A Note of Thanks from the Clergy Association

Love Thy Neighbor – Act Locally for Mother and Daughter

Home Stretch-A Word of Thanks

   In a few short weeks it looks like a local mother and daughter will have a new, safe home in which to recover and transition into the next phase of their lives thanks to a growing number of wonderful people in the greater Goffstown area. The Edge now joins with the Goffstown News in reporting  the progress of the unfolding endeavor wherein Debbie and Nicole , a local mother and daughter recovering from a rough year of facing cancer and open heart surgery respectively, have found their neighbors and local churches willing to help them regain their strength and hope. Thus far the news has focused on the actual building of a new, accessible home for them.  You can see the home on the corner of Autumn and North Mast Street. It is a literal labor of love.
    This note is a shout out to those who have given of themselves and their businesses and prayers so far.(The list grows daily).  The following people didn’t ask for this, but Deb and Nicole want everyone to know how grateful they are for what is being done. In a couple weeks there will be a celebratory article when our new friends move into their new home. This week, a week in which this nation celebrates it s independence, it is time to say thank you and affirm our interdependence as well.
   Thanks to the following wonderful tradesmen and women and local businesses and youth for getting this project to the home stretch. LeBlanc Heating, St. Matthew’s Church, St. Lawrence Church, The Congregational Church,  Richard Coughlin Plumbing, Gary Janas Plumbing/George Welch, Tim Redmond of John A Brown Excavating, Chris Bolton, Advanced Basement Techs Dave Aubut, Dunbarton Design Group, Pro Landscape Supply, Michael Ryan attorney, Dahlberg Land Services, Universal Steel Erectors, New England Homes, Mast Road Lumber Citizen’s Goffstown, The Goffstown News, Joan DeWolf LLC, Hampshire First Bank, Aggregate Industries, Pawjer Construction, Don Sinotte Concrete Forms, Goffstown ACE Hardware, Robbie Grady of Goffstown Mainstreet, Goffstown Water Precinct, Principal Frank McBride GHS,Cripsin House Teen Concert Series,  Norton Phelps Electrician, Linda Naughton  Interior design, Classic Sunrooms Constructors Division, Harvey Concrete, Walter Szulc, Overhead Door Company Londonderry, Dakine Development Group and the scores of neighbors who have made donations and offered to help move furniture when moving day comes.
   A recent estimate of the value of the work and services donated so far approaches $200,000.  Thanks to all who have made this possible!.  All but about $15,000 is now complete.  The Goffstown Clergy Association is accepting donations to finish the project. Please make checks to Goffstown Clergy Association earmarked NHFDAN(New Home for Debbie And Nicole) and send to St. Matthew’s Church, 7 North Mast Street, Goffstown. 03045. A benefit concert of harpsichord, pipe organ and flute will be held at St. Matthew’s on Sunday July 20 from 3 to 4:30 pm. The community is invited. If Debbie feels up to it she will be there to say thanks.
  Indeed the extraordinary generosity and spirit of our community has Debbie and Nicole in the home stretch of seeing their prayer met and need fulfilled. Thanks to the good neighbors who have done so much so far. On behalf of the Goffstown Clergy Association it is an honor to quote mother and daughter and say, ‘God bless you all!’
                                   The Rev. Wm. Exner+