Yuxin "Penny" Huang is a sophomore at Columbia University who intends to major in anthropology and minor in education and public health. She says, "I’m interested in studying communities who are often marginalized and misrepresented in public discussions. I’m also...
This month, we would like to introduce you to a special volunteer group that joined us for the Harvest Festival season: We're all Gods Children & Heartlink! Here is what group leader Karen Moore had to say about their experience: "Harvest Festival! What an...
Happy Monday, friends! We'd like to take this opportunity to introduce a volunteer who is spending three months with us, departing in November. Her name is Eulalie Douce, and she says: "I am a student in anthropology from France. I discovered CRYP through a YouTube...
We would like to introduce you to Louis Neagle, who is currently volunteering with us! He says: "The more I get involved, the more impressed I am by the strength and resilience of the First Nations tribes. The Lakota people here at the Cheyenne River Youth Project are...
Today, we would like to introduce summer volunteer Matthias Schmidt, 37, who came to us from Germany. He will be leaving Eagle Butte this Friday. He shares this with us: "We are facing an ever more fragmented world. As a teacher, I want to teach ethics that enable...
In this Volunteer Spotlight, we would like to introduce you to three interns from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah: Kaitlyn Cragen, Carsen Poole and Marissa Huish. We were so grateful to have them with us this summer. Kaitlyn is studying public health at BYU,...
As many of you know, the Covid pandemic shut down our long-running volunteer program, and we have been working hard to rebuild it. We've been honored to welcome many volunteers this summer, and in the coming days, we'll be introducing you to them — the ones who came...
Founded in 2018, the University of Missouri-St. Louis Child Advocacy Studies team is dedicated to providing a very special service learning and community engagement experience for its university students. According to UMSL leader Dana Klar, the group’s mission is to...
My name is Elliot Bannister (I'm pictured at left in the photo). I’m 29 now, but I was 23 when I first got involved with the Cheyenne River Youth Project. I had just moved from London, where I went to college, but my family roots are in the United Kingdom’s West...
My name is Laure Lachaud, and I have been a Cheyenne River Youth Project volunteer for a decade. A little about me: I first served as a long-term volunteer, living on the CRYP campus in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, for 18 months; after that, I became a seasonal...