As the year winds down, staff members at the Cheyenne River Youth Project® have two major endeavors on their minds. One is the annual Christmas Toy Drive, a mammoth undertaking that brings holiday cheer to more than 1,200 children across the 2.8-million-acre Cheyenne...
News & Updates
2014 Halloween Programming Begins October 22
Next week, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® will launch its 2014 Halloween programming, a series of events designed to bring thrills and fun to community members of all ages. This year’s activities, which kick off on Wednesday, October 22, will include a Halloween...
New Waniyetu Wowapi Art Park Formally Dedicated in September
On Monday, September 15, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® formally dedicated the Waniyetu Wowapi Art Park at its East Lincoln Street campus in Eagle Butte. The innovative new park, whose name means “Winter Count” in the Lakota language, is a free, safe, public art...
CRYP Completes Third Session of Wowapi Olakholkichiyapi, the Teens’ Book-to-Movie Club
The Cheyenne River Youth Project® recently completed its third session of Wowapi Olakholkichiyapi, the book-to-movie club for local teens. Launched on April 3, the club met on Tuesdays and Thursdays each week at CRYP’s Cokata Wiconi teen center in Eagle Butte. The...
The 2014 Christmas Toy Drive is Under Way, with Goal of Serving 1,500 Children This Year
It’s easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of the holidays, turning Christmas into a high-stress occasion. Yet this day should be so much more; as an anonymous sage once noted, “Rejoice in the spirit of Christmas which is Peace, the miracle of Christmas which is...
2014 Christmas Toy Drive: How to Help
There are several ways you can help CRYP reach its goal of serving 1,500 children during the 2014 Christmas Toy Drive, from donating funds and toys, to sponsoring a "Dear Santa" letter, to providing supplies, to volunteering your time. * Make a tax-deductible donation...
CYRP Hosts 130 Guests, Honors Eight Interns at Community Harvest Festival Dinner
On Wednesday, September 24, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® hosted 130 guests at its 2nd annual Community Harvest Festival Dinner. Held in the Cokata Wiconi teen center, this community-wide celebration of the 2-acre Winyan Toka Win garden and 2014 growing season...
Fall Harvest Kicks Into High Gear with “Veggie of the Week” and Community Harvest Festival Dinner
Fall has arrived on the Cheyenne River reservation in north-central South Dakota, which means CRYP staff and volunteers have been hard at work... harvesting, harvesting, harvesting. And that has kicked the "Veggie of the Week" program into high gear, according to Ryan...
Sustainable Agriculture Programs Fuel the Keya Cafe, Keya Gift Shop, and Teen Internships
For nearly 15 years, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® has tended a 2-acre, naturally grown garden at its campus in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. What started as a labor of love for Executive Director Julie Garreau has turned into so much more; today, the Winyan Toka Win...
CRYP Offers Discount on Family Services Memberships, Starting October 1
The Cheyenne River Youth Project® has announced that it will offer a discount on all Family Services annual memberships starting on Wednesday, October 1. The discount, which CRYP will offer until October 31, will apply to new applications and renewals; the memberships...