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- Subject: Pine Ridge, SD :Donations Needed !!!
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- Organization: University of Lowell
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:43:43 GMT
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- Organization: University of Lowell
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- January 21, 1993
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- Dear Friends,
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- Once again, the Native American Outreach Organization (NAOO) at
- the University of Massachusetts, Lowell is asking for your help.
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- As you may know, for the past several years we have provided
- assistance to the Wounded Knee community on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
- in South Dakota by collecting and shipping donated clothing and food. To keep
- shipping costs affordable, we rely on finding alternatives to standard freight
- transport - our Christmas 1991 donations went to Wounded Knee in an old school
- bus driven to Lowell, MA from South Dakota by members of the Wounded Knee
- community, with NAOO providing funds for the trip.
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- Unfortunately, we were unable to arrange "alternative" shipping for
- our Christmas 1992 donations in time for the holidays. Instead, we sent our
- "transportation funds" to the community to purchase food for their Christmas
- dinner, AND ARE NOW LEFT WITH 3 TONS OF DONATED GOODS WAITING TO BE SHIPPED.
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- We have found an opportunity for shipping the goods to Wounded Knee,
- and for a flat fee of $1650 all of the donated clothes and food will be sent
- to the community via an empty tractor trailer returning to South Dakota. All
- goods will be distributed by Circle of Children, a local organization that
- promotes individual sponsorship of the children of the Pine Ridge Reservation,
- to Wounded Knee and other Lakota communities where children are sponsored.
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- The communities need the food and clothing NOW! The truck is scheduled
- to leave WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27th.
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- How can you help?
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- We need donations of cash (to cover shipment), food, winter clothing
- and blankets (in that order of priority.) Please limit food donations to
- healthy, high-protein foods - no starches. Dried beans, peas and fruit are
- ideal.
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- Donations of food and clothing are being accepted through TUESDAY,
- JANUARY 26th at the University of Mass., Lowell's Coburn Hall (on SOUTH
- Campus) Room 107.
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- Cash donations to help cover the cost of shipping will be accepted
- through mid-February.
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- For further information, please contact Dr. George Luter and the
- Native American Outreach Organization at: (508)934-4276
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- Donations can be sent to: Native American Outreach Organization
- U. Mass, Lowell
- One University Ave.
- Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- Thank you so much for your generosity!
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- Members of the N.A.O.O.
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