by DanT | Jun 1, 2018 | Alumni News
We are very proud to post the latest email and video from Bruno Dos Santos. Bruno emigrated from Brazil as a youngster, but when he was 16, his mother returned to Brazil, leaving Bruno in Nashua. That event created the avenue that brought Bruno to Nashua...
by DanT | Aug 31, 2016 | Alumni News, What's New
On August 30, the first day of school at Nashua Children’s Home, we were visited by Dick & Doris Chapman of Sanford, Maine, who were in the area for the day and took the opportunity to drop by. Mr. Chapman’s mother had died in childbirth with him, and his father,...
by DanT | Aug 16, 2012 | Alumni News, Newsletter, What's New
By Carol Robidoux Reprinted with permission from NashuaPatch.com As a kid growing up in Brooklyn, Oscar Vallacis felt he always had something to prove. Bullies reminded him daily that he wasn’t the biggest, toughest kid in town. Drug dealers recruited...
by nashua8 | Jul 11, 2012 | Alumni News
Having served as home for scores of children for over a century, we sometimes receive communications from alumni that are particularly compelling. Following is the text of one such e-mail received earlier this Spring: You don’t know me but – I used to live...
by nashua8 | Jul 11, 2012 | Alumni News
Mark was placed at Nashua Children’s Home in 2005, less than two months before his 16th birthday. He was from Concord, wanted to return to Concord, and frankly, was a bit rambunctious for much of his placement at Nashua Children’s Home. He maintained a...
by nashua8 | Jul 11, 2012 | Alumni News
Bruno, a young man of about 22 (or 24…we were never really sure of his age) came in to see me recently. Bruno was 15 years old when first placed at Nashua Children’s Home. His family had emigrated from Brazil, but his step-father rejected Bruno as his skin...