SPRING 2009

Goodwill Industries of New Mexico awarded The Storehouse with an Edgar Award in Human Services at their 67th annual Goodwill Gala Dinner in March. The Edgar awards were created to recognize and honor outstanding and remarkable individuals in the field of human services, and those who support human services.

The Storehouse, thanks to the continual hard work of it’s long-term professional dedicated staff, was selected to receive the Organization of the Year award; an award that honors an outstanding nonprofit, school, or government agency serving others in New Mexico. The Edgar awards are named after Edgar Helms, Boston-based founder of Goodwill Industries. The Storehouse is Honored as Organization of the Year at Goodwill Industries’ Edgar Awards Board members Lindsay Lancaster and Bill May (far right) accepting the award.

Board members Lindsay Lancaster and
Bill May (far right) accepting the award.

From Thanksgiving through New Years, Albertson’s stores in the Albuquerque area named The Storehouse as the beneficiary of their holiday fundraising program. The program was an extension of Albertson's support of the Thanksgiving on the Mayflower food drive that they sponsored with Big I 107.9 FM. In conjunction with a separate Turkey Dinner Drive, which donated full holiday dinners for the hungry in Albuquerque, Albertsons Albuquerque stores raised $12,000 to be donated to The Storehouse.

“Albertson's has a history of giving back to the communities we operate in. One of our company's Core Values is ‘Individually and collectively, we pledge to be active and responsible citizens of our communities.’ Being part of the grocery industry, we feel that one of the best ways that we can give back is by supporting hunger relief,” commented Christine Wilcox of Albertson’s. Each year, Albertson's food donations throughout the Southwest have reached countless deserving charitable organizations including neighborhood pantries, soup kitchens, and centers assisting senior citizens.

In the last year, just in New Mexico and through the help of The Storehouse, Albertson's stores helped to provide nearly a quarter of a million meals to New Mexico's hungry.

Welcome our newest addition to The Storehouse staff, Steve Kirby. Steve was hired as the General Manager of The Storehouse in March. After retiring from PNM in July 2008, Steve wanted a job where he could use his experience to serve others who needed help. When he visited The Storehouse, he knew that he wanted to be a part of it.

Steve was born in Odessa, Texas, but grew up in Albuquerque where he has lived for over 50 years. He has a degree in business administration from the University of Albuquerque, and worked for PNM for almost 33 years. Most of that time was spent in the electric and gas operations side of the business, with varying responsibilities in budgeting, cost management, operational and financial reporting, business and strategic planning, and other administrative activities.

Steve’s favorite thing to do is spend time with his family: his wife Kathy, and their two children, Craig and Katrina, and his son Brian. He enjoys being actively involved in his church (Grace Church), is an avid fisherman, and a diehard UNM Lobo sports fan.

Steve Kirby, TSH General Manager

Thank you to all of our partners in the community who continue to help The Storehouse provide food and clothing to those in need.

Here are a few highlights of some of our recent partnerships:

C.R.E.W.
Commercial Real Estate Women hosted a drive for The Storehouse over the holidays. In addition to a monetary contribution, they donated 300 blankets.

Ladies Of Harley
The Harley Ladies collected more than 600 pounds of food and raised over $1,100.00 for The Storehouse.

KKIM Radio has been serving Northern New Mexico and parts of Southern Colorado with Christian content broadcasting for 37 years. KKIM 1000 AM and KKIM FM 94.7 are now heard worldwide in streaming signal on their website www.mykkim.com, with faithful listeners in many countries such as Taiwan, Egypt and South Africa. Since January 2009, KKIM has provided The Storehouse with over $8,000 in on-air public service announcements.

In 1972, KKIM AM 1000 went on the air under the ownership of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Donald Hall. They soon saw a need for FM capabilities to spread the Christian message further and broke into the FM airwaves with KKIM 94.7.

KKIM is a pioneer in Christian radio stations. It has its own local news department that features nine daily newscasts every weekday. It provides a wide variety of programming: one hour of news with New Mexico News and Views weekdays at 4:30, call-in programs, and a broad range of Christian teachings by local speakers: Larry Moss, Lane Brown, Marvin Capehart, Steve Smothermon, Dr. Wayne Barber, Mark Tross, Leonard Navarre, Bill Redmond, Jesse Dompreh, Vic Tafoya, Dewey Johnson, Rodney Walquist, Alan Hawkins, Don Kimbro, Dr. Deb Gunderman, Shona Neff, Sandy Harrington, Karen Rowe, Kyle Martin, Dr. Allen Miner, Harry Chapman, Garland Moore, Mabel Lopez, and Richard Spray. In addition, KKIM broadcasts national speakers, such as James Dobson, Chuck Swindoll, Dennis Rainey, Charles Stanley, John Mac Arthur, Woodrow Kroll, Dr. James Vernon McGee, R.C.Sproul, Paul Sheppard, Adrain Rogers, Bill Graham, Chuck Colson, and Tony Perkins. KKIM is affiliated with the largest radio network in the U.S., IRN/USA radio network. IRN/USA, bringing you News and Views with Dr. Larry Bates and Chuck Bates plus, newscasts direct from the network. On Saturday nights, KKIM presents from 7pm to midnight all news talk programming from IRN/USA Radio network.

We give thanks and praise to the ministry and support of KKIM and to their dedication and heart of service to The Storehouse.

KKIM AM 1000