LUVYANM monthly meeting.

• Maestas and Ward Real Estate hosts monthly meeting until the group outgrew the space.

• The Village of Los Ranchos now donates the building at their Agi Nature Center.

Thank you to all our partners that come to speak, encourage, and open opportunities to our youth.

• Mattress Firm presented job opportunities 

• Enterprise Rental Car

• Jeanette Harris taught an exercise class

• Sandoval County presented job opportunities

• Representative David Gallegos told his inspirational life story

• CNM presented educational opportunities

• Jiffy Lube taught a class on how to care for your car.

• Julie Kennelly an HGNMF board member, organized financial literacy classes.

• Bank of The West employees donated their time to teach six hour financial literacy classes.

• Vincent Gatlin hosted a job skill workshop.

• Ginger Thompson with Mary Kay gave a skin care and makeup class.

• Thank you PNM for your partnership in preventing at risk youth from taking wrong turns and opening opportunities to achieve their fullest potential

Cooking classes are held monthly.

Youth cook and share a family style meal.

• Susan and Ron Kirkpatrick with Design Warehouse donates their kitchen.

• Victor Rede with Rede to Cater teaches the classes.

• New Day youth shelter provides the kitchen to have the LUVYA youth’s annual holiday meal cooking class. 

• Chef Pam Santer taught classes

• In 2012 Viviana Vigil of the Reelz Channel hosted a BBQ cooking class in her home.

“Knots of Love” blanket making parties.

No sew fleece blankets are handmade and given to kids for comfort when they are taken out of their home.  Blankets are also given to aged-out youth as a holiday gift. Thanks to the hundreds of volunteers over the years that have given so much comfort to foster kids and our hosts.

• Marjori and Paul Krebs 

• Susan Kirkpatrick with Design Warehouse 

• The Mintz Family

• Douglas McArthur Elementary School

• Stephanie Gatlin and PNM

• Cole Trapnell’s Eagle Scout project.  

• Hope Christian School girl’s track team.  

• Cindy Burnham’s class at Hope Christian School

• Cibola Highschool girls’ basketball team

• Lobo Athletics 

• Cleveland Middle School

• Tony Hillerman Elementary School

• Dallin Garrity Eagle Scout project  

• Jennifer Childers

• The Garrity Family

• Junior League

Spreading Joy at the Holidays

New Mexico’s community opens their hearts each year to bring joy and caring to our foster children and youth.

• TLC plumbing fills stocking for children currently in foster care.

• UNM Lobo men’s basketball coaches wives fills stocking for aged-out youth.

•  “Pursonalities”, a group that fills purses with toiletry items as holiday gifts. 

• Bev Preece makes beautiful handmade stocking and dolls.

• St. Pius school filled special teen girl purses.

• Handmade fleece blankets are given each year.

Secret Santas

Youth fill out wish lists and Santa’s fill those lists. Thank you to our generous Santa’s that make these dreams come true.

• Angela Romero

• Former Governor Susana Martinez

• Sherman and Cathy McCorkle

• Maestas and Ward Real Estate employees

• Blue Cross Blue Shield employees

• Junior League

• Unitarian Church

• Jesse Dompreh

• MJM Law, LLC

• Linda Moffett

• Kim Zahm

• Janelle Brookhouser

• Edward Lujan

• Claudine Martinez

• Rick and Kathy Abeles

• Michela Baca

• Sean Johnson

• UBS Financial Services

• David Montoya

• Margaret Billson

• Julie Rogers

• James Marquez

• Cathy & Sherman McCorkle

• Cindy Rosenberg

• Tasha Townsend

• Judy & Stephen Chreist

• Paul Cassidy

• Linda Mason

• Marlene Sanford

• Kristen Freeman

• Yolanda Alarid

• Barbara Bays

• Rose and Mark Gehrke

• Bernadette Mahedy

• NPMA Duke City Chapter

• Albuquerque Community Foundation

• Rocklan and Kelly Lawrence

• James & Sandy Tegnelia

• Rich Ford

• Rick & Nancy Siegel

• Jennifer Curtin

• Mark & Mary Curtin

• Robert and Sharon Burpo
  

Spreading comfort and letting kids know they matter.

• Rick and Nancy Siegel donate new household items regularly for aged-out youth.

• Women of Purpose make handmade baby quilts and donate infant baby bags with supplies for aged-out youth who are parents.

• Joan Chreist makes handmade baby quilts.

• Mary Ellen Clark makes handmade baby quilts.

Toiletry drives

Choosing between food and toiletries or cleaning supplies is a reality for aged-out foster youth. These valued partners host toiletry drives to provide the essential needs.

• Comcast Cares Day hosted toiletry drives to 4 years.

• Sue Darnell and PNM have hosted two toiletry drives for LUVYA youth.

• Western Refining employees hosted a toiletry donation drive for 2 years.

• Escuela Del Sol Montessori School

• Century Bank

Community Engagement

• Governor Susana Martinez hosted the annual high school and college graduation celebration at the Governor’s Mansion for 6 years.

• Steve Stucker Emcees the annual “Open Your Heart” Gala

• Mattress Firm has given hundreds of new queen beds to aged out foster youth.

• Aspen Printing has donated all HGNMF’s printing needs since 2009

• Adobe Productions has donated all the audio/video to the annual gala.

• The Philanthropic Educational Organization offers educational grants to women.

• Stephanie Gatlin hosted a table at PNM to spread awareness.

• The Santa Fe Opera donates tickets for youth to attend the Opera.

• The Colt Balock show featured HGNMF.

• Systems Go donated a teambuilding class making and launching rockets.

• Albuquerque NAIOP collected and donated backpacks for foster kids.

• The New Mexico Bowl donates 90 game tickets to foster families so they could have a family day out.

• Mattress Firm has donated tickets to the Isotopes baseball game so foster families could have a fun family day.

• The Junior League gives diapers to aged out youth who are parents.

• The Heart of Cabi hosted a clothing donation event and included independent living youth as beneficiaries.  Youth were treated to “boutique shopping” with personal stylist and given five items of new clothes each.

• In Plain Sight, the TV series, donated a moving van full of furniture and household items used on their sets after the series ended. 

• PNM Foundation continues to support HGNMF through grants, volunteer participation, and continued partnerships.

Public Awareness

Many myths and untruths exist in the public mind about foster children, foster parenting, and adoption. Through public awareness campaigns the Foundation provides facts and reality to replace myths and untruths.

New Mexico True

Heart Gallery was founded in Santa Fe NM in 2001. The concept has spread to all 50 states and internationally. Thousands of foster children have found safe loving forever families as a result.