100 Men Who Care backs local nonprofits at SALA Event Center
At SALA, 100 Men Who Care kept a fast pitch-and-vote model that sent $2,200 to First Born Los Alamos and later backed Family Strengths Network.
SALA Event Center turned into a quick-hit giving room Thursday as 100 Men Who Care - Los Alamos gathered from 5:30 to 7 p.m. to channel pooled donations into local nonprofits. The member-supported venue at 2551 Central Ave. gave the group a public stage for a model built on three short pitches, a vote and one winner.
The format is deliberately simple. Three pre-selected organizations make five-minute presentations, members choose the recipient, and the winning cause gets the combined support from the room. A randomly drawn door prize, a 20-minute scenic helicopter flight over Los Alamos donated by Intermountain Health Flight and Ambulance Service, added to the mixer atmosphere without changing the evening’s core purpose: moving money quickly to community work.
The clearest measure of that impact came in the group’s June 13, 2024 round. The League of Women Voters Los Alamos, First Born Los Alamos and Dance Arts Los Alamos each had a chance to make their case before 19 attendees voted. First Born Los Alamos came away with $2,200 in donations, with more expected from members who could not attend, showing how one evening at SALA can turn a roomful of local donors into immediate support for a nonprofit serving Los Alamos families.
The giving has continued to ripple outward. Family Strengths Network received the June 2025 giving award, keeping the group’s annual support flowing to another organization rooted in family services. That steady rotation of recipients has made 100 Men Who Care a recurring part of the local nonprofit calendar, with each quarterly gathering offering another chance for a small crowd to send a meaningful sum into the community.
The 2024 event was also backed by N3B, Enterprise Bank & Trust and Los Alamos Children’s Dentistry, with support from the Los Alamos Community Foundation. Together, those donations, sponsors and volunteer-led pitches show how a compact, social fundraiser can produce tangible help for Los Alamos organizations that spend much of the year trying to meet local needs.
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