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Project Birthday NM Providing Birthday Parties for Homeless and Needy Children

Project Birthday NM Providing Birthday Parties for Homeless and Needy Children

Project Birthday NM Providing Birthday Parties for Homeless and Needy Children

A New Mexico mom is getting ready for a year of back-to-back birthday parties. They’re not for her kids or anyone she even knows. Her parties are for underprivileged kids who often don’t get to celebrate their special day.

Project Birthday New Mexico launched last month but has been in the works for a year. They provide birthday parties for children who are homeless or receive low-income subsidies. Founder and Executive Director Jessica Lucero — who also works as a paralegal in town — saw the need in Albuquerque and decided to take action.

“Our mission is to throw birthday parties for homeless children and children who qualify for low-income subsidies. We go into shelters or crisis centers as well as anyone who houses homeless children,” said Lucero, who decided to finally make the jump after seeing a story about a similar organization in Pennsylvania, Beverly’s Birthdays. “I just couldn’t shake it. I couldn’t stop thinking about it and I think I would know how to run it and realizing kids in our community really needed it.”

Read more about this wonderful organization here!

 

(Photo courtesy of Jami Seymore)

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