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Make a Difference

Volunteer on the Reservation

Re-Member

Re-Member is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with an office and dormitories on Pine Ridge Reservation that house up to 60 people. They welcome volunteers to visit and work on various projects, one of which is the manufacture, transportation and placement of bunk beds for the children of Pine Ridge Reservation who have none. Re-Member volunteers sand and stain the bed components, then set them up in homes. Children will often sleep on a bed that night for the first time in their lives.

With so little housing available on the reservation and with the overcrowded living conditions and poverty there are many problems with the structures themselves.

In addition to their beds efforts, Re-Member has started a home rehabilitation project. The children who have received beds from Re-Member are now sleeping in their very own beds, but they are living in homes with missing doors and windows, holes in the floors and walls, and black mold growing between and on the walls, which in turn exacerbates many health problems.

Please read here for more information on the black mold situation on the reservation.

Re-Member volunteers also help with the upkeep of several cemeteries and parks on the reservation and at the end of each of Re-Member's trips the volunteers prepare a meal for as many as 100 people on the reservation who have become friends and acquaintances.

Please contact Re-Member toll free at 877 205-2105 for further information about volunteering. You can also visit their website at www.re-member.org

Re-Member can also use donations of the tools listed below that will be used in the construction of beds and the repair of homes as well as twin size sheet sets (brand new only please).

Suggested donation items:

New twin sized sheet sets
New standard sized bed pillows
New twin blankets and comforters
New zippered mattress covers (that enclose the whole mattress)
Paper plates, cups, napkins
Safety glasses
Work gloves
Ear plugs
Short extension cords
25' to 50' extension cords
Multiplug extension cords
Tape measures, all lengths
Wood glue
Wood gauges
Magnetic driver bit holders
Shop brooms
Screw in wood handles for shop brooms
10" Ripping and planer blades (carbide)
7" angle grinder (variable)
4" angle grinder and 4" sanding discs
Sanders: Hitachi, model SV12SG; Skil, model 7490;Makita, models BO4552KX and BO4552; Porter Cable, model 333;DeWalt, modelDW421
Pad assemblies for the sander models listed above
Battery powered nailer
Hand saws
Drills: Skil, model 2868, 18volt; Bosch model BAT043 12 volt
Battery packs for the drill models listed above
Extension ladders (250-300 lb. capacity)
6', 8' and 10' Fiberglass step ladders (250-300 lb. capacity)
#2 x 2" phillips driver bits
#2 x 2" square drive insert bits
1 5/8" x 8 square drive drywall screws (all dry wall screws can be either coarse or fine threaded)
2 1/2" x 8 square drive drywall screws
3" x 8 square drive drywall screws
5/32 drill bits
AAA and AA batteries
Cordless drills (contractor grade please)
Drills
Dust masks
Paint brushes, any size
Paint roller covers for general use
Rechargeable flashlights
Round 5" 8 hole 180 grit sanding disks with hook-and-loop
Screwdrivers regular and Phillips head
Utility knives and blades

Please consider using online vendors such as www.sears.com, www.globalindustrial.com, www.builderdepot.com, www.toolsforless.com, and www.fastenermax.com to purchase and have tools shipped directly to Re-Member.

FoPRR cannot verify delivery of your boxes. When shipping your donations via U.S. Mail, please purchase delivery confirmation, or use your shipping service's tracking system.

Do not use Styrofoam for packing materials. New large size trash bags serve well as padding and are reusable.

Ship to:

If sending via U.S. Mail:

Re-Member
P. O. Box 5054
Pine Ridge, SD 57770

If sending via UPS or FedEx:

Re-Member
5 Saint Anne's Road
Pine Ridge, SD 57770

Re-Member can use your tax-deductible monetary contributions. If you'd like to donate, please send a check made out to Re-Member to the P. O. address listed above or you can send a donation via PayPal using this address: remember@gwtc.net