Merrimack Mortgage presents $8,825 check to the Manchester, NH VA Medical Center Sustainable Housing (VASH) Program

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March 23, 2017
Merrimack Mortgage (MMC), a HarborOne Bank Company, headquartered in Manchester, NH is pleased to announce that they have successfully completed their 3rd annual Passion Prom on Saturday March 4th, 2017 at the Derryfield Country Club. This year’s event, entitled “Rock and Roll for House and Home”, benefitted the Manchester, NH Medical Center’s VASH Program. Anita Wolcott, Community Outreach Coordinator at Merrimack Mortgage, and the Event’s
Organizer, presented a check for $8,825 to the staff and Director at the Medical Center at 2:30pm on Thursday March 23rd, 2017.
 
The evening consisted of a DJ, Dancing, a raffle table, silent auction items and a special raffle for a 5 day/4 night cruise valued at $1800 generously donated by Mark Oswald of RE/MAX. Other community sponsors instrumental in making the evening a success include: The Derryfield Country Club, Anagnost Companies, Radian Mortgage Insurance Company, Denron Plumbing and Heating, Andrade Management Franchise of Dunkin’ Donunts, All Safe and Lock, Merchants Automotive, WB Mason, Accurate Title, Formax, Monument Mortgage, Essent Guaranty Mortgage Insurance Company, and many others that donated goods to raffle off.
 
About the Manchester, NH VA HUD-VASH Program 
The VASH Program outreaches to and supports homeless Veterans with the goal of assisting them to find suitable and sustainable housing through HUD housing vouchers.VASH is going into its 7th year of operation. They have assisted over 450 Veterans throughout Southern and Central New Hampshire to obtain housing. It is designed to give our Veterans a leg up. The rental subsidy from the housing authority enables Veterans who have found themselves with insufficient income to establish a home so that they may build their lives. The VA provides case management to assist Veterans achieve their goals, be it to access education, vocation, increasing their income, budgeting and to access medical, mental health or substance abuse treatment. The Program serves returning Vets, disabled vets, and Vets that have found themselves in difficult financial times due to needing to shift careers or lack of employment opportunities. Depending on voucher availability, VASH typically accepts 3-4 Veterans per month.
 
Many of these veteran have lost everything in their bout of homelessness and are starting from scratch in terms of household belongings. VASH strives to assist with the acquisition of furniture and other household items. Currently, VASH has over 100 children in the program and supports around 250 households.
 
About Merrimack Mortgage Company, LLC
Founded in 1983, and acquired by HarborOne Bank of Brockton, MA in July 2015, Merrimack Mortgage (MMC) continues to be a leader in residential mortgage lending throughout the Northeast. With 32 locations in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, our reputation as a premier service provider has been the key to our success. In the past 34 years, many lenders have come and gone; few having been around as long as Merrimack Mortgage. Our success is attributed to our core strategy of providing a high level of customer satisfaction at a competitive price.
 
Merrimack Mortgage Company, LLC is Federally Registered NMLS ID: 2561. Rhode Island Licensed Lender, Licensed by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. Equal Housing Opportunity Lender. For more information or additional pictures, please contact Anita Wolcott, Community Outreach Coordinator at awolcott@merrimackmortgage.com or 603-606-3221
Contact:
Anita Wolcott, Community Outreach Coordinator
awolcott@merrimackmortgage.com, (603) 606-3221