Thanks to Our Volunteers

Volunteer assistance makes all our lives easier.  APA would like to thank the following volunteers for their past and current support (let us know if we've forgotten to list you; it was not intentional!):

John Alsberge
Connie Alsworth
Michelle Archuleta
Mindi Avery
Jean Babb
Annel Baeza
Wendy Baldwin
Nancy Banks
Juan Barela
Sharon & Ed Bartley
Darlene Berg
Stephanie Blackwood
Billy Brooks
MJ Cammack
Frank Castillo
Ysenia Castillo
Renee Davis
Eric Dorn
Ashleigh Doud
Dee Dougil
Lianne Dubick
Donna Eichstaedt
Emma Frazier
Emmalee S. Frazier
Greg Garvey
Jesus & Hilda Grajeda
Marilyn Grayson
Daniel & Erlinda Gurrola
Evelyn Hancock
Roberta Hahn
Evicta Harvey
Victor Hernandez
Lisa & Richard Herrera
Susan Hirsch
Cindy Holmes
Clare Kapner
Oscar Lopez
Andy Lucero
Chris Marangos
Laura McBeath
Kathi McGaw
Kristen Meierhoff
Julie Miller
Alicia Minich
Gabby Montoya
Michelle Morga
Rita Morock
Judy Morris
Pamela Needham
Ulrica Opperman
Doreen Ortega
Karen Osterhoudt
Rachel Padilla
Charissa Paskowski
Emily Paredes-Mauer & Chris Mauer
Sue Patterson
Enrico Pontelli
Chuck & Norma Riggs
Annette Roberge
Fred Ross
Karen & Mikayla Shaughnessy
Maria Carmen Sizemore
Carolyn Standridge
Margaret Strickland
Courtney Sullivan
Scot Thacker
Shawn & Tobe Turpen
CJ Unangst
Vanessa Van Doorne
Adam Vasquez
Mary Vasquez
Renee Waskiewicz
Nancy Lee Wertz
Lisa Westbrook
Mary & Landis Whittemore
Susan Williams
Julia Wilson
Samantha Wolfe
Chris Wydra
Bob Young
Marilyn Zahler

NMSU pre-VET Club volunteers:

Deanna Coyle
Lianne Dubick
Chris Gomez
Jesus Herrera
Courtney Smith

Thanks to our loyal donors

At the heart of any organization are those individuals who donate on a regular basis--be it someone who gives $20 a month or someone who makes bigger donations a few times a year.  This kind of continued support helps an organization survive during leaner times.

APA thanks the following individuals for their continued support:
Dixie Binning
Denise Espinoza
Sonja Goreham
Timothy & Donna Hourigan
(who donate food they collect each
year at their big St. Patrick's Day party)
Jason McClure
(who donated more than 14,000 pounds of
food from Landmark Mercantile in 2009)
Sue Patterson
Charles & Norma Riggs
Lisa Westbrook

Thanks to our Board of Directors

Michel Meunier, President
(also serves as APA's Executive Director)
Jean Gilbert, Vice President
Eddie Stephenson, Director
Amy Jo Gonzalez, Director
Melissa Roberts, Director

Thanks to the ASPCA

The ASPCA approved a grant for $5000 for APA's pet food bank and vet care assistance programs in October 2011.  We appreciate the support, which came at a time we needed it the most.

Thanks to Best Friends Animal Society

This group, which is a national supporter of pit-bull type dogs and which fights against breed discrimination, helped us with our first group of former-abused dogs via a $1500 donation in September 2011.  They also helped us locate resources for the next sets of dogs we need to help rescue. 

Thanks to the Three Dog Bakery's Gracie Foundation

APA received a $1000 Gracie Grant from the Three Dog Bakery's Gracie Foundation in 2010.  Created by Mark Beckloff and Dan Dye out of their love for dogs, the Gracie Foundation acts as a red cross for dogs in need. The foundation works with a variety of organizations to provide immediate response and crucial supplies to pets in emergency situations.  Their grant to APA is in support of our pet food bank.

Thanks to American Classifieds and others for guide support

Not only did staff at American Classifieds help us immensely with our DAC/Las Cruces Animal Resources Guide second edition updates, ad sales and production, and the guide's overall design, they also contributed $500 toward the printing costs when we fell a little short in our ad sales, which is the revenue we raise to cover offering this service for free to the community.  Also pitching in to buy some last ads from us were other animal-welfare nonprofits: HSSNM, DACHS, and SNAP.  The new guides will be distriburted via several locations the rest of October and November, and you can also pick up copies at all APA events.

Thanks to both our Wal-Mart Stores
Both Las Cruces Wal-Mart stores are giving us daily of pet food and supplies for the APA pet food bank.  We thank them for their support.  They donate broken bags and items they cannot sell, and we match these still-worthy items to our pet food bank clients.  These donations have helped keep the program going in our leaner times.

Thanks to the PETCO Foundation

The PETCO Foundation awarded APA with three grants in 2010 and two in 2011.  Two of the grants in 2010 were of direct pet food products for our pet food bank; about 40 bags of dog food and 40 bags of cat food were donated to us by the foundation as well as 10 cases of can cat food.  Also awarded to us was a $2500 grant in 2010 for vet care assistance, which we used for vaccination clinics and support as well as spay/neuter co-pays for food bank clients.  In 2011, we received another $2500 grant to continue our vet care assistance, and we have since stepped up our vaccination clinic services to the community.  We also received a $2000 grant in 2011 for our pet food bank program.

Thanks to Bartoo Sand and Gravel

This company in T or C has donated $750 toward APA's pet food bank after reading about one of our food distributions on an APA volunteer's Facebook page. We appreciate their support!

Howard and Vanessa Bartoo, Bartoo Sand and Gravel, Inc., Truth or Consequences, NM

Thanks to Wild West Pest

Phil Ehly, the owner of this local pest control business, generously offered to exterminate APA's storage unit, which is where we operate our pet food bank.  Pests can wreck havoc on our pet food supply, which is our most precious commodity.  So, we greatly apprecaite Phil's donation of his professional services. 

Wild West Pest can be reached at 650-7849.

Thank to the Martinez family
from El Paso

These dog rescuers in El Paso met us half-way at Anthony to donate more than 900 pounds of dog food to the pet food bank in July 2011.  We thank them for their generosity!

Thanks to our Partners 

Thanks to Our Sponsors

 Bartoo Sand and Gravel Inc.

  Central Bark 

Thanks to Our Supporters

Wild West Pest    

 

Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley

 

  

The Las Cruces
Channel 98

Mesilla Valley Feeds

Calista Animal Hospital

The Bean of Mesilla

Las Cruces Toyota

Mesilla Valley Pet Resort

Timothy & Donna Hourigan and St. Paddy's day guests

Megan McGinn and the DACC Radiologic Technology Club