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Thank you to our generous donors!

Thank you to our generous donors!

We would like to recognize ALL of our donors for their commitment to work, life and mission of Creator through the work of Mending Wings.  You all are so special to us!!  At the end of this fiscal year we would like to give a special thanks to the Chang Family - Jody,...

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The River Church grant supports new Life 101 Classes

The River Church grant supports new Life 101 Classes

Mending Wings received a grant from The River Church Community in San Jose, CA to support a new program - Life 101 Classes - which was requested by our student-led Youth Council. These classes will teach life-skills to our youth group students. The classes will range...

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Benson Family Foundation support of Youth Programs

Benson Family Foundation support of Youth Programs

Mending Wings received a grant from the Benson Family Foundation of the St. Luke Lutheran Church in support of it's mission to empower and heal Native youth through leadership development, cultural revitilization and retention, spirituality and ways of life. The grant...

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Legends Casino Grant supporting 4-1 Youth Group

Legends Casino Grant supporting 4-1 Youth Group

In 2024, Mending Wings received a Yakama Cares grant from Legends Casino in support of the activities of the 4-1 Youth Group program as well as the Community Healers activities. Students who attend the youth program have found it to be a place they really want to be...

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Mending Wings receives Capacity Building Grant

Mending Wings receives Capacity Building Grant

We received a Capacity Building Grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce in 2024. The funding will help us to assess and identify areas of need and improvement within our growing organization. Through new staff hires, and human resources and other...

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Community Accelerator Grant from ArtsFundWA

Community Accelerator Grant from ArtsFundWA

We are proud to announce that Mending Wings is a recipient of a Community Accelerator Grant funded by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and awarded by ArtsFund WA! This gift will accelerate our organization’s efforts in sharing the dances of the Yakama Nation and...

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Job Opening – S.L.A.M. Trips Director

Job Opening – S.L.A.M. Trips Director

Mending Wings, a Native American non-profit youth organization, located within the boundaries of the Yakama Nation in Washington State is currently on the lookout for a dedicated and responsible individual to join our team as the director of our S.L.A.M.Trips program...

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New Grant Received

New Grant Received

Mending Wings thanks Cook Native American Ministries Foundation for their generous grant to  our Dancing Our Prayers program.  This grant helps our Native students to be able to make regalia, learn their dances and songs and travel to various venues across the country...

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Thank you Ruby!

We would like to give a big thank you to Ruby Varghese for her time and devotion to the life and work of Mending Wings.  Ruby helped to improve our Dancing Our Prayers program in significant ways and we are so grateful to her.  We wish her only the best as she begins...

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Mending Wings featured in Yakima Herald article “Nonprofit Mending Wings supports Indigenous youth through traditional Yakama ways, Christian beliefs” – October 5, 2021