Someone asked, “Are the people you write about real or are they just examples?”  The answer is that they are all real people. We hear daily from people who are in desperate need. It is heartbreaking, when so little could do so much. A 12 year old girl who needs a bra. A 15 year old needs gloves. A woman needs feminine supplies.  

A sponsorship box with just $20 worth of items in it would fill so many of these everyday needs.

These stories are also TYPICAL.  There are so many people on our waiting list.  Here are a few more:

• An elder caring for her adult daughter with MS, needing food and household items, like sheets and towels.
• A young mother who was walking 5 miles to school for her GED, asking for a pair of shoes.
• A child with a life-threatening illness needing to get to a hospital in Minneapolis, where she and her mother would have to stay for at least a week.
• A grandmother living in a small apartment trying to care for 4 grandchildren, one an infant.

Are these specific examples real people?  Yes, they are.  But you should know that these stories would be true of many, many more Lakota people.  If any of these stories strike a chord with you, please contact Regina Hay (rhay@nativeprogress.org). 

Remember, your help goes directly to the person in need.  You can make a difference right now.  Today.