Empty stocking fund
The Empty Stocking Fund is a 40-year-old project of The New Mexican. Each year, hundreds of people receive aid from the fund during the holiday season to help cover rent payments, medical bills, utility costs, car repairs, home improvements and other needs.
Who it helps: Applicants, who must live within 50 miles of Santa Fe and must provide documents that provide proof of their identity, are considered without regard to race, age, ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation. The process for applying has closed; The New Mexican received nearly 800 applications.
How it works: Applications for funding are carefully vetted. Members of the Empty Stocking Committee review requests, meet with each qualifying applicant to examine records of outstanding bills or other needs and 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 but can be as much as $2,500 per household, depending on the need.
2021 goal: $275,000
This holiday charity project, which began in 1981, 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, Youth Shelters and Family Services and a private individual.
To donate: Make your tax-deductible donation 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 can request to remain anonymous.
If you can provide a service such as roofing or home repairs, contact Habitat for Humanity at repairs@santafehabitat.org. If you can contribute food, clothing, toys, housewares, furniture, firewood or other items or services, call the Salvation Army at 505988-8054.
DONATIONS
Christina Bruce: $100 im and Paula Burdelski: $100 Colette Capriglione: $20 Marjorie Carlson: $100
Earl Collison: $10
Philip Cook: $250
Michele Craig (in memory of John Rhoades): $100
Jack and MaryLou Davis: $2,500 Linda DeWolf: $50
John and Emily Drabanski (in memory of Gary Blank): $100 Robert and Judith Eagan: $100 Virginia Fretz: $20
James and JoAnn Gillula: $100 Oralynn and Patricio Guerrerortiz: $250
Annabelle Gutierrez (in memory of Ray Gutierrez): $100
Robert Hashagen: $100 Haught Girls (in loving memory of our folks, Nila and Earl Haught): $250
Robert and Wendy Hill: $100 George Johnson: $100
Tom and Lynda Kellahin: $1,000 Susan Kelly and Christy Stanley (in memory of Bud Kelly): $100
M R Kielbasa: $1,500 Margarita and Thomas Kintz: $100 Dennis and Cindy Klaus: $300 TK Koleczek: $50
Judith and William Laughlin: $50 Lynn Lee: $100
Ann and William LeMay: $47 Robert and Terry Lockhart: $500 Randi Lowenthal: $125 Luciano Lucky Varela for New Mexico (in memory of Luciano “Lucky” Varela and Christina M. Varela): $500
Gayatri and Tony Malmed: $250 Eileen Mandel: $100
Total: $9,172
Cumulative total: $230,776.71