GNHFH Highlights in History

2023

• December 1st - First Annual Home For The Holidays event
• Sept. 15th - 2nd Playhouse Project
• Sept 7th - First time welcoming new Construction Volunteers at the build site since covid shutdown in 2020.
• Construction on Granite Street began August 31st
• July 19th - Groundbreaking Ceremony for Granite Street Build
• June 6th - we held our first NH Gives kick-off party at O'Brien's Sports Bar on Main St.
• 3rd Cornhole Tournament - May 20th
• May 1st - Granite Street Partner Family announced
• Our first time setting up a table at the NH State Home Show in Manchester March 4-5th
• March 3rd our Team participated in United Way's Nor'Easter Walk/Run/Ride in Nashua
• Feb. 1st - Homeownership Applications being accepted for Granite Street build

2022

• October 26th - First Playhouse Project build
• August 18th - Paxton Veterans Home Key Ceremony
• June 26th - 2nd Cornhole for a Cause Tournament held at The Biergarten, Merrimack
• May 3rd - Christa Tsechrintzis begins role as GNHFH's Executive Director

2020

• November 11, 2020 • Veterans Day we announced our newest partner families, Brianna Tucker and Claudia Ramirez who have been selected for the upcoming Roger Hall Memorial Veteran Build, located in Nashua. Both women served in the US Army and are single mothers.
• Critical Home Repair for a disable Air Force Veteran in Nashua. Habitat provided the labor to install an outdoor chair lift and walkway. September 11-12th
• Broke ground on our Veterans Build, The Roger Hall Memorial Build on Paxton Terrace, Nashua on September 4th.
• Key Ceremony at 19 Pleasant Street, Wilton NH for new homeowner Jocelyn Benson & Family. August 12th.
• ReStore Nashua closed it's doors Permanently on July 31st, after a three month store closure due to Covid-19 and Governors Orders as a non-essential business to stay closed.
• All Volunteer Activity and ReStore Closed due to Covid-19 for health and safety of all persons, March 14th.

2019

• November 9th, GNHFH celebrated 25 years as a Habitat for Humanity International Affiliate.
• Announced newest Partner Family, Jocelyn Benson for Wilton Habitat Home. May 6th.

2018

• We teamed up with the Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter to help build and repair the accessibility ramp at one of their shelters and renovated a bathroom as part of our Critical Home Repair Program.
• Broke ground for new home build in Wilton. NH for a single family home at 19 Pleasant Street on November 11th.
• Land donated in Wilton from the Town of Wilton, NH for a new home build, Sept 18th.

2017

• Core Volunteers Nancy, Dave and Roger Hall were awarded Spirit of New Hampshire awards for their dedication and volunteer Service at a ceremony, Nov 7th.
• Senator Maggie Hassan visits Women Build site at 42 Chestnut Street, Nashua on May 12th.

2016

• Dedicated our first Veterans Build home at 42 Nottingham Drive in Nashua (10).
• Purchased and began construction on the former Nashua Soup Kitchen facility at 42 Chestnut Street in Nashua.
• Performed two critical repairs, including a wheelchair ramp for a veteran in Nashua and another wheelchair ramp in Milford.
• Completed Community Involvement Projects
• Legacy Playground, Amherst Trail Project, and Benson's Animal Farm 

2015

• Dedicated 45 Chestnut Street in Nashua (8 & 9), a duplex home, to two Burundi refugee families.
• Performed critical repairs to a home in Hollis that included a wheelchair ramp and exterior siding repair, and wheelchair ramp for a home in Merrimack.
• Conducted first ever Women Build Week
• ReStore truck was dedicated and put to use

2014

• Received donation of 42 Nottingham Drive, Nashua home from a veteran going into assisted living
• Groundbreaking of 45 Chestnut Street, Nashua
• Keller Williams volunteers with GNHFH for their RED Day which stands for Renew, Energize and Donate

2013

• Project Management Institute (PMI) partners with GNHFH to develop the Nashua ReStore Project Plan which helped to get the ReStore up and running. 
• April 13th the ReStore opens its doors to the public

2012

• Dedicated single-family home at Adelaide Street in Hudson. 

2011

• Moved into our office at 92 Main Street. 
• 900-square-foot, two-bedroom home is dedicated Partridge Family in Wilton

2010-2009

• Started on Tonella Road Project, unfortunately project did not work out

2008

• Purchased Russell St in Wilton.
• Performed four critical repairs, including a fence installation for an autistic child in Merrimack, railings and grab bars for a handicapped individual, as well as a wheelchair ramp for another individual in Nashua, and installed electric heating/ductwork for a family in Pepperell, MA.
• Performed two community improvement projects, including adding soffit vents at Nashua Neighborhood Housing and minor plumbing repairs at the Main Street United Methodist Church parsonage. 
• Awarded the President’s Community Partner Award from Nashua Community College.
• Assisted our sister affiliate, Manchester Habitat for Humanity, with their Dutton Street project, including drywall, baseboard installation, hanging doors, etc. 
• Selected as partner charity for the grand opening of the 1500th Lowe’s Store in the U.S. (south Nashua). We received $15,000.
• Participated in the television premier of the Extreme Home Makeover: Home Edition episode filmed in Manchester, NH. 

2007

• Dedication of Whitney Street project (3).
• Participated in Operation Home Delivery to support Hurricane Katrina rebuilding efforts. 150 Greater Nashua volunteers built a “Home-in-a-Box” (4) at Nashua Community College for the Mobile Alabama Habitat for Humanity affiliate.
• Performed four critical repair projects, including a wheelchair ramp, minor renovations to a French Hill home, handicapped access improvements and door replacement/small basement leak fix, at homes in Pepperell, MA and Merrimack, NH, respectively.
• Continued to transform Neighborhood Housing Services’ former office into low-income apartments.

2006

• Construction several wheelchair ramps for deserving families and assisted with turning former offices of Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Nashua into low-income apartments.

2005

• Groundbreaking of Whitney Street project.
• Renovation work for Anne-Marie House in Hudson (Family Promise of Greater Nashua).

2004

•  Renovation work for the Greater Nashua Interfaith Hospitality Network (now Family Promise of Greater Nashua).

2003

• Dedication of our Fowell Avenue home (2).
• Built a handicapped ramp for the Southern NH AIDS/HIV Task Force.

2000-2002

• Groundbreaking of our Fowell Ave home in Nashua.
• Performed several critical repairs and community improvements, including building renovation work for the Dental Connection, Elderly & Adult Services of NH, Marguerite’s Place, Southern NH AIDS/HIV Task Force, Nashua Soup Kitchen, Pastoral Care Center, Tolles Street Mission, and the Upper Room. 
• GNHFH provided $3220 in support of international housing construction in Haiti.

1999

• Completed our very first new build – a duplex at 63-65 Tolles Street in the French Hill neighborhood of Nashua (1).

1994-1998

• Performed several critical repairs and wheelchair ramps, as well as nearly a dozen community improvement projects, with the Nashua Soup Kitchen, French Hill Neighborhood Housing Service, Milford SHARE, Monadnock Habitat for Humanity and others.
• In 1997 we became owners of our first property 63-69 Tolles Street and started working on rebuilding it into a duplex home for two local families in need of decent affordable housing. Due to funding and volunteer participation this project took us until 1999 to complete. However, we were still working on critical home repairs and community involvement projects along the way. 

1994

• Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity (GNHFH) becomes an official Habitat for Humanity International affiliate.

1993

• We changed our name to Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity and it was not until 1994 that we completed the affiliate process. It was not until May of 1994 that we started to build our first Habitat Home in Amherst, NH. At this time we were still a very small affiliate, we partnered with Modnadnock HFH to complete this project. 

1992

• Our first project as a nascent organization took place - 2 years before we were officially founded as Nashua Habitat!

1991

• SoHillCo Habitat for Humanity was started here in Nashua. This was a very small Habitat chapter that was run off of volunteers only. From 1991 – 1994 only critical home repairs and mainly community involvement projects were completed at this time. There was no Home built due to a lack of funding.