By Carrie Naughton | Director of Development
Dear Friends,
The summer monsoons have arrived in GuVo District, and Ruth's Oidag is bursting with peppers, squash, potatoes, cabbage and happy pollinators. Even the hens are happy - NAAF harvested 14 eggs this week to provide to the community! We are also pleased to be able to add fresh produce and eggs to the food boxes that are available weekly at our nonprofit grocery, The Store, for community members. The Store caters for NAAF events and programs, including providing healthy lunches and snacks for our Summer Adventure Program (SAP).
This July 5th to 28th, NAAF’s headquarters in GuVo community hosted 23 kids from Ali Chugk, Ku:kaj and GuVo villages four days a week throughout the month for loads of fun and learning. The students completed a STEM kit provided by a gracious donor via our Amazon Wishlist, and also put the YUM in STEM by making their own cemit (tortillas)! Other activities included a water day, movie day, anti-bullying activities, stargazing, and making journals.
The Summer Adventurers also got to attend two days of basketball camp with the NAAF-sponsored We R1 youth basketball team, which was a blast! Everyone loved participating in a multi-day workshop with visiting artist Joyce Peters from the SouthWest Society of Botanical Artists. The students and NAAF staff shared cultural knowledge of ha:sañ and other indigenous plants and animals with Joyce, who gave drawing lessons with colored pencils.
Continuing the focus on language immersion and celebration of O'odham culture, the kids did O'odham number and color lessons, and played a sap cecig game where everyone took turns practicing how to introduce themselves in O'odham. NAAF’s goal with the Summer Adventure Program is to keep the students of GuVo engaged in learning throughout the school break, while also offering safe space for them to laugh and play.
By Carrie Naughton | Director of Development
By Jen McCormack | Sr. Director of Research and Development
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