Eve’s Fund for Native American Health Initiatives has awarded $12,000 in scholarships to 13 students attending Navajo Preparatory School in Farmington, New Mexico, through the end of the current academic year. Ten of the students are receiving the scholarship for the first time and three students are continuing from previous years. Thirteen Exceptional Navajo Prep Students The awardees are: Sophomore Joshua Begay (White Rock, NM), Freshman Uriel Benally (Upper … [Read more...] about Eve’s Fund Scholarships Awarded to 13 Exceptional Navajo Prep Students
Eve’s Fund named “2019 Top-Rated NonProfit” by Great NonProfits!
Eve's Fund for Native American Health Initiatives, has been named a “2019 Top-Rated Nonprofit” by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews of charities and nonprofits. Eve's Fund was one of 12 New Mexico nonprofits to receive this designation and the only one serving Navajo youth. "This small organization has done a lot with a little - few resources magnified into great good works!" Eve's Fund provides literacy, injury prevention and educational programs for Native youth … [Read more...] about Eve’s Fund named “2019 Top-Rated NonProfit” by Great NonProfits!
ThinkFirst Navajo debuts “Buckle Up Navajo Newborns” program and donates 50 car seats to the Navajo Nation
Eve’s Fund for Native American Health Initiatives is proud to announce that its flagship program — ThinkFirst Navajo — has launched a new injury prevention initiative called “Buckle Up Navajo Newborns.” Last week, 50 high-end car seats purchased by Eve’s Fund, were delivered to the Navajo Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety Division. Previous published news articles have highlighted the fact that one of the highest child mortality rates in the country is on the Navajo … [Read more...] about ThinkFirst Navajo debuts “Buckle Up Navajo Newborns” program and donates 50 car seats to the Navajo Nation
Eve’s Fund President to Speak at National Conference on Injury and Violence Prevention
Barbara Crowell Roy, president of Eve’s Fund, will be a guest speaker at the National Conference on American Indian/Alaska Native Injury and Violence Prevention, “Bridging Science, Practice, and Culture,” in Denver, Colorado, July 23- 25, 2019. The conference is co-sponsored by the Indian Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Approximately 250 tribal, federal, and state injury prevention practitioners, injury researchers, subject matter experts, … [Read more...] about Eve’s Fund President to Speak at National Conference on Injury and Violence Prevention
Shiprock Marathon—running, volunteering & massaging a hero
At the 2019 Shiprock Marathon, we ran, volunteered, and gave a massage to a hero—Navajo Code Talker, John Kinsel, Sr. Again this year, Eve’s Fund Team members actively participated in the 36th Shiprock Marathon weekend May 3-4, 2019. Over 2,200 children and adults took part in one of the running events and hundreds more families and loved ones were present to cheer them on. For over six years, in an effort to increase the awareness of the need for injury prevention education on the Navajo … [Read more...] about Shiprock Marathon—running, volunteering & massaging a hero
