Community Organizations We Support
The Front Door Agency
The Front Door Agency supports, and provides services to assist, individuals and families transitioning from crisis to self-sufficiency. The Front Door Agency serves the Greater Nashua community through its core programs: Prevention & Intervention of Homelessness, Permanent Affordable Housing, Transitional Housing, Crisis Advocacy & Resource Education, and Financial Literacy. The Front Door Agency’s recent project, renovating the Agency’s Vine Street “Victory House,” will help to better house single mothers and children in the Transitional Housing Program. Learn more at http://www.frontdooragency.org/about/mission/
Girls Inc. of New Hampshire
Girls Inc. of New Hampshire provides thousands of girls healthy living and education programs, independence skills, and life changing experiences and solutions to the unique challenges that they face, to inspire them to be strong, smart, and bold. Through trained staff and generous volunteers, the Girls Inc. community builds lasting mentoring relationships in safe, respectful and encouraging girls-only spaces. Informed by girls and their families, Girls Inc. also works with policymakers to advocate for legislation and initiatives that increase opportunities for girls. Learn more about the Girls Inc. programs at http://www.girlsincnewhampshire.org/
Harbor Homes Safe Stations Initiative
Harbor Homes Safe Stations Initiative is a unique and successful strategy for helping individuals in need of substance use disorder treatment. At any time of the day or night, an individual in need of help can go to any Nashua fire station (“Safe Station”), where the firemen and women provide a quick assessment to determine if emergency medical care may be needed, at which point texts, emails, and phone calls are initiated to on-call Harbor Home staff. Within 20 minutes, a Harbor Homes trained recovery support provider responds in person to transport the participant to one of three locations, where substance use disorder treatment, behavioral and primary health care, and emergency shelter will be provided. Learn more about the Safe Station services, included crisis care and emergency shelter, access to behavioral health care, medical detoxification, and more: http://harborhomes.org/harbor-homes-and-nashua-safe-stations/
Nashua Children’s Home Transitional Living
The Nashua Children’s Home provides care and stability to boys and girls unable to remain with their families, special education services for students who have not been successful in public school settings, and supportive housing for youth that have “aged-out” of care. Their Transitional Living Program (TLP) assists young adults transitioning into self-sufficiency and prevent long-term dependency on the social service system. Housing is provided at a nominal rent, along with continuing staff support and guidance for young adults that have exited the child-protective or juvenile justice system. Learn more: https://nashuachildrenshome.org/transitional-living/
Nashua Police Athletic League’s PAL Youth Safe Haven
Nashua PAL creates a positive attitude between the children of Nashua and the members of the Nashua Police Department through sponsored sports, activities and enrichment programs. As part of the aim to success in this mission, Nashua PAL provides a Youth Safe Haven at a community center in the heart of Nashua's "at-risk" neighborhoods. The Center is open to youth 7 - 18 years of age, serving youth daily The Center Offers unlimited programming. This Safe Haven features a game room, homework club, computer lab, library, programming, cooking class, craft room, field trips, and more. Learn more about the Youth Safe Haven and other Nashua PAL programs at http://www.nashuapal.com/owww.nashuapal.com/programs.html
Southern NH Medical Center Emergency Department for Behavioral Health
Southern NH Medical Center understands the important connection between physical, mental, and emotional well-being and provides the resources to support their community through inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services, from emergency care, to intensive outpatient programs. The medical center aims to redesign and improve the Behavioral Health Emergency Department to better support Behavioral Health patients in the community. http://www.snhhealth.org/our-services/behavioral-health
YMCA Summer Learning Loss Prevention Program
The Greater Nashua YMCA’s Summer Learning Loss Prevention Program (SLLP) improves literacy skills for children in low-income communities. The YMCA believes in the importance of keeping children engaged in reading during the summer, and the benefits it has on their school year academics and social interactions. In response to national studies that show children in third grade who are reading below grade level are more susceptible to dropping out of high school, The Y is helping to combat illiteracy through their 6-week summer program. Learn more about the summer program at https://nmymca.org/improving-literacy-summer-learning-loss-prevention-program/
Days for Girls
Nashua Days for Girls is a chapter of Days for Girls International, an organization that works toward a goal of ensuring that women around the world are able to have access to feminine hygiene. Driven by the philosophy that no woman should go without, Days for Girls provides sustainable and effective feminine hygiene solutions to girls and women worldwide. In providing feminine hygiene options, women and girls can be empowered with dignity, health, safety, and access to quality and sustainable menstrual health management and education. To learn more about the washable feminine hygiene kits , training, and education provided by Days For Girls, visit the international website and find the chapter closest to you! To get more involved, contact nashuanh@daysforgirls.org
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Hampshire
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Hampshire works with a mission to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change lives for the better, forever. With the vision that all children have the opportunity to succeed in life, Big Brothers Big Sisters NH makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18, in communities across New Hampshire. These positive relationships have a direct and lasting effect on the lives on young people. Learn more about these lasting effects, and how you can become a “Big,” or sign up a “Little,” at http://www.bbbsnh.org/
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua
The Boys & Girls Club enables young people, especially those who need us the most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Working through its core beliefs, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua provides a safe place to learn and grow, ongoing relationships with caring, adult professionals, life-enhancing programs and character development experiences, as well as hope and opportunity in every day life. Learn more about the offered programs, which develop a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging, power and influence, at http://www.bgcn.com/
Bridges: Domestic & Sexual Violence Support of Greater Nashua
Bridges is a nonprofit organization that provides free and confidential services to victims and survivors of domestic violence, child sexual abuse, elder abuse, stalking, and harassment. This Greater Nashua program provides crisis intervention, emergency shelter, court advocacy, support groups, and education and outreach to both women and men. Learn more about the domestic and sexual violence that affects our community, and how you can help those affected, at http://www.bridgesnh.org/
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End 68 Hours of Hunger
The Nashua chapter of End 68 Hours of Hunger helps fight food insecurity in our community. This program puts nourishing food in the hands of school children—children who otherwise receive insufficient food on a regular basis—to carry them through the weekend. Each bag of food provides two breakfasts, two lunches, and three dinners for a child who regularly experiences the “fear of hunger” than can affect both their bodies and behavior. See how you can contribute to these meals at http://www.end68hoursofhunger.org/our-work/
Find how to contribute to our community’s children at the following locations http://www.end68hoursofhunger.org/find-your-community/new-hampshire/nashua/
Pre-Engineering Program at Fairgrounds Middle School
The Pre-Engineering Program at Fairgrounds Middle School offers Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programs and projects to students—some of which are entered into statewide contests, such as the winning 3D printed home models. More can be learned about the academic programs offered at Fairgrounds Middle School at http://www.nashua.edu/fms/home
Home Health & Hospice
Home Health & Hospice Care is a Southern NH provider of home care and hospice services. The Home Health & Hospice team serves 25 communities in southern New Hampshire and is the region’s most experienced Visiting Nurse Association. Through traditional home care, inclusive nursing, rehabilitation, therapies, medical social work, licensed nursing assistance, and homemakers and companions, Home Health & Hospice Care provides trusted patient centered services that enhance each individual’s independence and quality throughout life. Learn more about their core values and offered assistance at https://www.hhhc.org/about-us/
PLUS (People Learning Useful Skills)
The PLUS company is an organization with an objective to empower individuals with developmental disabilities. PLUS provides a supportive environment that assists individuals with disabilities to develop skills, maximize independence, increase self-reliance, and become vital, productive members of their community. Learn more about the residential, vocational, educational, and social services provided by PLUS, visit their website http://www.pluscompany.org/
Pure Water for the World
Pure Water for the World is a non-profit organization with a mission to improve the health and livelihood of children and families, living in underserved communities in Central America and the Caribbean. In providing effective tools and education, Pure Water for the World establishes sustainable safe water, hygiene and sanitation solutions. Support for Pure Water for the World is done with the hope for a world in which all people have safe water, proper sanitation and the knowledge to sustain it for future generations. To learn more about how you can help improve the health, hope, and opportunities of people in places like Haiti and Honduras, email info@purewaterfortheworld.org
St. Joseph Community Services
Meals On Wheels New Hampshire provides an average of 1,450 hot nutritious meals to the elderly and homebound disabled throughout the Hillsborough County. A St. Joseph Community Service, 12 million meals have been served to a frail and isolated population since 1977. In addition to Meals on Wheels, St. Joseph Community Services provides community dining, nutrition and health education, transportation, information and referrals, social support services, and committed volunteers. More can be learned about the dedication to promote better physical, mental, and social well being of our community’s elderly and isolated at http://mealsonwheelsnh.org/
United Way of Greater Nashua for Sinfonietta Strings of Greater Nashua
Sinfonietta Strings of Greater Nashua is a United Way program that teaches violin and viola weekly to students in the Nashua public schools, offering an after school string ensemble to all string students in the Greater Nashua area. Complementing the existing school band programs, and enhancing the regular classroom programs, Sinfonietta Strings teaches children to focus while learning how to read music and play an instrument, promotes social learning, and encourages team work. Read more about the 30 minute violin or viola lessons being offered to students at http://www.unitedwaynashua.org/support-your-local-community/sinfonietta-strings-of-greater-nashua/
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