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By Brendan Gochenour, HEAL Treasurer and Chef Dust off your favorite soup recipes because soup season is on the horizon and the NEST is kicking it off with Lincoln County’s only soup competition, The Empty Bowl. This event is your chance to show off your grandma’s homemade soup recipe handed down for generations or maybe your own heirloom in the …
Blue Lotus Healing Arts Center and Day Spa in Ruidoso will be holding a fundraiser to support the Nest domestic violence shelter during their Open House on Thursday, October 3rd from 4-9pm. The event will include various demonstrations of yoga, massage, skincare, makeup and products. Free chair massage will be offered, as well as light snacks and drinks. Blue Lotus …
Victims of domestic violence who enter shelters are thrown into a vast, complex fusion of traumatic emotional turmoil, safety fears for themselves and their children, going back to school to increase job skills or initiating job searches, finding daycare for their children, the threat of accruing bills or pending financial ruin and navigating the “real world” in which many have …
Kimberly Kannady is the recent winner of the HEAL Facebook contest. Friends of HEAL & The Nest were invited to share the Deacon Bob Open announcement on their personal wall. Of those who did, they were entered into a contest to receive a $25 Grill Caliente gift certificate. Thanks for sharing, Kimberly!
It was warm and breezy as Debbie Kothmann carefully placed her golf ball on the tee at the Inn of the Mountain Gods golf course’s 12th hole. She was being watched by quiet bystanders, her team mates and supporters of HEAL & The Nest’s 4th Annual Deacon Bob Open charity golf tournament. She took a deep breath and drew back …
HEAL recently hosted its 4th annual Deacon Bob Open at the Inn of the Mountain Gods championship golf course. When organizers determined a last-minute need for an additional six dozen Titleist golf balls to serve as prizes, Big 5 Sporting Goods in Ruidoso stepped up to the plate and offered a discount. Thank you, Big 5!
Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10 As a community-supported organization, Help End Abuse for Life (HEAL) is consistently blessed by the generosity of the citizens in Lincoln County. Many organizations and individuals have come forward as volunteers, fundraisers and messengers for the women …
Local running enthusiastic Frederic Moras recently stopped by the Nest with a large box of bananas left over from the annual race, Ski Run Road Challenge. The Challenge, which is sanctioned by USA Track & Field, is a fundraiser for the Ski Apache Disabled Skier Program, consists of a mountain climb of 2600 feet in 9.5 miles with a downhill …
Since the organization’s beginnings, Help End Abuse for Life (HEAL) & the Nest have seen a rich history of community support. The organization is blessed to be in Lincoln County not only for its ability to help women and children in a community deeply affected by domestic violence, but also for its’ strong and dedicated force of volunteers and community …
You may not be surprised to know the offices and Nest shelter are very secure places. Many locked doors. Alarms. Cameras. Surveillance and security programs. In fact, the office and shelter are so safe the Office Manager recently locked herself out of her office and could not get back in! Thanks to Sam Pirelli Lock Shop for showing up very …