APPLAUSE
DOUG “BISHOP” ANAYA, a member care coordinator for the New Mexico Medicaid division of Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico (BCBSNM), has been named the 2017 BCBSNM Volunteer
of the Year. Anaya, a four-year employee of BCBSNM, logged almost 300 volunteer hours in 2017. He is the president of the Hellfighters Soul Snatchers Unit, a motorcycle ministry that provides food, clothing and shelter for the homeless in Albuquerque. His ministry has grown to 40 to 50 volunteers feeding more than 350 homeless individuals each weekend. In honor of Anaya’s award, BCBSNM is donating $1,000 to his charity of choice, the Hellfighters Soul Snatchers Unit.