HOW YOU CAN HELP
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PADS TO THE PEOPLE 2016 FUNDRAISER &
SILENT AUCTION: A night in Nepal to benefit the Albuquerque nonprofit Women To Be. Women and girls in Nepal are supplied with hygiene kits, allowing them to continue in school, work and be an active member of their community. 4 7 p.m. Feb. 20 at Dekker/Perich/Sabatini, 7601 Jefferson NE, #100 Albuquerque. Visit www. women2be.org/ for tickets or to donate. Information: Christine Glidden, 610-2531.
VOLUNTEERS
ALBUQUERQUE OPPORTUNITY CENTER
(AOC) seeks volunteers to assist men experiencing homelessness and recovering from acute injury or illness who are staying the AOC campus. Respite drivers provide transportation to medical and benefits appointments. Volunteers serve once or twice per week in threehour shifts. Volunteers drive residents to their appointments in large passenger vans provided by AOC. Driver training is provided. Contact Lisa Maury, 226-1700, ext. 1, or lisam@headinghome.org.
FIRST TEE OF GREATER ALBUQUERQUE seeks women and men volunteers to serve as assistant coaches for its Life Skills Experience spring classes at the University of New Mexico Championship Course. If you care about young people, and love playing golf, you can make a life-changing difference coaching one afternoon a week. Call Coach Ron at 358-8419 or email
firsteealbuquerque@gmail.comor to sign up for a March orientationfor informationsession. GREATER HUMANITY, ALBUQUERQUEwhich builds homes HABITATfor low- FOR income families, seeks volunteers to work at ReStore and at the job site building homes. Call 265-0057 or visit habitatabq.org.
HERITAGE HOSPICE seeks volunteers to answer phones and perform clerical duties, visit with patients, help around the house, cook meals, run errands or sit and talk with people. Call Susan Lueckenhoff, 366-2307.
JUNE’S SENIOR CAT RESCUE, a nonprofit to help homeless senior cats, needs short-term, long-term and hospice foster homes. The rescue pays the cats’ medical expenses. Call 220-3528 or email junescats@q.com. PACA (PEOPLE’S ANTI CRUELTY ASSOCIATION) needs volunteers to help care for cats and kittens up for adoption at Kitty City, PACA’s cage-free room located in Clark’s Pet Supply at Menaul and Juan Tabo. Contact Jackie at 293-4060. THE RAPE CRISIS CENTER OF CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO seeks volunteer advocates to provide support, advocacy and referrals for survivors of sexual assault, their families and loved ones. Hours are flexible and training is provided. Volunteers must complete a 40-hour training session. For information, call 266-7712, ext. 117, or visit rapecrisiscnm.org. THE RIO GRANDE FOOD PROJECT wants volunteers to help feed hungry New Mexicans 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Saturday for food distribution, data entry, inventory organization and maintaining our garden. Contact Robert Nelson at 831-3778 or email robert@rgfp.org. Visit rgfp.org. WALKIN’ N CIRCLES EQUINE RESCUE &
REHABILITATION RANCH seeks volunteers to work 10 hours a month at the ranch or thrift store. Email saveahorse@wncr.org or call 288-0779 or visit wncr.org.
ZIA HOSPICE needs volunteers to provide companionship for patients, respite for caregivers and administrative support. Call Reymundo Holguin, 830-2978. DONATIONS
GRACE MEAL, a ministry of First United Methodist Church serving more than 200 hot meals every week to those in need, including families with children, people with disabilities, needs financial support. Please make checks payable to First United Methodist Church, with “Grace Meal” noted in the memo field, and mail to First UMC, P.O. Box 1638, Albuquerque, NM 87103-1638. You may also donate to the program through United Way. For information, call 243-5646.
HEADING HOME, helping people to transition from living on the street to living in housing, needs donations of gently used furniture, house-
hold items and cleaning supplies. Contact Lisa Maury, 226-1700, ext. 1, or lisam@headkinghome.org.
LIFEROOTS, a not-for-profit organization for children and adults with physical, developmental and/or behavioral challenges, seeks donations of musical instruments and art supplies such as paper stock, stickers, watercolors, acrylics, canvas or canvas boards, paint brushes, jewelry wire, plastic beads and mixing trays. Donations may be taken to LifeROOTS, 1111 Menaul NE, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays or mailed to Kathleen Cates at LifeROOTS. Call 255-5501 or visit liferootsnm.org.
STOREHOUSE WEST, a food pantry providing over 3 million meals a year, seeks volunteers for various duties, including the sorting and repackaging of food, helping clients, directing client traffic during food distribution, sorting clothing and other miscellaneous tasks. Days and times vary. For information call 892-2077 or storehousewestnm@gmail.com.