The start of the new school year may still be a few weeks away, but already the staff and volunteers at the Cheyenne River Youth Project® in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, are hard at work on the 2013 School Supplies Drive. The grassroots, not-for-profit youth...
News & Updates
Running Strong Grants Help Support Vital CRYP Community Programs
As the 2012-13 fiscal year drew to a close on June 30, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® announced that it was able to provide community members with a variety of much-needed special programs thanks to grants from Alexandria-based Running Strong for American Indian...
CRYP Launches Canning Classes and “Tech Week” Special Programming
Throughout its 25-year history, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® has worked hard to provide new, innovative programming to meet the needs of its youth and their families. This month, the not-for-profit youth organization offered two exciting additions to its lineup...
CRYP Will Host Special Youth Activities in Conjunction with July “Hometown Days”
In conjunction with this year’s Eagle Butte Hometown Days celebration, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® will host an array of special events that include a teen basketball tournament, a carnival in the park, a bicycle obstacle course and an Ultimate Farmers Market....
Leading Lady Farmers Market Attracts Community Vendors & Youth Participants
“The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum,” writes author Michael Pollan in The Omnivore’s Dilemma, “and that as long as the sun still shines and people still can plan and plant, think and do, we can, if...
CRYP Seeks 10 Youth Interns for Garden and Wellness Programming
The Cheyenne River Youth Project® is currently seeking 10 summer interns, ages 12 to 17. The interns will work on special wellness projects and on programs related to the 2-acre, naturally grown, pesticide-free Winyan Toka Win garden. Interns must commit to working a...
Five Teens Spend Memorable Day Hiking Bear Butte
Excursion Served as Reward for Teens’ Participation in Community Service Project, Assistance in Planting Three Sister Garden & Commitment to Youth Leadership On Saturday, June 22, staff members from the Cheyenne River Youth Project® took five teenage boys on a special...
“Leading Lady Farmers Market” opens in Eagle Butte on Friday, July 5
Youth Project Seeks Community Vendors for Market & Additional Funding to Support Purchase of Wood-Chipper and New Lawn Mowers For several summers, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, has hosted a small weekly farmers market to sell...
CRYP and SDSU Extension Office to Host Saturday Canning Classes in Eagle Butte on July 9 and July 16
The Cheyenne River Youth Project® has announced that the canning classes it is hosting in conjunction with the South Dakota State University Extension Office and its representative, Marcella Gilbert, have been rescheduled for Tuesday, July 9 and Tuesday, July 16....
First Annual “Run of the Turtles” was Saturday, June 15
Eager children, staff members and volunteers congregated at the Cheyenne River Youth Project® campus on Saturday, June 15 for the nearly 25-year-old, not-for-profit organization’s first-ever “Run of the Turtles.” Sponsored in part by the Four Bands Healing Center and...