By Stephany Nellessen Saturday, July 30, approx-imately 8 p.m. I finally made it to Colorado and although I am just approaching Denver I have an alluring view of the sun setting over the mountains. The sky is dark with a hint of orange and that bright ball of fiery light hardly revealing itself behind […]
Posts Tagged ‘La Puente’
Unlikely Friends: La Puente Reaches Out to Break Sterotypes
Craig DenUyl The Heart of La Puente On August 28 of 1963, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. boldly declared: “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” […]
Food Bank Forced to Cut Back in 2011
Alissa Tombaugh The Heart of La Puente After serving a record-setting number of people in 2010, the Alamosa Food Bank, a program of La Puente, will reduce the amount of food each patron can receive in 2011. This comes as the community food resource feels the impact of increased need throughout the San Luis Valley. […]
How to be a Superhero
Craig DenUyl The Paw Print Heart of La Puente Did you ever wish that you had special powers – the ability to save the world and inspire others? In the eyes of a child in need, you do have these incredible gifts. To any of the kids in our community who have faced serious challenges […]
Hands That Have Worked, Hearts That Have Swollen
Will Bareford The Paw Print The Heart of La Puente “Before that I guess she was just a little kid.” “Then that’s something, a little kid’s somethin’ that ain’t a bum or a whore.” – William Kennedy
Heart of La Puente
Jenna Richlie The Paw Print So…. what are you doing today? Monday 10 cents shy of a 50 cent town Uncle Sam threw a crutch at my surgical operation I live on your block.
The Monster Mash Dash in Alamosa: Fun, Food, Costumes, Community
Cassie Mitchel The Paw Print Thank you to those who participated in and volunteered at the Monster Mash Dash on Saturday, October 30. Volunteers from La Puente, as well as students from Adams Sate College’s Organization/Administration of PE class, helped put on the 5k race. The money raised,, along with any canned goods collected from […]
Common Ground; Helping the San Luis Valley Community
Cres Audetter The Paw Print The following article was written by one of La Puente’s 2009 full-time AmeriCorps volunteers Not all the people that come to work at La Puente have planned to go into a social work type field. Among the volunteers we have many majors ranging from aviation mechanics to film studies to […]
ASC Teams Up with La Puente for ASC Cares Day
Toni Steffens The Paw Print Many individuals and clubs from Adams State College spent most of their Saturday volunteering at San Luis Valley organizations for ASC Cares Day. Students and some staff and faculty from the college went out to local organizations to help establish sustained relationships between the college and these groups.
La Puente–A Reason to Get Married?
Stephany Nellessen If you have not yet been to see Zapata Falls, I highly encourage you to. The falls are so moving that you never know what it might inspire you to do—get married, perhaps? That’s exactly what it did for Richard and Lacy Stepp. Their story is quite astounding. Richard and Lacy recently came […]