The UWNNM Board of Trustees is introduced at the 2002 Community Meeting at UNM-LA, from left, Grants Committee Chair Steve Renfro, Vice President Carol Clark, Wesley Willis, President Liddie Martinez, Secretary Michelle Harkey-Wilde and Joseph Legare. Not pictured, Finance Committee Chair John Sarrao, Cindy Rooney, Barb Ricci, Mike Lippiatt and Todd Nelson. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
Board President Liddie Martinez, center, and Enterprise Bank & Trust employees present a $25,000 donation from the bank to UWNNM during the 2022 Community Meeting last month at UNM-LA. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
UWNNM News:
The United Way of Northern New Mexico (UWNNM) held its annual Community Meeting last month in collaboration with the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast.
Community members, businesses and UWNNM’s donors filled Wallace Hall at UNM-Los Alamos to learn about the organization’s new priority focus areas and see the unveiling of its new Community Action Fund Thermometer. Standing six feet tall and enclosed in plexiglass, the thermometer was designed and fabricated by Steven Hand, principal of the family owned and operated, Hand Precision Machining (HPM). The United Way of Northern New Mexico recently hosted an appreciation luncheon for all HPM employees who helped engineer the thermometer.
Each year, the UWNNM’s Community Action Fund distributes hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant funding to nonprofits serving Los Alamos and Rio Arriba counties.
As it has for dozens of years, Enterprise Bank & Trust presented a $25,000 donation to the United Way’s Cornerstone Program, which supports the organization’s operational and administrative activities.
Grants Committee Chair Steve Renfro explained the annual grant cycle and invited community members to participate in the grant review and award process.
Board President Liddie Martinez recognized each of the Board members at the Community Meeting, explaining their role on the Board and their business affiliations.
Metzger’s Do It Best was the first business to contribute to the Community Action Fund this year. For decades now, employees of Metzger’s Do It Best have supported the Community Action Fund with the company’s employee giving campaign. Today, the Community Action Fund thermometer is stationed at Metzger’s in Los Alamos to exhibit United Way’s journey to raise $500,000 for the 2023 Grant Cycle.
UWNNM greatly appreciates donations and gifts via the website’s donate page, by mail or dropped off at the Los Alamos office at 1200 Trinity Dr. on the ground floor of Enterprise Bank.
For more information, visit unitedwaynnm.org.
UWNNM Executive Director Monica Griego unveils the non-profit’s new Board Members introduced at the 2022 Community Meeting last month at UNM-Los Alamos, from left, Grants Committee Chair Steve Renfro, Vice President Carol A. Clark, member Wesley Willis, President Liddie Martinez, Secretary Michelle Harkey-Wilde and member Joseph Legare. Not pictured, Finance Committee Chair John Sarrao, member Cindy Rooney, Barb Ricci, Mike Lippiatt and Todd Nelson. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
UWNNM Grants Committee Chair Steve Renfro explains the annual grant cycle and invites community members to participate in the grant review and award process. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
Metzger’s General Manager David Jolly presents a donation to UWNNM Executive Director Monica Griego. Metzger’s was the first business to contribute to the Community Action Fund this year. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
Scene from presentations during the 2022 Community Meeting at UNM-LA. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.comÂ
Self Help Executive Director Maura Taylor speaks about her organization. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
Scene from presentations during the 2022 Community Meeting at UNM-LA. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
Scene of attendees chatting at the 2022 Community Meeting at UNM-LA. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
Morning Glory Bakery catered the UWNNM 2022 Community Meeting at UNM-LA. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
