Laconia Elks Donate $7,000 to Provide Dental Care for NH Veterans

NASHUA, NH – Laconia Elks Club, NH Lodge 876, recently awarded a $7,000 donation in support of dental services for the residents of Harbor Care’s Boulder Point Veterans Housing facility in Plymouth. The Club also donated an additional $1,500 in new towels and pillows.

Boulder Point offers apartments to veterans experiencing homelessness and also provides mentoring, case management, and other supportive services to residents. Harbor Care operates the facility in partnership with the White River Junction Veterans Affair Medical Center.

Brian Tagliaferro, Harbor Care’s Chief Philanthropy Officer, accepted the award. “We are grateful for the Laconia Elks’ generous commitment to New Hampshire veterans,” Tagliaferro stated. “Of the many benefits veterans receive through the VA, dental care is not one of them for most veterans. For veterans we serve in particular, this often means years of deferred care with serious health consequences.”

A fraternal order of more than 750,000 members in 2,000 lodges nationwide, The Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks donates $80 million a year to support young people, veterans, and others in need.

Harbor Care is the largest provider of supportive and permanent housing for veterans and individuals experiencing chronic homeless in greater Nashua and beyond. Harbor Care helped 343 veterans experiencing, or at-risk of, homelessness to access stable housing last year. In addition, since 2020, amidst a pandemic, Harbor Care has moved 246 individuals and families experiencing chronic homelessness into permanent housing, including 92 in 2022

Thank you to the Laconia Elks Club.