Everyone is invited as ABQ RIDE holds a 100th Birthday Ceremony for New Mexico at the Alvarado Transportation Center, built on the site of the historic Alvarado Hotel.

Dignitaries will proclaim the state’s 100th birthday, followed by blasts from a railroad whistle, locomotive horn blasts and blasts from ABQ RIDE buses and car horns across the state at the approximate time New Mexico was first signed into statehood one hundred years before.

The New Mexico Territorial Brass Band will play 1912-era songs.

The Mind Research Network (MRN) is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and brain injury.

Our Mission is to empower adults with the literacy and language skills they need to participate fully and effectively in family, work, civic life, and community. We do this by offering free one-on-one and group tutoring in basic literacy, GED preparation, and English and as Second Language. Our tutors are all volunteers.

METRO Teen Court is based on the philosophy that a youthful law violator does not continue to be an offender when a peer jury decides punishment. It will provide a way for first offenders to keep their records clean. The program focuses on youth accountability and development. METRO Teen Court is designed to interrupt patterns of criminal behavior by promoting positive feelings of self-esteem, motivating self-improvement, and developing a healthy attitude toward authority.

Mission: Greater Albuquerque Habitat for Humanity builds community - one home, one family at a time - by making it possible for low income families to own simple, decent, affordable homes. It seeks to mobilize the resources to make decent housing for all people a matter conscience. www.habitatabq.org

United South Broadway is a non-profit Community Development Corporation that works within older historic neighborhoods of Albuquerque to address affordable housing opportunities, commercial revitalization, crime prevention and youth development. Neighborhood Revitalization depends on all of these in order to improve and/or maintain the communities'' quality of life.

APNM's mission is to advocate the rights of animals by effecting systemic change, resulting in the humane treatment of all animals.

The New Mexico Activities Association was formed in 1921 as a private/non-profit organization whose principle purpose is the regulation, direction, administration and supervision of interscholastic activities in the State of New Mexico. The NMAA prides itself in its leadership, providing educational and social experiences for the students and communities of New Mexico. The NMAA has taken a leadership role nationally in several areas, including sportsmanship, media relations, coaches preparation, corporate development and interscholastic activities.

The Asbury Cafe is a State Fair Tradition and the fair's longest operating charity business. All proceeds go to feed the poor and homeless of the state. This year is the 50th Anniversary, and we'd like to really get the word out so we can help as many as possible...and with the state fair open four less days, we would like to call on our broadcasting friends to help us help others. We have media kits, written PSAs, and recorded ones available...one of which won an NMBA award this year (thank you!). You can also get some information at www.asburyabq.org/cafe.

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and NM Human Services Dept has asked broadcasters to help them get the word out. Stations are asked to use the attached script as best they can… read it live, produce a PSA, incorporate in newscasts or all of the aforementioned.

The NMEAF and NMSLGC DBA New Mexico Student Loans is a private, nonprofit corporation created by the New Mexico State Legislature in 1981. To fulfill our commitment to the future of education in New Mexico, we work with educational and lending institutions, state and federal government agencies, and individuals interested in education in the state, funding educational loans for New Mexico's students. **Please contact Sylvia regarding questions about the PSA Partner and PEP Program. Thank you!