TOTAL GRANTS AWARDED IN 2005: $53,000
A special thank you to our many sponsors!

• El Rito Library — El Rito — $5,500
  This program lets the children of El Rito attend hands-on classes in retablo art, book making, watercolor art, music appreciation and song writing.
• Child Rite, Inc. — Taos — $4,000
  Child Rite is the only private non-profit adoption agency in New Mexico that works exclusively with children with special needs. This will fund a family retreat for adoptive parents and their children.
• Luciente, Inc. — Abiquiu — $5,000
  This after school tutoring and mentoring program helps elementary students with their homework and teaches older students job responsibility and improves their abilities to communicate and mentor.
• Zona del Sol — Santa Fe — $3,000
  This grant will fund an after school program for about 100 students that provides a safe and creative venue offering bilingual monitoring and various art and science learning opportunities.
• Art in the School — Albuquerque — $4,000
  Through the Art of Architecture: From Tut to the Extra-terrestial program, an 8 page teaching guide "Treasurers of the Egyptian Pyramids" will be developed and published, as well as, workshops and lectures.
• Canones Early Childhood Center — Canones — $5,000
  This after school program provides quality child development services to about 50 young students in the Canones community.
• Tri County Children's Advocates — Taos — $4,000
  The Sexual Abuse Program provides advocacy and therapy services to non-offending family members dealing with issues of child sexual abuse.
• NM Suicide Intervention Project — Santa Fe — $5,000
  Recognition - Treatment - Hope is a coordinated set of approaches for preventing youth suicide and suicidal behaviors in the Santa Fe area.
• Luciente, Inc. — Espanola — $4,500
  This Art to Boost Curriculum (ABC!) program now expands to the Espanola area and brings applied and performing arts that enhance curriculum development and student learning.
• Otero and Lincoln County CASA — Alamogordo — $4,000
  This grant will fund the Supervised Visit and Exchange program and will provide for a safe place for supervised visits between abused children and parents.
• Camp Corazones — Santa Fe — $3,000
  Camp Corazones is a four day summer camp (free of charge) for children from ages 5 to 12 that are affected by HIV/AIDS. This camp provides support, dialogue, family bonding and peer connections.
• Working Classroom — Albuquerque — $3,000
  Working Classroom provides economically and culturally accessible art experiences to low income middle school students through art and acting workshops, tutoring and GED/ACT/SAT preparation.
• Santa Fe Teen Arts Center — Santa Fe — $3,000
  The P.C. and Elmeree Oliver Grant