We are grateful for the support of so many over this past year. Gifts both large and small enabled us to expand our Scholarship Program for high school students, develop additional community partnerships, create new prevention initiatives including—Buckle Up Navajo Newborns—and gain national recognition as a Great NonProfit and leader in injury prevention education. The momentum we achieved in 2019 positions us for a most successful 2020 and a bright and fruitful decade ahead for Eve's … [Read more...] about Your open hands and hearts save young lives
We have gratitude today, on #GivingTuesday 2019
Gratitude on #Giving Tuesday We have gratitude today on #Giving Tuesday. We are able to see and appreciate how many kind and generous people and organizations have provided moral and monetary support to Eve's Fund for Native American Health Initiatives since our beginning in 2005. Today and everyday, we are grateful for all of our donors, partners and the Navajo children and teens served by our programs. In celebration of this global day of giving, awareness and collaboration, … [Read more...] about We have gratitude today, on #GivingTuesday 2019
ThinkFirst team members meet with Navajo Nation leadership
In May, some of our ThinkFirst Navajo team members were honored to meet with Navajo Nation's First Lady Phefelia Herbert-Nez and Second Lady Dottie Lizer to discuss our mutual interest in saving young lives and preventing injuries across the Navajo Nation. These smart, competent and kind women are interested in supporting small non-profits such as Eve's Fund. Likewise, they are committed to improving the quality of life of Navajo children through education and advocacy. Mrs. Nez and Mrs. … [Read more...] about ThinkFirst team members meet with Navajo Nation leadership
New Mexico Brain Injury Advisory Council donates 223 bike helmets to Gallup, NM school children
Two hundred and twenty three students at Lincoln Elementary School in Gallup, NM got a reason to feel safer while riding their bikes this summer: free new helmets The New Mexico Brain Injury Advisory Council (NMBIAC)—a program sponsored by the New Mexico Governor's Commission on Disability provided the helmets. The council's mission is to promote prevention and stimulate public awareness and decrease the incidence of preventable brain injuries. Just a few days before the school closed for … [Read more...] about New Mexico Brain Injury Advisory Council donates 223 bike helmets to Gallup, NM school children
Honoring a Navajo Code Talker with a massage
by Barbara Crowell Roy, Eve's Fund president At this year's Shiprock Marathon in early May, I was honored to meet Navajo Code Talker, John Kinsel, Sr.—and, to give him a massage! The whole event happened quite serendipitously and is one I will cherish forever. Mr. Kinsel served in the 3rd Division of the US Marine Corps during World War II from 1942-1945. Feeling quite discouraged that because of a hip injury, I couldn't walk/run in the 2018 half-marathon as I had last year, as part of a … [Read more...] about Honoring a Navajo Code Talker with a massage
