On Friday, June 6th from 3PM to 6PM, staff and volunteers will be at Citizen’s Bank locations around Las Cruces collecting change . Of course, dollar bills and donations of any amount are always welcome too! Please stop by and support La Piñon.
-S. Main and Lohman (with KGRT 103.9 Radio Remote)
-Lohman and Roadrunner
-Picacho and Motel
-University and Telshor
Spirit Ranch at 2027 Westwind Rd. is throwing a horse-tastic celebration from noon to 5 p.m. For a start, there will be a parade of the horses who live and work at Spirit Ranch. They will be joined by the Back Country Horsemen, a ranch horse and a mustang from the U.S. Border Patrol in Deming, and the Doña Ana County Sheriffs Mounted Horse Patrol.
“Celebration of the Horse: A Day At Spirit Ranch” is the first fundraiser for the nonprofit Helping Kids Be Kids program. The program brings kids and families together with horses to help them heal from grief and trauma and grow in self-esteem and communication skills, among other things. Ann Remick-Barlow, a licensed social worker and founder of Helping Kids Be Kids, will give a demonstration of equine-assisted learning (EAL). Other demonstrations throughout the day will allow guests to interact with horses.
“Celebration of the Horse” will also include home-cooked barbecue and live music with local musicians Bob Burns and Laureen Michaels and the Baylor Canyon String Band, a bluegrass outfit.
Ticket prices are $15 each or two for $25 and include the homecooked barbecue meal.
Proceeds will go toward expanding Helping Kids Be Kids expand their therapeutic and educational programs to more children and families.
Directions: Westwind is off North Valley Drive, approximately 2.5 miles north of Mayfield High School. Turn left at Westwind. Spirit Ranch is fourth property on left after the stop sign intersection of Westwind and Northwind.
For more information: Lia Wiss, (734) 330-3143
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to promote innovative, scalable strategies for energy efficiency retrofit programs or policies for the existing building stock in the U.S. Proposals may be targeted to any particular barrier or segment of the buildings market (e.g., office, commercial, institutional, retail, residential, single-family, or multi-family).
Funding priorities include: sustainable business models for implementing energy efficiency retrofits; innovative financing models to ease upfront costs of making efficiency improvements; programs to drive deep energy efficiency retrofits in existing buildings; and mechanisms to increase the effectiveness of and property owner participation in state, local, utility-sponsored, or privately-sponsored energy efficiency programs. Grants ranging from $100,000 to $350,000 will be provided.
Visit the Foundation’s website to download the RFP:
http://www.ddcf.org/Environment/Program-Initiatives/Reduce-Impacts-of-Energy-Development/RFP-on-Energy-Efficiency-Retrofit-Policies-and-Programs/
Jardin de los Ninos will be hosting a silent art auction on Sunday, April 25, 2010 at The Hilton Garden Inn at 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. The Hildton Garden Inn is located at 2250 South Don Roser Drive.
Door entry is $3 per person. H’orderves and drinks will be served.
There will be a varitey of art including paintings, sculptures, masks, photography and much more!
All proceeds directly benefit homeless children at Jardin de los Ninos. For more information contact Jardin do los Ninos at (575) 522-2111.
Las Cruces Police Academy and Grant Writing USA will present a two-day grants workshop in Las Cruces, May 24-25, 2010. In this class you’ll learn how to find grants and write winning grant proposals. This training is applicable to grant seekers across all disciplines. Full event details are available here:
http://grantwritingusa.com/events/write/lcnm0510.html
Beginning and experienced grant writers from city, county and state agencies as well as nonprofits, K-12, colleges and universities are encouraged to attend.
We are excited to offer United Way of Southwest New Mexico partner agencies a special tuition rate of $395 which includes class workbook and accompanying resource CD that’s packed full of tools and more than 200 sample grant proposals. Please use code “UWSWNM” to receive this $30 discount off full price at registration.
Tuition payment is not required at the time of enrollment. Multi-enrollment discounts and discounts for Grant Writing USA returning alumni are available. Seating is limited, online reservations are necessary.
More information including learning objectives, class location, graduate testimonials and online registration is available here:
http://grantwritingusa.com/events/write/lcnm0510.html
Contacts:
Cathy Rittenhouse
Grant Writing USA
800.814.8191
cathy@grantwritingusa.com
Officer Rob A. Benavidez
Las Cruces Police Academy
575.541.2762
robenavidez@las-cruces.org
The Lawyer Referral for the Elderly Program is offering a free legal workshop on “Common Legal Issues for Senior Citizens” at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, March 22, at the Munson Senior Center, 975 S. Mesquite St. Free half-hour legal consultations workshop. All seniors, family members and others who work with seniors are invited to attend. After the workshop, LREP staff attorneys will meet privately for free 30-minute consultations with New Mexicans 55 or older who scheduled appointments in advance. To make a clinic appointment, call (575) 528-3000. For free helpline assistance: LREP, (800) 876-6657.
The State Bar of New Mexico seeks grant applications from nonprofit organizations that provide civil legal services to low-income New Mexicans within the scope of the “State Plan for Providing Civil Legal Aid to Low Income New Mexicans.”
The 2010 Grant Application and Guidelines are available online, www.nmbar.org. The deadline is for submission is 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2nd, at the State Bar offices, 5121 Masthead NE, Albuquerque, NM. For more information, call State Bar of NM, (505) 797-6000.
There will be a panel of participants in Alcoholics Anonymous presenting an informational meeting about AA on Tuesday Dec. 15th from 1-2 pm. The event is free and open to the public. This program should be good for people who work with practicing alcoholics as well as for people who want to find out more about how AA works for themselves, their loved ones, or others.
As the winter months approach, the New Mexico Department of Health and several agencies in the community are working to make sure that residents are safe from the harshness of the season.
The Department of Health’s Las Cruces Public Health Office will be holding a blanket and jacket drive called “Warm Up Las Cruces” from October 2 until the last week in February 2007. Clean or new blankets and adult jackets can be dropped off Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the north reception desk of the Las Cruces Public Health Office, located at 1170 North Solano. Department of Health Staff will take all donated items to local public services agencies that will distribute the jacket and blankets to those in need.
Eleanor Smith, a nutritionist with the Women Infants and Children Program at the Las Cruces Public Health Office, said that while temperatures may be warm now, winter is right around the corner and it is important that people willing to donate jacket and blankets do it now so residents can be prepared.
Smith, who started “Warm Up Las Cruces” last year with other WIC and clinic staff at the Las Cruces Public Health Office, said the idea came from staff noticing that sometimes clients visit the office during the winter months with a very thin or no coat at all. Smith remembers one situation where a client had to reschedule her appointment because she had to wait for her father to come home because he had the family coat.
“This family lived sharing one winter jacket the entire season,” Smith said. “Thankfully Las Cruces residents were very generous during last year’s donation drive and we hope that trend will continue this year.”
In 2005 “Warm Up Las Cruces” collected more than 100 new and used jackets and blankets, with a local business donating 15 new comforters that were considered “out of season” and were slated to be thrown away.
Other agencies in Las Cruces are also accepting donations of clothing and other items, including Jardin de los Niños, located at 999 Amador. Jardin de los Niños also takes donations year-round. Non-perishable food, clothing, home items, diapers, and new and used children’s items such as toys can be dropped off Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
La Casa, a domestic violence shelter in Las Cruces, also accepts items year round. Items can be dropped off at 800 South Walnut from 8 am. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. La Casa accepts donations of clothing and nonperishable food items.
For parents in need of a jacket for their child, Community Action Agency will be holding the annual Coats for Kids campaign for elementary school children. Registration for the program will take place from Oct. 17 to Nov. 17 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Distribution of jackets will take place on Dec. 2 at 7:30 a.m. at 320 East Wyatt Drive.
For more information about “Warm Up Las Cruces,” call (575) 528-5197 or check out this website.
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