UPDATES
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Keene Swamp Bats All Faith Night, July 1–Postponed to July 15
Tthe MIP All Faith Night game, originally scheduled for July 1, 2025, was postponed because of weather. We will now "See you at the Ball Game!" on July 15, 6:30pm. Sorry for the delay, but please come out for a grand night for all, MIP Pop-up choir still featured....
MIP Publishes Housing White Paper
A White Paper which documents MIP's Three-Year Housing Campaign is now available. The paper is a summary of what we have learned, what we accomplished, and what we see as promising next steps for the Monadnock region addressing the housing crisis. We hope it will be a...
NH Gives, June 10-11, A Great Success!
MIP had our best year ever in the June 10-11, 2025 NH Gives campaign, netting over $4000 to support MIP's community presence. Many thanks to all who donated, and to our wonderful, anonymous matching donor. NH Gives is a powerful, statewide, online fundraising event....
Mental Health Next MIP Priority Area
From many listening gatherings engaging hundreds of people, and in a community assembly, the MIP community chose mental health as the next priority area to bring positive systematic change for our region. Many of us have family or friends struggling with mental...
MIP Volunteering at the Community Kitchen
An MIP team is serving dinner the first Thursday of the month at The Community Kitchen in Keene. We will be serving a need while building vital community relationships. To sign up, please email: angelapape.mip@gmail.com
Mak’hela Concert April 27 in Keene
MIP's own Lainee Broad Ginsberg, leader of our "famous" MIP pop-up choir, is also the conductor of Mak'hela, the Jewish Chorus of Western MA. Her mother was Laura Broad, who sadly passed away in November of '24. Mak'hela (of which Laura was a devoted member) is...
MIP Community Assembly
Wednesday, April 9, 6:30 pm Monadnock Covenant Church, 90 Base Hill Rd, Keene After 17 listening sessions involving over 300 people, four topics emerged as being particularly challenging for people in our region: Mental Health Transportation Isolation Cultural...
Listening for Change in the Monadnock Region
MIP is entering a new phase of listening towards identifying MIP’s next social justice campaign. Listening is a spiritual practice in which we open our hearts and minds to share authentically and listen deeply to our neighbors. We invite you to attend a community...
Congratulations to Laura Tobin!
Keene City Councilor and MIP volunteer Laura Tobin has received the United Way Spirit of Monadnock Award for her exemplary service to local nonprofits. For those of us who don't know Laura, she has been an enthusiastic and key MIP Housing Team member. Laura frequently...
Swamp Bats Baseball All Faith Night
Wednesday, July 10, 6pm, Keene High School Alumni Field, 77 Arch St, Keene Come enjoy a summer tradition! MIP collaborates with the Swamp Bats to offer the first ever All Faith theme night. Lainee Ginsberg sings the national...