December 14 – 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: $103.09
Anonymous: $206.19
Anonymous: $103.09
Anonymous: $257.73
Anonymous: $103.09
Deborah Nicholas: $2,000
Jon Peck and Adair Waldenberg: $250
Jane Phillips-Conroy: $500
Jim and Nancy Pierce: $1,000
Marika Pineda: $100
Alfred Pinkerton: $1,000
Susan Radecki: $200
Joseph and Leta Regezi: $100
Anna Richards: $100
Louise A Rinn: $1,000
Lee Rogaliner and Anne Gifford: $300
Yvonne and James Rogers: $300
Jon and Sandee Rudnick: $500
Santa Fe Philosophical Society: $575
Sarah and Tony Sawtell: $250
Karen Schmidt: $515.46
Gene and Kathi Schofield: $1,000
Tori Warner Shepard – in memory of David and Mary Cost: $154.64
Leslie Kendal Smith: $300
Richard and Sandy Snider: $103.09
Ishwari Sollohub: $200
Jo Speer: $100
Paul and Nancy Stanford: $206.19
Sarah Stevenson: $50
Bob and Debbie Stone: $500
Patricia and Michael Sullivan: $120
Cumulative total: $105,025.55
