Jan. 9—The Empty Stocking Fund at the Santa Fe Community Foundation in partnership with The Santa Fe New Mexican is a community benefit project first started by The New Mexican 43 years ago. 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 in Rio Arriba or Santa Fe counties and must provide documents that prove their identity, are considered without regard to race, age, ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation. Applications for aid are currently on pause because of overwhelming demand.
2024 goal: $475,000; however, there are already over $500,000 in requests.
This holiday charity project, which began in 1981, is administered by the Santa Fe Community Foundation.
To donate: Make your tax-deductible donation online by visiting santafecf.org/funds/empty-stocking-fund. In person, visit the Santa Fe Community Foundation at 501 Halona St., or The Santa Fe New Mexican, 150 Washington Ave., Suite 105, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Contributions can also be mailed to Empty Stocking Fund, C/O Santa Fe Community Foundation, P.O. Box 1827, Santa Fe, NM 87504-1827. Donors can request to remain anonymous.
Donations
Anonymous: $25.77
Anonymous: $25.77
Anonymous: $50
Anonymous: $100
Louise Abel and Boudinot Atterbury: $500
Cate Adams: $300
Kathy Adelsheim and Laurel Awishus: $1,500
Larry Archibald and Laura Chancellor — in memory of John Silver: $500
Rudy and Connie Archuleta: $150
Ann Bealle: $100
Mary and John Benziger: $100
Beta Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International — NMSO: $50
Joel Blitstein: $1,546.39
Laura Brown: $500
Chris and Carol Calvert — in memory of Loretta Armer: $103.09
Margret Carde and Richard Weinstein: $100
Duggan Clem — in memory of my friend Jensen Brown: $103.09
Steve Collins/Ginger Richardson: $250
Crouse family: $103.09
Cumulative total: $360,252.95