Closing 2025 With Gratitude for Our Community

December 30, 2025 | Uncategorized

As we come to the close of 2025, we find ourselves holding so much—grief and
gratitude, endings and beginnings, reflection and resolve.

This year asked a great deal of Dar a Luz. We honored nearly 15 years of birth-
centered care and witnessed our final birth at the center, a moment that will forever
live in our hearts. We also listened deeply to what our community continues to need
from us now and in the years ahead. From that listening came change, courage, and
a renewed commitment to serve women and people with uteruses through
comprehensive, compassionate health care—especially at moments of vulnerability.

And through every transition this year, one thing remained constant: the unwavering
support of our community. Your presence—whether through donations, advocacy,
volunteering, showing up to events, or simply believing in this work—has sustained
Dar a Luz in moments of both heartbreak and hope. We truly could not have
navigated this year without you.

While birth has been our legacy, care has always been our mission. In 2025, that
mission expanded: into deeper mental health support, into new services, and into a
future that allows Dar a Luz to continue showing up for our community in meaningful
and sustainable ways.

As we approach the end of the year, we invite you to be part of this next chapter.
End-of-year gifts are critical in helping us bridge the gap between where we are and
where we are going by supporting program expansion, provider training, and access
to care for those who need it most. Your generosity ensures that Dar a Luz remains a
place of safety, trust, and healing.

If Dar a Luz has ever held you, supported you, or mattered to you—or if you believe
in the importance of community-rooted, women-led health care—we hope you’ll
consider making a gift before December 31st.

From all of us at Dar a Luz: thank you. Thank you for your trust, your generosity, and
your belief in what is possible when care is led by community.

With deep gratitude,
The Dar a Luz Team

DONATE HERE!

Book an Appointment!

DAL is now scheduling new and returning clients for the services below 🎉
We accept most major insurances including Medicaid!
Call us today at 505-924-2229 to book your appointment before the end of the year!
We’ll now be offering:

Well-Woman/Person Annual exams for all ages:
Pap smears
Contraception
STD testing and treatment
Evaluation of abnormal discharge
Fertility and pregnancy planning
Teen clinic
Sexual education
Miscarriage management and aftercare
Options counseling

Expanded Gynecologic Services
Fibroids and ovarian cysts
Evaluation and treatment of heavy or abnormal periods
Pelvic pain and endometriosis
Pelvic floor health (this is not pelvic floor PT)
Polycystic ovarian syndrome
Menstrual mood disorders

Peri-Menopause Care
Non-hormonal perimenopause symptom management
Hormone replacement therapy
Vaginal and vulvar dryness, itching, irritation
Pelvic pain
Irregular menstrual cycles
Postmenopause bleeding

Call us today at 505-924-2229 to schedule your appointment!

Other Donation Options

Please consider donating to Dar a Luz to set us up for an impactful 2025! Every
donation has a profound impact on staff and clients alike and allows us to continue
offering our exceptional care to New Mexican families.

We thank you for your support!

Other ways to donate:

ACH Bank Transfer
Stock or bond transfer, or charitable gift annuity (use this pdf)
Donor-advised fund gift
Cash or Check (info below)

Please make checks payable to:
Dar a Luz Birth & Health Center
7708 4th Street NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107

You can designate us as your United Way charity, Benevity or name us as the beneficiary on your Smith’s rewards accounts. We are a community-owned birth center and a non-profit, so every penny counts!