NOVA Volunteer profile: Nick Glimenakis, Photographer
NOVA: Can you tell us a little about yourself? Nick: I grew up in the woods of southwest New Hampshire before setting up camp in New York in 2011. Before photography, I studied outdoor education in Colorado with hopes of becoming a park ranger. My course load looked like something out of a Jon Krakauer…
Read More Casino Night 2018
Despite a crazy Nor ‘easter, NOVA’s Eighth Annual Casino night was a huge success! Snow, wind and rain did not keep our generous guests from having a fun-filled night of gaming, great food, valuable prizes and lots of laughter and friendship. We raised over $55,000 which is approximately one-third of our annual budget. We are very thankful for…
Read More January 2018 Mission
At least once a year NOVA sends a non-medical team down to the clinic for a week to conduct staff-development, non-medical building maintenance and spend time with community leaders to discuss the work that NOVA does and new ways we can help the community. Five NOVA Board members traveled to the clinic during this week,…
Read More Cocktails for a Cause a huge success!
Thank you to everyone who came out to make our Cocktails for a Cause a huge success! Since Hurricane Matthew NOVA Hope for Haiti has raised over $115,000 to help our community of Cavaillon, Haiti recover after the devastation of the storm. We are rebuilding homes, helping the town replant its destroyed crops and repairing…
Read More Celebrating our Mothers
In Haiti, Mothers’ Day will be celebrated on Sunday May 29th, the last Sunday of May. Any woman involved in the raising of a child is considered the mother – birth mother, grandmother, sister, Aunt, friend of the family or people at the orphanage. Overtime, a child may have several women fill a maternal role in…
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