New England District NeighborWorks Week 2006

Runners-Up in the New England District's
2006 NeighborWorks Week Photo Contest

To see the top three winners of the photo contest, visit the 2006 NeighborWorks Week photo album.

AmeriCorp volunteer Matt Hamellis, moves floor supports into position.
Burlington Community Land Trust, Inc., Burlington, Vermont:
AmeriCorps volunteer Matt Hamellis, who helped coordinate the press for the event,
moves floor supports into position for other volunteers to nail into place.
A great photo of a happy NeighborWorks Week volunteer!

Community volunteers host open house at the Springfield, Vermont office.
Rockingham Area Community Land Trust, Springfield, Vermont:
On June 8, Rockingham Area Community Land Trust
hosted an open house at its Springfield, Vermont office. Community
leaders and sponsors toured the new NeighborWorks HomeOwnership
Center located on Main Street. Attendees were treated to
refreshments and door prizes.

A young participant's muddy t-shirt in Oak Hill was no reason to stop the celebration!
Oak Hill CDC, Worcester, Massachusetts:
We thought this picture was a perfect example of a NeighborWorks organization that had a great event and participation despite the constant rain. A muddy T-shirt is no reason to stop the celebration, as this young leader-in-training clearly shows!

Volunteers at CATCH were not kept away by the rain!
CATCH Neighborhood Housing, Concord, New Hampshire:
The rain couldn't keep away the volunteers at CATCH Neighborhood Housing's
Community Day.

Face painting and clown faces at the Mutual Housing Association's Kid Festival.
Mutual Housing Association of South Central Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut:
Face painting and clowns enlivened the streetscape of the Mutual Housing Kid
Festival last Saturday.

Manchester Neighborhood Housing Services, Manchester, New Hampshire:
Kids teamed up with staff to plant flowers in front of each entrance to the NHS
building on Elm Street. Will Stewart, Manchester NHS's new community services coordinator, was overrun by children when it came time to hand out the ice cream.

New Haven Neighborhood Housing Services, New Haven, Connecticut:
A special Orientation focusing on predatory lending was held. The NHS provided food and beverages, along with giveaways.

Kennebec Valley Community Action Program, Waterville, Maine:
More than 30 high school teachers from the Capitol Area Technical Center (CATV) turned out to work on KVCAP's Affordable Housing Project on Pleasant Hill Road in Augusta, Maine. Each year, students at CATV build a single family home to be sold by KVCAP's Affordable Housing Department. This year teachers from the school decided to spend a day volunteering to help finish the home. Despite the rainy weather, everyone had a delightful time.

Woonsocket Neighborhood Development Corporation, Woonsocket, Rhode Island:
Happy graduates of the Homebuyer Education classes proudly showed their
certificates as they celebrated both NeighborWorks Week and the completion of their course.

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