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 large grocery store, etc. is a 2 hour drive away. Please take a look at their wishlist and send what you can.   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 4/29/26:

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 (0 donated)

Dried Pinto Beans (0 donated)

Dried Lentils, 1 lb. (0 donated)

Dried Red Lentils, 1 lb. (0 donated)

Dried Black Beans, 1 lb. (0 donated)

Dried Kidney Beans, 1 lb. (0 donated)

Dried Garbanzo Beans, 1 lb. (0 donated)

Dried Navy Bean, 1 lb. (0 donated)

Dried Great Northern Beans, 1 lb. (0 donated)

Split Peas, 1 lb. (0 donated)

Canned Tuna, 4 pk. (6 donated–Thank you!)

Canned Salmon (0 donated)

Mayonnaise (0 donated)

Cheerios (8 donated—Thank you!)

Almond (or other plant based)Milk (6 32 oz. unsweetened almond milk donated–Thank you!)

Powdered Milk (1 donated —Thank you!)

Peanut Butter, no sugar, no palm oil (4 donated–Thank you!)

Jam, low sugar (0 donated)

Saltine Crackers (2 donated—Thank you!)

Brown Rice (0 donated)

White Rice (0 donated)

Oats (0 donated)

Pasta, any shape (0 donated)

Pasta Sauce (0 donated)

Parmesan Cheese (0 donated)

Oil, 48 oz. (0 donated)

Flour, 5 lbs. (0 donated)

Sugar (0 donated)

Baking Powder (0 donated)

Baking Soda (0 donated)

Garlic Powder (0 donated)

Onion Powder (0 donated)

Truvia or any other artificial sweetener (0 donated)

Canned Beans and Vegetables [pull open tops when possible] (12 cans zucchini donated–Thank you!)

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

Canned/Dried Soup  [pull open tops when possible] (0 donated)

Broth, any flavor (1 pack of 4 individual 8 ounce low sodium chicken broth donated–Thank you!)

Bouillon, any flavor (0 donated)

Coffee, ground or instant (6 cans and a container of 42 packets donated—Thank you!)

Adult Cold Medicines [cough syrup, lozenges, Tylenol, cold meds, etc.] (4 100 count 500 mg acetaminophen caplets donated–Thank you!)

Kleenex (0 donated)

Shampoo (7 donated—Thank you!)

Toothpaste (0 donated)

Toothbrushes (0 donated)

Dental Floss (0 donated)

Body Lotion (0 donated)

Deodorant/Antiperspirant (8 donated–Thank you!)

BandAids (0 donated)

Dish Soap (0 donated)

Laundry Soap (0 donated)

Disinfectant Cleaner (0 donated)

KN95 or KF94 Face Masks (0 donated)

Covid/Flu Test Kits (0 donated)

Septic Safe Toilet Paper (0 donated)

Paper Towels (0 donated)

Reading Glasses (0 donated)

 

 

 

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.