Columbia Park After

Our circle of friends, family and community is growing. We continue to urge old and new friends to lend us their support to allow us to help other families.

2004 purchased Haverhill property and launched Katydid Foundation Inc.
2010 completed stages one and two
2015-16 completed final stage
Stolz & Ehre of Portsmouth, NH General Contractor Stolz & Ehre of Portsmouth, NH General Contractor
 SPS New England Inc. SPS New England Inc. of Salisbury Site excavation

Grants

Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston & Haverhill Bank

Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and

Haverhill Bank: $608,000

North Shore HOME Funds: $100,000 federal funding.

City of Haverhill Community Development: $30,000 federal funding.

Pomeroy Fund: $2,500 architectural costs.

George C. Wadleigh Foundation, Inc. of Groveland, Mass.,  donated $25,600 in 2015 for upgrades including driveway, walkways, gutters and basement waterproofing.

Special thanks to our development consultant, James Haskell of jhaskellconsulting, Ipswich, Mass.

Our Backyard Renovation Project

Catholic Heart Work Camp, donated a week’s worth of labor in 2015 to create a new backyard for our residents. A busload of volunteers from all over the country arrived at our house ready to work with bricks, paint and sod.

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