Looking Back, Moving Forward

​As we reflect on 2024, we are holding deep gratitude for all who helped us serve Native communities.

It was a year of constant motion - volunteers, youth, tribal members and supporters jumped into action each week to answer the calls for help from the three reservations we serve. It was a year of connection, where hundreds upon hundreds of Native and non-Native people stepped into the fray together - to learn, share, understand and heal.

Just looking at the sheer numbers, an astounding amount of support was brought to our Indigenous relatives in the form of food, firewood, home repair, gardens, and more. Thank you.
Even more impactfully, countless intergenerational and cross-cultural relationships were formed and strengthened. As we grieve the victims of recent violence on Pine Ridge, the importance of these relationships comes into clear view: We are stronger when we work together, across all of our differences and all that we share.

When the problems of violence, generational trauma, addiction, cultural loss, and poverty feel most insurmountable - we hold tight to the transformative power of togetherness and connection, and to the Indigenous wisdom of “Mitakuye Oasin” - We Are All Related.
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As we walk together into a new year, we are energized to move change forward and to positively impact Native communities in new and bigger ways.