Jesus said, “If you love me, feed my sheep.”
The April 6 fundraiser for our August 2013 Volunteer Trip to the Lakota Nation’s Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota was a rousing success! It was an amazing evening with a beautiful benefit concert by the Kromm family, and a crazy fun Silent Auction that raised funds, awareness of and will support more outreach to the Oglala Lakota Sioux on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Mitakuye Oyasi
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Thanks to the hard work and the many gifts and donations made by literally hundreds of people and businesses–we were blessed with over ten thousand dollars of funds which will be given directly to this volunteer effort. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Everyone who participated was delighted to be a part and we received many thank you notes from those who did. Here are a few of the things that people said about the evening:
- “It was a great night! We so enjoyed the concert and our treasures”
- “It was an absolutely amazing event”
- “Randall Kromm’s performance was just right. His acoustic music was beautiful. His daughters have such sweet, lovely voices!”
- “What a wonderful event and fun evening for all”
- “The event was so well organized and the quality/variety of auction items was amazing! Had a great time!”
- “Your team did a great job putting the night together”
- “I had an absolute blast at the event last night”
- “Your church is so cool….love what you all are doing!”
- “So happy to hear what a success the auction/concert/event turned out to be!”
- “Congratulations on the impressive turnout for the event Saturday night. It really was terrific!”
- “Glad to hear the auction/fund raiser was a smashing success! I am Happy to have been able to contribute a little bit in the cause. I know how them people have hard times up there. I am glad you are doing you all’s part in helping out my Oglala Relatives out up there on the Rez.”
- “Everyone had fun for a great cause”
- “You helped raise awareness of the struggles and challenges of the Lakota people”
- “Thank you for inviting me to this fun event! It is amazing to see what a small group of people can do!”
- “So glad to hear that the fund raiser was a success! You did a great job organizing it.”
- “Great sense of community….what a fun evening!”
- “Your church is lovely. I hope that I can join you in the future on a trip to Pine Ridge.”
