This year, Holy Rosary Credit Union's Christmas Caring campaign helped some 16 local non-profit organizations continue doing good work.
During the past three weeks, the $217 million credit union based in Rochester, N.H., donated a total of $25,000 to area charitable giving programs. The most recent recipients included Spaulding High School Raider Station Student Pantry, Hope on Haven Hill, the St. Elizabeth Seton School, Community Action Partnership of Strafford County, and the Somersworth SHARE Fund.
"We were blessed again this year to be able to recognize these outstanding organizations who make a difference right here in our own community," Brian Hughes, president/CEO HRCU said.
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At Spaulding High School a monetary donation as well as food and hygiene supplies were made to the SHS Raider Station Student Pantry, which provides students in need with necessary food and personal care items. The donation to Community Action Partnership of Strafford County, has helped low income and elderly residents in their efforts to become or remain independent.
"We thank HRCU for making sure local families have enough to eat this holiday season," Betsey Andrews Parker, CEO of CAP of Strafford County said. "Donations like this go a long way to make sure our holiday food baskets are filled, and families don't have to worry about how they will pay for this special meal."
The Somersworth SHARE Fund, a non-profit outreach program of CAP was also a donation recipient. The SHARE Fund provides emergency assistance of basic needs including food, shelter and clothing to Hilltop City residents.
"We help those who fall through the cracks of the system," Sylvia Johns, a member of the board of directors for the SHARE Fund said. "Sometimes it is a simple as giving someone a gas card to get them into a safer living situation."
Providing safe living conditions is something Kerry Norton, Colene Arnold and a team of volunteers have been busy working on as they plan to open Hope on Haven Hill by the summer of 2016. The facility will provide a safe, nurturing home with therapeutic recovery services for pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorder.
"In the entire state of New Hampshire there are only seven beds for pregnant women with substance use disorder," Norton, co-founder of Hope on Haven Hill said. "By opening this facility we can double the state's capacity to help these women."
Rounding out the final recipients was St. Elizabeth Seton School. The donation was used to help defray the cost of a new sprinkler system that was installed throughout the school last summer and was needed to keep their doors open.
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