Volunteer View: ‘I too am headed home’
About two months ago, I received a phone call that my mother had passed away unexpectedly. I was three weeks into the fall semester of my junior year of college. After spending the next two weeks at home, I knew that I would be unable to return to school and pass all...
In the News: Winter Shelter Set to Open
Mayor Richard J. Berry, members of Girl Scout Troop 47 and representatives from Sandia National Lab's Volunteer Programs were present on Monday, November 13th to announce the opening of the Winter Shelter. This is the first season Heading Home will operate the city...
‘Love is a Work of Art’ in Practice
Prologue: LOVE IS A WORK OF ART A life transformed is indeed a work of art. Heading Home’s work of alleviating suffering in our community is a labor of love. The result is oftentimes a masterpiece. When the raw material of hopelessness, trauma, unmanaged behavioral...
Heading Home is Now Running the City’s Winter Shelter
We've taken over the contract to run the City's winter shelter, which begins operation in mid-November for four months. Recently, staff received a tour of the facility on Albuquerque's West Side. The old county jail has been given a makeover by the Girl Scouts and...
New Partnership with Harwood Art Center
Heading Home is partnering with the Harwood Art Center, a non-profit creative center for community and the arts, to provide newly-housed clients original artwork their homes. At the Harwood's annual 12x12 installation, unsold works are eligible for donation to people...
AOC Residents Get Eye Exams
University of New Mexico medical students, along with Dr. Lisa Rose, gave eye exams and glasses to more than 20 AOC residents in September. They were with the Community Vision Project, which trains first-year students through hands-on engagement with diverse...
Philanthropy, Survival and Love
Have you ever wondered what makes one human want to give a gift to another human? The answer is surprising. I had always assumed it was compassion, or empathy, or generosity. And indeed all three play a role on the front end. But the actual decision to make a gift...
Albuquerque Heading Home Reaches 700th Housed Milestone
On Tuesday, September 5th, the City of Albuquerque and Albuquerque Heading Home announced the 700th individual or family member housed through the housing-first collaborative initiative. Albuquerque Heading Home was launched in 2011 as a housing-first collaboration of...
Making Change Through Music
On Sunday, August 27th, Albuquerque Heading Home celebrated nearly seven years as a collaboration housing Albuquerque's most chronically homeless and medically vulnerable. The event was held at the Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater and featured a lineup of New Mexico...
Heading Home and Service Partners Stand Up for Affordable Housing
Heading Home was proud to stand in solidarity with members of the housing and homelessness services community at Barrett Foundation this morning. Proposed FY18 federal budget cuts threaten the housing for over 1,000 NM families who would lose their Section 8 vouchers,...
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