by Heather Steinberger | Nov 12, 2015 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
For the past 25 years, Diabetes Action Research and Education has made it a priority to help reduce the extremely high incidence of diabetes in native communities, especially in South Dakota. In 1993, Diabetes Action helped fund construction of the first Indian-owned...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 11, 2015 | Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
It’s been a huge week for the Cheyenne River Youth Project®, which has served children and families on South Dakota’s remote 2.8-million-acre Cheyenne River reservation for 27 years. The not-for-profit, grassroots youth organization has won the Bush Foundation’s 2015...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 2, 2015 | Christmas Toy Drive, Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events
Less than eight weeks remain before the Christmas holiday, and staff and volunteers at the Cheyenne River Youth Project® are immersed in preparations. Not only are they hard at work on the 2015 Christmas Toy Drive, which seeks to bring holiday joy to 1,500 children...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 2, 2015 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events
In less than three weeks, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® will open the doors to its Cokata Wiconi (“Center of Life”) teen center for a very special annual event: the Holiday Artists’ Market. For the fifth consecutive year, the 27-year-old youth project will host...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 23, 2015 | Christmas Toy Drive
To celebrate the spirit of the season, and continue to raise much-needed funds for its annual Christmas Toy Drive efforts, CRYP is once again hosting a Holiday Star Quilt Raffle. Tickets are on sale until Thursday, December 24, and on Saturday, December 26, CRYP staff...
