Americans for Native Americans

It has been a joy to support the outstanding students of the Wingate High School Cross Country team with snacks and equipment. In exchange, the entire team came to the Community Pantry the week before our health screening in September and assembled all 1,400 dental kits needed for the dental screening. They finished so that so quickly they had time to sort 8 HUGE bins of new books that had been sent to the Pantry from Save the Children. We are incredibly grateful for all their help!

ANA’s amazing and extremely generous donors made it possible for ANA to fulfill The Community Pantry's request (located in Gallup, NM) for $150,000 to fund the critically-important Food for Kids (FFK) program, allowing almost 1,500 children to participate in the program this school year. Each Friday, the children receive a bag of 11 to 13 nutritional kid-friendly snacks to take home so they have something to eat over the weekend. Without FFK, many of the children would have nothing to eat from Friday’s school lunch until they return to school for Monday’s school breakfast. In addition, ANA awarded the Pantry a $25,000 manpower grant to assure they have a staff person to fill all the FFK bags each week and $15,000 for the Kids Café which gives students in after school or sports programs a snack to eat. Our deepest appreciation and gratitude to all who so generously gave to make this possible.

Heartfelt thanks to MRK Wealth Advisors for being a sponsor for ANA's Garden Party on Saturday, August 16, from 4 to 7 pm in Doylestown. It will be a fun afternoon as we celebrate ANA's 34th anniversary with light jazz, an open bar with signature drinks by Hops/Scotch, craft beers by Geronimo Brewing, and delectable hors d’oeuvres by THE Catering Company. Both a live and silent auction will be part of the festivities. Tickets: $100 per person. For an invitation or to be a sponsor for the event, please email [email protected]

Shoppers Needed! It is almost back to school time for the Navajo schools we with work with and that means lots of school supplies are needed. Each school provides us with a wish list of items so their students will have a successful start to the school year. You can help us fill those wish lists! If you would like to get more information about how you can shop, please email [email protected] We know the students you will be helping will be very grateful! Thank you!