Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation

Your donation will help the Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation provide emergency financial assistance to special needs kids and their families so that they are able to keep a roof over their heads, get important durable medical or therapeutic medical equipment not covered by insurance, build a wheelchair or repair a vehicle to help mom or dad maintain employment.

• In 2010 the Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation provided critical assistance to almost 150 families through our Patient and Family Assistance Program.

• At the Foundation, we strive to assist families with their medical and daily living needs and also offer quality of life programs such as a summer wheelchair sports camp and scholarships for therapeutic horseback riding and dance lessons.  As one long-time Sports camp volunteer notes: “When campers arrive and it’s their first year, and you see them looking around … they can’t believe there’s a camp just for kids in wheelchairs.  That week, everyone is not staring at you for once.”

The Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation has helped over 500 children get a specialized therapeutic tricycle or adaptive bicycle.  The Trike program provides physical therapy, increased mobility, and, most importantly, the chance for children with special needs to fulfill a childhood dream: learning to ride a bike.  Your donation can help turn this dream into a reality.

“One of the things I had always wanted to do ever since I was little was learn to ride a bike just like every other kid.”    - Carrie Tingley Patient

www.carrietingleyhospitalfoundation.org

Casa Esperanza

The generous support from our friends makes it possible for Casa Esperanza to offer an affordable home and support to New Mexico’s cancer victims and their families.  Casa Esperanza is a spacious and beautiful 28 room facility that serves as New Mexico’s home away from home providing a caring community to support and serve families who must travel from their home towns to seek treatment at an Albuquerque treatment center. Since opening its doors in 1992, Casa Esperanza has served nearly 29,000 families from New Mexico and throughout the region. They range in age from babies just a few months old to grandmothers in their nineties.  Our families come to us from all backgrounds and income levels, but they share one thing in common - each family is facing fear and emotional upheaval. At Casa Esperanza, we understand the importance of support not only for the person undergoing treatments, but for the entire family unit as well. So, in addition to lodging and all the amenities of home, Casa Esperanza provides expertise to help families navigate their way through the cancer experience from diagnosis through treatments and survivorship – for what is all too often an emotionally, physically and financially devastating time for them.  And no one is ever turned away based on inability to pay.

A long-time Casa volunteer writes, “Donating time and money is personal, and every time I walk into Casa I am reminded of why we choose to give.  There is an energy of loving support and personal privacy.  I always feel “at home” and that kind of energy is what it takes for families to get through the highs and lows of dealing with cancer.  It is important for each of us to simply reach out and ASK someone else to give to something we believe in.  No gift is too small when it is given in love.”

A recent resident writes, “Casa Esperanza, you are the light on the road which we all travel when we come to seek refuge. Thank you Senor, for opening the doors of this place to those of us who seek refuge, covering us and protecting us from the torments we encounter in this life; such cold weather, hot weather, and windy days. Most of all, thank you for sharing your table with us, which was never empty of food elements or hospitality to anyone seeking refuge, knocking on your door and hoping to find help. Thank you, Casa Esperanza, for being that light on our road to recovery. May God bless all who labor in this place.“    - Mr. and Mrs. V., Doña Ana County.

www.casaesperanzanm.org