Hundred Nights Inc

Our Mission

The mission of Hundred Nights, Inc. is to provide shelter and crisis related services to those at risk of or experiencing homelessness.

Our goal is to collaborate with the community to see, hear and support those among us who are equally deserving of dignity but who currently lack the means to live independently.

Our vision is a community whose members, regardless of means, are equally valued and supported, where every individual in the Cheshire County area will have access to appropriate and stable housing.

Our History

Hundred Nights, Inc. is a year-round emergency shelter and resource center that helps individuals and families in the region achieve their goal of becoming more independent, self-sufficient, and in a position to secure affordable permanent housing.

The agency was founded in 2010 to provide homeless residents with a warm place to stay during the coldest hundred nights of the year when beds are unavailable at other shelters.

In November 2017, the shelter remained open year-round for the first time to accommodate the demand for shelter in and beyond the cold weather season. The shelter has not had one night without at least one guest ever since.

After a massive community capital campaign effort, we moved into our Water St. home in August 2023.  With the shelter and resource center under one roof, we are able to utilize the beautiful space to offer even more critical resources and programming.  

Our Impact

In 2025, Hundred Nights provided a critical community safety net for 408 unique individuals over 22,874 visits. Together, we delivered:

• 17,646 shelter bed-nights to 130 people, including 4 families with 11 children.

• 35,083 hot meals to neighbors in need.

• Drop-in support for 278 additional individuals at our Kingsbury Resource Center.

The Growing Need in 2026: 

Rising rental rates and a severe lack of affordable housing mean our guests are staying longer, and more people are facing the crisis of being unsheltered.

To meet this head-on, we collaborated with the City of Keene, local churches, and a powerhouse network of volunteers this winter to launch the Keene Community Overnight Warming Center. Over 10 weeks, volunteers and our dedicated overnight staff provided a safe, warm space, hot drinks, and morning breakfast at our Resource Center for 69 unique individuals over 1,045 visits.

Hundred Nights continues to provide emergency shelter, hot meals, and life-changing wrap-around services daily—but we can’t do it without you. Your NH Gives donation tonight keeps our doors open.