NASHUA – Longtime auto dealer Dan Enxing remembers the day some years ago when a buyer traded in an old Dodge car that was in such unusually good condition he felt it would be a shame to send it to auction for a couple of hundred dollars.
He’d heard the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter sometimes accepted car donations, so he called and waited to speak with Executive Director Lisa Christie, Enxing told about 60 fellow Soup Kitchen supporters Thursday evening.“Lisa came on and said, ‘so, are you going to give me a free car?’ ” Enxing said to a round of laughter. It was a humorous moment that marked the start of an enduring relationship between Enxing and the Soup Kitchen, which has branched out from providing meals, groceries and basic necessities for people in need to a multifaceted advocacy agency getting ready for a long-awaited move into a much larger home.
Relocating to the former Veterans of Foreign Wars home on Quincy Street is a project in itself, but the purpose of Thursday’s gathering at Nashua Country Club was geared toward shoring up the all-important financial support needed to make this newest dream come true.
The informal event, at which posters displayed photos of certain areas of 2 Quincy St. in need of repair and the estimated cost, kicked off a capital campaign called “Campaign to Feed the Need,” through which Co-chairmen Frank Teas and Lori Lambert said they hope to raise $2 million over the next few months.
Teas, who admitted he had only basic knowledge of what NSKS does – “I figured they serve soup,” he said – until veteran board member John Fisher asked him to help lead the campaign, said one of the first, and perhaps the smallest, fundraisers was also the most touching. “Our staff decided to have a bake sale,” said Teas, a founder and senior vice president of The Nashua Bank.![]()
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