Redbird’s 27th Annual Blanket Drive & Mini Powwow
Date/Time
Date(s) - 12/03/2022
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location
Simi Valley Public Library
Categories
Tags Blanket Drive, california, December, Library, Native American, powwow, Red Bird, Simi Valley
Redbird’s 27th Annual Blanket Drive & Mini Powwow
11 AM to 3 PM Simi Valley Library
2969 Tapo Canyon Road
Everyone welcome, free admission, family friendly, donation not required to attend
A benefit event for the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota
Seeking new, warm, washable blankets and monetary donations for shipping
Hosted by Redbird, a 501(c)(3) Native American and environmental non profit association
Join us for a miniature powwow, from 11 AM to 3 PM, at the Simi Valley Library. We will be outside on the grass if weather permits, and indoors in the Community Room if it doesn’t. The purpose of this celebration is to gather new warm blankets and raise enough money to ship them to South Dakota. They will be shipped to Alex White Plume who will then distribute them, not as charity, but as gifts. It’s an energetic distinction that we feel is important, because a gift is given with love. All powwow drums and powwow dancers are welcome. Your songs, dances and prayers are appreciated. Everyone is welcome. If you can contribute to the cause, that’s wonderful. If you can’t, come anyway and contribute your good energy. Lala’s Native Gems and Circling Hawk Creations will be our contributing vendors. There will be refreshments. This is Redbird’s longest running event; held every year since 1994 except for 2005 when we did not have a suitable location.
We also accept new and like-new winter clothing items such as ski wear, and new warm socks. We will inevitably receive previously owned blankets and clothing along with new items. Gently used items are carefully inspected and may be donated to Los Angeles based groups that work with homeless and high risk urban families and individuals. This is likely to happen in years when donations of goods out-strip the donation of funds to ship them. (There is also a small collection of used blankets from previous blanket drives at Chilao School. These are available to Montrose Search and Rescue in the event of winter emergencies, and to the occasional stranded forest visitors who have ridden out winter storms at the school).
If you absolutely cannot resist the urge to sneak in a small to medium sized new stuffed toy or two…we will sneak them into a box of blankets bound for South Dakota. Over the years we have found that shipping school supplies and other kinds of toys is not cost effective, therefore we have stopped asking for those items.
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