The Gallup Birdhouses

You've heard of the Chicago Cows.
You've heard of the New Mexico Painted Ponies.

Now presenting — The Gallup Bird Houses
Third Annual Relay For Life Fundraising Auction

Auction —
Saturday, May 1st, 2010, 6pm
Sammy C's (Downtown Gallup, NM)

Gallup/McKinley Relay for Life
Ups & Downs Team Fundraiser

Mark you calendar — plan on bidding on your favorite birdhouses. If you can't attend, email Linda with your bid. Linda2175@msn.com

This spring we put out a call for help to the artists, community members, businesses and organizations of Gallup and the surrounding area to take part in the Birdhouse Project.

Each participant could use the standard birdhousee we supplied them or had the option to make or buy their own. They were asked to decorate, reinvent, repurpose, or embellish it.

These will be on public display in Downtown Gallup, and will be auctioned off May 1st at Sammy C's Sportsbar and Restaurant at 6pm. 

Gallup/McKinley Relay for Life annually raises money for research, education, advocacy and cancer patient services. Relay  is the major fundraising activity of the American Cancer Society. Our goal for the 2010 Gallup/McKinley Relay for Life is $80,000.

The response to the project was again overwhelming, Gallup artists, craftspeople, city departments (check out the ones from the library and the fire department), and others created one of a kind birdhouses. Not only is Gallup represented, but also Belen, Thoreau and the Navajo Nation. This year, we even had people from Massachusetts and Texas create birdhouses for the event.

We are also fortunate to have a donation of a birdhouse by Busted Shovel Birdhouse Company. This unique Cedar Crest company was mentioned in the April 2010 New Mexico magazine's Welcome Home issue.

Birthday BEDlam birdhouse by Kathe Noe