Catherine Acquadro
Web Editor / French Translator
catherine.acquadro@orange.fr
Tim Beckerley
timbeckerley@btinternet.com
Brenda Johnston
brendaann@highworth.wanadoo.co.uk
Tim and Brenda are leaders of FONN (Friends of Native Nations). This group does fund raising and publicity for ONE Spirit. Tim also write for the newsletter.
Robert (Brian) Foster
marvel8@btinternet.com
Mavis Morley
mmorley@nativeprogress.org
Marco Dal Canto
Alessandro (Alex) Zandoli
Marco is the new president of Organization Sentiero Rosso, an organization of 800 members who has recently joined ONE Spirit to support our programs.
Olav Redheart Husby
olav@helptheindians.com
Sponsors
People who sponsor the children, elders, and families come from all over the US as well as from England, France, Spain, Germany and Australia. Some sponsors are single individuals, some are families, and some are groups of people who combine their resources to be able to help. Some folks are able to sponsor a family and some sponsor one individual, either a child or elder. Some people provide a partial sponsorship. One of our senior sponsors shops for food bargains and sews children’s clothes, quilts and sleeping bags to send to families. Some groups knit and crochet and send the items to families who need them. Some people prefer to make a donation to the program, knowing that the money will be used to meet the urgent needs of the Lakota people. At present we have 500 sponsors. We also have over 600 children and elders waiting for sponsors.
Members/Partners
Many individuals, groups, and organizations support the ONE Spirit Programs through regular contributions. These groups help us to supply beds, provide Christmas for the children, meet the heating needs, and provide food through Project SHARE. Check out the Membership Program for more information about what you can do and the rewards for doing.
Annabelle and her grandchildren Annabelle Between Lodges - Annabelle is Lakota and lives on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. She is the caretaker for 10 of her grandchildren and is a source of support to the elderly in her community.
L'Association Pine Ridge Enfance Solidarité
Jewish Community Federatioh of Cleveland (Thomas and Joann Adler Family Foundation)
Christ Episcopal Church of Blacksburg Virginia
Our programs (e.g., sponsorship of child/elder, the SHARE food co-op program, gift box program, the Buffalo Children’s Society and other programs to provide hope to Lakota youth, the bed project, economic development through theater and the arts) are the means to reaching the goals of the ONE Spirit Mission. For example, we support physical needs with the programs about beds, food, and LP gas. We promote self-sufficiency with programs about economic development and education.
ONE Spirit is a Native American service organization founded to assist and support American Indians. We are proud to think of our organization, ONE Spirit, as a group of people who exchange friendship, with American Indians. at present our focus is the Lakota Sioux in South Dakota. We invite you to become part of ONE Spirit’s network of sponsors, partners, friends and volunteers, to dream with the Lakota people a new dream - and to help the dreams come alive!
The ONE Spirit Mission is to assist the Lakota people in preserving and revitalizing the Lakota culture, language, and self-sufficiency while meeting the basic needs of Lakota families, children, and elders. We strive to cultivate an intercultural relationship that recognizes that we are all related and that American Indians are an equal and valued part of our society.
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Donations/contributions may be made by check or money order to One Spirit and sent to:
One Spirit
P.O. Box 3209
Rapid City, SD 57709
