Letters from LYDIA
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Be Hope for Someone Else Today
It was a hard year. It was going to end poorly. Without the kindness of strangers, we had no hope.
Feast of St. Nicholas and our Winter Wonderland Event
Learn about St. Nicholas, or Santa Claus, and why we have a winter wonderland party around the Feast of St. Nicholas.
Holiday Greetings
How does your family celebrate or remember the year, the family, the friends, the joys and losses? Share your traditions and let’s see who has similar or new traditions. We decorate the Christmas tree as soon after Thanksgiving as we can. So pretty! Then we come up...
Back to the Basics
A Reminder: As I sat in a quiet room this morning, listening to the sound of water fall, I was reminded that maybe I’m pushing too much, too hard. See, when I originally founded LYDIA, the idea was to have a place – maybe a coffee shop or cafe, maybe just have hot...
A Quick Update
We are still working on getting our website up and running, developing our programs, and establishing community here in Santa Fe. In developing our programs, our director, Emma Shows, is training as a life coach. Our marketing director, David Commini, is learning more...
Life Skills Classes
Okay, now. I know we’re already offering this one, and of course we have our blog! How about learning to shop on your foodstamps – get the most for your “money”? Shopping for the day you come off your foodstamps? Learning to budget to account for the amount of...
Necessary Services: Transportation
Okay, here’s another “hard” one – reliable transportation. First off, let me admit that I have severe anxiety when it comes to driving. So much so that I got my permit but was never able to pass the driver’s test. Now (maybe in part due to this anxiety), I’m not...
Necessary Services: Child-care or Day Care Solutions
Day care. One of my own primary complaints, and one that we’ve heard often from clients and those we’ve interviewed, is that in order to get a job when one has children, one must have child care. But in order to obtain and keep child care, one must have a job. It’s a...
Necessary Services: Youth Programs
What youth programs do we want to offer? Why do we want to offer youth programs, and how will they differ from what’s already available in Santa Fe? Peer mentorship and tutoring. Youth will help each other, form groups, and support one another on life’s journeys....
Necessary Services: Job Training
The Book Lounge and Cafe So why a bookstore? Because I love reading. Because I want to share my passion for reading and learning. Because meeting, connecting, over a good book – there’s nothing else like it. How will it work? Well, clients who want to work with us...