NHN's MISSION, Guidelines and bylaws

Mission Statement: NHN serves local community needs by providing a helping hand primarily through our membership’s voluntary work force and secondarily with financial resources. We aspire to promote a path to self-sufficiency and empower others to live a life of dignity. 

Guiding Principles:

• 100% volunteer, non-paid member organization.
• Individual donations are 100% passed through to identified beneficiaries.
• Maximize outcomes by providing a combination of both human and financial resources when possible.
• Beneficiaries and/or beneficiaries projects are nominated and presented by members for consideration and approval or rejection by vote of the membership in attendance.
• Member approved projects will generally assign nominating member as the project manager unless nominating members is unable or unwilling to lead.
• Make best efforts to vet eligibility of beneficiaries.

Area of service: Scottsdale / Phoenix 

Primary Beneficiaries:

• U.S. Veterans and first responders in hardship
• At risk and disadvantaged Children
• Families of our primary

• Increase the effectiveness of established community organization with beneficiary alignment via providing manpower and funding support based upon availability.
• Provide a safety net of last resort.

What we are not:

• A duplication or alternative to local or national resources
• Any part of a national effort
• A front line resource
•  A substitute for an individual’s personal resources to include financial and/or alternative stand-ins for able family members