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Help the Lakota stay warm this winter! |
| Okini Program |
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Okini is a Lakota word meaning to share material things. A ONE Spirit goal is to help strengthen families by sharing the material things with which most of us are blessed. Every day, families who do not have sponsors ask for help with urgent needs for clothing or for household supplies such as electric cooking pots and skillets, kitchen supplies, blankets and sheets. The Okini program coordinates resources to meet these needs. Many individuals or groups join the Okini program and assist with providing items directly to the family who needs them.
For further information about the Okini Program, contact Diane Royer at |
You can help us to meet the critical needs of Lakota families. Whether we warm a home, put food on the dinner table, buy a pair of shoes, or provide clothing for children, together we can help a family provide security for their children. If you or your group has access to household supplies that are in extremely good condition that you would be willing to ship to a family on the reservation, you can become a “Donation Center” for the Okini Program. We email lists of needs to Donation Centers and when someone has one of the items listed, they ship it directly to the family. In the past month we have provided families with coats for children, blankets, kitchen supplies and more.
This program can also use donations to help purchase items not practical to be shipped and to help donors with shipping costs. Recently, a grandmother caring for 8 grandchildren requested help with a water heater. For the past few months, she has been meeting her needs for hot water by heating water on a small hot plate. This makes baths and cleaning very difficult. Through donations, we were able to purchase a hot water heater and the men in the community donated their time to install it in her home.