Silver Horizons New Mexico, Inc.

A very important activity of Silver Horizons New Mexico, Inc is providing December holiday cheer at low-income senior housing facilities and care homes scattered throughout the city.

Adopt a Senior Facility!
Throw A Senior Holiday Party!

Many Thanks to the 2009 Holiday Adoptions Participants:

Facility Name	Address	Zip	# of Residents	Comments/Adopter
Public Housing Facilities for Seniors and Disabled
Embudo Towers	8010 Constitution NE		101 units	Silver Sneakers & Defined Fitness
Wainwright Manor	5601 Gibson SE		62 units	Lovelace Senior Plan
1212 Candelaria NW	1212 Candelaria NW		50 units	Presbyterian Healthcare Services
9725 Comanche NE	9725 Comanche NE		20 units	Humana
9109 Copper (Los Altos)	9109 Copper		19 units	Humana
320 Roma/ La Amistad Community Cntr	320 Roma		14 units	Footprints Home Care
615 Arno NE - La Amistad Community Cntr	615 Arno		8 units	Footprints Home Care
415 Fruit NE (La Amistad	415 Fruit		38 units	Footprints Home Care
5th St/Barelas	Hazeldine & 5th St SW		60 units	NM Educators Federal Credit Union
Care Homes
Arco Feliz	1550 Airway SW	87105	7	Vera Watson & NMALTSD Colleagues
Casa del Valle I	2111 Raven Ln SW	87105	12	Adopted by a Red Hat Society Chapter
Casa del Valle II	2115 Raven Ln SW	87105	7	Maralee Self and Hospice of the Sandias
Martinez In Home Care	106 Camino Cuatro SW	87105	5 +	JTrujillo, G&JGunn, Fziter,Leslie (12/15)
Mission de Familia	2005 Don Andres Pl SW	87105	5	JTrujillo, G&JGunn, Fziter, Leslie (12/15)
Hoffmantown	2606 Wyoming NE	87112	8	Balkcom, Pearsall & Parrish CPAs
Wisconsin House	2957 Wisconsin NE	87112	8	Blue Cross Blue Shield
Ottawa House	7300 Ottawa NE	87110	8	UNM Labor and Delivery Staff (12/19)
Espanola House	900 Espanola	87108	6	Kay Smith and family
Via Solano House	1419 Solano NE	87110	10	Phyllis Boverie, family & friends (12/15)
SH Utility Assistance Clients	1212 Candelaria NW	87107	50	Presbyterian Care Coordination Dept.

Gifts provided by "Be a Santa to a Senior" program
Approximate number of individuals touched: 371

Your organization can participate by adopting a facility for the holidays. The cheer you bring can be as much as a full-blown holiday party with entertainment, refreshments and gifts for the residents, or it can be as simple as taking up a collection to help Silver Horizons stage parties and provide gifts.

The parties are wonderfully gratifying. The senior residents and the staff are always thrilled with the energy and holiday cheer that outside groups bring in. Be assured that Silver Horizons will be on hand to guide you every step of the way. We can also provide your group with a place to wrap and store gifts and supplies as you gather them.

Here’s how it works:

1. October & November: Contact Silver Horizons (Lori at 242-1946) and ask for an assignment of a facility for your group. Facilities range from 6 to 100 residents so we will ask for your guidance in selecting a facility of a size that your group will be comfortable with.

2. October/November: Raise money and seek donations for your party.

3. October/November: Talk to the facility director about what activities the residents would enjoy: a party, music, dancing, refreshments, their own pot-luck, specially requested gifts for individual residents, general gifts for the facility as a whole. Arrange a date and time for your party or holiday visit. Arrange for entertainment and refreshments. Please keep Silver Horizons informed of your plans.

4. November: At the larger facilities Silver Horizons will distribute an RSVP sheet to each resident of your facility informing them of your party and asking them to RSVP. The form also can give the residents the opportunity to “wish” for something that they really would like or need. Your group shops to fulfill the seniors’ requests. Whether or not your group provides “wished for” gifts is up to you, but it is a gratifying option. Your group has the satisfaction of knowing that you fulfilled actual wishes!

5. Late November/Early December: Acquire the gifts and wrap them in a festive way. Arrange for someone to play Santa Claus if your group is so inclined.6. We’re not sure Polaroid film is still available but in the past we have had a lot of fun taking Polaroid pictures of the seniors receiving their gifts. They then get to keep their picture. We may have to go digital this year.

6. We’re not sure Polaroid film is still available but in the past we have had a lot of fun taking Polaroid
pictures of the seniors receiving their gifts. They then get to keep their picture. We may have to go digital this year.

7. Arrange for your members to attend the party at your adopted facility and take your holiday cheer there at the agreed upon date and time. And have a wonderful time! SHNM was founded in 1980 as the Senior Foundation. Now, 28 years later, we continue to work to support and honor senior citizens in CABQ and Bernalillo County.