Eve's Fund launched it annual holiday fundraiser today, November 29, on #GivingTuesday 2016. Today is the biggest giving day of the year when people from around the world come together for a common purpose: Paying It Forward. It is also a day when you could save a Navajo child's life. We are hoping to raise $5,000 for our ThinkFirst Navajo Injury Prevention Program, which will allow us to give safety helmets to 500 at-risk Navajo children. We will also teach these kids how to protect … [Read more...] about #GivingTuesday launches our annual holiday fundraiser
New memorial website launched for Eve Crowell’s birthday
Today, November 4, 2016, we are celebrating the anniversary of our beloved daughter Eve Crowell's birth, 42 years ago, by launching a new, updated website in her name and memory. Just this picture alone says a lot about Eve. What college sophomore, against her parents advice, shows up on a college campus with an already big, active lab puppy called Lyle? Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile books were among Eve's favorites as a child, but why she chose to name a dog "Lyle," we will never know. As you can … [Read more...] about New memorial website launched for Eve Crowell’s birthday
Free to You… Amazon donates to Eve’s Fund… Navajo kids smile!
Do you know that if you shop at Amazon Smile, they will donate .05% of your purchase to Eve's Fund? You shop and the Navajo kids we serve smile as a result. How does it work? Next time you plan to shop on Amazon, sign into Amazon Smile instead. Then pick Eve's Fund (Farmington, NM) as your charity to support. Bookmark the link http://smile.amazon.com/ch/20-3008753 and support us every time you shop. Why is there a separate Amazon Smile URL? The AmazonSmile program offers … [Read more...] about Free to You… Amazon donates to Eve’s Fund… Navajo kids smile!
Mary Woodson Crowell, Eve’s Fund champion has died
We are saddened to tell you that, Mary Woodson Crowell (1940-2016), second wife of Eve's Fund founder, Dr. Robert M. Crowell,, died on July 27, 2016 at the Mount Carmel Center in Lenox, Massachusetts. Mary suffered from unrelenting pain for years. An overwhelming and final infection ended her life. As she requested, internment was private. Mary valued the work that we are doing through Eve’s Fund and was a strong champion and supporter of our literacy, injury prevention and educational … [Read more...] about Mary Woodson Crowell, Eve’s Fund champion has died
ThinkFirst Navajo Program gets new leadership, prepares to expand
Children on the Navajo Nation are in safer hands following the appointment of Jodee Dennison as director of ThinkFirst Navajo, a chapter of the ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation. Dennison, who holds a master’s degree in public health from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, joins ThinkFirst Navajo as the program prepares to expand. Dennison brings to the table 21 years of experience in injury prevention with the Indian Health Service and she retired in 2013 … [Read more...] about ThinkFirst Navajo Program gets new leadership, prepares to expand
