CONTACT: JENNIFER BREEN                                                             
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TEL. 603-883-0295                                                                                   
EMAIL: pr@nashuahabitat.org

Ellen Svenson (far right) with fellow Habitat volunteers at the Nashua Stroll Annual Bake Sale. Photo: Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity.

Having Volunteered for the Organization’s Construction Projects First, Svenson Saw an Opportunity to Improve Fundraising for Habitat Through its Famous Bake Sale 

Nashua – Ellen Svenson began volunteering for Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity three years ago:  “Upon retirement, I started volunteering, working on-site for Habitat.  I enjoyed my weekends working with ‘the guys.’  I’ve always wanted to be involved with Habitat and liked its hands-on approach.  Since I began volunteering I’ve worked on building a ramp for a young man, refurbishing an office into an apartment, and doing the frame-work for a house that would be shipped south (to Alabama) to help a family hit by Hurricane Katrina.  It has been very rewarding.” 

Nowadays, Svenson also runs one of the organization’s most important fundraising events, The Nashua Stroll Annual Bake Sale. (more…)

CONTACT: ELLEN SVENSON                                                              
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 04, 2009
TEL. 603-883-0295                                                                                
EMAIL: office@nashabitat.org

An Annual Tradition Returns to the Stroll for a Good Cause

Nashua – Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity will return this year to the Nashua Stroll with its famous annual Bake Sale. The event will take place on Saturday, November 28^th, 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 Stroll.  Despite affordable sale prices on a large variety of home-made pastries and hot chocolate, last year’s proceeds exceeded $1,000.  This year the organization is hoping to double that amount and will include the sale of crafts in order to help increase proceeds.  Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity is preparing to build homes for two families in the spring of 2010.

The organization seeks volunteers for baked good donations and to help run the event.  The proceeds are all directed toward the Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity and 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”.  (more…)