Annual Appeal 2025

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

 

The South Acworth Village Store, has been at its current location since its building was completed in 1865. Both the building and the store were privately owned and operated for 136 years. When the building was listed for sale in 2001, the Acworth Historical Society, a non-profit organization, stepped in and purchased it, then helped establish the Acworth Community project, a volunteer group, to operate the store. Today, the Acworth Community Project continues to manage the store. This was, and continues to be an historic endeavor. We strive to serve the community and nurture that community feeling by providing a safe and friendly place to go in our very special town. The South Acworth Village Store is one of the oldest still operating village stores in New Hampshire. While most small town stores have closed and continue to close, we are lucky to say that we will hit a milestone this year as we celebrate our 160th year of operation.

 

We sincerely thank all of you who supported the store in 2024 by submitting donations, donating time, shopping with us, dining with us or by just drinking coffee and hanging out. We love seeing groups of people gathering on the front porch or sitting at the picnic tables in back of the store. There is truly a feeling of community here.

 

In 2024, we had to make repairs to our refrigeration, but nothing major. We enjoyed being able to focus on serving you, our customers and improving our selection of goods. We were also able to upgrade some of our equipment.

 

We are looking to install a generator this year that will allow us to continue to serve customers during times when there is no power. A generator also means that our perishables maintain their integrity. While we have received a couple of grants, we need your help to get us over the finish line. This is a goal we have been striving for, but haven’t been able to reach. Also, we rely on our daily customers to keep our day to day operations running. During the winter we lose some of that and struggle with maintaining our reserves that keep us open.

 

You can help. Your support is key! Your support can help us solve our problem! Would you consider donating?

 

Your donation, no matter the size, will have an impact! You can donate by mailing a check to the South Acworth Village Store at 1068 NH Route 123A, South Acworth, NH 03607, donating online through Venmo at https://account.venmo.com/u/southacworth-villagestore or If you wish to pay by Credit or Debit card, or wish to make a monthly or quarterly donation by card, please email us at acworthvillagestore@gmail.com and we will get back to you.

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Sponsor $250____ Supporter $100____Family $50____Individual $25____ 

Anniversary $160____         Other  $__________

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Sincerely,

 

Your friends at the South Acworth Village Store

     

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