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Animal Volunteers Needed
The Española Valley Humane Society is seeking volunteers to help with dog and cat socialization, graphic design, photography and photo assistants, foster care, events, education, community outreach, veterinary support, office and paperwork, maintaining the grounds, follow-up phone calls, and various other projects that can be done from home.
Call 470-2469 for more information.
Pregnancy Center
The Care Net Pregnancy Center of Española Valley provides free counseling for women and families. For more information, call Shannon at 747-9450.
Fair Meeting
The Rio Arriba County Fair Association will meet Sept. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the Rural Events Center in Abiquiú. Topics of discussion will include the buyer’s banquet and membership fee collection for voting rights.
Class of ‘88 Reunion
Planning is in the works for the 20th reunion of the Española Valley High School class of 1988. For more information, e-mail Denise at evhs88@hotmail.com.
Landlord/Tenant Workshop
Law Access New Mexico will hold a free landlord/tenant legal workshop Sept. 4 at 5:30 p.m. at the State Bar office at 5121 Masthead, in Albuquerque. Attorneys will discuss housing legal issues such as repairs, security deposits, evictions, right of entry and lockouts. For directions to the Bar’s office, call 797-6069.
Literacy Day
The New Mexico Coalition for Literacy will celebrate “Literacy Day in New Mexico” Sept. 8 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the State Capitol Rotunda in Santa Fe. John Corcoran, author of The Teacher Who Couldn’t Read, will be the keynote speaker.
For more information or to volunteer or access free tutoring services, call (800) 233-7587 or visit www.nmcl.org.
Farmers’ Market
The Española Farmers’ Market will feature free chile roasting Sept. 1, and is accepting used children’s books for its weekly book exchange. The market is open every Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 1005 N. Railroad Ave.
St. John Lectures
Nazareth College philosophy professor Heidi Northwood will give a free public lecture Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. in St. John’s College’s Great Hall, in Santa Fe, on “The Hidden Harmony, The Hidden Logos: What Prometheus and Pythagoras Gave to Us Humans.”
Metropolitan Museum of Art Greek and Roman Art Curator Carlos Picon will speak Sept. 20 at 4 p.m., also in the Great Hall, on “New Hellenistic and Roman Galleries: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.” For more information, call 984-6000.
Alchoholics
Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous meets daily in Española and Los Alamos. For more information, call 695-0042.
Narcotics
Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous meets every Sunday and Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Hands Across Cultures Teen Center in Arroyo Seco and at 6 p.m. at the Guadalupe Church in Pojoaque. For more information about the meetings, call 929-2569.
Veterans Transport
Disabled American Veterans is providing transportation from Española to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Albuquerque Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The bus leaves at 6 a.m. from the Dandy Burger restaurant on Riverside Drive, in Española. It will return at approximately 1:30 p.m. Passengers are asked to contact Merijildo Ortega at 351-4405 at least one day prior to travel.
Volunteers Needed
The Veterans Memorial Commission in Española is seeking volunteers to help staff the office and maintain the memorial grounds. Ex-military personnel are preferred, but others will be trained. For more information, visit the Commission office at the Misión y Convento or call 747-9340.
Volunteers Needed
The Wildlife Center in Arroyo Seco is seeking volunteers to fulfill the following jobs: feeders, cage cleaners, Intensive Care Unit workers, docents, transporters, grounds and facilities maintenance/construction and office support. Call the volunteer coordinator at 753-9505.
Veterans Meetings
Veterans interested in joining Disabled American Veterans are invited to monthly meetings of Luchetti Castner Chapter 15, based in Santa Fe. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of odd-numbered months at the Santa Fe V.F.W. hall at 307 Montezuma Ave., and the first Tuesday of even-numbered months at the Cities of Gold Casino Annex Building, which used to house Pojoaque Elementary. For more information, call Dave Pineda at 670-3118.
Senior Program
Rio Arriba County is offering free adult day care services for seniors 60 and older. The service includes nutritious meals and social activities. For more information, call 753-5492.
Call for Volunteers
Ambercare Hospice seeks committed volunteers to assist terminally ill patients and their families. Compassion, patience and generosity are a must. Training is provided. Volunteers set their own hours. For more information about the program, call 747-7861.
Flag Farewell
The Española Veterans’ Wall Memorial Commission will conduct a dignified disposal ceremony of any unserviceable, torn, tattered or faded American Flags. For more information or to have an old flag disposed of, call 747-9340 or bring the flag to the Española Plaza room B. This office does not have free flags.