Photo courtesy of NavajoYES ThinkFirst Navajo, Eve's Fund's injury prevention education program, has donated 100 bike helmets to the Diné Bike Project in recognition of Brain Injury Awareness Month, which occurs each year in March. The Dinê Bike Project, a program of NavajoYES provides restored bikes of all types to schools, communities and families across the Navajo Nation. Young people are given a bicycle and a bike helmet after they have donated some of their time to community … [Read more...] about ThinkFirst Navajo donates bike helmets during Brain Injury Prevention Month
Eve’s Fund has awarded $16,000 in scholarships in memory of Eve Erin Crowell
In memory of Eve Erin Crowell, Eve's Fund for Native American Health Initiatives has awarded $16,000 in scholarships to sixteen Navajo students attending Navajo Preparatory School in Farmington, New Mexico, for the current academic year. Nine of the students are receiving the scholarship for the first time, and seven students are continuing from previous years. The awardees are: Senior Joshua Begay (White Rock, NM), Junior Uriel Benally (Fruitland, NM), Sophomore … [Read more...] about Eve’s Fund has awarded $16,000 in scholarships in memory of Eve Erin Crowell
Introducing our 2021-2022 Navajo Prep Scholarship Awardees
"My Grandchild, education is the ladder. Tell our children to take it.” -Chief Manuelito (Navajo) Eve's Fund is pleased to announce and introduce this year's sixteen scholarship awardees who attend the Navajo Preparatory School in Farmington, New Mexico. For this academic year, a record sixteen Navajo Prep students have been awarded an Eve’s Fund scholarship, based on demonstrated financial need, scholastic and leadership potential. Nine of the students are receiving the scholarship … [Read more...] about Introducing our 2021-2022 Navajo Prep Scholarship Awardees
Supporting National Stalking Awareness Month
Graphic courtesy of SPARC (Stalking Prevention, Awareness and Resource Center) Eve's Fund is supporting National Stalking Awareness Month Do you know that 1 in 6 women and 1 in 17 men have experienced stalking victimization in their lives? Victims are most often stalked by someone they know: a current or former intimate partner, an acquaintance, or family member. To increase awareness of the crime of stalking, which includes cyberstalking, and to help victims of this form of … [Read more...] about Supporting National Stalking Awareness Month
We came together in support of HOPE on #Giving Tuesday 2021
We are so grateful for all of the generous donations made to Eve’s Fund for Native American Health Initiatives last Tuesday on this Global Day of Giving. On a national level, the GivingTuesday organization reports that individuals contributed $2.7 billion to U.S. nonprofits and community organizations in 24 hours on #GivingTuesday 2021- a +9% increase from 2020. Thirty-five million adults in the U.S. participated in some ways on GivingTuesday 2021 along with many more millions around the … [Read more...] about We came together in support of HOPE on #Giving Tuesday 2021