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SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico man is now six days into a 1,500 mile bike trip. It’s all for a good cause in order to raise money in honor of his late wife. “I’m sure my beloved joy will be looking down and saying thank you,” said Reverend Duncan Lanum. While 77 year old Reverend Lanum typically spends his Sunday mornings preaching to his congregation at St. Thomas Apostle Anglican Church in Santa Fe. For the next month, Reverend Lanum will be spending his time biking almost 1,500 miles across five states all to raise awareness for the organization, “Many Mothers.” His late wife Joy volunteered at the non-profit for nearly 16 years. In her honor, he’s…

“Changes in the structure of our society mean that mothers often don’t have the support from extended family or religious communities the way they did in the past,” Nancy Guthrie says.

Many Mothers helps new parents learn to grow fresh food By Manette Newbold For The New Mexican Photos By Jane Phillips The New Mexican  |  Mar 26, 2013 At age 2, Sunna Boyles already loves to garden. Using plastic tools to dig through the dirt, she helps her father, Steve Boyles, plant starts in her family’s above-ground hoop house garden. When Sunna was a bit younger, Steve Boyles said she would climb in the garden wearing ruby red slippers, but she’s grown a little too big for that. The 4- by 8-foot hoop house garden in Sunna’s backyard was given to the Boyles through the Many Mothers program of Santa Fe. About four years ago, the nonprofit organization was contacted…