HOW YOU CAN HELP
VOLUNTEERS
THE OPEN SPACE ALLIANCE needs volunteers to help with its gift shop located at the Open Space Visitor Center. Email Kristy at openspacegiftshop@gmail.com or call 358-8270. PACA (PEOPLE’S ANTI CRUELTY ASSOCIATION) needs volunteers to help care for cats and kittens up for adoption at Kitty City, PACA’s cage-free room located in Clark’s Pet Supply at Menaul and Juan Tabo. Contact Jackie at 293-4060. NEW MEXICO VETERANS’ MEMORIAL FOUNDATION needs volunteers to assist with staffing one day a month. Shifts are 9 a.m.-noon and noon-3 p.m. daily. Contact the memorial office, 256-2042, or Jim Lehner at 250-3483, lehnerjames@comcast.net with contact and availability information. NEWSLINE FOR THE BLIND, a telephone reading service for blind and visually impaired persons, is in need of volunteers to read the Albuquerque Journal to Newsline subscribers. Call New Mexico Commission for the Blind, 383-2220. HEADING HOME, needs Home Team volunteers to serve as mentors and companions to recently-housed individuals. Call Kristy Anderson at 226-1700, ext. 208, or email her at kristya@headinghome.org THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER needs volunteer advocates to assist with its help line. Shifts are available from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Also needed are volunteers to work with children of domestic violence victims from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 5:30-7:15 p.m. Thursdays. Call Louann, 843-9123.
DONATIONS
PROJECT SHARE, which serves dinner to the homeless and hungry every night of the week except Wednesday, is in need of monetary donations and donations of toiletries. Call 242-5677 or visit www. projectshareinc.org.
RONALD McDONALD HOUSE
CHARITIES OF NEW MEXICO, which provides a home away from home for families whose children are in medical treatment, is currently in need of donations of individual snack items, paper
bowls, dryer sheets, and powdered laundry detergent. Visit www.rmhc-nm.org or call 842-8960.
ST. FELIX PANTRY, a Felician-sponsored food pantry, is in need of nonperishable food. Donations of food and other items may be dropped off Tuesdays through Saturdays from 6 a.m.-noon at the food pantry, 4020 Barbara Loop SE in Rio Rancho. Call 891-8075 or email mcasias@stfelixpantry.org. WALKIN’ N CIRCLES EQUINE RESCUE &
REHABILITATION RANCH: Tax-deductible donations are needed for the ranch’s Hug-A-Horse Thrift Store in Edgewood. Call 459-2265 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays or noon-3 p.m. Sundays. Visit www. wncr.org.
WANAGI WOLF FUND AND RESCUE, Tijerasbased nonprofit organization dedicated to stopping the breeding of wolves and wolf-dogs as pets, seeks monetary donations to help care for rescued, captive-bred wolves and wolf-dogs. Also needed are a grant writer, sponsorships and in-kind donations. Contact Stephanie Kaylan at info@wanagi-wolf-fund.org or visit www.wanagiwolf-fund.org.