Mother requests help with housing, transportation
A single mother says she needs help with housing, transportation and winter clothing expenses. She is asking for assistance paying the deposit and first month’s rent for a two-bedroom apartment for herself, her son and her boyfriend, who just got out of jail five months ago.
She also wants help with registering and insuring a car she bought to get her son to school, to look for work and to take her boyfriend to community corrections classes and to see his probation officer.
She is among hundreds of people seeking help this season through the Empty Stocking Fund.
The Empty Stocking Fund is a project of The New Mexican. The Santa Fe Community Foundation, Los Alamos National Bank, The Salvation Army, Presbyterian Medical Services, The Life Link and Linda Zingle donate services to jointly administer the Empty Stocking Fund.
The newspaper will run stories featuring requests for assistance from local residents.
The information from the initial application will be verified if the applicant is selected for assistance.
To donate: Make your taxdeductible donation online at www.santafenewmexican.com/empty_stocking or mail a check to The New Mexican’s Empty Stocking Fund c/o The Santa Fe Community Foundation, P.O. Box 1827, Santa Fe, NM 87504-1827. Donors can request to remain anonymous.
If you can provide a service such as roofing or home repairs, call 505-983-8968.
If you can contribute food, clothing, toys, housewares, furniture, firewood, or other items or services, call 505-988-8054.
If you donate online in honor of a friend or loved one, a custom e-card can be sent from the Empty Stocking Fund to let them know about your contribution, courtesy of the Santa Fe Community Foundation and In Sight Foto.
To apply for assistance: Applications for help must be received by 5 p.m. Dec. 8 to be considered by the Empty Stocking Fund Committee.
Applications can be submitted at www.santafenewmexican.com/empty_stocking. People who do not otherwise have access to the internet can go to any of the city’s three public libraries or to the New Mexico Workforce Solutions office at 301 W. De Vargas St.
Applicants who meet the eligibility criteria will be considered without regard to race, creed, place or country of origin, age, disability, ethnicity, color, gender identity, marital status or sexual orientation.
Recipients must live in Santa Fe County or Rio Arriba County and provide a Social Security number.
Donations: Anonymous, in honor of Father Paul: $100 Anonymous (5): $520 Ken and Lisa Adkins: $250 Lisa and Gregg Bemis: $25 David Carney: $100 Dede Collins and Dennis Cooper: $300 Shirley Cruse: $25 Laura Gery: $35 Jan Martinez and Bob Hassel: $25 Joan Baker and Margeaux Klein: $250 Antonio, Logan and Liz Lopez, in memory of Aurora and Cayetano Casados: $250 Anne Maurer: $50 Mitch and Debbie Mayhon: $100 Judy Mitchell: $100 Stephen P. Gary and Carol Ann Mullaney: $50 Jeff and Desiree Pitman: $100 Sharon and Jim Porter: $250 Darien Raistrick: $100 Robin Rubel, in honor of John H. Rubel: $500 Thomas and Hendrika Spier: $100 The Lauritano Halligan Raschke family, in memory of Armando and Victoria Lauritano: $100 Jeffrey Thurston, in memory of Jewel: $200 Edward Walpin: $25 Rollin and Cheryl Whitman: $250
Total: $3,805 Cumulative total: $27,545.95