This photo captures the ‘surprise’ award presentation Jan. 25 at the Betty Ehart Senior Activity Center, from left, LARSO Executive Director Jacci Gruninger, Pietro and Kristine Mazza and LACF Executive Director Liz Martineau. Here is a video presentation of the award and after. Photo Courtesy LACF

LACF NEWS RELEASE

Los Alamos Retired and Senior Organization (LARSO) has won a “surprise” grant from Los Alamos Community Foundation (LACF) in celebration of the foundation’s 10th Anniversary.  

Kristine Mazza’s personal story about LARSO won the hearts of the volunteer grant reviewers. In retirement, Kristine and her husband Pietro came to Los Alamos from Chicago to be near their son and daughter-in-law:

“We moved here in late July. The senior center has been beyond helpful in so many ways. My husband is on dialysis and needs to get to Española three times a week. Being unfamiliar with the area the senior center set him up for rides for dialysis. This is the ONLY option available. They have helped us navigate all of that. Also the daily meals at the center introduced us to many new friends and made the transition to living here so much easier.”

LACF is considering stories of impact in awarding these grants, which are open on a rolling basis through Nov. 15. Share the impact that a nonprofit has had on your life by nominating them for a grant here.

About the Los Alamos Community Foundation:

Established in 2015, the mission of the Los Alamos Community Foundation is to build enduring philanthropy to empower our community’s nonprofit organizations. LACF stewards fifteen permanent endowment funds and supports local nonprofits through training, initiatives, and grantmaking. For more information about the Los Alamos Community Foundation, visit www.losalamoscf.org.