Trolley Tours

Jump Aboard a Trolley Tour

In 2015, the creative minds at the Foundation came up with a fun, social way for donors to see and experience the work of our nonprofits: Trolley Tours! We loaded up the “ABQ Trolley” with donors and community leaders and spent time cruising the streets of our city, visiting some of our neighborhood nonprofits. The intention behind the sunny, open-air tours are to help our donors connect with the organizations we support, seeing them and their work in an up close and personal way. Later in the year, Molina Healthcare relocated to downtown Albuquerque. Being a good neighbor, Molina provided transportation in their employee van for one of our tours. We spent time at each organization, talking to the leaders, the staff and the people the organization serves.

The Trolley Tours are a big hit with participants; one of our generous donors said she was “amazed at the knowledge, competence and passion of all the places and people we visited today.” What a gift it is to have the opportunity to connect our contributors with the real and thriving communities they fund. What a great way to celebrate the place we call home.