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Our Lady of Las Palomas Interfaith Center
"Dedicated To Giving The Disadvantaged A Hand Up"
URGENT: Volunteers and Financial Donations
A Faith-Budget which we hope to raise through
Individual and Corporate Donations, Grants & Foundations
Border Cooperative Marketing & Development Plan
Two Cooperative Enterprise Development Coordinators: Grant writing
and Management, Recruiting, Training and Mentoring 10 new Volunteers and
60 new Artisans $50,000
Artisan recruiting and training
25,000
Internet access and marketing
21,000
Studio Space rental, utilities, telephone,
25,000
Facility, Liability Insurance, audit
7,000
Artisan Tools (Looms, Sewing Machines)
25,000
Food Stipend for most needy artisans
17,000
Total
$170,000
Our Lady of Las Palomas is now ready to take the next step in our commitment to
the people of New Mexico and Mexico.
We have developed a faith-budget which you see above and have engaged two
Cooperative Enterprise Development Coordinators to write grants, develop
training and a marketing plan for the Border Cooperative, and recruit more
artisans and volunteers. They will
assume their positions in May.
In the past we have relied on the generosity of The New Mexico Women’s
Foundation, the Office of Border Health, the Wellness Coalition, the Southwest
Deanery of the Episcopal Church, the Methodist Church, Church of the Southwest,
St. Luke’s, and other churches and individuals to support our programs.
Your continued donations and support are important if we are to make this
work for the good of all our families.
Please follow us on our website and Facebook. We’ll let you know how
we’re doing. We cannot do this good
work alone! Thank you and God Bless.
Hunger Project
Volunteers: Project Coordinator
Financial: Ongoing donations to sustain $800/month
food distribution URGENT!!!!
Material: canned foods and dry goods
Border Cooperative of Columbus
Volunteers: Cooperative project coordinator; class
instructors for all types of handwork
Material: sewing materials and accessories; sewing
supplies; weaving looms in good working order; wool yarn; 3 sewing machines: new
or in good working order; sewing tables
Border Cooperative of Palomas
Financial: $250 for purchase of propane wall heater
for cooperative workshop
Material: electric fans; storage shelves; 12 plastic
outdoor stackable chairs
Our Lady of Las Palomas Compassion House/ Retreat
Center
Material: paper goods - toilet paper, paper towel,
paper napkins, Kleenex; laundry detergent; dish detergent; bath soap; light
bulbs; dust pan and brush; 2- night stand table lamps; 6 - 9 volt batteries for
smoke detectors; 3 fire extinguishers; 2 clear new shower curtain liners; 2
garden hoses; 2 outdoor garden benches; bird feeders; bird bath; picnic table
and benches; 50 yards of shade cloth
Financial: donations for utilities, OLLP van
automobile insurance, registration, maintenance, gas; donations towards
additional retreat buildings (portable)
Our Lady of Las Palomas Chapel
Volunteers:
paint inside chapel; weed labyrinth garden; weed St.
Francis garden; night stand table lamp
Material: tile and rug for new floor; dust pan and
brush
Our Lady of Las Palomas is a non-profit, interfaith organization dedicated to simplicity, presence, sustainability and social justice on and over the border. Federal ID# TIN 85-0484103. Mailing address: P.O. Box 622, Columbus, New Mexico 88029. Telephone: 575-531-1101. Contact Rev. Kris Lethin, Temporary Executive Director and Treasurer
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It's Not Always Easy to Bear Witness but it is worth it.
Our Lady of Las Palomas Interfaith Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. - Federal ID # TIN 85-0484103
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Our Lady of Las Palomas Interfaith Center
P.O. Box 622
Columbus, New Mexico 88029