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Backpacks for Pine Ridge is working to provide backpacks and school supplies to America's poorest children on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is one of the most beautiful places in America. It is also one of the poorest places in America. The median income on the reservation is just $3,500 a year. The unemployment rate is a shocking 85%. Sadly, it is the children and teenagers who are the most vulnerable victims of such poverty. Among schools on the Pine Ridge Reservation, the drop-out rate is 70%.

Since 2004 we have been going to the Pine Ridge Reservation and giving out backpacks filled with school supplies to the children in the village of Allen. We have a goal of being able to expand the backpack project and to be able to provide a backpack filled with school supplies to as many children on the reservation as possible.

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Donations online are not tax deductible. We are not yet a tax exempt registered charity. At this time, the cost of becoming a registered charity is too great.

You CAN make a tax deductible donation via snail mail by making a check out to: Winton Rd. First Church of God and writing "Backpacks for Pine Ridge" on the memo line. Mail your tax deductible donations to:

Winton Rd. First Church of God Attention: Amber Buriff 6200 Winton Rd Fairfield, OH 45014

Either way you give 100% of your donation will go to provide backpacks and school supplies to the children on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

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School Supply List

We are not picky. We will take any donation of any kind because we want to give as many kids on the Reservation as possible a backpack with school supplies, but we do prefer monitary donations s...
Posted by Backpacks For Pine Ridge on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:31:00 PST

End of Year Report

It's been quite a year for Backpacks for Pine Ridge. Here are some of what's been going on&. ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> In July we delivered ...
Posted by Backpacks For Pine Ridge on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:01:00 PST

Rezonate 08

Rezonate '08 Rezonate08.com A concert to benefit the Lakota children living on the Pine Ridge Reservation 12 Hourse of Music on 2 Stages August 16, 2008 Voice of America Park West Chester, OH 100% of ...
Posted by Backpacks For Pine Ridge on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:06:00 PST

Newspaper Article

This is an article that appeared in a local community news circular. ------------------------------------------------------------ -- Amber Buriff is a pastor's wife who has lived in the Fairfield Towns...
Posted by Backpacks For Pine Ridge on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:41:00 PST

6 Ways You Can Help

There are several ways you can help our effort to provide backpacks full of school supplies to the Lakota children on the Pine Ridge Reservation. @ You can pray. @ You can add us as a frie...
Posted by Backpacks For Pine Ridge on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:27:00 PST