Fall Season Fundraiser

donation focus

School has returned to session across the United States, as it has in communities throughout the reservations of South Dakota and beyond. This year, our fall fundraiser is aimed at delivering books and other resources to elementary school children throughout South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation, the Shannon County Virtual High School, and the Books for a Head Start organization. Books range from engaging novels, to math workbooks, to class-circulated encyclopedias. Resources revolve around supplies for the teachers and their respective class, including coloring pencils, rulers, and arts & crafts.

In total, we are requesting $3,925 in total funds to fully compensate the need of our affiliated schools and organizations. Anything raised will be allocated on the basis of prioritized necessity for each circumstance. Although the fall school-time is an annual occurrence, the urgency of your donation cannot be overstated. For perspective, each of the listed schools (below) struggles more to garner necessary educative resources than the crisis of similarly-neglected public schools across the country. To this end, we need your support.

To make your contribution, please click the “Donate” block below. This will take you to our gofundme campaign for the fall school-term. We sincerely thank you for your help.

Targeted Schools and Institutions:

• American Horse School (K-8)

• Batesland Elementary School

• Havasupai Elementary School (K-8)

• Loneman Day School (Isnawica Owayawa)

• Our Lady of Lourdes School

• Porcupine School

• Wolf Creek Elementary School

• Pine Ridge School (K-12)

• Shannon County Virtual High School

• Books for Head Start

• Oglala Lakota Children’s Justice Center

FREE is a registered Nonprofit Organization operating with zero administrative costs or fees. Every dollar raised is donated.

For questions, comments, or concerns, you can reach me [Oscar Kavanagh] at www.oscartkavanagh@outlook.com.