ANTIQUE AUTO SHOW

The Greatear Nashua Habitat for Humanity will have a booth at this year’s AMHERST NEW HAMPSHIRE ANTIQUE AUTO SHOW.  The show is on today, Sunday the 31st of May.  You can find directions and details here.

Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity in the Broadcaster

Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity is on the front page of this week’s New Hampshire Broadcaster.  Check out the story at this link.

This Saturday, it looks like weather will clear, so we’ll continue fencing and gates at 44 Taylor Street, Nashua, to keep an autistic boy from running out into the street.

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This week there is quite a bit of activity around Habitat for Humanity:

NEWSLETTER FOLDING: WEDNESDAY, MAY 27TH, 2009

We need volunteers to help us fold the newsletter at the United Methodist Church on 154 Main Street in Nashua. This is the location of the Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity annex office.  Pizza and refreshments will be served.  Folding will start at 10am and will go as long as needed.  Our hope is to send the newsletter out by the end of the business day tomorrow.  This means we are giving ourselves a window from 10am to about 3pm to complete our task.  Directions to the Newsletter Folding event follow:
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TAKE A HIKE FOR HUMANITY: SATURDAY MAY 30TH AND SUNDAY MAY 31ST AT BLUE HILLS RESERVATION  (Milton, Massachusetts) AND MOUNT MONADNOCK (Jaffrey, New Hampshire)

YOU ARE STILL IN TIME TO REGISTER FOR THE HIKE, which kicks off at 9am: register at www.takeahikeforhumanity.dojiggy.com.  We ask that you consider registering under the Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity affiliate in order to help raise funds for our mission here in the Greater Nashua area.

Can’t Hike this year?  We still welcome donations: please feel free to pledge online toward one of the registered teams or individuals – and make sure to leave a motivating note along the way while leaving your online donation!

Directions to Blue Hills Reservation, in Massachusetts and Mount Monadnock, in New Hampshire follow:
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This Saturday, we’ll continue fencing and gates at 44 Taylor Street, Nashua, to keep an autistic boy from running out into the street.

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Vicki Hatfield (inside door on left) observes as the Mena Family poses for a picture for Greater Nshua Habitat for Humanity. Photo by Marie A. Matthews.

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The Mena Family was one of the first two families selected to partner with Habitat for Humanity in the construction of a home after the organization of the Nashua affiliate

Nashua - When the Mena Family first found out about Habitat for Humanity’s 0% Interest Mortgage they were a bit skeptical: Elizabeth Mena says that Habitat for Humanity seemed like “an unbelievable blessing.”  She remembers having many doubts.  “When we met the Habitat for Humanity team everything sounded so great…”  Elizabeth laughs as she looks back: “as typical Colombians, we felt it was too good to be true!”

The Mena Family celebrated the 10^th anniversary of their partnership with Habitat for Humanity this past March.  They are now half-way through a mortgage that helped finance the home they built together with other Habitat for Humanity volunteers. 

Habitat for Humanity has had a Nashua affiliate since December 1, 1994 and it initially focused on small projects such as home repairs.  The Menas were among the first two Nashua families to build an entire home with Habitat for Humanity; the two families shared a duplex on Tolles Street.  

Vicki Hatfield, a member of Habitat’s Family Selection Committee remembers how the Mena’s were chosen among a pool of applicants. “The Tolles Street project was our first. We had three qualified applicants for two homes. The Menas were our absolute first choice.  When we were selecting families they were living with other family members and their two daughters had a closet as their bedroom.”  Vicki feels that the Mena family has been a successful partner with Habitat for a number of reasons: “They were very enthusiastic; both adults, along with their 15 year old son, were at the job site almost every weekend. Prior to applying for a Habitat home they had been trying to buy a house at auction on Tolles Street. They were outbid at the auction.”  (more…)

The Mena Family in front of their Tolles Street property in Nashua. Photo by Marie Matthews.

More than ten years ago the Mena family was searching for a home in the French Hill area of Nashua when they found out about Habitat for Humanity.  “There was an auction for a house on Tolles Street and they bid on the house but it didn’t work out.”  That’s when Nancy Metsiou, a Mena family cousin, found out about Habitat for Humanity through the newspaper.  “Habitat turned out to be a much better proposition,” explains Family Selection Committee member Vicki Hatfield.

Elizabeth Mena says that Habitat for Humanity seemed like such an unbelievable blessing: she and her husband Luis Mena felt the house they were bidding on was not meant to be and that God knew of a better plan for them… but they had their reservations.  “We had a lot of doubts – when we met the Habitat for Humanity team everything sounded so great”.  Elizabeth laughs when she looks back: “as typical Colombians, we felt it was too good to be true!” (more…)

This Saturday, we’ll start fencing and gates at 44 Taylor Street, Nashua, to keep an autistic boy from running out into the street.

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Dear Volunteers,

Tomorrow the Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity will have a station at the Pheasant Lane Mall and we encourage you all to stop by. 

Take A Hike For Humanity

There will be registration materials for Take A Hike For Humanity at the table.  The Take A Hike For Humanity event is taking place on May 30th and 31st and we have already had great success registering teams and individuals to the Hike.  You can read more about the Hike and even register online here: www.takeahikeforhumanity.org.  We want to see as many teams come out and support Habitat by participating or pledging to other teams and individuals on the Hike.

We will also have 8′ 1/2″ by 11′ sized posters advertising the event and we are looking for volunteers that can pick some up and post them in college dormitory rooms, college campus buildings, apartment complexes, churches, businesses and retail establishments, etc.  If there is a store you visit frequently and you feel they would hang one up that could be of great help.  If you live in an apartment complex and can post these at entrances for each building that could help a great deal as well.

Donations

Our affiliate is about to begin building a home on Ridge Street, in Nashua.  We are seeking donations and you are welcome to stop by and drop one off.  

Your gift could help buy:

• $10 = Box of Nails
• $35 = Roof Shingles
• $50 = Low Flow Toilet
• $75 = Window
• $100 = Kitchen Sink
• $150 = Front Door
• $500 = Siding
• $1000 = Wallboard
• $2000 = Flooring

Checks can be made out to the Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity, cash contributions will also be accepted.

Volunteer Registrations

We are seeking volunteers – most specifically in these areas: construction, public relations and newsletter editing, office administrative work, and fundraising.  Volunteer registration forms will be available at the table. 

Bring someone who is not familiar with Habitat for Humanity with you for a brief introduction to what we do – stop by and show your support!

The table will be located at the Pheasant Lane Mall tomorrow, May 2nd, from 10am to 5pm and will be near Macy’s.

We need your support – please come visit us for a few minutes!