Woman mired in misfortunes
A Santa Fe area woman says she has had a series of misfortunes.
Her son died on Mother’s Day and she had to pay funeral costs that included bringing him home from Denver.
Then after having surgery on her left foot, she fell off her crutches and injured the rotator cuff in her shoulder.
While dealing with the pain of losing her son she decided to leave her alcoholic husband, walking out with only her clothes.
She now rents a one-room house for $630 a month but has no transportation of her own, relying on the bus system from time to time despite swelling in her foot. She found an old, high-mileage car for sale but hasn’t been able to save enough to cover the price.
She is among hundreds of people seeking help this season through the Empty Stocking Fund.
The Empty Stocking Fund is a project of The Santa Fe 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 InSight Foto.
The application process has closed.
Donations
Anonymous (4): $5,525 AAA Self Storage Co.: $200 Trish and Richard Arens: $200 Elspeth Bobbs, in memory of Howard and Norrie Bobbs: $500 Q and Phil Cook: $250 Roberts and Jennifer French: $175 Cynthia and Jim Goldstone: $200 Laura Gutierrez: $250 Sara and Dick Haber: $250 Collin and Jamie Haffey: $50 Virginia Hall-Smith: $50 Mark and Christine Hickman: $200 Nina Dougherty and Jack Huberman: $200 Anne and Mark Keller: $200 Mary Anne and Bruce Larsen: $250 Nathaniel Messimer: $100 Eugene and Carol Murski: $100 Linda Zingle and Maggie Odell: $100 Elizabeth Gutierrez and Richard Schoegler: $250 Rebekah Sisk, in memory of Elaine Stanton: $100 Karen Stoll, in memory of Brooks Shera: $300 Elizabeth Thornton, in memory of Jan Adlmann: $100 Douglas Waterman, in honor of my sister, Lynn Miller: $150 Total: $9,700 Cumulative Total: $68,855.95