Dear Carolyn,

As Leo Tolstoy wrote, "Spring is the time for plans and projects". We are living that sentiment with great work completed on our critical home repair projects, our homes in Leominster and Ayer as well as planning for our upcoming homes in Littleton and Acton.

Our annual Spring Breakfast is being held this coming Tuesday, May 6th, from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the First Parish of Bolton. I'm very excited that Jeffrey Fuhrer, author of The Myth That Made Us, is our keynote speaker and that Senator Eldridge is joining to give us an update on the state of housing in Massachusetts. We will also be celebrating several homeowners who have paid off their mortgages in the past year and meeting the families for our current projects. If you haven't reserved your seat already, you can sign up here. Thank you to our wonderful sponsors, The Law Office of David Rocheford, Enterprise Bank, GFA, RE Architect, Body and Paint Center of Hudson, Main Street Bank, Reyne Macadaeg and All One Credit Union.

We are currently working on siding the home in Leominster while the LCTE students are busy working on plumbing, electricity and HVAC. The Nashoba Valley Technical High School is also working on rough electrical and plumbing in Ayer while our volunteers are building a fence and starting insulation installation (thank you to Team Rubicon for joining us this month!). We also completed three critical home repair projects this month, including the roof shown above, and have ten more projects in the scheduling phase.

As you do your spring cleaning projects, remember to call our ReStore at 637 Lancaster Street in Leominster for a free pickup. The list of items needed and pick up time selection is available at restorencm.org. Your donations will help us to keep building!

Thank you for all the good that you do and for helping your neighbors to have a safe and decent place to live.

With gratitude,

Carolyn

Thank you to Bentley University, Team Rubicon, Bristol Meyers Squibb, The Groton School, and Howard Stein as well as Andy, Catherine, Jewelz, David, Mark, Matthew, Sharon, Anthony Carson, Courtney, Gerald, Barbara, Chris, John, Don, Emery, John, Tom, and Rebecca 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!