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Welcome to
the Pelham Good Neighbor Fund
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The Pelham Good
Neighbor Fund was established in 1969 by Pelham
residents who wanted to provide food and financial
assistance for their less fortunate neighbors. We have
helped over 2000 families in the last forty years.
Our slogan is People Helping People and that has
certainly been our experience in good times as well
as bad times in the town of Pelham. |
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THE PELHAM GOOD NEIGHBOR
FUND’S ACTIVITIES IN 2009
As the
year 2009 ends, the committee will have completed 40
years of helping our Neighbors In Need and since we
are all volunteers who are dedicated and committed
to this worthy cause, 100% of the donations we
receive goes back into the community. The committee
had a very busy and challenging year in 2009 due to
the poor economy and the high unemployment but we
were able to take care of our less fortunate
residents in Pelham throughout the year for their
household expense including rent, heat, electricity
and food and during the Christmas season we provided
toys clothing and food. We had a lot of help along
the way including the Post Office where we
coordinated our 13th Annual Food Drive for St.
Patrick Food Pantry, our 19th Annual Sponsor-A-Child
program where residents in town purchase gifts for
the children and families for Christmas and our 40th
Annual Christmas Drive where volunteers from the
various organizations including: The American Legion
Post 100, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10722, St.
Patrick Knights of Columbus Council 6902, the Pelham
Firefighters Association and the Boy Scouts Pack 25
collected food and cash donations at the Pelham
Plaza. In addition, we receive donations throughout
the year from businesses, organizations, schools,
churches, families and individuals. We held our 16th
Annual Golf Tournament which is run by a separate
committee comprised of business people and residents
in town. These donations and our fundraisers have
made it possible to provide financial assistance to
our Pelham residents for household expenses, the
food pantry, an annual scholarship for a high school
senior to attend college and financially support a
men’s and women’s shelter. We celebrated our 40th
Anniversary at the Harris Pelham Inn on November 6th
with the proceeds going to the Telly Demos Fund. Our
slogan is People Helping People where the people in
the community work together and more importantly
care about the people they help. And so we close a
very important chapter of the Pelham Good Neighbor
Fund. The committee would like to thank you for your
support and we look forward to being of service to
the community in the year 2010.
Frank
Sullivan
President |
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The
Pelham Good Neighbor Fund committee held their 40th
Annual Christmas Drive for our Neighbors In Need in
the town of Pelham on Saturday and Sunday December
12th and 13th. The food and cash donations were
collected by volunteers at the Pelham Plaza which
included the American Legion Post 100, the Veterans
of Foreign Wars Post 10722, St. Patrick Knights of
Columbus Council 6902, the Pelham Firefighters
Association and the Boy Scouts Pack 25. The
committee sorted, packed and distributed the food at
Sherburne Hall.
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Pictured from left to right, front row:
Greg Smith and Jimmy Roche, second row:
Marcia Sweezey, Darlene Michaud, Gerty
Sousa, Bonnie Ward, Yvette Minuti and
Mary Ann Roche, third row: Nancy Vachon,
Chuck Curtis and Frank Sullivan. Missing
from the picture was Debbie Boucher,
Cheryl Brunelle, Priscilla Pike-Church,
Debra Peglow and Jean Robarge. |
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PELHAM
GOOD NEIGHBOR FUND
40TH ANNIVERSARY
The
Pelham Good Neighbor Fund was established in
1969 by residents who wanted to help their
Neighbors In Need at Christmas with food,
clothing and toys, so they organized a food and
donation drive in front of Purity Supreme at the
Pelham Plaza with the help of the American
Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and members of
the fire department who collected the donations.
Other organizations who later got involved with
the Annual Christmas Drive included the St.
Patrick Knights of Columbus, Pelham Lions and
Leo Club and the Boys Scouts. The Pelham Good
Neighbor Fund expanded their program year round
to include heat, electricity, food, rent and
other household expenses. In 1991, the Pelham
Good Neighbor Fund established the
Sponsor-a-Child program to help families who
needed assistance in providing Christmas gifts
for their children. Since the program began,
over 1100 children have received boots, clothing
and toys. We recently held our sixteenth annual
golf tournament which is run by a separate
committee comprised of business people and
residents in town. We also receive donations
throughout the year from businesses,
organizations, schools, churches, families and
individuals. Since we are a non-profit
charitable organization, all donations are tax
deductible. These donations have made it
possible to provide financial assistance to our
Pelham residents for household expenses, the
food pantry, an annual scholarship for a high
school senior to attend college, financially
supported a women’s and men’s shelter. In the
last twelve years, we have coordinated the
Annual Food Drive with the Post Office for St.
Patrick Food Pantry. There are fourteen active
members who meet on a regular basis. We are all
volunteers who are dedicated and committed to
helping our less fortunate residents in Pelham
where 100% of the donations goes back into the
community. We have helped over 2000 families in
the last forty years. Our slogan is People
Helping People and that has certainly been our
experience in good times as well as bad times in
the town of Pelham. |
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THE TELLY
DEMOS FUND
Telly Demos who is well known throughout the
area for his advertising business and
resident of Pelham for the last 22 years,
has been stricken with brain cancer. He has
not been able to work for almost a year
while incurring insurmountable expenses.
Telly has been a valuable member of the
Pelham Good Neighbor Fund Golf Tournament
Committee since it was established sixteen
years ago. The Pelham Good Neighbor Fund has
established a fund with Sovereign Bank in
Pelham for the benefit of Telly Demos. When
issuing your check, please write in Telly
Demos on the memo portion of the check and
make your tax deductible donation payable
to:
The Pelham Good Neighbor Fund
P.O. Box 953
Pelham, NH 03076 |
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40TH
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
On behalf of the Pelham Good Neighbor Fund
committee, I would like to thank our guest
speakers, the organizations who received awards,
the people who donated the raffle items
and the people who attended our 40th Anniversary
Celebration. It was a wonderful night especially
for the family and friends of Telly Demos.
Frank Sullivan
President |
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