This month marks 21 years since I started Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation. We persist and I could not have done this without all of you fantastic donors. Please help me celebrate our 21st year by sending birthday supplies to Lakota, Yurok, Navajo and Havasupai kids living on reservations.
Please let me know what you are sending and to which school so I can keep track here. Thank you, thank you!
Chris
Donated as of 4/28/25:
Here’s a link to lots of birthday supplies on OrientalTrading.com but feel free to use any vendor. Please note if you send anything to the Havasupai kids, it must go by US Mail (via mule) so make sure your vendor will ship there or purchase supplies locally (dollar stores will have many of these items) and mail them from home.
Birthday Candles
Birthday Cards (unsigned so they can use them for the kids celebrating a birthday)
Cake Mixes
Frosting
Balloons
Happy Birthday Banners
Happy Birthday Plates
Happy Birthday Napkins
Crepe Paper Streamers
Happy Birthday Signs
Party Hats
Birthday Crowns
Ceiling Decor
Wall Decor
Piñatas
Paper Lanterns
Pin The Tail on the Donkey Games
Happy Birthday Rubber Bracelets or Slap Bracelets
Paper Blowers
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Birthday Supplies Donated to the Lakota Kids–Thank you!:
288 birthday cake candles
2 packages of coconut pecan frosting
12 boxes of moist yellow cake mix
300 birthday plates and napkins
144 pack of balloons
4 Happy Birthday banners
Ship here for Lakota kids:
UPS/FedEx:
Alice Phelps, Principal
American Horse School
100 West Main Street
Allen, SD 57714
Via US Mail:
Alice Phelps, Principal
American Horse School
P.O. Box 660
Allen, SD 57714
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Birthday Supplies Donated to the Yurok Kids–Thank you!:
1 pack birthday crowns
144 birthday cake candles
100 party balloons
5 yellow cake mixes
6 devils food cake mixes
8 cans cherry frosting
3 cans chocolate frosting
1 9×13 sheet pan
1 32 oz bottle vegetable oil
3 happy birthday banners
12 party hats
1 balloon pump
25 piece balloons
24 pack birthday cards for kids
3 rolls crepe streamers
Ship here to the Yurok Kids:
Weitchpec Yurok Magnet Elementary School and Jack Norton Elementary School do not get mail delivery, nor do they get UPS or FedEx service so please ship your donations via UPS/FedEx to the Principal here. Thank you! Some vendors may ask you to confirm this is an unverified address. Please do so. The boxes will get there.
Jason Henderson, Principal
1674 Seely McIntosh Road
Willow Creek, CA 95573
If you’d like to ship to the Principal via the post office, please use this address only:
Jason Henderson, Principal
Weitchpec Yurok Magnet Elementary School
P.O. Box 1308
Hoopa, CA 95546
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Birthday Supplies Donated to the Navajo Kids–Thank you!:
144 birthday cake candles
2 BD Tablecloths
3 packs balloons
4 Bday cards
2 packs BD plates
2 packs BD napkins
3 BD banners
4 rolls crepe streamers
1 pk noisemakers
2 “It’s My Bday” buttons
1 yellow cake mix
1 devils food cake mix
3 tubs vanilla frosting
Ship here to the Navajo kids:
Via UPS/FedEx/US Mail:
Etta Shirley, Principal
105 Navajo Drive
Winslow, AZ 86047
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Birthday Supplies Donated to the Havasupai kids–Thank you!:
144 birthday cake candles
6 pack bday plates
2 Happy Bday banners
5 packs Happy Bday napkins
2 No 2 candles
4 cake mixes
7 tubs frosting
1 plastic tablecloth
2 packs noisemakers
1 pack balloons
3 Happy Bday table decorations
cake mix, frosting
12 balloons
gold & purple crepe paper
24 plates
24 napkins
12 hats
wall and banner decor
Ship here to the Havasupai kids:
Please ship your donations here. No in person donations please. Since this school sits 8 miles down on the bottom of the Grand Canyon, and is accessible only by mule, horse, foot and helicopter, UPS and FedEx do NOT deliver to this reservation. All packages must be shipped via the U.S. Post Office, to their p.o. box, which uses a mule train to deliver the mail. Boxes should be no heavier than 40 pounds. Thank you!
Havasupai Elementary School
P.O. Box 40
Supai, AZ 86435
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.