• Monthly Meeting:

Our Monthly meeting was held on Jan 12, 2012 second Thursday of each month.  The meeting was opened with a prayer by Rudy Ortega, then continued with the agenda for the meeting for the remainder of the evening.

1.  Councilman for the City of Las Cruces Nathan Small was invited to speak to the

     transplant support group regarding the Possibilities and avenues towards the

     upcoming construction of a memorial dedicated towards the organ donors, 

     recipients, and volunteers throughout the southern end of the state of New

      Mexico.

 

2.  Southern New Mexico membership renewal forms were handed out to be filled in

      by current and new members for the group. Other members outside the city of Las

      Cruces were also notified by email.

 

3.  The support for an event called the Healthy U Expo to be held February 4,

      2012 was brought up to our attention to see if we would be interested in

      participating for the event. The majority voted in favor and is now in our calendar

      of events for 2012.

 

4.   Susan Brown has met with the Las Cruces Convention Center and Visitors Bureau

      in effort to expand our existence, and credibility within the community of Las

      Cruces.  

 

5.  Discussion for the upcoming car show event 2012 were brought up, and as a result

      the new poster will soon be printed to distribute, and to use for raising the

      necessary funds to provide the trophies as well as other miscellaneous items needed to improve this year’s forthcoming event.

 

• The Wall of Heroes dedication

On Nov 17, 2011 the Wall of Heroes dedication was held in the Lobby of Mountain View Regional Medical Center at 2:00 PM.  There were over 200 people who attended. Donor Services of New Mexico and our group had been working with Mountain View hospital since 2009 on this project. Our main responsibility within this event was to take care of the registration of the families whose loved one had died and participated as organ donors during their time of death while in the hospital.  Mayor Ken Magashima gave the Keynote address.  If you have access to www.facebook.com it is on the Donate Life NM page. Mountain View hospital has been extremely supportive of organ and tissue donation.

·         On Dec 8, 2011 our yearly Christmas Party was held:

We had approximately 50 families in attendance and overall was a great time of fellowship, food, fun, and games. It was a great blessing, and a merry yearly event.