An Urgent Appeal from Our Director

In our 20 years of working with the Lakota, we have never been this worried about meeting basic food needs on the reservation. Our food pantries are running low and are incapable of meeting the people's needs this summer. Additionally, our diabetic-friendly food pantry just needs food that meets the health needs of people with diabetes and on dialysis.

Federal budget cuts threaten the nutrition and health needs of the Lakota people, who are already short on both. The programs we started to feed the people, empower them, and ultimately build self-sufficiency are in danger. We need your support to continue the food pantries, the buffalo house, the community gardens, our employment programs, the youth center, and our youth programming. Make no mistake: We will continue as much as possible. This is not only the best way forward for the Lakota, but it is also a symbol of resolve and determination to reach a goal that benefits everyone.

We are asking for your help now. It is with you that we have come so far and been able to support the efforts of the Lakota to become self-sufficient. It is also with you that we will be able to meet these new challenges head on and overcome them.

Please, consider making a donation today to help us in our mission of empowering the Lakota people.

—Jeri Baker