La Union Helping Hands attended the REALIZE Board Training which was held in partnership with Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico, the United Way of El Paso County and Paso del Norte Health Foundation on September 22, 23, and October 14, 2023.  It involved training for nonprofit new team members and also active boards that needed a refresher.

The training was an eight-part series for current board members, potential board members and nonprofit professionals.  The training consisted of:

Roles and Responsibilities, Essential Functions, Building a Board Cycle and Structure, Effective Board Meetings, Fundraising, Fiscal Oversight and Accountability, Fiscal Responsibility, Nonprofit Fiscal Policies and Procedures. 

In 2018 Building Movement Projects and Strong Families New Mexico were working together in successful collaboration to aid communities in southern New Mexico.  In particular, they helped La Union Helping Hands to positively enhance their nonprofit organization's key goals and identify their economic strengths and weaknesses. This three-day project took, instead, three months to complete.

Upon completion of the seminar, La Union Helping Hands was issued a Certificate of Achievement for Successful completion of the Southern New Mexico Common Good Action Project.

La Union Helping Hands participants include: Mary Ann Galindo, Matilde Ortiz, Yolanda Galindo, Facundo Ruiz, and Anthony Quinn Castro