Mama Cares About Us

Laura Randolph, owner and president of Mama's Minerals, Inc., believes in giving back to the universe through her actions. For example, she supports education by offering free rock, mineral, and fossil classes to area students and art through her participation in Artscrawl (a citywide self-guided gallery tour). She's also a firm believer in recycling.

Mama's Minerals collects donations for S.A.F.E. House during the holiday season. Since 1976, S.A.F.E. House has provided temporary shelter, services, and education for women and their children who are in a state of crisis as a result of physical, sexual, emotional, or economic abuse in order to help them rebuild their lives. You can help, too, by dropping off donations throughout the year (from January through November) at Second Chances, a thrift store across the street from Mama's Minerals Albuquerque store. Second Chances is located at 1301 San Mateo NE; call 505-265-9233 for more information.

Suggested donations include:

• Art supplies (such as paint, brushes, paper, canvases, glue, ink, pencils, markers, clay, glazes, beads, string)*
• Gift-wrapped presents (please label with sex/age)*
• Nice things for women (new or gently used career and casual clothing, purses, appointment books, perfume, cosmetics)*
• Children's items for ages 3-18 (sports items, board games, coloring books, reading books, toys, music)*
• Winter apparel (hats, scarves, gloves etc.)*
• Diapers*
• Gently used or new shoes
• Toiletries (like shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, toilet paper, tampons and sanitary napkins)
• Household appliances
• Cleaning supplies (laundry detergent, dish soap, sponges, bleach, windex, furniture polish)
• Foods (of any type)
• Used baby items/toys
• Linens (Twin sheet sets, standard pillow cases, blankets, towels, mattress covers
• Small alarm clocks or other Electronics
• Supplies for baskets for women going into apartments (like pots & pans, dishes, and utensils)
• Gift certificates ($5 Increments)