Helping Our People to Fly Again
Dancing Our Prayers
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MENDING THE WINGS OF OUR YOUTH SO THEY CAN FLY AGAIN
We stand amazed and humbled by the goodness of Creator when we see all that Mending Wings has become, and is becoming, since our humble beginnings in 2006. We are experiencing a move of Creator in our hearts, and in our organization, and we are excited to see where He will take us in the future. We invite you to join us in praying for increased wisdom and spiritual insight as we wait on Creator for His direction and clarity of vision. He is so good, and we are expecting to be overcome by that goodness.
Mending Wings Youth Programs
Dancing Our Prayers
DOP are teams of Native teens who travel locally, regionally and nationally sharing their culture, spirituality and way of life . . .
S.L.A.M. Trips
Youth group & college-age groups are invited to our reservation as learners through our Slam Trips program. On this week-long service . . .
Community Healers
– Through this program our youth will perform intentional acts of kindness throughout the Yakima Valley through service to our elders . . .
Guys & Girls Night
A great program that is filled with food, fun and games. Teens participate in drug & alcohol-free events . . .
4-1 Youth
A mid-week gathering for teens that is full of good food, fun games & prizes and inter-active teachings . . .
Footprints of Our Elders
Cultural revitalization and retention classes where Native youth learn drum songs, how to dance traditional dances . . .
Dancing Our Prayers 2021
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Native people have the highest teen suicide rate in the Western hemisphere—62% higher than the national average. It’s the second leading cause of death among Natives 15-24 years of age (60% of Yakama Nation enrolled members are age 25 and younger). We have the highest alcoholism rate (510% higher than the national average), the shortest life expectancy (average 40 years of age), the lowest percentage of high school graduates, the lowest per capita income, the highest levels of unemployment and the 2nd highest teen pregnancy rate in Washington State.
One out of three Native females will experience sexual assault in their lifetime. Violence, bullying and gangs are epidemic. Native communities have also experienced significant levels of loss with respect to our language, family values, cultural values, spirituality, land and community roles due to colonization. Mending Wings works hard to improve these harsh realities through our tried, tested and varied programs.
You can join us in combating these social ills by accepting the Send10 Challenge. $10 a month helps to send a Native youth to a Mending Wings program for that month. That means that for less than .35 a day, you can help Mending Wings curb teen suicide rates, ensure youth graduate from high school and move on to higher education, empower youth with self-confidence, revitalize and retain culture, tear away shame, develop youth as leaders, deter gang association and replace negative influences with positive experiences.
Would you consider accepting this challenge laid before you? If so, download the form, fill it out and return to: Mending Wings c/o Corey Greaves P.O. Box 324 Wapato, WA. 98951

$10 a month enables our life-saving programs to help our Native youth fly again
News from Mending Wings
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Latest News from Mending Wings
Washington Youth Development Non-Profit Relief Fund grants support to Dancing Our Prayers
Washington Youth Development Non-Profit Relief Fund from the Washington State Department of Commerce & School’s Out Washington. The Washington Youth Development Nonprofit Relief Fund was made possible by the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...
COVID-19 Relief from NCAI
We express our sincere appreciation to the National Congress of American Indians for the COVID-19 Relief Grant that will help us cover items for school, laptops, hand sanitizer, masks, Christmas candies, and other needs for our students!
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