December 22 – The Empty Stocking Fund is a 43-year-old project of The New Mexican. Each year, hundreds of people receive assistance from the fund during the holidays to 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 provide documentation proving their identity, will be considered without regard to race, age, ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation. Aid applications are currently at a standstill due to overwhelming demand.
2024 goal: $475,000; However, there are already more than $500,000 in requests.
This holiday charity project, which began in 1981, is administered by the Santa Fe Community Foundation.
Donate: Make your tax-deductible donation online by visiting santafecf.org/funds/empty-stocking-fund. Visit in person the Santa Fe Community Foundation at 501 Halona St., or The Santa Fe New Mexican, 150 Washington Ave., Suite 105, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contributions can also be mailed to Empty Stocking Fund, C/O Santa Fe Community Foundation, PO Box 1827, Santa Fe, NM 87504-1827. Donors may request to remain anonymous.
Donations
Anonymous: $250
Anonymous: $200
Anonymous: $103.09
Anonymous: $15.46
Anonymous: $103.09
Anonymous: $50
Anonymous: $149.48
Anonymous: $25.77
Linda Osborne: $250
Tom and Gwen Paine Fund: $2,500
June Parker – in memory of Billy Parker: $200
Jim and Jan Patterson: $1,000
Roger Peterson: $200
Jane and John Pfeil: $200
Jeff and Desiree Pitman – in memory of Mary Pitman: $257.73
Mary Beth and Paul Pizzoli: $200
Leah Popp and Barak Wolff: $257.73
Earl and Deborah Potter: $250
Rabinowe Family Fund: $300
Karen and Carl Rago: $103.09
Robert and Dixie Ray: $50
Rees Family – in honor of Bettie, Caldwell, Kricky, Mary and Liz: $515.46
Barbara Richardson – in memory of Governor Bill Richardson: $250
Joyce A. Roberts: $103.09
Terry Root: $206.19
Julia Rose – in honor of Caskey Medical Group: $1,000
Linda and Jim Ross: $200
Matilda Rubin: $250
Mary Anne and Al Sanborn: $600
Claire Sanders — in memory of Ellie Gray: $100
Kat Scheibner and Carrie Haag: $250
Sanya Schick: $200
Susan Mosgofian Sheldon — in memory of Simon and Claire Mosgofian: $412.37
Bob and Judy Sherman: $500
Naraa Shirendev and Brian Goldbeck: $20
Bill and Laura Skrips: $150
Smidinger trust: $500
Stephen and Lozen Snyder: $1,000
Deborah and Marc Sotkin: $103.09
Norbert and Betty Sperlich – in memory of Brian: $103.09
Thomas and Hendrika Spier: $500
Andy Spitler: $103.09
Cumulative total: $206,236.82
