Amigos
del Valle--is
a community wide project providing services to senior adults who
wish to remain independent within their own homes. Services include
care providers who organize needed transportation and provide food
and/or firewood delivery, shopping assistance and other no-cost
in-home services. Valley View Church provides financial support,
office space, telephone and secretarial services. Additionally,
the Valley View pastor serves as coordinator, advisor, and administrator
of the program.
Crisis
Center of Northern New Mexico - provides a variety of professional
services to victims of violent crimes. It also provides a safe shelter
to victims, and their children, of domestic violence and/or sexual
assault in an effort to stop the cycle of violence.
Food
Bank - Valley View has a food bank which supplies bags of food
sufficient for two people. These are given to people on an as-needed
basis. Needed supplies are listed on the link.
McCurdy
School - McCurdy is a project of the General Board of Global
Ministries of the United Methodist Church and receives support in
many ways from Valley View UMC.
Northern
NM Group Ministry - Valley View is pleased to share with and
support the ministries of Alcalde, El Rito, Santa Cruz, Taos, Velarde,
and Española United Methodist churches. Valley View's pastor
is the director of this ministry.
Sewciables
- was started by the United Methodist Women as part of a national
quilt project called "Prayers and Squares." They make
hand made quilts and present them to newborns, as well as ill children
and adults.
Snack
Packs of Food-- are backpacks with imperishable food provided
each week during the school year for elementary children who would
have no food to eat on the weekends.
These backpacks go to students in schools in the communities of
Hernandez, San Juan, and Chimayo. This year Valley View is providing
22 snack packs a week. This program has been a great success because
of all the help from the members.
Student
Scholarships - there are two scholarship funds supported by
the members of our church--the Don Winchell scholarship and the
Educational Scholarship.
Street
People Ministries - there is a five gallon jar in which members
put all the pennies they have received. This money/gift certificates
are personally taken to street people in the area.