Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter, Inc.

DINNER AUCTION TICKETS! https://tinyurl.com/2024RaisingHopeNSKS

Join us for a fun night out while 'raising hope' for those most in need in our community -- individuals and families experiencing homelessness, hunger, or economic hardship.

There are a variety of ways to get involved:
- Sponsoring the gala
- Purchasing tickets to attend
- Donating items to the live and silent auctions
- VISIT nsks.org/dinner-auction for details

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Volunteer Opportunities: nsks.volunteerhub.com/vv2

Thanks to Nashua Ink Link, we had awesome press coverage for our Backpack Program:

Starting the school year prepared: NSKS Annual Back-to-School Backpack Distribution Day » Nashua Ink Link Summer is coming to a close. Labor Day is just around the corner, and the rituals of back-to-school are in full swing. For most kids that means new shoes, outfits, and school supplies purchased in family shopping outings. Unfortunately for many Nashua area children with challenging family circumstan...

We are quite happy to support Feed the Kids, and we cannot say enough good things about Soel Sistahs.

With limited resources, Nashua’s Feed The Kids gets it done with their summertime meals program » Nashua Ink Link Summer is a time of fun, vacations, and freedom from classrooms for kids. For many of Nashua's children, it can also be a time of hunger and greater food insecurity. When school cafeterias close, kids miss meals.

We've updated our Amazon Wish List with some highly-needed items. nsks.org/donate-goods

Click SHOP NOW and it will bring you to our Amazon Wish List page.

Donating goods truly makes a real difference for our clients. Thank you!!

The first day of our 2024 Backpacks for Back to School program opened with BAE Young Professionals and ended with Fidelity and Merck escorting students to select their backpack. Dozens of volunteers and businesses from all over Greater Nashua hauled school supplies, filled backpacks, and helped prepare for distribution day. One more shout out to all star volunteer Mark Overington for coordination at the distribution site!

“The best part of this day is watching kids picking out their own backpacks.” -Mark Overington, a third-year volunteer for Backpacks for Back to School

Starting the school year prepared: NSKS Annual Back-to-School Backpack Distribution Day » Nashua Ink Link Summer is coming to a close. Labor Day is just around the corner, and the rituals of back-to-school are in full swing. For most kids that means new shoes, outfits, and school supplies purchased in family shopping outings. Unfortunately for many Nashua area children with challenging family circumstan...

BACKPACK DISTRIBUTION DAY! Reminder: If you are a client who receives services from our Food Pantry, please bring your pantry card. We are open until 1:00PM today.

Location: Mount Pleasant Elementary School, 10 Manchester Street, Nashua. Please enter through the FRONT DOORS on Manchester Street.

https://nsks.org/backpacks-for-back-to-school/

They say it takes a village to raise a child, and it takes a city --- Nashua --- to get 1600 backpacks ready for children who need them. Shown here are is one of the groups that regularly helps the Nashua Soup KItchen & Shelter after they made a great donation to this years "Backpacks for Back to School" drive.

Community Members: We are accepting donations for our 'Backpacks for Back to School' program all week!

You can visit nsks.org/backpacks-for-back-to-school for a list of the supplies we’re looking for, and drop off (at 2 Quincy Street) any time this week between 9a and 4p.

If you have an enormous amount of supplies, please contact Carol at [email protected] or June at [email protected].

Thank you!

It's Amazon Prime Day! Big discounts through tomorrow if you'd like to fund something on our Wish List. amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3ESX2FIDMI8Z3?leftNavSection=Reorder&ref_=abls_lnv_rl

Ships right to our door!!

We listed some backpacks to help with our upcoming backpack drive. And if you’d like to send us school supplies to put into the backpacks, here is the list of supplies we need: nsks.org/backpacks-for-back-to-school

Thank you!

Everything feels better after a haircut!

Thank you to The Barber Academy thebarberacademy603.com for offering haircuts to guests at 35 Spring Street.

Cuts. Shaves. Styling. Smiles all around.

If you would like to order diapers, please go here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3ESX2FIDMI8Z3?leftNavSection=Reorder&ref_=abls_lnv_rl

Fresh paint! So many people - staff and volunteers - are involved in NSKS upkeep. At the helm of the ship is our Facilities Manager, Patrick. Today, Patrick is putting a fresh coat of paint on the railing into 2 Quincy Street, our soup kitchen & food pantry.

Are you home for the holidays? Would you like to help serve dinner at the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter? Here's your chance! We need volunteers for dinner service 3 days next week --- Monday, July 1st, Thursday, July 4th, and Friday July 5th. Dinner is from 4PM to 6PM, so we need you here by 3:40. You must be 16 to work in our kitchen sign up @ https://nsks.volunteerhub.com/vv2/

Thank you Plan NH for recognizing the Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter with this Merit Award of Excellence.

The Plan NH Merit Award winners represent outstanding projects that incorporate good planning, design, and/or development and have had a positive impact on their respective communities.

We are proud to have completed our 35 Spring Street emergency shelter project in partnership with Warren Street Architects and Bonnette, Page & Stone. With the completion of this project, over 70 people have emergency shelter each night, and 11 people have moved into permanent supportive housing.

Great design for an essential community need!

Wow! These are the donations we received today from Zachary Bertoluccini, a young man from Hudson. Zachary collected the donations as part of his Senior Capstone Project. They include (among many other items) 487 pairs of socks, 743 toothbrushes, 386 tubes of toothpaste, 77 containers of dental floss, and 23 bars of soap, as well as bodywash, hygiene wipes and 6 ponchos!

Zachary was inspired by a project he did with his church -- St. Mark’s in Londonderry, NH -- making hygiene kits for the homeless.

We are thrilled to receive such a great donation, and we wish Zachary well in his first year at UNH, where he is majoring in neuroscience.

In honor of Juneteenth, June 19th, the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter will be closed. Dinner will still be served from 4:00 - 6:00 PM, as usual.

It's going to be extremely hot this week. Our Cooling Station will be open from 10AM - 6PM, Tuesday through Friday. Come in, cool down, and get some water.