April 25th, 5:00pm
"Honoring All Things Feminine" Wacipi
CRST - Powwow Grounds, Eagle Butte, SD
April 26th, 8:30am
Reclaiming The Sacredness Of Women And Children
Prayer Walk/Ride from Eagle Butte to Green Grass, Home of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe
CRST - Powwow Grounds, Eagle Butte, SD
If you live in the area, please join the Coalition in public acknowledgment that women and children are suffering the trauma of sexual violence. Take a courageous stand to end violence against all women and children.
For more information call:
Sacred Heart Women's Shelter 605-964-7233,
Georgia Little Shield at Pretty Bird Woman House 605-823-7233
or South Dakota Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault at
1-800-572-9196.
www.southdakotacoalition.org
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Update on Preparing to Open the House
Yesterday, Georgia Little Shield sent me an update on their preparations for full operation of the shelter. She's been doing all of that at the same time she's been writing 2 large federal grant proposals and attending some major meetings. Incredible.
First, some work needed to be done to update the electrical system before the phones could be installed. That is complete now, so they are working on getting the phone system installed. The furnace also needed some repairs, which have been completed as well.
They have also submitted a request for a building permit for the fence and for a wheelchair ramp for the house. When they obtain those permits, they will start on those things.
Imagine what a spot they'd be in if we hadn't gone so far over our fundraising goal....
Georgia also sent me some new photos of the shelter with the furniture from the casino hotel in it. Nice furniture really makes a difference in the atmosphere inside the house, as you'll see.
So, check it out.
Dining room looking into the living room
Dining room with hotel tables and chairs
Living room with hotel furniture
Your donated towels (Hey, can we fill up that linen closet a little more?)
Bedroom, with hotel furniture (sheet and blanket donors, note the new color scheme!)
Jackie Brown Otter at the new shelter, her dream come true!
So folks, look at what the netroots community has done. We're about to have enabled an incredible group of women to open a wonderful new, and much needed, women's shelter on the Standing Rock Reservation.
Keep the donations coming. After it gets everything it needs to open, the shelter will need an ongoing supply of clothing and other items.
It looks like the only furniture that they really are missing right now is bunk beds. That's why we are still doing a ChipIn, so they can get whatever pieces of furniture or whatever bedding they might need to fully operate. Representative Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin and her husband generously donated a new washer and dryer, so that is one big-ticket item they don't have to worry about. I have been really impressed by her dedication to the shelter. She is one member of Congress who walks the walk.
Thank you all for being so generous. This project means a lot to a lot of women!
First, some work needed to be done to update the electrical system before the phones could be installed. That is complete now, so they are working on getting the phone system installed. The furnace also needed some repairs, which have been completed as well.
They have also submitted a request for a building permit for the fence and for a wheelchair ramp for the house. When they obtain those permits, they will start on those things.
Imagine what a spot they'd be in if we hadn't gone so far over our fundraising goal....
Georgia also sent me some new photos of the shelter with the furniture from the casino hotel in it. Nice furniture really makes a difference in the atmosphere inside the house, as you'll see.
So, check it out.
Dining room looking into the living room
Dining room with hotel tables and chairs
Living room with hotel furniture
Your donated towels (Hey, can we fill up that linen closet a little more?)
Bedroom, with hotel furniture (sheet and blanket donors, note the new color scheme!)
Jackie Brown Otter at the new shelter, her dream come true!
So folks, look at what the netroots community has done. We're about to have enabled an incredible group of women to open a wonderful new, and much needed, women's shelter on the Standing Rock Reservation.
Keep the donations coming. After it gets everything it needs to open, the shelter will need an ongoing supply of clothing and other items.
It looks like the only furniture that they really are missing right now is bunk beds. That's why we are still doing a ChipIn, so they can get whatever pieces of furniture or whatever bedding they might need to fully operate. Representative Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin and her husband generously donated a new washer and dryer, so that is one big-ticket item they don't have to worry about. I have been really impressed by her dedication to the shelter. She is one member of Congress who walks the walk.
Thank you all for being so generous. This project means a lot to a lot of women!
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