Don’t Stop Caring

you gave because you cared!

Charity Invitational has been working to raise $1,500,000 for a Wellness Center. In addition, we will need $500,000 for equipment. The center will have Physical Therapy, diabetes education, glucose monitoring, healthy cooking (in our own kitchen and dining area), exercise, hearing, and much more.

Your donations last year were a spectacular expression of generosity from the heart, but more importantly is what it says about the hands of love linked together in this community. Your gift is the hope for our sick and elderly. As we age our body strength diminishes and our functions deteriorate. Our hearing may weaken and our knee cartilage may inflame. Our blood pressure and sugar levels may rise. It takes specialized assistance to restore health and function. And it is especially nice if it can be delivered in modern comfortable settings. That’s why your contribution to the Western Health Foundation, 1901 Red Rock Drive, Gallup New Mexico, 87301 is precious.

In our lives today, we hear a lot about boundaries. We hear about border walls, blockades, immigrants, and prisoners. But there are no borders to protect us from illness, pain, and suffering. There are no walls to stop aging, inflamma-tion, joint disease, and fragile bones. We are all at the mercy of time. Disease does not recognize male or female, young or old, black or white, Muslim or Catholic. It does not recognize healthy or invalid, strong or weak. It goes everywhere! It travels by day or night, up or down, slow or fast.

In our community, we have many people who dedicate their lives to caring for and helping others, such as health professionals, public servants, teachers, elected officials, contractors, administrators, and countless more. We also have people who volunteer their time, pray for others, give, and those who risk their life for public safety. Why? Because the bonds of caring can help to fight disease. Health can be restored with the right people, right treatment, and right tools. In our community, also, are many who are in need. Most of us cannot fully understand the hopeless feeling of being lost. Lost…in their life because they can’t walk or care for themselves. Some therapy might restore their mobility. Lost…with no way to earn a living. Mobility might restore their ability to function. Lost…without a meal for days. Lost…in degradation. Lost…so that they want to cry, but instead, they harden themselves to the world.

Please allow me to say on behalf of many, THANK YOU. And thank you also for the additional gift which you give… the Gift of Compassion! You entrust us to share your gift of compassion in a responsible way. We commit ourselves to being good stewards. We will extend our services in a manner that benefits the community and the county. We will continue to receive donations to this year’s cause for the opening of the Wellness Center until December 31, 2017. Please send your donation today.

Donations may be made by contacting Ina Burmeister at 505-863-7287 or mailing checks to: The Western Health Foundation, 1901 Red Rock Dr. Gallup, New Mexico 87301

David Conejo, CEO RMCHCS