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2020
January, 2020
February, 2020
  • 2020 Chocolate Fantasia: Cupid Carnaval  ::  Fundraiser

    Visitors will find more than 25 downtown merchants and galleries decorated in the spirit of this year’s theme, Cupid Carnaval, and distributing chocolates. Tasting tickets offering 20 tastes for $25 are on sale now. Proceeds from the event benefit arts ...   

    Location  Silver City, New Mexico

    Contact  575-538-2505 or frontdesk@mimbresarts.org

  • Reservation Deadline for WNMU Eighth Annual Western New Mexico University Foundation Scholarship Gala   ::  Fundraiser

    The Gala will be on Saturday March 7. Attire - 1900’s Garden formal or Black tie. $150 single reservation | $125 single WNMU alumni | $1,000 table for 8. Reservations requested by February 21; RSVP or Questions to 575-538-6310 or email ...   

    Location  Western New Mexico University

    Contact  RSVP or Questions 575-538-6310 or foundation@wnmu.edu

  • Silver High Track Team Flea Market  ::  Fundraiser

    Silver Track Team will have a parent/athlete yard/rummage/flea market in the SHS auxiliary gym, Saturday, February 22, 8am to 2pm. Come on out and find something that meets your needs and support a great cause.   

    Location  Silver High School

March, 2020
  • High Desert Sportsmen's Gun Show 2020  ::  Fundraiser

    The High Desert Sportsmen's Club Gun Show 2020 Invitational to take place March 7 and March 8, 2020   

    Location  Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center

    Contact  575-313-4644

  • Eighth Annual - Western New Mexico University Foundation Scholarship Gala  ::  Fundraiser

    Experience an enchanted evening that includes a VIP cocktail reception, entertainment, a gourmet feast, silent auction, dancing, and mingling with fellow leaders and community members in a hidden realm you won’t forget. You are making a difference in the lives ...   

    Location  Western New Mexico University

    Contact  575-538-6310 or foundation@wnmu.edu

  • High Desert Sportsmen's Gun Show 2020  ::  Fundraiser

    The High Desert Sportsmen's Club Gun Show 2020 Invitational to take place March 7 and March 8, 2020   

    Location  Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center

    Contact  575-313-4644

  • CANCELLED Silver City Library March Book Sale  ::  Fundraiser

    Hardback and trade paperback books are priced at $1.00 each and paperbacks at $0.50 each. In some individual cases, books may be priced higher. Weather permitting, clearance items sales take place in the FOL parking lot where visitors can purchase ...   

    Location  FOL Bookstore

April, 2020
  • CANCELLED Little Walnut Mountain Run  ::  Fundraiser

    Check in 8am, Race Starts 9am. The Little Walnut Mountain Run is a 10-kilometer footrace crossing the Continental Divide on the shoulder of Eighty Mountain and climbing to the summit of Gomez Peak. $30 entry fee. Pre-registration available online. Registration ...   

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    Location  Gomez Peak Pavillion

    Contact  https://runlittlewalnut.wixsite.com/race

  • Gila/Mimbres Community Radio Spring Membership Drive  ::  Fundraiser

    Tune in for Music, poetry, interviews, local talent and updates on local and global issues. Visit GMCR.org to donate with a credit card or PayPal, or mail a check payable to GMCR to 519-B N. Bullard, St., Silver City, NM 88061 (or ...   

    Location  KURU Radio Station

    Contact  GMCR.org

May, 2020
  • Give Grandly Goes Virtual  ::  Fundraiser

    The event, showcasing the participating non-profits and the good work they do in videos created by the organizations themselves, and music by great local talent will be broadcast from www.givegrandly.org. from 8:30am to 2:30pm. Donations for Give Grandly count toward matching ...   

    Contact  www.givegrandly.org or https://givegrandly.civicore.com/scmsoc.

  • CANCELLED Friends of the Library May Booksale  ::  Fundraiser

    All events, including the FOL Book Sale, scheduled to take place on Town property are cancelled until further notice. Depending on circumstance, the big July sale may still take place. The FOL accepts donations of books from the public and uses ...   

July, 2020
  • Virtual Birthday Party Concert Fundraiser  ::  Fundraiser

    You are cordially invited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her fortuitous helicopter ride through a Hybrid (Live + Virtual) Birthday Party Concert, Workshop and Fundraiser for PFLAG National (Parents and Friends of Lesbian and Gays).  “PFLAG was birthed 4 decades ago, when one ...   

    Contact  breakthroughshadow@gmail.com

September, 2020
  • Virus Theater Patreon Launch   ::  Fundraiser

    Virus Theater is launching its Patreon page, with audio and filmed theater content for our community. Visit virustheater.com and/or VT’s social media accounts on September 15 for the link to our new way of giving you theater!   

    Contact  hello@virustheater.com

  • GMCR Fall Fundraiser and Showcase of Local Talent   ::  Fundraiser

    Gila/Mimbres Community Radio (GMCR) and KURU 89.1 FM will hold a Fall Fundraiser and Showcase of Local Talent Thursday-Saturday, September 24-26, 2020. Special programming will feature local musicians, writers, and commentators who may be brand new to some listeners, along ...   

    Contact  575-597-4891

October, 2020
  • Pottery Saie by WNMU students and faculty  ::  Fundraiser

    Students and faculty of Western New Mexico University’s clay department will hold their 15th Annual Friends of Clay Pottery Sale on Saturday, October 10, from 9am to 3pm, at the Lions Club Building, 8th and Bullard, at the north end of Makers ...   

    Contact  575-313-7278

  • Friends of the Silver City Public Library October Book Sale  ::  Fundraiser

    The Silver City Friends of the Library (FOL) is so very pleased to announce that, weather permitting, it will hold a Book Sale on Saturday, October 10, from 10:00am-3:00pm, in the parking lot at 1510 Market Street, in the Town of ...   

    Location  1510 Market Street

    Contact  folsilvercitynm@gmail.com or call 575-538-4940

December, 2020
  • Rotary Holds Fact or Fiction Game  ::  Fundraiser

    A Fact or Fiction game based on the PBS game of "Wait, wait, don't tell me," will be held at 6 p.m. this Saturday, December 12,  to help raise money for Rotary International's PolioPlus program aimed at eliminating polio worldwide. ...   

    Contact  Lucy Falley at 915 490-4347 or texasbw@att.net

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