Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation

Lending a helping hand to our neighbors on Pine Ridge Reservation

A Food Drive for Yurok Elders

 

The Elders Nutrition Program for Yurok elders delivers a hot meal (and a sack lunch for the next day) once a week to the elders’ homes. This food drive will enable them to leave a few nonperishable foods, toiletries and other needed supplies for them as well. The nearest town with a grocery store or Target, etc. is a 2 hour drive away. Please take a look at their wishlist and send what you can.  These items are linked to Target but Walmart and other vendors ship these items to the rez as well.

Please let me know what you are donating so I can keep a tally for them here. Thanks so much for supporting the elders on the Yurok Rez!

 

Needed/Donated as of 10/13/25:

Also, if you’d like to donate a 2025 Christmas gift to one of the elders served by the Elders Nutrition Program, click here.

By the way, these amounts do not reflect what is on their shelves, as the food gets distributed to the elders as it is donated in their once a week hot meal delivery. This is an ongoing need so I’ll set the numbers back to zero on the 15th of the month. These food donations help the elders have a little extra food on hand in their pantries. Thanks so much for supporting them everyone  

Here are some suggested vendors: Palouse Brand [free shipping on all orders & they sell beans, lentils, grains, split peas & flours], MexGrocer [beans, pasta, tortillas, spices, seasonings,  flours, sugars, milk, oil vinegar, honey & canned products], All Bulk Foods [coffee, tea, spices, pasta, grains] , CVS [toiletries, soaps, cleaning/paper products], Vitacost [coffee, tea, beans, rice/grains, baking supplies, flour, pasta, spices, etc.] Costco [coffee, canned beans & vegetables, paper products, cleaning products, nuts, grains, flour reading glasses, plant based milk, chicken stock, laundry detergent & more].   

 Flour Tortillas (1 donated–Thank you!)

Dried Pinto Beans (4 donated–Thank you!)

Dried Lentils, 1 lb. (1 donated–Thank you!)

Dried Red Lentils, 1 lb. (0 donated)

Dried Black Beans, 1 lb.  (3 donated–Thank you!)

Dried Kidney Beans, 1 lb. (1 donated–Thank you!)

Dried Garbanzo Beans, 1 lb.  (2 donated–Thank you!)

Dried Navy Bean, 1 lb. (5 donated–Thank you!)

Dried Great Northern Beans, 1 lb. (5 donated–Thank you!)

Split Peas, 1 lb. (5 donated–Thank you!)

Canned Tuna, 4 pk. (1 donated—Thank you!)

Canned Salmon (2 donated—Thank you!)

Mayonnaise (0 donated)

Cheerios (5 donated—Thank you!)

Almond Milk (0 donated)

Powdered Milk (7 donated–Thank you!)

Peanut Butter, no sugar, no palm oil (10 donated–Thank you!)

Jam, low sugar (6 donated—Thank you!)

Saltine Crackers (2 donated–Thank you!)

Brown Rice (2 donated–Thank you!)

White Rice (0 donated)

Oats (9 donated—Thank you!)

Pasta, any shape (12 boxes donated–Thank you!)

Pasta Sauce (0 donated)

Parmesan Cheese (0 donated)

Oil, 48 oz. (0 donated)

Flour, 5 lbs. (1 donated–Thank you!)

Sugar (0 donated)

Baking Powder (0 donated)

Baking Soda (2 Donated—Thank you!)

Garlic Powder (2 donated—Thank you!)

Onion Powder (2 donated—Thank you!)

Truvia or any other artificial sweetener (1 donated–Thank you!)

Canned Beans and Vegetables [pull open tops when possible] (5 donated–Thank you!)

Canned Fruits [pull open tops when possible] (0 donated)

Canned/Dried Soup  [pull open tops when possible] (28 donated–Thank you!)

Broth, any flavor (4 donated—Thank you!)

Coffee, ground or instant (6 donated—Thank you!)

Tea (0 donated)

Adult Cold Medicines [cough syrup, lozenges, Tylenol, cold meds, etc.] (0 donated)

Kleenex (0 donated)

Bar Soap (8 bars donated–Thank you!)

Shampoo (12 donated–Thank you!)

Toothpaste (3 tubes donated–Thank you!)

Toothbrushes (132 donated–Thank you!)

Dental Floss (0 donated)

Body Lotion (0 donated)

Deodorant/Antiperspirant (0 donated)

BandAids (2 donated—Thank you!)

Dish Soap (4 donated–Thank you!)

Laundry Soap (2 donated–Thank you!)

Disinfectant Cleaner (0 donated)

KN95 Face Masks (0 donated)

Septic Safe Toilet Paper (60 ct. donated—Thank you!)

Paper Towels (0 donated)

Reading Glasses, 4 pack (0 donated)

 

Also donated–Thank you!:

 

 

Please ship your food pantry donations for Yurok elders here:

 

UPS/FedEx deliveries only for anything ordered online for this drive, please:

Ricardo Rojas
190 Klamath Blvd.
Klamath, CA  95548

If  you’d like to pack up a USPS flat rate box from your own pantry for this drive, please use this address:

Ricardo Rojas
Elders Nutrition Program
P.O. Box 1027
Klamath, CA  95548

If you prefer to make a monetary donation, please send a tax-deductible check or money order made out to Kee Cha E Nar Corporation and mail it here. Please make a notation on your check that your donation is meant for the Elders Nutrition Program. Thank you so much!

 

Kee Cha E Nar Corporation
P.O. Box 1027
Klamath, CA 95548

Tax ID# 474098140

 

Please Note: Due to the volume of donations shipped to the reservation FoPRR cannot verify delivery of your boxes. If you are shipping from home and require confirmation of delivery, please purchase delivery confirmation from the post office or use your shipping service’s tracking system.