Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter, Inc.
    
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NASHUA SOUP KITCHEN & SHELTER, INC. 

42 Chestnut Street, PO Box 3116, Nashua, NH  03061

(603) 889-7770
 
 
 

Join us Saturday, October 3
Every month at Margaritas, on the night of the full moon, we throw a really big party and crazy things can happen. Throughout the evening our lounge is piled high with giveaways, contests, flavorful specials and lots of fun and excitement. Even better, 5% of the evening's gross lounge sales will be donated to Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter!   Each Full Moon Margarita Madness runs from 4pm to 1am.  Stop in to our Nashua location at 1 Nashua Drive, off Canal Street.  603-883-0996
 
 
 
 
 9th Annual       
 Saturday, November 21, 2009   
       Here are the details!        
 
                     
The Huntington at Nashua Fall Craft Fair is from 9AM - 2PM on Saturday, October 24.  They will have a variety of vendors, Bake Sale and raffles.  Proceeds will benefit the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter.  Visit their website at http://www.thehuntingtonatnashua.org/events.php or call Lynn Hughes for more info at 603-821-1235.
 
 
 
 
 Worried about donating prepared food from a celebration?  Restaurant owners---too much on your buffet --- please don't throw it away.  We feed more than 200 people a day in our Soup Kitchen.  We'd love to have your extras.  To read more on how you are protected by The Bill Emerson Food Donation Act, signed into federal law on October 1, 1996 by President Bill Clinton, click here!   Questions?  Contact Carol at 889-7770, ext 21 or  carol@nsks.org  Let's put that extra food to good use!  Thanks!


 
 
ADVOCACY ISSUES: If you are interested in policy issues affecting homelessness and hunger, let us know.  We'd love to send you e-mails to keep you informed.  Send your e-mail to eileen@nsks.org and put "Advocacy" in the subject line. 
 


Mission Statement:
The Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter is dedicated to providing shelter and food to those in need.  The overall objective of the agency is to advocate, create and operate programs and services that promote dignity and self-sufficiency for those we serve.  To ensure that basic needs are addressed, the NSKS is committed to joining with others in a community-wide ethic of caring.
 
Vision Statement:
 
The NSKS is working to end homelessness and to alleviate poverty and the conditions that force individuals and families with children into hunger, homelessness and poverty.
 
Agency Services:
  •         soup kitchen and food pantry           Hunger is not
  •         emergency shelter                             an act of God 
  •         transitional housing                           or an act of nature. 
  •         employment and education prog       It is a choice
  •         Hispanic advocacy                            we are making     
  •         permanent affordable housing          as  human beings.     
  •         social work assistance                         -Marion Wright Edelman
  •         public policy and education                       
                                                            Poverty is a weapon
                                                                        of mass destruction
 
The NSKS serves the Greater Nashua area.  Community support is critical to the NSKS.  Over 70% of the funds for operating programs for those in need come from private contributions.  We are grateful for your support.