August 2017 Newsletter

Paint The Town™ Puts the ‘Unity’ in Community

NeighborWorks® Boise’s Paint The Town™ helps put the ‘unity’ in our community. Each June for the past 35 years, this event has brought veterans, immigrants, life-time residents, adults and youth in the Boise Valley together to revitalize the homes of our community’s low-income senior and disabled homeowners. This year was no exception, as 41 teams of volunteers painted and repaired the homes of 39 deserving recipients, including Gerda, a German immigrant from the WWII era, and Kent, a U.S. military veteran.

Thank You!

A major shout out to The Home Depot Foundation for their support of $5,000 in Home Depot gift cards toward Paint The Town™ this year - a $3,000 increase from last year's donation.

This additional support allowed us to make more repairs to the homes we painted for our low-income, senior and disabled neighbors, many of them veterans. With this extra funding, we replaced outdoor carpeting and fascia boards and repaired wheel chair ramps. We were even able to purchase some paint supplies for next year's event!

We greatly appreciate The Home Depot Foundation for its dedicated support of our community's veterans. Kent, Willard and this year's other Paint The Town™ veteran recipients are grateful for your role in helping them maintain their homes.

Ramadan Celebration

On June 28th, over 70 residents from NeighborWorks® Boise's Northwest Pointe affordable apartment community and other Boise community members came together to celebrate the end of the month of Ramadan, a period of fasting observed by Muslims.

Teen resident, Adhego spoke about the importance of Ramadan, and attendees brought food to share and enjoyed dancing.

This resident-driven event was coordinated by Adey, NWB resident leader and recipient of the 2017 Success & Integration Award at the Idaho Conference on Refugees this past February. Her goal for this event was to make the Muslim residents feel welcome and educate others about Ramadan.

Thank you to Adey and all of the volunteers who made this fun event a success!

Wish List

NeighborWorks® Boise provides 280 low-to moderate- income Boise Valley families with a safe, affordable place to live. One of the free Resident Services we offer the children is after-school programs.

You can make a positive impact in their lives by donating any of these tax deductible items to our organization!

Art Supplies: Paint, paper, glitter, popsicle sticks, etc.
Wall chalk paint

If you have any questions pertaining to donations, please contact our Community Engagement Coordinator, Carolina Valderrama at cvalderrama@nwboise.org or 208-258-6215

Upcoming Events

Homebuyer Education Seminar - September 16th from 8:30am-3pm at NWB
Rake Up Boise™ Kickoff Event - November 4th
Rake Up Boise™ Day - November 11th