As you all know, the Library is in constant need of operating money.

OUR FUNDRAISER IS SIMPLE - 100 PEOPLE DONATING $100 AND THE LIBRARY MAKES $10,000.

WE ARE A LITTLE OVER HALFWAY THERE
60 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DONATED!

Are you one of those people that can afford $100 or maybe you and members of your family or friends can all pitch in to reach the $100 goal?

We need you now more than ever. Call the Library at 575-581-4608 and pledge your $100 donation or mail it to us at P.O. Box 5, El Rito, NM 87530.

The El Rito Library is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization and is registered in the State of New Mexico as a Charitable Organization. Our Employer Identification Number (EIN) is 85-0459285. Your gift is fully tax deductible.

THANK YOU!

People who have already donated:

Archuleta, Grace & Pete • Armenta, Casey & Angelica • Atterbury, Bill & Katharine • Bader, Stan & Arlene • Barrionuevo, Cesar & Marcela • Bottari-Meyer, Coleen • Boyle, Terence & Susan • Bucklin, Edward & Wendy Westerbeke • Chacon, Fernando & Odelsa • Cheena, Anika • Combs, Dick & Sue • Corpi, Lucha • Derrer, Suzanne • Douglas, Ramey & Jo • Duran, Karin • Edwards, Jack & Viki • El Sueno Del Corazon • Frank, Constanze • Genth, David • Griffin, Gary & Patricia • Guevara, Joyce • Guevara, Susan • Gutierrez-Anderson, Cynthia • Hodson, Sonia & Bill • Idlet, Scott • Jewell, Sam & Isabel • Kahler, Albert & Sarah • Kramer, Jane • Lange, Ellen • Leberg, Maryann • Ludlum, Wendy & David • Maddex, Michael • (D.O.) Maley, Kathleen • Maley, Ruby • Martin, Catherine • Martin, Greg & Josephine • Martin-Davis, Carol • Martinez, Ted • Miller, Alan & Melissa • Morrison, Malcolm & Roxane • Ortega, Felipe • Ortiz, James • Ortiz, Veronica • Orona-Cordova, Roberta • Page, William & Claudia • Quadri, Kurt • Seese, Linda & Dolphin, Rita • Serna, Patricio & Eloise • Simmons, Myron & Sharon • Singleton, Tamara & Tim Viereck • Snellman, Janice & Eric • Snow, Robert & Suzanne • Sparks, Larry • Spencer, Jett • Trujillo, Christine & Raymond • Turner, Barbara & Art Burton • Wallin, Steven & Julia • Ward, Joan • Wells, Robert • Williams, Dorothy • Williams, Steven

As of 03/05/2010

Thank You Cooper-Moore and Jeremy Barnes for the great performance
and thank-you Carolyn Reige and Norbert Hufnagl for bringing them to El Rito!

Cooper-Moore/Barnes duo
El Rito Library, February 28, 3pm

Cooper-Moore plays El Rito

Cooper-Moore from New York on his first ever visit to the region. The other half of this accomplished duo is Jeremy Barnes of the unique and popular Albuquerque group -“A Hawk and a Hacksaw” which toured over 54 cities in Europe and the U.S in 2009.

Cooper-Moore is known world-wide for his own brand of avante-garde jazz piano and playing his hand-made instruments - including fifes and flutes, the Diddley-bo, the Horizontal Hoe-Handle Harp, The Mouth-Bow, the Twagner, and more.

Sample: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/cooper-moore/id15869126

Jeremy Barnes will join Cooper-Moore on the drums and Persian santoor as they combine musical forces to create a unique and memorable afternoon for us all. For more about these two talented musicians, information is available at the library circulation desk.

When Nicholas Herrera completed and donated the beautiful piece pictured on the left we had no idea how many people would want to be a part of this auction. It is an altered wooden chair given to him by Susan Guevara and ornamented with tin work by Carmen Campos .  It is a testament to his work that it would generate so much good will in the community of El Rito.

The Auction generated about $15,700 for our library and $300 for the Abiquiú Library and Cultural Center.  We are greatful for all those who contibuted items of all kinds!

The Chairty Chair On-line Catalog Results

Thank you to the professional Auctioneer Donald Martinez Jr
and his fantastic crew at D-Duck auctioneering!

A special thanks to the companies that donated items:

Thank you all for coming! Thank you Taos Walmart for the pumpkins! Thank you Haunted House crew!
Please visit our picture gallery to see the event!

In January 2000, twenty community members started their first quilt to benefit the El Rito Library. In the ten years of quilting together the guild has made several hundred quilts to donate for babies with AIDS, African orphans, families that lost homes in Cerro Grande fire and hurricane Katrina, Heifer Project International, and many more for El Rito Library fund raising.

The Guild meets every Thursday from 7 to 9 pm in the El Rito Library Community Room. If you would like to join us please call Viki Edwards at 575.581.4744 or the library at 575.581.4608.

The El Rito Quilters Guild have donated six quilts for our auction.

Aztec 1 | 2 | 3	Dancing Fireworks 1 | 2 | 3 | 4	Frolicking Dragons 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Hearts and Flowers 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5	Huevos Rancheros Red 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5	Northern Ponds 1 | 2 | 3 | 4