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Liberty House. The calen- dars cost twenty-five dol- lars and will be shipped on Veterans Day. Tekla and two of the models, Valerie Lake and Nicole Triolo recently vis- ited Liberty House to meet K and see what it was all about. Valerie, herself an army reserve specialist, also serves as the face
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of “Welcoming Arms” - the project and calendar name. “It’s just so important
to have veterans helping veterans,” said Valerie. The “Welcoming Arms”
calendar idea was just the beginning of the fund- raising. Tekla and the calendar models set up See LIBERTY on 14
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Liberty House on West Baker Street in Manchester was the first transitional house for homeless veterans.
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LIBERTY from 12 and twenty percent is put away in savings. “The transition peri-
od averages about six to twelve months,” said K. Liber ty House was formed by Don Duchamel who worked for ten years
“Right now we get
$50,000 a year from HUD,” said K. “Our yearly budget is about $126,000 or more.” One person who got the
message about Liberty House and its needs is Tekla Frates, a profes-
Tekla’s idea was to rec-
reate a vintage Pin-up calendar with a modern flair using models who volunteered for the proj- ect. The calendars are be- ing sold on-line at www.
welcomingarms.org with all the proceeds going to
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Tekla Frates and K McCarthy discuss the Welcoming Arms project outside Liberty House.
to secure the facility on West Baker Street. Then it had a staff of one and sev- eral volunteers. In 2005, Liberty House received a limited Federal grant from the Department of Hous- ing and Urban Develop- ment (HUD). Still, that only covers a fraction of their overhead. The rest is acquired through dona- tions, fundraising events and “pounding the pave- ment” which K does on a regular, tireless basis. Go- ing anywhere she needs to be to get the message out to potential donors.
sional photographer from Boston. “I just wanted to do
something to help these guys out,” said Tekla.
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