About Us
Who We Are
Always Loving Mankind (ALM) Food Pantry is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation dedicated to addressing food insecurity in our communities within Western Colfax County, New Mexico (NM). We are in good standing with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the NM Secretary of State and the NM Attorney General. ALM is managed by an active Board of Directors with both tenured and new members.
What We Do
ALM is a mobile food pantry delivering groceries directly to client homes. We mainly purchase discounted goods from The Food Depot in Santa Fe, a Feeding America Organization, but also purchase from local markets and farms in Angel Fire, Eagle Nest and Cimarron, NM.
We are an all-volunteer organization dependent on community involvement to implement our mission. Volunteers unpack food delivery trucks into our stock room, manage inventory, order food, sack groceries every Sunday and make deliveries every Monday.
In October 2022, ALM, in partnership with the Angel Fire Rotary Club and Shuter Library, held our first ever Pumpkin Festival for the community. There were over 100 pumpkins carved, painted, and given away to those that attended. The event was held outside at the Shuter Library. We had games, prizes, snacks, and a photo booth. The event was partially funded by a grant from the Taos Community Foundation and there was no cost to participants.
During the holiday season, ALM does special deliveries to our clients for Thanksgiving and Christmas. In 2022, we purchased 150 turkeys/hams, even though costs went up 20% from the previous year. In addition to the turkeys/hams, we created a special bag or box of holiday foods that were delivered along with their normal bi-weekly bags of groceries.
Who We Serve
ALM alternates deliveries on two routes every Monday. One route includes all communities in the Moreno Valley and the second includes the Ute Park and Cimarron communities. We deliver groceries to clients who meet the federal eligibility requirements of The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP).
ALM also provides individually packaged weekend snacks for the Eagle Nest Elementary and Middle School Food 4 Kids (F4K) program, providing nutritious foods over the three-day weekend. The teachers and staff identify these students in need, without disclosing to ALM who they are for identity protection. Because of the COVID pandemic during previous school year, construction and staff changes at the school, the program had a slow start in the past year.
ALM implements a diaper program that is 100% provided by The Food Depot in Santa Fe at no cost to ALM. There are no eligibility requirements. Diapers are delivered by request to clients who also receive groceries and other clients may pick up diapers at Shuter Library in Angel Fire. ALM received 222 diaper/wipes bundles for local families with babies over the last twelve months --- an average of 16 per month.
