Category: Friends of the Nest

Local photographer Bill Yorston is a friend of The Nest.

Local bank manager Maria Misquez provides financial information to women at The Nest during weekly group.

You might recall that earlier this year, the shelter was able to install much needed new carpet and tile with the help of Golden Yarn Flooring and Joe Eby. This week, shelter staff received some help from local painter, Shannon Galbadon.

PimpMyCause.org is a website that connects non-profit organizations with marketing experts who have volunteered to help the agency address any number of marketing needs, including graphic design, networking, social media, web development and public relations.  Causes like HEAL can post “help wanted ads” requesting assistance with specific tasks to which professionals can then respond.  The site also has a listing of …

According to the organization’s website, 4-H is the nation’s largest youth development organization, with six million young members throughout the United States and a presence reaching from urban neighborhoods to suburban schoolyards to rural farming communities. The four Hs of 4-H are Head, Heart, Hands, and Health.  These four Hs represent four primary values members work on through fun and …

Connie Isbell, a Lincoln County resident, raises chickens and is affectionately referred to as “the egg lady” by the staff at The Nest Domestic Violence Shelter.  Isabell’s brood has gone from a few hens to 200 in about two and a half years.  She describes the morning and evening routine of caring for the chickens as her “own form of …

Last month, Ruidoso Hospice Foundation held its annual live monarch butterfly release, an event they have sponsored for the last 10 years.  Butterflies are a symbol of hope and new life, the very symbolic event helps individuals process the passing of a loved one.  For the last several years, the group has taken their extra butterflies and held a release …

Lincoln County’s domestic violence shelter, The Nest, and their umbrella organization, Help End Abuse for Life (HEAL), are strongly supported by the generous members of this community through donations, participation in events and volunteering.  Many people and businesses provide regular support and some go beyond the call of duty to help others.  Sheri Rodgers is one of these individuals. Rodgers, …

Local art gallery, Art Ruidoso, held its grand opening last month and featured three artists who created pieces of work live at the gallery that were then auctioned off with proceeds donated to the artists’ designated charities.  Suzy Goza, an artist and long-time art educator, chose to donate the proceeds from her work to HEAL & The Nest domestic violence …