Casa Nueva Vida (“House of New Life”) is founded in
the basement of a local church, with enough space to serve four
families. Casa Nueva Vida is the only homeless shelter in Massachusetts
with an entirely bilingual staff, serving Latino homeless families
consisting of a mother and her children.
1989
The shelter becomes an
independent, non-profit agency, operating seven days a week, 24
hours a day.
1993
Casa Nueva Vida outgrows
the church basement and purchases a beautiful six-family, three-story
Victorian home in Jamaica Plain, MA, increasing capacity from
four to six families
1999
Casa Nueva Vida builds
a major addition to the shelter adding an Annex containing an
Adult Learning Center, a bedroom and
handicap bath and a wheelchair
ramp, increasing capacity from six to seven families.
2001-
2004
Casa Nueva Vida completes an additional expansion to
include an eighth family, opens 2 new rooms to serve a total of
10 families and later adds four new rooms,
increasing capacity
to 14 families.
2005
Casa Nueva Vida completes
another addition, adding a teen center, a state of the art computer
lab/classroom complete, two bedrooms and two bathrooms, enabling
the shelter to serve sixteen families (approximately thirty-two
women and eighty-four children per year). Later this year, with
the help of a grant from the Smith Family
Foundation and the building expertise of KaBoom!
and Computer Associates, approximately
100 employees and volunteers come together to build an ADA (Americans
with Disabilities Act) accessible, state-of-the-art playground
in one day. It’s beautiful!
Casa Nueva Vida -
Lawrence
6/2007
Board
Authorization
Casa Nueva Vida’s
Board of Directors authorizes
the acquisition
and renovation of a second (Casa
Nueva Vida) shelter in
Lawrence
10/2007
Purchase of property at
57 Jackson St., Lawrence, MA
located in the Prospect Hill
Historic District adjacent to
the Lawrence Commons.
Constructed in approximately
1855, it is of great
significance and visibility to
the City of Lawrence. The
renovated building will contain
14 individual rooms for resident
families (a mother and her
children), 5 bathrooms and
office space.
10/2007
Launch
Capital Campaign at our
20th Annual
Fundraising Gala at the
Harvard Faculty Club in
Cambridge, MA
11/2007
Preliminary work; meet with
Building Department and Prospect
Hill Historic Commission to
obtain approval of the
preliminary plans. Demolition
work commenced.
12/2007
Demolition of interior,
coordination of window
selections and placement
required by Historic Commission,
rough electric, HVAC, plumbing,
and roofing work. The General
Construction permit was secured
on December 28, 2007.
1/2008
Substantial
completion of kitchen and
dining floor plans and
framing related thereto,
continuation of framing for
bedrooms and educational
facilities.
2/2008
Completion of drywall
installation and framing of
bedroom and bathrooms;
completion of rough plumbing for
bedrooms, bathrooms, and
kitchen; commencement of second
and third floor HVAC
installations; continuation of
rough wiring on second and third
floors.
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For
naming opportunities
of rooms and educational sections
in the new shelter are available at
$10,000 and above. For more
information contact Manuel Duran (email,
phone 617.524.6332 ext. 201)
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Make a suggested of $100 or
more and receive one of our
handcrafted Casa Nueva Vida
house.
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for more
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