2024 Children’s Christmas Party
Our Children’s Homes Christmas project serves children who reside in three homes: Christian Children’s Home, Baptist Home and Hope Center. We get wish lists for all of the children and get busy. This year we had lists for 116 children, and were able to give each child 2 or 3 gifts. Our 24 volunteers spent over 500 hours shopping, wrapping, stuffing bags and doing whatever was needed. We filled 20 fifty-five-gallon bags with gifts for delivery on 12-18. In addition, on December 9th we held a Christmas party at the Eagles Lodge for all of the children and staff who were able to attend. We served 150 burgers along with chips, drinks, fruit and sweets. We had lots of donations of food from the Eagles Lodge, Frito Lay and several local grocery stores which was a tremendous help. The kids had a great time singing Christmas carols with the karaoke machine and Santa Claus was there and gave out stuffed animals and candy. See you again next year!
2023 Children’s Christmas Party
On December 11th the New Mexico Combined Club (NMCC) hosted a Christmas party for kids from the Christian Children’s Home, the Baptist Home and the Hope Center. A total of 107 children, ranging in age from unborn to 17 years all received at least three gifts. Gifts were provided by volunteers who shopped online and in person, wrapped gifts and stuffed goodie bags. The Christmas party was held at the Eagles Lodge, where we cooked and served 160 hamburgers with chips and sodas. The kids really enjoyed the grilled burgers, and there was plenty of food for them to have as much as they wanted. Volunteers Rick and Jolene Falls baked and provided lots of Christmas cookies and other goodies. Once again, New Mexico Club VP Mike Krell was present as Santa Claus, with a stage filled with stuffed animals of all sizes for the kids to take home along with the goodie bags of candy, apples and oranges. Pictures of this event will be posted on our website at https://aztelecompioneers.org/new-mexico-club/new-mexico-event-photos/
2022 Children’s Christmas Party
The New Mexico Combined Club’s Annual Children’s Christmas Party was a huge success this year! Each year the Club provide a Christmas party and gifts for children from three Children’s Homes. Our dedicated team consisted of 26 volunteers who spent an incredible 353 hours shopping, wrapping, baking, decorating and doing whatever was needed. As a result, they were able to give 98 kids ranging in age from 6 months to 19 years a Christmas to remember. Every child got at least two gifts and a bag stuffed with candy, fruit and a Christmas ornament. The party, held at the Eagles Lodge was a great time. Our volunteers cooked and served 250 hamburgers!! Tons of cookies were baked and donated. Santa Claus was there of course, with extra gifts and goodies for all of the kids who were able to attend.
2020 Children’s Christmas Party
This year we could not have a party, so we did gifts instead. For each child about $50 was spent from grants, club funds and donations. Each child got a hand decorated ornament, candy and present(s). The 46 children at the Christian Children’s Home, Baptist Home and Hope Children’s Center will be very happy to be remembered this Christmas.
2019 Children’s Christmas Party
Children’s Christian Home , Baptist Children’s Portales, and Hope Children’s in Clovis.
Holiday Ornaments for children’s Christmas Party
These ornaments were made for the goody bags for the children’s Christmas party. Gary and Teresa Blair have been making them for the last 8 years. The reindeer and snowman were made from fragrance bags and the angel was out of paperclips. The snowflakes are clothespins and the trees are made from felt and Christmas material. This year was the slides where they used 2 sizes of Popsicle sticks. Last year we did golf balls, painted reindeer, snow snowmen, and Santa.
Telephone Train museum in Clovis, New Mexico
The Telephone Museum of New Mexico in Albuquerque
https://www.cnet.com/pictures/telephone-history-from-switchboards-to-mobiles-photos/
Chapter 66 Pioneers: Arizona/New Mexico 
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