The gifts: Our generous donors of teaching equipment and supplies, art, musical instruments, books, food for events, silent auction items, sports and playground equipment, furniture, and more. They have made 199 donations between 2007 and 2016. From our estimates of value, we now list our donors, whom we thank heartily:
Donations by 48 businesses
$1,000 and over
Anonymous
Casa Camino Real
Up to $500
Aldershot of New Mexico, Inc
Allen Theaters
Antix
Emerald Isle Boutique
La Posta de Mesilla
Little Cochise (homeless)
Lorenzo’s Pan Am Italian Restaurant
Nambe
Pastallini’s
Santa Fe Grill
Southwest Environmental Center
Up to $100
1st Class Auto Detailing
Casa Bonita Pottery
Coas Book Stores
Crossroads Acupuncture
Dion’s Pizza
Double Eagle Restaurant
Enchanted Gardens
Gent’s Barber Spa
GRABITSITE.COM, LLC
Guzman’s Greenhouse
Kresge Foundation – tuition for FRS course
Little Playmates
Main Street Bistro & Ale House
Mas Art
Matteo Jewelry
Mott’s Potts
Mountain View Coop Market
Museum of Natural History, Las Cruces
Nick’s Office Furniture & Supplies
Nopallitos Restaurant
Patina Home
Picture Frame Factory Outlet
Santa Fe Grill
Savoy de Mesilla Restaurant
Sitel, Inc.
Studio K Hair Salon
Sunspot Solar Energy
Taste of India
Thai Delight
The Corner Bakery
The Rustic Olive
The Truck Farm
Toucan Market
Vintage Wines
World Gym
Donations by 125 individuals
Over $10,000
McDonald, Mary
Shiao family
Up to $5,000
Beattie, Willard
Donato, Joshua & Sabina
Gray, Nolan and Bobbie
Gutschick, Vince
Hines, Paula
Kay, Lou Ellen
McCarthy, Charlotte
Threlkeld, Niki
Up to $2,000
Abeele, Catherine & Willy
Canavan, Mary
Chavez, Denise
Cota, Dave & Debbie
Flores, Jose and Sara
Friel, Bill
Gambrell, Len
Gutschick, David
Kiser, Shonda
Kosan, Mary Ann
Meenach, Chris
Roman, Kathleen & Edgar
Stahmann, Charlotte
Up to $1,000
Bugbee, Fred
Bunch, Henry & Carolyn
Guevara, Yolanda
Hellmuth, Harry
Holguin, Jana
Houston, Susan
Maxwell, Connie
Mojica, Monika
Nakamura, Sandra & Masashi
Shannon, Emroy
Townsend, Daniel
Trujillo, Jacob & Karen
Wheeler, David & Tricia
Up to $500
Alpher, Barbara
Anderson, Kurt
Armstrong, Darlene
Banta, Matt
Burger, Greta
Byington, Harold
Caldwell, Karen
Camunez, Andrea and Gary
Cantrell, Sandra
Chavez, Marcus & Iris
Cochrane, Helen
Coll, Liz
Crawford, Marcus
Deason, Paul
Dickerson, Katherine
Garcia, Luis
Gopalan, Amudhu
Guevara, Jorge
Harding, John
Hashish, Naveen & Hisham
Hill, Ann
Hunter, Harry
Iadicicco, Gerald
Kissling, Albert
Lambert, Michelle
Licht, Judy
Lither, David & Cheryl
Meenach, Chris
Newby, Donna
Newby, Steve
Ocepek, Louis
Packard, Thomas
Pai, Prasanna
Pate, Stephen
Raymonda, John
Reinhold, Jean-Pierre
Richer, Mark
Surova, Erica
Tenorio, Jeanne
Touchon, Ouida
Turner, Travis
Vescovo, George
West, Donald & Svetlana
Up to $100
Abbott, Laurie
Alford, Carla
Anderson, Amil
Anderson, David
Anderson, Jeff
Barber, George
Barrantes, Edgar
Burbano, Leticia
Chavez, Eliseo
Crockett, Jane R
Dai, Mei
Dziak, Noreen
Foster, Robert
Fryer, David and Diane
Garcia, Luis & Raena
Griffith, George
Groves, Kathy
Hall, Kent
Harding, John
Hinojosa, Kari
Hume, Heather
Javurek-Humig, Abby & James
Jentgen, Dinah
Katanayagi, Sandy
Knoop, Stephanie
Liefeld, Eric
Manning, Vakian
McDonald, Richard
McMillan, Betty
Meyers, Matt
Pai, Ayana
Palmer, Phyllis
Pena, Carrie
Potter, Karen
Potter, Karen
Reed, Donovan
Saige, Ellen
Sotelo, Axel & Janine
Stalker, Charlotte
Stegall, Sarah
Szalay, Laura S.
Taylor, Stephanie
Wong, Bryan
Wong, Ruth & Stephen
Zhen, Ji
How you find us: Our donors found us as LCA families in our school, as personal friends and colleagues, online, and via drop-in visits to the school. We’re always open to visits, calls, and emails. Lou Ellen is at 575-521-9384 and at director@lascrucesacademy.org; Vince is at 575-571-2269 and at vince@lascrucesacademy.org. Of note, we have received a piano, violins, 7,000 books, art from around the world, copious posters and educational games, even oryx bones for anatomy, and food for our three signature events, Food for Thought, among many other items.