Community Partner since 1999.
Who knew we’d be exposed to Blackfeet culture immediately on our first work day? In preparation, one of our team members, Julie, started us off with an emotional historical message from Chief Seattle: “How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. Every part of this […]
This is simply an amazing experience for my daughter and for me. I’m profoundly appreciative that I had the opportunity to do some work related to psychiatry (although I still would have been happy to paint fences!). The treatment program where I did an in-service with the staff on debriefing is really pretty amazing. They were remarkably receptive, […]
Today Ann H, Molly, Kelley and Sunny continued to work with the children at the Nurturing Center. They got a new little boy last night so now there are five girls and two boys all aged six and under. Sunny spent time with Pat who does the cooking at the Safe House making possible menus […]
We started the day with our team meeting (Message from the sweat via Billy: “No religion’s prayer is stronger than another”). Molly, Lily, Nadine and Bonnie had a successful first day with the girl scouts. Sunny, Ann H. and Kelley had a long but rewarding day at the safe house where the evidence of […]
First thing this morning, we heard from those in the community that want our help this week. Ginny Weeks from the library told us about some of the culture here. We also met Elva Dorsey from the CDC who does many things for Browning. Primarily she deals with economic development, but she also helps the […]
by Margaret and Kathy On Thursday, we awakened to huge gusts of wind, threatening grey skies, and periodic rain, but we didn’t let that get in the way of what we knew would be our long but exciting day. We fortified ourselves with a great breakfast before heading out in various directions. Charlotte, our rocket expert, […]
Morning Message by Robin: “The days pass by slowly, but the years pass by fast.” The hours of a day may pass by slowly, always wishing to be somewhere else, worry about what still remains to be done. Suddenly, one morning you awake and wonder where the years have gone. Please remember to use the hours […]
by Blackfeet Reservation Volunteer Kelsey It so happened that the morning I wake up with a sore throat and stuffy nose is the same day we go visit the Blackfeet “medicine woman” in Browning. But more about that later. I slowly got out of bed, falling a few steps behind the rest of the […]
Global Volunteer and father, Mark, describes serving others on the Blackfeet Reservation with his daughter. This morning when the daily volunteer projects were assigned, we got the word that our help was needed in the town of Babb. Tai asked me to get her lunch together while she gathered her work clothes. I hastily packed two […]
by Miriam After breakfast and a group meeting, we headed over to Blackfeet Community College (BCC) to meet with members of the community who wanted to request our assistance. These people included Smokey Henrickson (the buildings manager), Wilbert Fish (in charge of the geodome/greenhouse and Blackfeet herbology), Rachel and Kelley from Americorps, Sherri Breneman-Kipp (in […]