Superintendent Torrez recognizes, thanks community helpers
Taoseños have stepped up in a big way to help the region's schools since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Taos Municipal Schools Superintendent Lillian Torrez recognized and thanked some of those community helpers during an education forum hosted and livestreamed by the Taos News Dec. 10.
Following is a list of groups that have helped the school district:
1. Agriculture Implementation Research Education (AIRE)
2. AT&T
3. Baskin Robbins – Ice Cream Scoops, 25 tickets
4. Big Brothers/Big Sisters
5. Blue Sky Foundation
6. Bridges Project
7. Comcast
8. Community Against Violence
9. DreamTree Project
10. El Centro School Based Health
11. First Presbyterian Church
12. Girl Scouts NM Trails
13. Good News Church – provided food to families
14. Habitat for Humanity
15. Harwood Museum
16. Holy Cross Medical Center
17. INSPIRE
18. Kids 1a
19. Kit Carson Internet
20. Kit Carson – help with utilities
21. LANL Foundation
22. Lion's Club
23. Local Taos Families – adopting a family for the holidays
24. LOR Foundation
25. Los Alamos National Labs
26. Los Cumbres Foundation
27. Millicent Rogers Museum
28. Mindful Frontiers
29. Naranjo IT & Web
Consulting
30. New Mexico First – health-building resilience
31. New Mexico Alliance for College and Career Readiness
32. Nurturing Center
33. Paso Y Paso
34. Red Willow
35. Regional Educational Cooperative (REC) II
36. Rivers and Birds
37. Rocky Mountain Youth Corps
38. SEL Community Catalyst Group – Dr. Franklin
39. Sin Bronteta De Nuevo Mexico
40. Sin Fronteras ( José and Vanessa Gonzales)
41. St. James Church – Backpacks for students, 75 bags every weekend, 5 family food baskets and holiday turkeys/ food
42. State Farm – Wanda Lucero
43. Stray Hearts
44. T-Mobile
45. Taos Alive
46. Taos Behavioral
Health
47. Taos Chamber of Commerce
48. Taos Community Foundation
49. Taos Country Club
50. Taos County Commissioners
51. Taos County Emergency Services
52. Taos Farm to School Project
53. Taos Feeds Taos
54. Taos Fire Marshal Office
55. Taos Grandmas – for masks
56. Taos Immigrant Alliance
57. Taos Living Center
58. Taos Mayor Barrone
59. Taos Milagro Rotary
60. Taos Mountain Outfitters – donated sleeping bags and jackets
61. Taos Net
62. Taos Public Library
63. Taos Pueblo Education Office
64. Taos School employees – clothing, beds, TVs and items for families in need
65. Taos School Zone
66. Taos Ski Valley EMT & Ski Patrol Volunteers – helping Taos Middle School Cafeteria Staff hand out meals on Fridays, all year
67. Taos United
68. TECC
69. Twirl
70. UNM-Taos
71. USDA Planning Grant – organic food for student meals
72. Valle Del Sol Mental Health
73. Valle Escondido Golf Community – food for backpacks, food for families – food baskets for thanksgiving, shoes, jackets, blankets, sleeping bags and pillows
74. Vargas Tile – has bought food, hygiene and backpacks for students
75. YDI Head Start
76. Youth Heart Line
77. Taos News
78. Anonymous donors
79. Many other organizations