Empty stocking fund

Who you’ve helped this

year: An Española woman was struggling to make ends meet after her significant other died last year. “I’ve always been a good person and worked for everything I have and it’s so hard for me to ask for help, but I need it badly,” she wrote in her request for assistance. The Empty Stocking Fund helped pay her rent, phone bill and insurance.

How it works: Applications for funding are carefully vetted. Members of the Empty Stocking Committee review requests and meet with each qualifying applicant to examine records of outstanding bills or other needs, and to verify the applicant’s income.

If a request is approved, the committee sends a check directly to the service supplier. The cap for most requests is $1,000.

2020 goal: $275,000 This holiday charity project of The New Mexican began in 1981 and is jointly administered by the Santa Fe Community Foundation, Enterprise Bank and Trust, the Salvation Army, Presbyterian Medical Services, The Life Link, Habitat for Humanity, Esperanza Shelter, the Housing Trust and two private individuals.

To donate: Make tax-deductible donations online at 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 may choose to remain anonymous.

To provide a service such as roofing or home repairs, contact Habitat for Humanity at repairs@ santafehabitat.org. To contribute food, clothing, toys, furniture, or other items or services, call the Salvation Army at 505-988-8054.

Donations

Anonymous: $1,850 Anonymous, in memory of Abe Kadish: $200

Julie McCashin and Chris Amos: $500

John Barry: $250

Greg Reiche and Teresa Beck: $250 Tom and Jan Collett: $300

Deb: $50

Jan Duggan: $100

Leah Freedman: $100 Patricia Ann Gentry: $1,000 Ann and Larry Graham-Johnson: $200

Kathy Longinaker and Nikki Hooser: $500

M. Toquaiah Jackson: $250

Ann Lawrence: $300

Darien Raistrick: $100

Joan Sickler and Mike Rosow: $125 Douglas and Katie Zang: $250

Total: $6,325 Cumulative total: $396,266.08