4Corners K-9 Search and Rescue

The greatest gift wasn’t the check.

It was being seen.

4Corners K-9 Search & Rescue was honored to receive a $25,000 donation as one of the beneficiaries of the 35th Annual Sycuan Cup.

The funding will help us continue responding to families, caring for our K9s, maintaining equipment, covering fuel costs, and ensuring we can continue answering the call when communities need us most.

But what touched us most was something much bigger.

There is something incredibly humbling about having a Tribal Nation hundreds of miles away not only recognize your work, but believe in it enough to invest in it, support it, and explore how that work might help strengthen their own community.

Throughout our visit, we experienced incredible hospitality, generosity, and kindness from the Sycuan Tribal Council, elders, staff, and community members.

A special thank you to Lauren Morrow and the entire Sycuan Casino Resort staff. You were absolutely amazing, and your warmth, professionalism, and hospitality helped make this experience truly unforgettable.

To see our logo displayed throughout the event, to be welcomed as honored guests, and to be included in a tradition that has supported charitable organizations for 35 years was something we will never forget.

The donation means a great deal to us.

But what means just as much is knowing that another Tribal Nation saw our work, believed in our mission, and opened the door to relationships, collaboration, and conversations about how we can continue helping Native communities together.

To the Sycuan Tribal Council, thank you for believing in our mission.

To Brianna, thank you for seeing value in our work and for helping make this possible.

We are grateful, humbled, and inspired by what can happen when Tribal Nations support one another.

🪶 This moment deserves more than one photo.
Video tomorrow. 🪶

Ahe’hee’.

We don’t want communities to feel helpless anymore.

We want families to know:
you can organize.
you can advocate.
you can build partnerships.
you can become a resource for your own people.

That’s one of the biggest reasons we’re honored to join Mother Nation in Seattle on Thursday May 28th for Healing Together.

To connect.
To learn from one another.
To share what we’ve learned through both the heartbreak and the work.
And to help inspire more communities to take action in their own areas.

We also hope these conversations continue building stronger partnerships and more resources for Tribal communities — including search support, K9 resources, prevention efforts, and community-led response.

If you’re in the Washington area, we hope you’ll come join us and Mother Nation for this important gathering. ❤️

Different communities.
Same fight to bring our people home.

📍Seattle, Washington
📅 Thursday, May 28th 10:30am-5:00pm
📍Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center