Dear Carolyn,

Happy New Year! I hope you had a restful break over the holidays and a great start to 2025.

We had a productive start to the year with good progress on our new homes in Ayer and Leominster, four critical home repair projects completed, work with the town of Littleton planning for new affordable homes and closing on a property for up to four future homes in Acton. We also held the lottery for the Ayer homes (congratulations to Nina and Nikeila!) and opened the homeownership application for the Leominster home.

Early in the month, Habitat NCM held two memorial services in Leominster and Ayer in honor of President Jimmy Carter. President Carter will be remembered by many as much for his humanitarian work after he left the White House as for his years as President. His work certainly extends well beyond housing, but for us, we know that the world came to learn about Habitat for Humanity largely because President and Mrs. Carter faithfully worked alongside volunteers in the heat and cold, in locations all around the globe, to build houses for those in need of a safe, affordable place to live. Thank you to Mayor Mazzarella, Mayor Squailia, Leominster Housing Authority Executive Director Ben Gold, Ayer Town Manager Robert Pontbriand, Representative Dan Sena, Nashoba Valley Tech's Kate Hawkins and Melissa Fetterhoff from the Nashoba Valley Chamber for speaking at these events. President Carter will be missed dearly.

I am excited to announce that Curt Logee (shown above with the Carter memorial door) has volunteered to lead our Board of Directors for the next year and that Jamie Conaghan of Main Street Bank h joined as a new Board member. Curt has served on the Board for five years and has been working with Habitat NCM in many capacities, including building and faith relations, before that. I big thank you to Tom Dufault for his tireless work on the Board as well as his skill leading the Board for many years. He helped us to grow the number of families served tremendously, particularly through our critical home repair program, and we are very thankful for his leadership.

Thank you all for all the good that you do and for all of your contributions at the end of 2024. Here's to more building in 2025!

Carolyn

Family Fun Day at Apex Entertainment



Join us at Apex Entertainment for an exciting Family Fun Day on

Friday February 21st. For just $20 per person, enjoy a round of Laser Tag, Bumper Cars, Mini Golf, 30-minute Arcade Card. $5 of every ticket purchased will be donated to Habitat for Humanity North Central Massachusetts! Tickets are available for purchase ahead of time or at the door.  Register today

Thank you to Lowe's employees and our great individual volunteers who helped us to build and repair homes, stock the ReStore shelves, and run the office this month. Thank you all so much!

To help us on any of the sites or at the ReStore, register online or send an email to tara@ncmhabitat.org with any questions.

Come see the great deals at the ReStore! Store hours are every Tuesday through Saturday, 10-5. Also, keep us in mind for your donations! We have free pickup, can help with estate cleanouts and cabinet removal, and you can schedule through our website.

You will also find the Wall of Honor at the ReStore where you can post a brick in honor of service members and local first responders. Stop by and post a brick!