 TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS:
Jennifer McCloskey, JD...
NOAH welcomes two new members to the Board of Directors! Jennifer Lynn McCloskey is an attorney with a practice in Charlestown. She received her BS from Northeastern, and her JD from New England School of Law. While studying abroad, Jennifer interned in the Irish Parliament under Deputy Enda Kenny. She worked in the Law Offices of Mary Ann Chase and the Law Offices of Domenic Bozzotto to expand her knowledge and experience before starting her own practice in 2006. Jennifer is admitted to both the Massachusetts Bar and New York State Bar. She and her husband live in East Boston in Jeffries Point.
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 ...and Michael Lake! Michael Lake is the Executive Director of the World Class Cities Partnership, headquartered at Northeastern University. His career in public service has spanned from serving two United States Presidents as Special Assistant for White House Operations to serving the former Prime Minister of Ireland as a policy research analyst and, most recently serving as Director of Development for United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley. Michael was the first and only college graduate in the state of Massachusetts to have completed five undergraduate degrees simultaneously, graduating summa cum laude studying Finance, Political Science, Communications, Entrepreneurship and Management Information Systems. He was called to DC to help organize the Obama Inauguration last January. Michael is pictured here with former President Clinton. Together, Jennifer and Michael are spearheading the Board's new fundraising efforts for NOAH; thank you both!
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 Two NOAH Babies on One Day
The NOAH 'family' grew by two on March 5th, when two staffers had baby boys on the very same day! Diana Franco, Program Director of NOAH's Boston Housing Authority First-Time Home Buyer initiative, gave birth to Nicolas Franco in the afternoon. Later that same evening, Suki Li, NOAH's Staff Accountant, had a baby boy, Tony Li Wu. We hope to have pictures of the babies next issue. Congratulations to the new mothers and their families!
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 Welcome to Zaragoza Guerra
NOAH also extends a warm welcome to its newest staff member, Zaragoza Guerra. He is the Program Assistant for the NOAH/Boston Housing Authority (BHA) Washington-Beech Program, helping to create new first-time homebuyers. Zaragoza comes to us from Tony's Realty in East Boston, where he worked for three and a half years. Prior to that, he had worked as Director of Admissions for The Boston Conservatory, as an Associate Director of Admissions for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the California Institute of Technology (CIT), and as an Associate Director of Student Services at the National Hispanic Institute. Zaragoza holds a MA from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education and a BA from the University of Notre Dame.
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 Division of Banks Funding
NOAH is proud to announce that it has received a second round of funding from the Massachusetts Division of Banks/DHCD for 2009. Funding in the amount of $40,000 has been granted towards NOAH's foreclosure prevention and mitigation work on behalf of the North Shore Regional Partnership. NOAH has served over 650 families since starting its foreclosure prevention and mitigation work a year and a half ago. Free weekly educational workshops are held at NOAH's East Boston office every Monday evening at 6:00 PM, except for holidays. If you have any questions about the program, please contact Carolina Trujillo at 617-418-8267 or ctrujillo@noahcdc.org.
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 TD Banknorth Charitable Foundation
Chris Traczyk, Vice President of Community Development at TD Banknorth, is pictured here at a recent visit to NOAH. She is seen presenting a TD Charitable Foundation community grant award in the amount of $15,000 to Phil Giffee, NOAH's ED. This funding is dedicated to NOAH's various housing initiatives, including its suburban real estate programming.
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 Trinity House
Trinity House is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built by a local businessman, Noah Sturtevant, in 1847. NOAH has operated it as a single room occupancy facility dedicated to homeless singles, elders, and the physically disabled since 1993. After its 15 years of tax credit investors expires this summer, NOAH will own it outright. We will need to undertake about $250,000 or more in repairs. We have postponed a local fundraiser, but will keep you posted on the plan for repairs as the months progress, and on the celebration and fundraiser as well.
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 Upcoming March & April Events
All events are held at NOAH at 143 Border Street in East Boston, unless indicated otherwise.
Bilingual Foreclosure Clinic
Held every Monday evening excepting holidays:
Monday evenings, March 23 & 30 and April 6, 13 & 27 at 6:00 PM at NOAH. This is the initial counseling and education session for foreclosure prevention and mitigation counseling. Attendees should bring all recent mortgage related correspondence and paperwork. For more information, please contact Kathy Objio at (617) 418-8262.
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
We are currently mid-semester with ESOL classes. These are are held from 6:00 to 8:30 PM; and will continue through the second week of April. Level I classes are held every Tuesday and Thursday evening. Level II classes are held each Wednesday and Friday. The ongoing English Conversation Group meets each Saturday morning from 9:00 to 11:00 AM; newcomers are welcome. Please contact Manlio Mandez at 617-418-8242 for additional information.
"Our Garden" Art Project - Community Meeting
On Tuesday evening, March 31, from 5:00 to 6:30 PM, there will be a community meeting to discuss the new art project at Our Garden. For additional information, please contact Brenda Cotto-Escalera at 617-418-8241.
First Time Homebuyer Class - in English
This two-day class will meet over the course of one weekend, Saturday and Sunday, April 4 & 5, from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM. To receive a City of Boston certificate, attendees must come both days. For more information, please contact Zaragoza Guerra at 617-418-8261.
Chelsea Creek Action Group (CCAG) Meeting
The next CCAG meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 14 at 6:30 PM. CCAG meetings are typically held on the second Wednesday of each month; please note that this meeting date was changed due to a conflict. Newcomers are welcome. For more information, please call Brenda Cotto-Escalera at 617-418-8241.
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Thank you for your interest in NOAH! You can find out further information about NOAH events at our web site calendar at www.noahcdc.org.
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