We are extremely appreciative of the very generous $5,000.00 donation that the Matt’s Mission crew has made to the Caruso/Bode Project.  This large donation will help us reach our goal of adding the attached garage to make the Caruso/Bode home accessible for Sam and Alex so that they may easily exit and enter their home without [...]

Thanks to the success of various fundraising efforts, including the Change Drive at North Branford High School run by NBHS students and staff, we were able to donate Christmas essentials for two local families in North Branford.  The presents included gift certificates to local grocery stores, clothing stores, childen’s toys and clothes, and some special treats for two Christmas dinners.  Thank [...]

Thanks to the help of AGW Hardwood Floors and Essex Flooring, the floors are in and look beautiful!  Thanks to Wetteman Brothers and C. Troiano & Sons, the concrete was poured and the ramp was made so the girls have a clear path from the road to the house.  Jack Whaley and Rob working on the doors [...]

Thanks to the help of many community members & businesses who have contributed their time, labor, & efforts, & thanks to the community members who have donated…we are clos to the final stages of the project! THANK YOU ALL! Scheduled for this week: the flooring will go down (thanks to AGW Hardwood Floors/Armand Amendola) and [...]

Check out the Angels and Airwaves / “Believe in Something” collaborative T Shirts, the proceeds of which help benefit Open Your Heart! To purchase this shirt, which will result in a monetary donation to Open Your Heart, Help the Community, Inc., please click HERE.  Each t-shirt will include a Believe In Something sticker.     We would [...]

A very special Thank You To those who helped us build, The Caruso/Bode addition A special dream fulfilled!   Open Your Heart is grateful For all the things you do A community working together And a labor of love too!   Open Your Heart, Help the Community, Inc. wishes everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

We’re very excited about the activity at the Caruso/Bode home!  The siding is going up and the electrical work is being completed…just another step closer to finishing this project! As always, a HUGE THANK YOU to all who have supported this project and the workers who are there every day helping to complete it!

Open Your Heart, Help the Community, Inc. would like to address the questions of the public with regard to the article published on 11/15/10 in the New Haven Register and the 99.1 WPLR Radio appearance  announcing Mr. Jacob Kennedy’s York Street Fundraiser.  Open Your Heart, Help the Community, Inc. is not associated with this fundraiser. We continue [...]

Open Your Heart, Help the Community, Inc. is happy to announce our upcoming events: Evergreen Woods on Saturday, November 13.  10:00 am to 2:00 p.m.:  Come visit us at Evergreen Woods as we participate in their 16th annual holiday fair. Open Your Heart, Help the Community, Inc. will have handmade crafts for those special people [...]

We’d like to extend a HUGE THANK YOU to the returning contractors the Wetteman Brothers and Troiano Excavating.  We are so appreciative of their willingness to volunteer on this project and to donate their time.   We would also like to thank Suzio for donating the concrete to finish the garage, porch and ramp. The next phase of construction [...]