Finding Hope in HOPE Week
Nicole Fogarty La Puente Every year La Puente hosts HOPE Week, a series of community events designed to promote understanding and boost education about homelessness. Throughout the week there will be a series of events and articles shared with the community. For more information please visit http://lapuenteevents.wordpress.com or our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/lapuentehome.com “No one has […]
The Heart of La Puente: Feeding our Community with Knowledge and Awareness
Caitie Ryan-Norton The Paw Print Hunger can be a driving force that motivates us and regulates our daily schedules. We all know the feeling of a rumbling stomach that tells us it’s nearly time for the next meal. What happens though, when we have to ignore the signs our bodies give us when we are […]
Svaldis Donate Vintage Vehicle to Benefit La Puente
Julie Waechter The Paw Print ALAMOSA, CO. (Sept. 19, 2013) . . . Dave Svaldi doesn’t mind a little grease under his fingernails. For years the President of Adams State University enjoyed tinkering with his 1953 GMC truck, which he had restored with help from his older brother. Now at a stage of life where […]
La Puente Hosts Variety of Communal Activities
Caitie Ryan-Norton The Paw Print 1) FAIR I hope everyone was able to make it to La Puente’s booth at the Volunteer Fair on Wednesday to play some corn hole and meet some of our fabulous AmeriCorps members. If you didn’t get a chance to stop by it’s not too late to sign up for […]
La Puente Invites You to Visit the Volunteer Fair
Caitie Ryan-Norten The Paw Print If you are interested in volunteering this semester or are a part of a group or class that encourages or requires volunteer projects, you should check out some of the many opportunities at La Puente. There will be a La Puente booth at next week’s Volunteer Fair, so feel free […]
The Heart of La Puente Welcomes the New Year
Caitie Ryan-Norton The Paw Print The last few weeks around Adams State University have been a fairly quiet haven for the local mule deer. Slowly students, faculty, and staff have been trickling back to campus or joining the campus community for the first time. The first few weeks of the semester are sure to be […]
La Puente Presents Hunger Education
Katie Stiel The Paw Print The publicized image of hunger is often an urbanized, homeless member of society pleading for money, or malnourished children on a television commercial as a famous celebrity requests you pledge $10 a month to end hunger. Hunger within the San Luis Valley does not fit the criteria of urban culture […]
La Puente Home
Erin Melody La Puente Volunteer The San Luis Valley experiences a great deal of economic hardship due to its lack of job opportunities and geographic isolation, and in 2009, 20.5 percent of its residents were estimated to be below the poverty line. Homelessness has been a long running problem in this area, and many […]
Share the Magical Time with La Puente’s Programs
Katie Stiel The Paw Print Valley-Wide Health Systems and La Puente share a 22nd year history with the Share the Magic Holiday Gala taking place at the Adams State theatre this Friday Nov. 30. All profits from the event support the programs of La Puente. Adams State University theatre department joined the partnership with Valley-Wide […]
Student Scholar: November 15
Rachel Decker The Paw Print Sophomore Jerrica Cherry, Student Scholar of the week, is not only a dedicated student, but also an active member of the Alamosa community, working hard both in school and in helping better those around her. Cherry is a Child Psychology major with plans to graduate and go on to achieve […]
Vote for Alamosa Elementary in Clorox Education
Katie Stiel The Paw Print Jenna Kallestad La Puente Volunteer The fight against obesity and malnutrition in America is becoming exponentially more important as related health issues, as Type 2 Diabetes skyrocket across the country. La Puente’s Alamosa Community Gardens Program (ACG) seeks to address these issues with integrated, engaging school lessons for all students […]
When Will We Take Action on Child Homelessness?
Katie Stiel The Paw Print A research study by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty estimates between 2.3 and 3.5 million people experience homelessness each year in America. Out of that estimate, did you know 32.7 percent of children in the San Luis Valley are living below the poverty line? Unemployment, dependency of […]
La Puente Celebrates Growing Power
Jenna Kallestad So, there’s this guy. He’s an urban kid from Detroit, looks a little a rough, in his late teens, and he stands up in front of the crowd of a few hundred people and says timidly and simply that he’s been asked to share his writing. It’s a rap song that he’s written. […]
La Puente Finds Extra Room for Dinner Guests
Hannah Llika La Puente Volunteer As I returned from the Thursday morning City Market pickup, I could see the fence already filled up with migrant workers waiting to hear about the day’s work. My day had just begun, and like every other Thursday, I was wondering how I would manage getting all these donations inside- […]
The Heart of La Puente: A Veteran’s Way Home
By paezr on March 6, 2014
Weston McConnell The Paw Print I first found out about La Puente 3 years ago when a buddy of mine came as an AmeriCorps member. I had the amazing opportunity of coming out and volunteering for about a month with him. So in January, 2013 when he texted me that the shelter really needed another […]
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