by Paul Hebert, UWGN President When the economy began to collapse at the start of the Great Recession, the ripples reached deeply into our community. Thousands of people in Greater Nashua suffered. You and I both watched it happen. But things have stabilized and even gotten better, right? Not so for the non-profit organizations that [...]
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Help “Stamp Out Hunger” May 12th
On Saturday, May 12th, letter carriers in Nashua and Hudson – and in more than 10,000 cities and towns across the country – will help families who struggle with the effects of a continued sluggish economy by collecting the compassion of their postal customers during the National Association of Letter Carriers’ 20th Annual “Stamp Out [...]
Does Your Medicine Cabinet Pose a Threat?
by Donna Arias, Beyond Influence regional coordinator Did you know that two of every five Nashua teens who used prescription drugs without a doctor’s order took the drugs from their home?¹ In response, local law enforcement officials and the Drug Enforcement Agency, along with Beyond Influence – a United Way of Greater Nashua program that [...]
Nashua YMCA CEO Named Business Person of the Year
By Paul Hebert, president, United Way of Greater Nashua The Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce recently honored Mike LaChance, CEO of the YMCA of Greater Nashua as its Business Person of the Year. It was a great choice by the Chamber! Under Mike’s leadership, the Y has built an incredible organization that serves 18,000 people [...]
Public Health Week April 2-8: Join the Movement for a Healthier America
(The following information was supplied by The City of Nashua Division of Public Health & Community Services.) The City of Nashua Division of Public Health & Community Services is celebrating National Public Health Week, “A Healthier America Begins Today: Join the Movement,” by collaborating with community partners in offering a variety of events and workshops [...]
Number-crunching Hudson Teen Helps Greater Nashua Workers Keep More of Their Earnings
How does an 18-year-old senior from Alvirne High School in Hudson spend his Saturdays during the winter? Go skiing? Take in a movie with friends? Bag groceries for gas money? If you’re George Bower, IV, you help working folks prepare and file their taxes, and you do it for nothing. For nine consecutive Saturdays, Bower [...]
Helping Girls Stay Fed and Ready to Learn at Girls Inc. in Nashua
by Jen Indeglia, Girls Incorporated of New Hampshire Girls Incorporated of New Hampshire’s Nashua facility opened Burke Street Café in 2010 due to the overwhelming need we found from the girls and their families who attend Girls Inc. every day. On any given night, 40 to 50 children and their families eat dinner at our [...]
Free tax prep service off to a booming start in Greater Nashua
With the tax filing season in full swing, volunteers with the Greater Nashua Asset Building Coalition are helping hundreds of low-to-moderate-income residents qualify for tax credits and refunds at three area tax preparation centers. During the first five weeks of this year’s tax filing season, coalition volunteers helped more than 980 Greater Nashua taxpayers qualify [...]
Are You 1 of 75 Who Could Change a Child’s Life?
by Terry Williams, president & publisher, The Telegraph Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Nashua and Greater Salem needs 75 mentors, the result of landing a major grant to assist children most at risk for juvenile delinquency. More than 200 national organizations applied for funds from the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Nashua-based organization [...]
United Way to Address Nashua-area’s Most Pressing Needs with Bank of America Charitable Foundation Grant
United Way of Greater Nashua’s (UWGN) efforts to support proven effective programs that address the region’s most pressing human service needs received a big boost recently with a $13,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. The grant will be applied to several United Way-supported programs that collectively serve more than 23,000 children, families, [...]
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