I am very pleased and honored to announce that I am officially part of the Grant Writing Team for Upijata Arts company, a non-profit organization located on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Upijata Arts is comprised of several dedicated instructors and sponsors who believe that the arts, including dancing, painting, and sculpting can help heal and nurture children on the reservation whose lives have been affected by both historical trauma and on-going adverse conditions that are harmful to their development.
Funds are needed to help provide a nurturing and safe environment for the children to express their own creativity. There is no transportation available to them. Many ride bicycles or skateboards to class and some walk along the side of long roads leading to their classrooms. The arts are a welcome relief from other hardships they endure. All of them are always grateful for all assistance of any kind.
I welcome any suggestions or ideas that anyone has for grants or other fundraising options. Please take a moment to visit their website to see how you can help. No one is asking for new computers, the latest tablets or iPhone. They need help with supplies and want to be able to pay instructors so that they, in turn, can help others. Thank you!
