Annual Report of
Quetzalcoatl Temple
2024
A 501c3 nonprofit
Mission Statement
The general purposes for which this Nonprofit Organization has been established are as follows: To provide scientific research, education and services related to the indigenous healing systems of the Maya and Naga Maya.
This service includes;
Providing the medicinal seeds used in these traditions with training to plant and use them, for underprivileged communities.
Education on these healing systems is provided through the school for healers known as Escuela de Curanderimso.
Research benefitting the public will be conducted with the traditional medicinal plants of the Maya and Naga Maya. Results will be made available to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.
Letter from founder/executive director
This past year has seen our botanical garden expand and add many more plants with hiring a full time gardener and botanist. Jennifer, our employee, took a pick axe to our hard clay soil and made beds for the plants. We were able to plant a vegetable garden this year for the first time.
As usual we gave away medicinal plants this spring and we included heirloom vegetable plants as well. A first this year is that we did this in Silver City in the main park, instead of next to the botanical garden.
We started a youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzNYcQaj97LVK5afzlsd2bg
and we’ve seen more interest in our facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/groups/896638230746148
Late this fall we planted 60 yellowhorn tree seeds. We are excited about these trees as it only takes three years for them to bear nuts. The nuts can be pressed for a healthy oil. The leaves have medicinal properties and make a tasty tea.
Snapshot of financials
This year our budget was about $35,000. Twelve thousand of that was payment from the state for our gardener. The rest, $23,000, consisted of donations. Most of this money came from donations from La Escuela de Curanderismo.
Thank you to supporters
We thank all of those who donated to the nonprofit through La Escuela de Curanderismo and to those who made donations directly to us. We appreciate the volunteers who worked in the garden. We are grateful to Angie who made a generous donation to us after apprentices of La Escuela de Curanderismo cleared her house of entities.
We are grateful to all board members this year who brought us this far. Our current Board: Chair, Laura Fernandez; Secretary, Nigel Torres; Treasurer, Wendy Atkinson; members at large, Amber Ramirez, Danielle Barto, Albert Vigil and Greg Schoem. Also other Board members who volunteered their time to keep our organization running: Kate Sierra and Viridiana Rubio.
Looking Ahead
In 2025 one of the projects we would like to accomplish will be building a walapini so that we can start plants earlier in the year. In the past we enjoyed working together in a greenhouse that we leased and we would like to do this again in a more sustainable way.
Our chair, Laura, would like to make videos teaching people how to make tinctures and salves. Amber is going to network with more nonprofits in Texas. Danielle will be providing plants for our annual giveaway. Greg will work on an overall design for the botanical garden. Albert wants to help provide materials for a greenhouse.
Quetzalcoatl Temple
2024
A 501c3 nonprofit
Mission Statement
The general purposes for which this Nonprofit Organization has been established are as follows: To provide scientific research, education and services related to the indigenous healing systems of the Maya and Naga Maya.
This service includes;
Providing the medicinal seeds used in these traditions with training to plant and use them, for underprivileged communities.
Education on these healing systems is provided through the school for healers known as Escuela de Curanderimso.
Research benefitting the public will be conducted with the traditional medicinal plants of the Maya and Naga Maya. Results will be made available to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.
Letter from founder/executive director
This past year has seen our botanical garden expand and add many more plants with hiring a full time gardener and botanist. Jennifer, our employee, took a pick axe to our hard clay soil and made beds for the plants. We were able to plant a vegetable garden this year for the first time.
As usual we gave away medicinal plants this spring and we included heirloom vegetable plants as well. A first this year is that we did this in Silver City in the main park, instead of next to the botanical garden.
We started a youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzNYcQaj97LVK5afzlsd2bg
and we’ve seen more interest in our facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/groups/896638230746148
Late this fall we planted 60 yellowhorn tree seeds. We are excited about these trees as it only takes three years for them to bear nuts. The nuts can be pressed for a healthy oil. The leaves have medicinal properties and make a tasty tea.
Snapshot of financials
This year our budget was about $35,000. Twelve thousand of that was payment from the state for our gardener. The rest, $23,000, consisted of donations. Most of this money came from donations from La Escuela de Curanderismo.
Thank you to supporters
We thank all of those who donated to the nonprofit through La Escuela de Curanderismo and to those who made donations directly to us. We appreciate the volunteers who worked in the garden. We are grateful to Angie who made a generous donation to us after apprentices of La Escuela de Curanderismo cleared her house of entities.
We are grateful to all board members this year who brought us this far. Our current Board: Chair, Laura Fernandez; Secretary, Nigel Torres; Treasurer, Wendy Atkinson; members at large, Amber Ramirez, Danielle Barto, Albert Vigil and Greg Schoem. Also other Board members who volunteered their time to keep our organization running: Kate Sierra and Viridiana Rubio.
Looking Ahead
In 2025 one of the projects we would like to accomplish will be building a walapini so that we can start plants earlier in the year. In the past we enjoyed working together in a greenhouse that we leased and we would like to do this again in a more sustainable way.
Our chair, Laura, would like to make videos teaching people how to make tinctures and salves. Amber is going to network with more nonprofits in Texas. Danielle will be providing plants for our annual giveaway. Greg will work on an overall design for the botanical garden. Albert wants to help provide materials for a greenhouse.
Board Members
Laura Fernandez
Nigel Torres
Danielle McFarlin
Greg Schoem
Wendy Graves
Amber Ramirez Hoffman
Wendy Atkinson
Albert Vigil
Director
Athena Wolf