Stepping Out for Children 2019

June 4, 2019 By Melinda Olivas Leave a Comment

Stepping Out for Children 2019

By: Felicia Juarez

Join us for our 2nd Annual “Stepping Out for Children” event on Saturday, June 8, 2019.

We are so excited to be able to host this event for the 2nd year! The reason for the event is to raise awareness of Early Intervention Services. Many people do not know that Early Intervention exists much less the benefits it can have for a child that has or is at risk of having a Developmental Delay. New Mexico has over 90,000 children ages birth to three, and the New Mexico FIT C Program serves approximately 14,000 of these New Mexico children…AWARENESS is the key!

We hope to reach as many families as possible and let them know about the true benefits of Early Intervention services. We are always out in the community, but this event is ours. Our goal is to bring Early Intervention to the forefront for as many people to know! STEPPING OUT FOR CHILDREN event brings family fun and education together in one afternoon. We will provide food, live entertainment, giveaways, raffle drawings, chances to win prizes, community agencies sharing what they can do for you, and Developmental Screenings…ALL FOR FREE!!!!

Our kids are the fastest growing population in New Mexico but have some tremendous obstacles in front of them. Los Pasitos Early Intervention wants to do our part to make New Mexico a better place to live for our kids and their future. Join us for this family event, Saturday, June 8, from 10a to 1p, on the Courthouse lawn!

CRITICAL FACTS ABOUT NEW MEXICO: Scary, Hardcore Truths & The Silver Lining

In 2013, NM had the 4th highest rate of babies exposed to drugs and alcohol in the NATION. By 2017, that rate increased by 324%
- FIT enrollment increased by 23% between FY 2015 and FY 2018

New Mexicans suffer from the highest level of household food insecurity in the NATION (5.6% above).
- NM is 1 of 6 states in the US that serve more than 4% of children ages birth to three in their FIT Program (we serve roughly 16%)

Health Outcomes: Infant Mortality: NM 6.2% vs. US 5.9%, Low Birth Weight: NM 9% vs. US 8.2%, Immunization Rate: NM 68.5% vs. US 73%, Early Access to Prenatal Care: NM 63% vs. US 77%
- Growth in NM FIT Program was so dramatic that the department received $2.6M in additional state funding.

Program Evaluation: The Department of Health’s Role in the Early Education System. Report #19-02. May 8, 2019.

Water Their Spirits and Watch Them Grow

May 1, 2019 By Melinda Olivas Leave a Comment

Water Their Spirits and Watch Them Grow

By: Felicia Juarez

When we plant a garden, we are careful to ensure that our garden is given the necessary “ingredients” to thrive. We make sure seeds are planted in the right place with good soil, have appropriate sunlight, fertilizer, water, etc. and the same should be true for our children.

Children need a safe, nurturing environment that has food, water, education, positive recognition, and encouragement to learn and become successful. Other “supplements” that may be necessary are special education, therapy, and educational supplies. Most people naturally assume that all those things are automatically provided, but in reality, some or all are missing in a child’s life. Currently, New Mexico ranks 50th in the Nation for Child Poverty and 1st in the Nation for Child Hunger (2019 Center for American Progress). Those rankings translate to our kids not having the clothes, shoes, or even diapers that are essential for everyday life. Sadly, this also means that most kids do not know where or when their next meal will be. This is NOT ACCEPTABLE! New Mexico was ranked as the worst state to be a child according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation based out of Baltimore. This foundation was established in 1948 and is devoted to developing a brighter future for millions of children at risk of poor educational, economic, social and health outcomes.

Tobosa’s Children Services Department is taking as many steps as possible to notch away at this problem in our community. Little Steps is not a place where we only watch over children; it is a childcare center where we do exactly that, provide care to children. We take our time and put forth the effort to promote an educational and safe environment for all our “littles” Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Little Steps ensures the children receive five daily meals: breakfast, morning & noon snack, lunch, and late afternoon snack. We do not want our littles to go home hungry, and we know children learn better when their tummies are full and can concentrate on what is being taught instead of those growling stomachs! All snacks that we serve follow Federal Nutritional Guidelines to ensure healthy food intake.

Another area that Little Steps is passionate about is ensuring that our children leave the center having learned something that helps them with everyday routines or accentuates what they have been learning at Head Start, Pre-K or Elementary school. We know that children learn best through experiential play and class lessons that are interactive and fun and that is what we aim to do. Our After School Program makes it a priority to set aside time for children to complete homework and read every day.

Little Steps is always exploring different ways to continue to be helpful to the families we support. We are the only center in the Roswell area, that provides pick up services from seven elementary schools as well as pick up AND drop off (mornings) to both Head Starts. Transportation is a significant challenge among working families, especially for single parents who are the sole provider and lack the flexibility to leave work to pick up their children. Families who are unable to work might not be able to provide for their children adequately, and Little Steps is here to assist in any way possible.

More About Us

Our center supports between 65-75 children at any given moment. We are continuously striving to increase those numbers and the quality of services provided in ways that will benefit our community. Our kids enjoy participating and volunteering in community events and programs that help to feed the homeless and needy families and bring smiles and friendships to the elderly who reside in nursing homes. We are a non-profit agency doing what we can to keep our community great while we nurture children into healthy, caring, educated, and empowered young girls and boys!

Our Littles delivering Flowers & Smiles!

Little Steps welcomes the community to come by and see what we do firsthand, and we are always grateful for volunteers and donations such as educational items, toys, books, jackets, etc. Please visit littlestepscenter.org or trytobosa.org for more information or to make a monetary contribution to help us continue our mission.

Support Us

If you would like to speak with a Director, please contact Michelle Pruitt (575) 623-6402, mpruitt@lospasitos.org or Felicia Juarez (575) 624-1025, fjuarez@lospasitos.org. Our CEO, Rosy RubioShe welcomes any inquiries you may have. You can reach her at (575) 624-1025, rrubio@trytobosa.org.

Questions, Decisions, Living Life!

April 3, 2019 By Melinda Olivas 1 Comment

Questions, Decisions, Living Life!

By: Monica Patterson

As I mentioned in a previous post, I live in a house with two gentlemen. I’ve been here for a little over a year after living in a home with 24/7 support. My housemates are sometimes a challenge for me because of their moods and the challenges they are facing. Sometimes we just don’t mesh! I usually handle this challenge by doing things on my own like staying in my room, listening to music or watching TV. Hey, but this is a part of living with housemates in an independent setting. I’m sure they struggle with me as well.

What, where, who, when, why, how? Sign post. — Signpost!

I am coming up on my 37th birthday this month. I will be celebrating with my family, some of my staff, and friends over the weekend. My birthday has made me think about serious things and the future. I’m struggling to plan for the future because I don’t know what I want. Do I want to live alone? Do I want to stay where I am? I cannot visualize where I will be in five years or even in ten years. Is that normal for someone my age? Who else struggles with these thoughts?

In the meantime, I am working on money management and continuing with my blog. I’m also starting to learn how to drive, so I can get my driver’s license, and ultimately buy my own car. As far as my job goes, I will be participating in planning meetings for our Self-Advocacy Annual Conference in June at the Eagle’s Lodge in Roswell. Please stay tuned for more information on the conference.

I’m excited to have been asked to help a young gentleman out of Las Cruces with guardianship. I will be visiting with him sometime to share my experience with him. I feel pretty proud to share my story and that I could possibly help others through this struggle. This will be a great opportunity for me and will let my followers know what the outcome is.

I’m enjoying the spring, dreading the hot summer months, and am already looking forward to the fall weather. Everyone enjoy your seasons!

Until next time!!!

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Great Expectations for 2019

March 25, 2019 By Melinda Olivas Leave a Comment

Great Expectations for 2019

By: Rosy Rubio

I cannot believe January 2019, is over, February flew by, and March has already begun! How does that happen? My intent was to jumpstart on day one… but better late than never.

Tobosa has been doing exceptional and exciting things. This blog post will outline the great accomplishments and challenges faced in 2018 and will provide you a picture of 2019 and our expectations for it.

2018 Recap

2018, was a big year for Tobosa. It was the 40th anniversary of the creation of the organization and we began planning a celebration with much joy and gusto early in the year. This celebration consumed a lot of staff time, effort, and inspiration in 2018, but we hosted events throughout the year.

Tobosa planned and held its annual events including welcoming the Journey of Hope crew, “Go for the Gold” Golf tournament, Thanksgiving Dinner, and started a new event through children services named “Stepping Out for Children”. All of these events were very successful and brought great exposure to the great services provided by Tobosa.

Strategic Planning Retreat

In addition to these public events, Tobosa held its annual Strategic Planning Retreat in July. We were not able to hold the retreat at the location used in the past years. We settled on the Hurd Gallery and Haciendas in San Patricio. It was a fabulous location during the summer months and helped inspire some great ideas. The group in attendance was quite ambitious and we set goals that reflect that ambition.

Our group brought together management, board members, and staff advisory committee members to create and set ten goals, These goals will impact services throughout the organization for both adult and children’s services. Together, we tailored goals to attract and retain a workforce by identifying and creating an employee brand, to improve the financial position of the organization, and to provide more and higher quality programming. We started working on those goals immediately and will continue through 2021.

Peter Hurd Haciendas, a beautiful place to inspire our ambitious goals

Black Tie Gala

As mentioned earlier, Tobosa celebrated 40 years of providing services to individuals in Chaves County. The event was celebrated with a Black Tie Gala featuring guest speakers Joe H. Madrid, former Tobosa CEO, Angelica Rubio, State Representative, and Timothy Z. Jennings, former NM State Senator. Rick Trevino, the Grammy-winning recording artist, performed as part of the entertainment. His show was amazing and ended the great, fun-filled evening on a high note. Thanks to all who joined us for this amazing celebration!

What a grand evening! Here I am with Mr. Rick Trevino!

In Memoriam

Although we had a very successful year, the Tobosa family also faced some hardships, including the loss of some of its members. Loss is always hard to face even when you know that it is inevitable. We want to honor those we have lost and we want our family and theirs to know they will never be forgotten and have left a memorable impact: Brenda Bachman, Tony Strange, Daniel Madrid, Jackie Males, and Danny Zangara. Thank you so much, we will always miss you.

Into 2019

The Tobosa Book

Looking forward into 2019, we plan to publish our Tobosa Book. The idea was born during a gathering of Tobosa employees several years ago. We were sharing memories, laughter, and some of the stories that remind us why we’re here doing this work. Our team feels that moments like those needed to be captured for posterity, so we are finally going to make this dream a reality.

Expanding Program Development

Tobosa is also focused on expanding program development through emphasizing teaching and learning opportunities for both staff and the individuals we support. We are gearing up to push this change in culture within Tobosa. Although we have engaged in promoting this concept for many years, it has, at times, gotten lost in the shuffle of burdensome requirements, unfunded mandates, etc. We strongly believe that the individuals we support have become increasingly lost in the shuffle and we need to get back to making them and helping them be the focus.

We will continue to do so with CARE:

Compassion

Acceptance

Respect

Engagement

Because:

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Diss-ability

March 25, 2019 By Melinda Olivas 2 Comments

Diss-ability

By: Jacob Dicello

Have you ever briefly met someone and had a perception of who they were based on very little interaction? Then months, or even years, later you got to know them better and you realized that your notion of who you perceived them to be was the exact opposite of who they really are. That has undoubtedly happened to all of us. However, I am embarrassed to say that it happened to me in regards to a whole population of people.

I used to work with a healthcare agency that did monthly health and wellness presentations for the individuals of Tobosa Developmental Services at their Day-hab program. For about an hour a month, I interacted with the Day-hab group and, without merit, I developed a perception of Tobosa and, more importantly, the individuals we support. (I say “we support” because I was fortunate enough to gain employment with Tobosa a few months ago.) My perception, before I started, was that Tobosa was a glorified babysitting agency. I feel terrible for even saying that. Babysitting.

I don’t feel terrible for my perception of Tobosa’s services, because this accomplished and talented group certainly didn’t and doesn’t need my validation. I feel terrible because the perception I had of the individuals we support was so wrong. Tobosa does NOT babysit anyone. We support individuals with Developmental disabilities. SUPPORT is the keyword.

What bothers me now is how many people there are who may have the same perception I had. The individuals that we support are people first, who happen to have a disability. I have disabilities, but I do not expect people to see me as my disability. If I could, I would climb to the top of a mountain and scream out a clarification about who these individuals truly. I would do that to try to change all of the unfounded perceptions that people may have. I do not climb mountains and do not have a voice that can carry that far. But I do have this blog post: Let’s change that misperception!

Toby completing the Pecos Valley Stampede 5K

DeDe conquering new slopes at Ski Apache

Nothing but smiles as Randy keeps Chevron stocked and organized.

I want to end today’s post with the first thing that Jessica Dunn, (Director of Program Support Services at Tobosa), told me on the first day of training. “Our goal is to teach the individuals the life skills they need so that they no longer need our services. We will consider our job a success when we no longer have one.”

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Spirit of the Monkey Room

March 25, 2019 By Melinda Olivas Leave a Comment

Spirit of the Monkey Room

By: Michelle Pruitt

When I took over as Director at Little Steps, I didn’t know that I would find a whole new appreciation for the special people who work directly with children.

Cuteness and Chaos

If you’ve ever wondered what cuteness and chaos all rolled up together looks like, it’s the one-year-old room. Our one-year-old classroom is full of spunk, unique facial expressions, and even sometimes crying. It’s hard being one and wanting a specific baby doll when your friend is already playing with it (never mind the many other baby dolls in the room).

The Monkey Room

Our one-year-old classroom is called the “Monkey Room”. I learned quickly that it is not only a cute name for the room, but it is also the spirit animal these children embrace on a daily basis. During an experience helping out in this classroom one morning, I realized just how much these little ones resemble monkeys. They’ll climb on the table (or anything else), laugh, cry, and just act wild at times. There is definitely never a dull moment in this classroom unless they are sleeping, but even then you never know. Our teachers have done a great job getting these kids on sleeping schedules. Even though they’re only about a year old, if they are told to lay back down, they generally listen.

Spaghetti for lunch! — Munching and Lunching

One of the most entertaining times during the day in the one-year-old room is mealtime. Have you ever seen a one-year-old eat yogurt or spaghetti? I guarantee once you have, the image will never leave you for the rest of your life. The enthusiasm for such delicious food causes complete and total destruction of the floor, plus it becomes an accessory to wear on both their faces and hair. I didn’t know spaghetti sauce could actually stain skin until these last few months.

A kiddo uses her sippy cup one-handed during lunch time. — Simply sipping.

Although not all of these little ones are talking just yet, some definitely are. Whenever food arrives in the room you can hear many of them yell out “papa” and excitement spreads over their tiny little faces. One little girl just this morning, during breakfast, looked at a helper in the class and said: “Hey you, more toast”. Their little personalities really shine through every day.

I love walking into the Monkey Room and being greeted by kids waving, saying “hi”, and even some great hugs. There’s always something new and fun as these kids age up to another classroom and new kiddos move up into this room.

What is your child’s spirit animal?
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Welcome Monica!

January 18, 2019 By Melinda Olivas 8 Comments

Monica is a new contributor to our Tobosa blog. We’re excited to have her writing for us!

Who is Monica?

I was born on April 7, 1982, in Roswell, NM to my parents, Kraig and Eileen. I was the apple of their eye up until I was five years old. At that time, I went through a difficult time because my parents divorced and I remained with my dad, Kraig. My grandmother, Barbara, helped my dad in raising me. My grandparents lived across the street from us, so it was easy for my grandmother to have a big presence in my life.

Monica Patterson - with family as a child — Monica Patterson – with family as a child

I have a baby brother, Kraig, Jr. that is 17 years younger than me and a half-sister, Kelley, that is in her mid-twenties.

I graduated from Roswell High School in 2001 and shortly thereafter I started attending Tobosa Developmental Services. I have been with Tobosa for sixteen years. When I first came to Tobosa, I was not happy being here. I was an angry young girl and I made them know that I was not happy here. I was like a “Tasmanian devil” and hell on wheels. I expressed myself very strongly to my staff, my dad, my grandmother, and anybody that I came into contact with.

Monica - as a child — Monica – as a child

I had staff support 24/7 with one-on-one and sometimes two-on-one. That gives you an idea of how out of control my life was. I think it had to do a lot with my medication.

I believe that when I came to Tobosa it was a life-changing moment. They worked with me and helped me to regulate my medications and they put up with my challenging behaviors. No one at Tobosa gave up on me. My grandmother also did not give up on me. Although sometimes, I thought my grandmother was too much involved with my life.

Gradually, I started to recognize what would trigger me and I would work through my feelings and emotions so that I could interact with my peers and my staff in a positive manner. With this newly gained knowledge, I was able to start accomplishing some of my goals. For example, I am now living independently with two gentlemen. Talk about coming a long way.

I am employed with People First and have been for about five years. My job duties are to advocate for myself and for other individuals with developmental disabilities. With People First, I have advocated with the Know Your Right Campaign, participated in the annual retreat, helped with the Southeast Regional Office Appreciation Celebration for the past three years, and I visit the legislative session in Santa Fe to visit with area legislators and others to advocate for the Developmentally Disabled (DD) population.

I think my biggest accomplishment in my life has been to obtain my own guardianship. My grandmother and my dad were my legal guardians and pretty much made every decision for me whether I liked it or not. They dictated where I lived, how much I smoked, what I wore, who I dated, etc. I know they did it out of love and caring, but I felt smothered all the time. So one day, I visited with my behavior support consultant and she encouraged me to pursue the possibility of me becoming my own guardian.

It was a long process, like about two or three years. But without giving up, even though I wanted to several times, I finally succeeded and the judge granted me guardianship. My dad continues to be my medical power of attorney but I now have control over the majority of my life’s decisions.

Celebrate Giving Tuesday With Tobosa

November 10, 2018 By Melinda Olivas

Giving Tuesday

“Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving. Since its inaugural year in 2012, Giving Tuesday has become a movement that celebrates and supports giving and philanthropy with events throughout the year and a growing catalog of resources.”

This year on November 27, 2018, Tobosa is joining the Giving Tuesday movement to encourage giving both worldwide and locally.

Gary and Terri Finch graciously donated the old Primm Drug building to Los Pasitos Early Intervention, and we are truly grateful! With the gift of this new facility, Los Pasitos will be able to increase our exceptional quality of service to the children of our wonderful community. However, before we can begin, we need to do some much-needed restoration and furnishing. That’s where you come in!

All fundraising proceeds and donations from this past year and many coming up in the future are going towards this exciting project. We want to give our amazing Los Pasitos team the best opportunity to continue their mission to help children reach their full potential, one tiny step at a time!

Please show your support by contributing this year on #GivingTuesday to help us reach our goal. No amount is too small, especially when it comes from the heart!

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To find out more about #GivingTuesday, please visit www.givingtuesday.org

Los Pasitos Early Intervention Program – Bizzell Family Success Story

My name is Kim Bizzell. The Los Pasitos Early Intervention program has changed my family for the better. When we first started working with the Los Pasitos program over three years ago, we were all strangers. Now we are like family. We have worked with the same team ever since we started with Los Pasitos. I consider us very blessed to have had this talented team help my kids over the years.

Tuf

The Los Pasitos team started seeing my son Tuf when he was 18 months old. At first, he would not speak or communicate and showed severe delays. This team never gave up on him, never got frustrated with him, and always kept trying to help him. At two years old, Tuf was diagnosed with Autism. The team wasn’t just there for Tuf. They were there for me. They helped me help my son open up and start learning, and they were there for me for support.

The Los Pasitos team and I worked together to help Tuf start learning in the ways that work for him. He started speaking, and now my son and I can communicate. Tuf is now enrolled at a local school and he is doing very well. If Los Pasitos hadn’t paved the path for Tuf, the road to success would have been much more difficult, and he probably wouldn’t be where he is now.

Tye

My son Tye started in the Los Pasitos program when he was ten months old. He worked with the team there until he turned three. At first, Tye had problems crawling and with his balance. Within a few months of our team working with him though, not only was he crawling but he was walking. The improvements he made over a short period with the help of Los Pasitos were just incredible.

Tryp

My youngest son Tryp, also started with Los Pasitos around ten months and is still in the program. Tryp had a very rough start when he was born. He was severely ill and almost didn’t survive his first year. He had already been in the hospital four times before he was eight months old. When our team started working with him, he had severe delays. He refused to sit up, do tummy time, or anything physically active. All he would do was lay on his back. Over the past few months, not only has Tryp learned to sit up on his own with no assistance, but he can now scoot himself across the floor to get what he wants. We’re excited to see him make progress towards walking.

My family and I are grateful for all the hard work and dedication we have received from our Los Pasitos Early Intervention team.

A Little Kindness Goes a Long Way

February 20, 2018 By Melinda Olivas Leave a Comment

February 11th through 17th was Random Acts of Kindness Week, and it paved the way for National Random Acts of Kindness Day. It all started with one simple phrase written on a placemat by Anne Herbert back in 1982: “practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” A quiet storm was evolving, and in 1993, Anne published a book called “Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty” that opened the floodgate of newspaper articles, radio station air time, and class assignments devoted to stories about this cause. The momentum has not slowed, and people continue working towards building a kinder world.

Image of us chalking positive messages — Chalking positive messages

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Can you imagine one full week dedicated to committing random acts of kindness? It’s just magnificent, and you can bet Tobosa was more than willing to do our part in spreading kindness. This year Tobosa held its second annual RAK Week Scavenger Hunt to bring a little joy to our wonderful Roswell community. The rules are simple; be kind!

Image of Kathy leaving complimentary popcorn at a redbox — Complimentary popcorn with your movie thanks to Kathy

Teams receive a list filled with kind acts to complete throughout the week and capture the moments with photos because as we all know, a picture is worth a thousand words. The list has an assortment of acts, just to name a few, from chalking positive messages, returning stray shopping carts, taping popcorn to Redbox locations, holding a door open for someone, and dropping off special treats to first responders. Teams are also encouraged to come up with kind acts that are not listed. There were several who delivered food to the homeless and blankets to Chaves County Disaster Relief Services. One never knows the impact of a smile and five-minute conversation could have on a total stranger.

“No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.” -Aesop

At the end of the hunt, Tobosa rewards the thoughtful scavengers with a personal kind gesture, but that doesn’t take away from the joy and excitement they benefit from their mission of RAK Week. Although this week has come and gone, kindness will forever live in every one of us. Our organization prides itself on giving back throughout the year from both our children and adult services, and we hope to inspire you in doing the same.

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples” –Mother Teresa

Image of Dawn, Dede, and Lynnett handing out flowers — Dawn, Dede & Lynnett handing out flowers

Image of Brian, Cecil and Joey delivering coloring books — Brian, Cecil and Joey delivering coloring books to Familia Dental

Image of harry throwing away litter. — Harry keeping Roswell beautiful

Image of Melissa and Felicia feeding the homeless — Melissa & Felicia feeding the homeless, handing out flowers & donating money

Image of us delivering donuts to Chaves County CASA — Delivering donuts to Chaves County CASA

Image of David & Sammy delivering donuts — David & Sammy delivering donuts to RFD Station 1

From the Ground Up

February 1, 2018 By Melinda Olivas Leave a Comment

We at Tobosa send out a huge thanks to all those who attended the grand opening of our new Day Programming facility, the Joe H. Madrid Educational Center. Joe Madrid is the former CEO of Tobosa who served in that capacity for 37 years and retired in December of 2015. The naming of the building was in his honor.

Joe H. Madrid and Cecil Rhodes cutting the red ribbon — Joe H. Madrid and Cecil Rhodes had the honor of cutting the Red Ribbon

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This event was co-hosted by the Roswell Chamber of Commerce, Roswell Chamber of Commerce Redcoats, Little Steps Learning Center, and Los Pasitos Early Intervention. The new center is located on a southeast lot of Tobosa’s administrative office. With this new addition, we now have a trifecta on the block of our Administration building (110 E. Summit) and Little Steps Learning Center (111 E. Reed).

In attendance were Tobosa staff, individuals, Rosy Rubio (CEO), our Board of Directors Joe Lovato (Chair), Terri Douglas (Vice-Chair), Lori Ordonez (Treasurer), Dennis Pabst, Joe Vargas, Daniel Lopez, and Louie Mestas. Chaves County Commissioners, Mr. Robert Corn, and Mr. Will Cavin; Chavez County Manager, Mr. Stan Riggs; Chaves County employees Sandra Rodriguez, Bill Williams, Annabell Molina and Georgianna Hunt. Also in attendance were Dora Batista and Christine Cisneros with SENM Economic Development, Council of Government and Mr. Hal Barnet, ASA Architects.

The purpose of our Day Hab facility is to have a common place where staff and the individuals supported by Tobosa can meet during the week and participate in daily activities coordinated by the Day Hab Team Lead, Alfred Velasquez. These activities include various arts & crafts, karaoke, BINGO, exercise & cooking classes. We also host presentations from people within community organizations.

We are looking forward to using the new building and being able to bring in more educational classes for our individuals to teach life skills. The new center is not just for our organization; everyone is invited to join in all the fun. The center’s hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday. There is a posting on our Facebook page of weekly happenings.

Everyone here at Tobosa is very excited about what is in store for the new center! Again, we are so grateful to everyone involved for making this happen from start to end. We could not do this without our fantastic supporters. Thank you!

Stepping Out for Children 2019

Water Their Spirits and Watch Them Grow

Questions, Decisions, Living Life!

Great Expectations for 2019

2018 Recap

Strategic Planning Retreat

Black Tie Gala

In Memoriam

Into 2019

The Tobosa Book

Expanding Program Development

Compassion

Acceptance

Respect

Engagement

Together

wE

cAn

Create

cHange

Diss-ability

Spirit of the Monkey Room

Cuteness and Chaos

The Monkey Room

Who is Monica?

Giving Tuesday

Los Pasitos Early Intervention Program – Bizzell Family Success Story

Tuf

Tye

Tryp

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