Hands to Help

Hours/Horas

Summer Hours (May - August):

Mondays/Lunes: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Tuesdays/Martes: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Wednesdays/Miercoles: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Thursdays/Jueves: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Fridays/Viernes: 9:00am - 4:30pm

Regular Hours (September - April):

Mondays/Lunes: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Tuesdays/Martes: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Wednesdays/Miercoles: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Thursdays/Jueves: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Fridays/Viernes: 9:00am - 5:00pm

Hands to Help is Closed:
Manos para Ayudar está cerrado:

Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veteran’s Day
Thanksgiving Break
Christmas Break
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Presidents’ Day
Holy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter Monday
Memorial Day

Día de la Independencia
Día laboral
Día de la Raza
Día de los Veteranos
Feriado de Día de Gracias
Descanso navideño
Día de Martin Luther King, Jr.
Día del Presidente
Jueves Santo
Viernes Santo
Lunes de Pascua
Día Conmemorativo

Call Hands to Help/Llame manos para ayudar:

978-258-1632

or email:

Handstohelp@merrimack.edu

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