Over $3,500 of food and propane certificates were given for Hopi elders and needy through our Adopt an Elder program.

During our brief visit to Hopi we purchased 100 certificates for propane and 20 $75 certificates for food at the Kykotsmovi store, managed by Tommy and Julie Canyon. We gave Julie 50 propane certificates to hand out as she sees needy families coming into the store.

We also met with Dinah, who operates the Hopi mobile library and new library facility. We gave Dinah most of the food certificates and 40 propane certificates to deliver to elderly who are not always remembered. We are also making plans on helping her develop the Hopi library.

Even though the villages were closed due to Covid, they did allow us to enter twice! We also personally met with Hopi families and blessed them!

All this was possible because of YOU, our faithful partners! Thank you!

​Jack

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Because of the generous gifts of our partners, a special family in the Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico is able to build a much needed piki house. Many women have a piki stone and make their own piki but the younger women need to be taught this important tradition. (See short video below)
The Piki house will have two rooms. One room will be dedicated to preserving old piki stones and artifacts as well as a place to demonstrate traditional pottery making. The other room will be used to teach and make piki bread.
The Jemez school is very excited about this project, they’ll be using it in their cultural preservation classes.
This is a dream come true for of one of the village matriarchs. Thank you again for your help!!! 

• Where is the Jemez Pueblo?
• View a short demonstration of making Piki​
• Want to join us? Click here to donate. 

Dolma, our Tibetan guide from our previous visit, continued to assist us in distributing LuminAID solar lights for those without any power. We left her with a large supply of lights and financial assistance for the meditation monks and nuns in the Drak Yerpa Cave Monastery. Needles to say, the lights brightened up their days since there's no electricity inside the caves. There are still 80 meditation caves on the hillside.
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​At an altitude of over 16,000 feet, Drak Yerpa Monastery is described as the "Life Tree" or spiritual axis of Lhasa. 

We were able to distribute $800 worth of much needed food certificates from the store in Kykotsmovi to our elderly friends on Hopi. A special thanks goes to Dinah Pongyesva who works with the Hopi Library/Mobile Book Mobile for distributing the gift certificates for us.

For more information visit our Adopt an Elder page here.