Tularosa became a center for donations for Ruidoso and Mescalero fire storms. Thousands of people have been evacuated and many lost their homes.
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Sections were organized for babies and mothers, home made burritos and water to be delivered to the firefighters, bedding, clothing, pet food and supplies.
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In four days Tularosa village employees, trustees, volunteers and families pulled together, sending out appeals to extended communities and responded to the outpouring of supplies for those who lost everything.
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Samantha Chavez, second from left, reached out to her family and friends and with the opening of the Tularosa Community Center.
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Volunteers transport a truck load of goods from Tularosa to Ruidoso June 26 pausing to tighten straps along U.S. Highway 70.
Photo by Joan E. Price
Volunteers transport a truck load of goods from Tularosa to Ruidoso June 26 pausing to tighten straps along U.S. Highway 70.
Photo by Joan E. Price
JR Wesley drove his truck loaded by friends over from Las Cruces.
The Tularosa the community gathered to organize and transfer donations for Ruidoso/Mescalero/Ruidoso Downs fire relief. Communities across southern New Mexico have been mobilizing similarly from Roswell to Carlsbad and Alamogordo to Las Cruces.
