Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven: Family Festival

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Monday, March 27, 2017

8th ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL FAMILY FESTIVAL FULL STEAM AHEAD: CELEBRATING WOMEN & GIRLS IN S.T.E.A.M!

For Immediate Release
March 20, 2017
Media Inquiries: Maria Perez-Martinez | 475-227-0530 | mmartinez@nhsofnewhaven.org

NHS OF NEW HAVEN ANNOUNCES THEME FOR
8^th ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL FAMILY FESTIVAL

FULL STEAM AHEAD: CELEBRATING WOMEN & GIRLS IN S.T.E.A.M!

New Haven, CT — Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven (NHS), positioning neighborhoods to succeed for 37 years, announced today the date and theme of their 8^th Annual Multicultural Family Festival. The Festival will take place on Saturday, May 13, 2017 and is titled FULL STEAM AHEAD: Celebrating Women & Girls in S.T.E.A.M! NHS’ family festival, which has become a community staple with residents from all over Connecticut, has featured past themes such as Entrepreneurship, Financial Literacy, and Environmental Awareness. It is a chance to honor both the diversity and spirit of the New Haven Community and beyond.

From engineers to artists, from scientists to coders, women and girls are learning, excelling, and engaging in S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math). The festival invites families and children of all ages to explore hands-on activities, exciting games, and inspirational performers geared toward highlighting professional women in S.T.E.A.M. Admission is free and includes games, food, and activities.

“Our family festivals have afforded us with an opportunity to give back to the community,” said NHS of New Haven executive director Jim Paley. “We are thrilled with this year’s theme and are excited to bring the community together for a day of science experiments, refreshments, and meetings with friends to discuss the importance of highlighting women in the arts and sciences.”

“As Marian Wright Edelman once said, ‘You can’t be what you can’t see,” remarked HomeOwnership Center Managing Director, Bridgette Russell. “It is more important than ever for our young girls to have powerful, strong role models in the S.T.E.A.M. fields, to learn the many contributions that women have made within these areas, and to ignite their enthusiasm around pursuing careers focused in math and science.”

The Festival will be held on Saturday, May 13 from 12:00pm to 4:00pm at NHS of New Haven's campus on Sherman Avenue. The official event page can be found on NHS' facebook site: facebook.com/nhsofnewhaven.

About Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven is focused on positioning New Haven’s neighborhoods to succeed by increasing homeownership; making homes beautiful, energy-efficient, and affordable; and helping residents take charge of their neighborhoods. We believe that increased homeownership, educated homebuyers, and rehabilitated houses will produce stable, revitalized neighborhoods that our clients will be proud to call home. www.nhsofnewhaven.org

Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven is part of the national NeighborWorks® network, an affiliation of more than 230 nonprofit organizations that increase homeownership, produce affordable housing and revitalize neighborhoods in more than 4,400 communities across the nation. www.nw.org

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Friday, April 22, 2016

Celebrating Earth Day 2016!

Happy Earth Day! NHS of New Haven takes great pride in being a NeighborWorks Green Organization. We are proud to have members of our staff on a "green team", we love hosting volunteer groups that help us to clean, preserve, and improve our beautiful planet. And we are dedicated to rehabilitating our all of homes and apartments to Energy Star standards.

That being said, we thought it'd be great to share with you some tips on being "green" this Earth Day and every day thereafter.

These tips were originally posted on Green in Bklyn:

DID YOU KNOW?

1. Turning down your thermostat by one degree can cut 8% off your fuel bill.

2. An energy efficient washing machine will use a third less electricity for each wash, which could save you more than the cost of the appliance.

3. If every household replaced one roll of regular toilet paper with one recycled post-consumer waste roll, 424,000 trees would be saved.

4. Every three months, Americans throw away enough aluminum to rebuild the nation ’s commercial air fleet.

5. The energy saved from one recycled aluminum can will operate a television for three hours.

6. The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle will light a 100-watt light bulb for four hours.

7. Recycling a glass bottle also causes 20% less air pollution & 50% less water pollution than when a new bottle is made from raw materials.

8. Recycling & reusing the material in “tin” cans reduces energy use by 74%, air pollution by 85%, solid waste by 95% & water pollution by 76%.

9. It takes 75,000 trees to print a Sunday Edition of the New York Times.

10. The amount of wood & paper Americans throw away each year is enough to heat 50 million homes for 20 years.

And two more for recycling inspiration…

11. If Americans recycled just one-tenth of their newspapers, we would save 25 million trees a year.

12. Producing one ton of paper from recycled pulp saves 17 trees, 3 cubic yards of landfill space & 7000 gallons of water. It also reduces air pollutants by 60 pounds, saves 390 gallons of oil & conserves 4200 kilowatt hours of energy – enough to heat a home for half a year.

SAVE THE DATE!

This year, our 7th Annual Family Fun Festival is themed "Paint the Town Green". NHS will promote environmentally-minded initiatives and encourage families to do their part to preserve our beautiful Earth.
Bringing neighbors an opportunity to come together, build community, and have fun, the festival strives to provide a space for people of all ages to enjoy and celebrate all that New Haven has to offer.

Admission is free and includes games, food, and activities. Learn more on our facebook event page here.

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Date Announced! 7th Annual Family Festival!

For Immediate Release
February 17, 2016
Media Inquiries: Maria Perez-Martinez, 475-227-0530, mmartinez@nhsofnewhaven.org

7^th Annual NHS Family Fun Festival:
Paint the Town Green

Promoting Environmentally-Minded Initiatives with Free Activities, Games, and Food for Families and Guests of All Ages

New Haven, CT — Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven, positioning neighborhoods to succeed for 36 years, announced today that their 7^th Annual Family Fun Festival will take place on NHS’ campus on Saturday, May 7, 2016. The festival, which has become a community staple with participants from all over Connecticut, has featured past themes such as Entrepreneurship, Health & Financial Literacy, Environmental Awareness, and Family Fitness. The Festival is a chance to honor both the diversity and spirit of the New Haven community and beyond. The 2016 Festival theme, Paint the Town Green, will promote environmentally-minded initiatives and encourage families to do their part to preserve the Earth.

“We are thrilled to be hosting this event once again to bring people together for a day of fun activities, healthy refreshments, and meeting with old friends and acquaintances to discuss different ways in which we can respect our environment,” said NHS of New Haven executive director Jim Paley. “Our organization strives to include sustainability in all of our housing development activities, but the Family Fun Festival gives us an opportunity to reach additional people in our neighborhoods.”

As an opportunity to bring neighbors together, build community, and have fun, the Festival strives to provide a space for people of all ages to enjoy and celebrate all that New Haven has to offer. Admission is free and includes games, food, and activities. Most, if not all, of the food, activities, and entertainment groups will be from New Haven and will introduce a “green” element to participants.

“Our family festivals have afforded us with an opportunity to give back to the community, and each year, we highlight different themes,” said HomeOwnership Center Managing Director, Bridgette Russell. “This year’s theme ‘Paint the Town Green’ highlights the importance of living in harmony with our environment.”

Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven is part of the national NeighborWorks® network, an affiliation of more than 230 nonprofit organizations that increase homeownership, produce affordable housing and revitalize neighborhoods in more than 4,400 communities across the nation. The NeighborWorks® network was founded and is supported by NeighborWorks® America, which strengthens the network through training, technical assistance, and funding.

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Friday, May 15, 2015

2015 Family Festival

2015 Family Festival

On Saturday, May 9, NHS hosted its sixth annual Family Festival! From fire trucks to food trucks, we had activities for the entire family to enjoy. Thanks to everyone who came out, including our vendors and partners! We appreciate everything you did to make this festival such a success!

Special thanks to our generous sponsors:

Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University, United Way of Greater New Haven, the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and the Greater New Haven Community Loan Fund.