Our Purpose
Who We Are
Weeping Valley is a nonprofit organization in Nashua, NH, dedicated to uplifting individuals and families experiencing hardship. Our commitment revolves around providing essential clothing, items, and compassionate care. Through collective efforts, we strive to transform lives and foster a resilient community centered on kindness and support. Every day, we work tirelessly to bring hope and inspire positive change, ensuring that no one in our community faces difficult times alone. Our mission is not just about meeting needs but also empowering those we serve, creating a sustainable impact that ripples through families and generations. We believe that by standing together and sharing resources, we can build a brighter future for all.
Founder's Story
Sarah Sanders, Founder
I was driving to church, and there she was sitting. Matted hair, dirty as could be, and all alone on the bench, and then the empathy hit me like never before. I felt her pain and her heartbreak. I just wept and wept the whole way to church. Praying, Lord, please just help her. I need you to help her at that moment. He was planting a seed, the seed of compassion and empathy.
Over time, I saw this lady everywhere I turned, and I couldn't avoid her; every time I wept. I talked about her to anyone who would listen. In these conversations, I learned about the encampment in our neighborhood of unhoused individuals.
There God was planting another seed. September 1st came, and the church called, saying they were closed due to an overload. Did I want to take it down to the encampment? So I said yes, and little did I know that weeping Valley had just begun.
This became a weekly habit for me to bring food, then it evolved into essentials and clothes. Now, it's me reaching out to the community daily, filling my trunk, and delivering items around Nashua. Seeing God's children living like this, I knew something had to be done. But what I didn’t know was that when I said yes, I was going to have to go through the weeping valley to be ready for my calling of serving others. The lord had to isolate me and refine me.
So he lit the fi
The hardest trials of my life began, and at that very moment, I was sitting there in the hotel room, crying all alone in the driest moment of my life, feeling defeated, hopeless, and run down. I sat at the little desk and did all I knew how to do: I opened my Bible and prayed, 'Lord, I need you.'
I look down and read Psalm 84:6 “What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD, who have set their minds on traveling to Jerusalem. When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings,” and that was the day he told me to serve his people.
By sewing a seed and naming it WEEPING VALLEY, where dry places become the springs of living Water. In Weeping Valley, our mission isn’t just about giving to the unhoused; it’s about showing dignity and compassion and seeing the unseen.