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Recent news stories
- Putting People Over Politics in the Nation’s First Presidential Primary State April 10, 2019
Listen Here: http://addpassionandstir.com/putting-people-over-politics-in-the-nations-first-presidential-primary-state/ How do we help the most vulnerable build on their own strengths? Families in Transition-New Horizons founder and president Maureen Beauregard and Moxy chef and owner Matt Louis join host Billy Shore for the second live episode recorded at the Music Hall Loft in Portsmouth, NH, to talk about addiction, mental health, homelessness, and ...
- Key resources: Homelessness in New Hampshire April 10, 2019
WMUR April 10, 2019 KC Downey MANCHESTER, N.H. —There are thousands of Granite Staters experiencing a form of homelessness, like sleeping outside in tents, living in shelters or spending the night on someone’s couch. There are efforts underway, however, to make New Hampshire the first state in the nation to eliminate homelessness completely. HOW YOU CAN HELP You can donate to ...
- Mind the ‘Gap’: PBS special looks at education in NH April 8, 2019
New Hampshire Union Leader April 6, 2019 Roberta Baker Thomas Obrey describes his life at 13 as “a collision course with trouble.” He was living in an apartment with older brothers and sisters, drinking, stealing, and doing drugs. He estimates that he was arrested a half-dozen times.Today, at 49, he is chief technical officer of Pixel Media in ...
- Finding Inspiration and a Greater Sense of Purpose April 3, 2019
Craig Gemmell FEB 18 2019 11:49 AM With relative frequency I am asked “How do you do what you do?” The inquiring minds are, I imagine, thinking about being responsible for 350 plus teenagers 24/7 when school is in session. My quick response is always, “I have a remarkably dedicated and talented faculty and staff; they make my job easy.” And ...
- A House Built on Hope April 3, 2019
Brewster Academy April 2nd, 2019 Olivia Papp, Class of ’19 Olivia Papp ‘19 APR 2 2019 7:41 AM In 1991, a unique program called Families in Transition was created based on the core belief that having a home leads to a better chance of being successful in any community. The nonprofit program’s goal, according to its mission statement, is to provide hunger relief, emergency shelter, safe affordable ...
- Read the Mayor’s $339M tax-cap budget proposal April 1, 2019
Manchester Ink Link March 27, 2019 Carol Robidoux Mayor Joyce Craig delivers the FY2020 budget. MPTV MANCHESTER, NH — Mayor Joyce Craig, in delivering her second city budget address Wednesday night, has laid out a $349,174,811 combined municipal budget, which includes $179,777,216 for the school district (with food & nutrition and state funds added in.) In her detailed remarks, Craig outlined ...
- Homelessness task force recommends creation of full-time services coordinator March 26, 2019
Manchester Ink Link Tuesday, March 26, 2019 Carol Robidoux MANCHESTER, NH – The third and final meeting of the Mayor’s Task Force to address Homelessness convened March 25, with about 40 community leaders gathered at the city health department to go over updates from the various sub-committees, and to consider next steps. The greatest takeaway was the universal agreement that ...
- NH Voices: Elliott Berry — Mayor Craig’s veto was the right thing to do March 25, 2019
The New Hampshire Union Leader March 22, 2019 Elliot Berry On March 5, 2019, Mayor Joyce Craig courageously vetoed, with a majority of Aldermen supporting her veto, a proposed Manchester provision that would alter city ordinances to permit downtown business owners to control the use of sidewalks outside their storefronts year-round. There is currently an existing ordinance, which has ...
- Last call: Families In Transition-New Horizons April 30 Cinco de Mayo celebration March 22, 2019
Manchester Ink Link March 21, 2019 Join us Tuesday, April 30, for our annual cinco de mayo celebration! We’ll have delicious food, drinks and live entertainment. This is our last cinco de mayo celebration – we are retiring it after over 10 years of fabulous fiestas. This is one party you don’t want to miss! Your participation is helping ...
- A new horizon for the city’s homeless: Revamping the old and envisioning the new March 19, 2019
Wayne Jacques, Shelter manager, stands in one of the upstairs dorms. Photo/Carol Robidoux MANCHESTER, NH – Changes are on the horizon at Manchester’s homeless shelter, major adjustments long overdue for addressing the chronic issue of how to meet people where they are and move them from limbo to living again. It is going to require community support, discipline ...
- Podcast brings together food, politics and current events March 11, 2019
foster.com/seacoastonline.com March 9th, 2019 Karen Dandurant PORTSMOUTH — The first live recording of the podcast Add Passion and Stir: Big Chefs, Big Ideas happened Friday night at the Loft space of the Portsmouth Music Hall. Two podcasts were recorded with host Billy Shore. The first panel included U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Dondero School Principal Kate Callahan and Chef Evan ...
- Paul Feely’s City Hall: ALCU-NH has already put Manchester ‘on notice’ over homeless March 11, 2019
New Hampshire Union Leader March 9, 2019 Paul Feely Fireworks erupted last week when Mayor Joyce Craig vetoed a proposal from Ward 3 Alderman Tim Baines to alter city ordinances to allow downtown business owners to control the use of sidewalks outside their storefronts year-round, despite a 12-0 show of support for the plan from fellow board members. Encumbrance permits are issued to ...
- Organizations work to help people struggling with homelessness March 1, 2019
WMUR Tim Callery February 28, 2019 MANCHESTER, N.H. — Homelessness affects thousands of people in New Hampshire, but several organizations are helping them get back on their feet. Ronald Seyres said he lost his job 15 years ago and quickly found himself on the streets with his 12-year-old son. “I slept in my car a couple times with him and bounced ...
- From Here to Eternity, Part 1: Homeless and dying in Manchester February 12, 2019
MANCHESTER, NH – On Sunday Todd Twombly will be reborn. He will be dunked in the baptismal trough at Manchester Christian Church and emerge a new spiritual creation. He knows it was only by the grace of God that a taxi ride to Manchester two years ago delivered him from his own darkness. “I found God in Manchester, and I’m ...
- Homeless shelters offer floor space as they run out of beds in frigid temperatures January 22, 2019
WMUR January 21, 2019 Jean Mackin MANCHESTER, N.H. — As Granite Staters deal with life-threateningly cold temperatures, homeless shelters are offering floor space as they run out of beds. The Families in Transition – New Horizons shelter in Manchester has 76 beds, but with 120 people in need of a warm place to sleep Monday night, more than 40 people ...
Recent press releases
- COMMUNITY INVITED TO LAST CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION
April 19, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Michele Talwani, 603-641-6441 ext 239 COMMUNITY INVITED TO LAST CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION Hundreds to Participate in Families in Transition-New Horizons Fundraising Event MANCHESTER, NH – A cinco de mayo celebration in April? Yes, on Tuesday, April 30, Families in Transition-New Horizons (FIT-NH) will sunset its long-standing cinco de mayo celebration fundraising event. “This is one event ...
- Wolfeboro and Manchester Professionals Join FIT-NH Board of Directors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25, 2019 For more information, contact: Michele Talwani – 603.641.9441 ext.239 FAMILIES IN TRANSITION-NEW HORIZONS ELECTS TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS Members from Wolfeboro and Manchester, NH MANCHESTER, NH – Families in Transition-New Horizons (FIT-NH), a Manchester, Concord, Wolfeboro, and Dover, NH, based homeless services and food insecurity provider, announces two new members elected to their Board ...
- AUTOFAIR MADE IT HAPPEN FOR THE SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW – Over $16,000 raised for New Horizons Shelter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2018 For more information, contact Michele Talwani, 603-641-9441 ext. 239. Manchester, NH – Families in Transition-New Horizons received $16,220 today from AutoFair as part of their Thanks for Giving promotion throughout the month of November. The money will be used by the organization to support the programming at its New Horizons shelter, soup ...
- SNOWSTORM DOESN’T SCARE LEADERS FROM ATTENDING TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL THANKSGIVING BREAKFAST
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 21, 2018 For more information, contact Michele Talwani, 603-641-9441 ext. 239. SIX HUNDRED COMMUNITY LEADERS BRAVE THE SNOWSTORM AND ATTEND 25TH ANNUAL THANKSIVING BREAKFAST EVENT – The snowstorm didn’t scare away 600 people from attending Families in Transition – New Horizons Thanksgiving Breakfast event. All told, the event, in its 25th year, netted ...
- HUNDREDS RUN IN CONSTUMES AND BRAVE THE WEATHER TO RAISE MONEY FOR HOMELESS SERVICES AGENCY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 27, 2018 For more information, contact Michele Talwani: 603.641.9441 ext. 239 OVER $30,000 RAISED TO “CHASE AWAY HOMELESSNESS” THROUGH WICKED FIT RUN 5K IN CONCORD Weather Doesn’t Keep Community Members from Running and Walking in Support of Families in Transition-New Horizons CONCORD, NH – Families in Transition-New Horizons’ (FIT-NH) Wicked FIT Run returned to Concord for ...
- 7th Annual Wicked FIT Run at Rollins Park
Concord Monitor October 10, 2018 Families in Transition-New Horizons (FIT-NH) a homeless service provider with locations in Concord, Manchester, Dover, and Wolfeboro, is hosting its Seventh Annual Wicked FIT Run on Oct. 27 at 9:30 a.m. at Rollins Park in Concord. The race is a family-friendly, costume-themed, certified 5K dedicated to “chasing away homelessness.” Funds raised will ...
- NEWS: Wellington Hired to Oversee Housing Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 4, 2018 For more information, contact Michele Talwani: 603.641.9441 ext. 239 Families in Transition – New Horizons Hires Director MANCHESTER, NH – Families in Transition – New Horizons (FIT-NH), a Manchester, Concord, Dover, and Wolfeboro, NH, based homeless services provider, recently hired Chris Wellington of Manchester, NH, to be its Director of Housing Development & ...
- Community Raises $10k for Housing for Homeless Families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2, 2018 For information, contact: Michele Talwani, 603-641-9441 ext. 239 Over $10,000 RAISED TO SUPPORT HOUSING AND SERVICES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES Community Members Run and Walk to help “Chase Away Homelessness” WOLFEBORO, NH – Families in Transition-New Horizons’ (FIT-NH) Wicked FIT Run, 5K, came back to Wolfeboro, NH, Saturday, September 29. The race in Wolfeboro had ...
- TD Charitable Foundation supports Families In Transition-New Horizons with donation
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Michele Talwani, (603) 641-9441 ext. 239 TD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS FAMILIES IN TRANSITION-NEW HORIZONS WITH DONATION Funding to Help Organization Through Merger Process Manchester, NH – The TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, recently donated a total of $200,000 to Families in Transition-New Horizons as ...
- SOMETHING WICKED IS COMING TO WOLFEBORO
August 20, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Michele Talwani – 603.641.9441 ext. 239. Families in Transition-New Horizons’ to Hold It’s Wicked FIT Run/Walk WOLFEBORO, NH – Families in Transition-New Horizons (FIT-NH), a homeless services provider, will hold its second annual Wolfeboro-based Wicked FIT Run on Saturday, September 29, 2018, at 10:30 AM at the Abenaki ...
- NH Providers Association announces 2018 award winners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 19, 2018 CONTACT: Sarah Freeman 603-225-9540 Ext 113 NH Providers Association announces 2018 award winners MEREDITH — The NH Providers Association today announced the winners for its 2018 Providers of the Year, Intern of the Year, and Excellence in Board Service Awards at its Annual Meeting in Meredith, NH. The mission of The NH ...
- NEW SHORT-TERM HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES OPENS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2018 For more information, contact: Michele Talwani at 603.641.9441 ext. 239 NEW SHORT-TERM HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES OPENS Families in Transition-New Horizons Ribbon Cutting Event at Their Hope House in Wolfeboro, NH WOLFEBORO, NH- Families in Transition-New Horizons (FIT-NH) held an open house event, Tuesday, June 26, 2018, for their Hope House, a short-term, ...
- First of Its Kind in Carroll County. Housing for Homeless Families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 7, 2018 For more information, contact: Michele Talwani at 603.641.9441 ext. 239 HOPE HOUSE IN WOLFEBORO SET TO OPEN Families in Transition-New Horizons to Hold Open House of Its New Short-Term Housing Facility for Homeless Families WOLFEBORO, NH- Families in Transition-New Horizons (FIT-NH) will hold an open house event, on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, for ...
- PLANTING ROOTS FOR LIFELONG HEALTHY HABITS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2018 For more information, contact: Michele Talwani – 603-641-9441 ext. 239 GARDEN TO HELP WITH FOOD INSECURITY – Leaders from the Manchester community gathered today at the Families in Transition-New Horizons (FIT-NH) Hollows Community Garden and Learning Center for an official groundbreaking ceremony. When complete, the garden will provide fruit and vegetables for the ...
- CULTIVATING SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND HEALTHY BEHAVIORS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 4, 2018 For more information, contact: Michele Talwani – 603-641-9441 ext. 239 Families in Transition-New Horizons Working to Break the Cycle of Homelessness with Immediate Hunger Relief and Educational Experiences MANCHESTER, NH – Families in Transition-New Horizons (FIT-NH) is breaking ground at their Hollows Community Garden and Learning Center at a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, ...