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Community Support

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We continue to be very appreciative and grateful for the support Hundred Nights receives from individuals, schools, churches and various businesses in Keene and surrounding communities. These are the unsung heroes among us who subscribe to the notion of “love thy neighbor.” There have been hundreds of individuals and groups lending a helping hand this
Raffle
Purchase Tickets Hundred Nights, Inc. is holding a Winner’s Choice Raffle! The winner, drawn on July 15, 2019, will get to pick one of six trips available in our Raffle Suitcase. The trip needs to be booked within a year of the drawing. The trip may be taken within two years. The winner may add
Four on the Floor
Benefit Concert Four on the Floor 60 area vocal and instrumental musicians joining together to present a concert of quartet ensembles to benefit the Keene area homeless shelters Sunday, March 31, 2019 3:00 PM Saint James Episcopal Church 44 West Street, Keene, New Hampshire 03431 Suggested donation at the door is $15.00 (All proceeds will

Spring & Shout Dance Sponsors

Spring and Shout Dance 2019
The Spring and Shout Dance is coming up, Saturday, March 23! You can still get tickets! We would like to thank our sponsors and let them know how much we appreciate their help in making this event possible. Spring & Shout Dance Program 2019 Gold Event Sponsors: Eversource Mascoma Bank Prime Roast Coffee Fenton Family
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Hello! While spring is just around the corner winter still holds a grip on our guests here at Hundred Nights. We have been at or near capacity every night since opening on November 12th. Some nights, before the Overflow site opened on December 30th, there were 30-32 guests for the 26 available beds – and
Open House
The Friends of 100 Nights invite you to an Open House Saturday, April 6, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please join us at 17 Lamson Street for a tour of the shelter and the Resource Center. Light refreshments will be available. Take a tour of the facilities Ask questions Meet the staff and Friends of

Spring and Shout Dance 2019!

Spring and Shout Dance 2019
Spring and Shout – Dance Away Your Cabin Fever with the Tom Foolery Band A benefit for Hundred Nights, Inc. Saturday, March 23, 2019 doors open at 7:30 pm Keene Country Club, 755 West Hill Rd, Keene, NH Savory and sweet hours d’oeuvres Silent Auction Cash Bar $45 for single ticket – $75 for two!

Community Solutions

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Dear Community Members, There was a forum recently held at Keene State College called “Community Solutions: Addressing Homelessness in Keene.” The 3-hour long forum was open to the public and co-sponsored by the Greater Keene Homeless Coalition, of which Hundred Nights is a member agency. Meghan Arsenault delivered the evening’s keynote speech. She’s the research

Special Delivery

Special Delivery
We had a very special delivery arrive here on October 10th. An expectant mother gave birth here at Hundred Nights! She was not due to give birth for a couple of weeks, but the baby decided she wanted to be born. Another guest realized that the mother was in labor and called 911 and assisted
“William’s eulogy was brief. We are here this afternoon to mourn the passing of two good friends, Terrence Dace and Felix Beider. They were homeless. Their ways were not those we most desire for ourselves, but that didn’t make them wrong. We seem determined to save the homeless, to fix them, to change them into
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Spring Has Sprung? Shelter Update… It may not seem like it yet since the temperatures are hardly Spring-like and it’s currently even snowing again (aaarrggghhh), but the calendar says it’s Spring. There are telltale signs for sure. Daffodils, tulips and crocus are peeking through the soil, albeit in some places also through the snow so
Keene Sentinel Editorial, April 15, 2018 The Hundred Nights shelter will “officially” close for the winter season in a day or two, and it’s fortunate it’s stayed open this long, given the poor prognostication powers of a certain Pennsylvania groundhog Feb. 2. Despite the unusual length of this winter season, Hundred Nights has had fewer
2017 January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017 Shelter Resource Center # of People 202 581 # of Bed-Nights Shelter/Visits to RC 5,620 13,494 # Males 139 368 # Females 63 213 # Under age 18 22 48 # Over age 55 27 68 # Veterans 10 25 % of People with income of $11,880

A Volunteer’s Perspective

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Like many others, I did, in all honesty have pre-judged notions about the homeless. However, I felt a calling to find out more. I wanted to help in whatever way I could. I signed up for training to be an intake volunteer and I committed to work one night a week during the 2015-2016 Cold
A huge Thank You to Greg Pregent for filming the documentary Hidden in Plain Sight – Homelessness in Keene, NH. Greg spent countless hours interviewing many community members as well as guests, staff and volunteers of Hundred Nights and the Southwest Community Services Shelters. His dedication to this project is admirable. Hundred Nights was the

Masquerade Ball 2016

                                     5th Annual Masquerade Ball                                                 March 19, 2016 Hundred Nights, Inc. is pleased to announce that the 5th Annual Masquerade Ball is taking place on March 19, 2016! If you have never been, the Ball is a
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Overnight shelter was provided between November 26, 2015 and April 15, 2016. 163 different individuals received 3,873 bed-nights of shelter during this time – 865 more bed-nights of shelter than the previous season! 112 of the shelter guests were male, 51 were female 6, or 4%, were under the age of 18 24, or 15%,
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At the Open Doors Resource Center 527 unique individuals visited the Center 11,763 times – 335 guests were male, 192 were female, 17 were under age 18 and 18 were veterans. Assistance was provided to fill in applications for new services. As a result 6 people received food stamps, 4 signed up for Medicaid, 5
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Overnight shelter was provided between December 1, 2014 and April 15, 2015. 152 unique individuals received 3,008 bed-nights of shelter during that time. 107 of those guests were male, 45 were female, 6 were under the age of 13, and 9 were veterans. 128 of our guests, 84%, had an income of less than $10,000