Salt River Community Children's Foundation

Projects and Programs

The Children's Foundation is dedicated to helping Salt River Pima-Maricopa children and youth realize their potential. It provides scholarships and sponsorships that support educational, cultural and personal growth for youth to help them become successful students, leaders, and contributing members of the Community. Since 2003, the Foundation has supported services for sports, arts, education, healthcare, cultural endeavors and leadership training.

As of 2008, the Children's Foundation has contributed more than $70,000 to a wide variety of programs that serve Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community children and youth.

The Children's Foundation has funded:

• Healthy snacks program at the Boys and Girls Club
• Backpacks for children and youth of needy families
• A van for the Boys and Girls Club
• Scholarships for the Miss Salt River Pageant
• Youth triathlon in partnership with Ford Ironman Arizona

The Children's Foundation supports many activities of the Boys and Girls Club located on the Community.

And the Foundation has sponsored:

• Sixteen (16) members of the O'Odham choir to perform the national anthem in the O'Odham language in Washington, D.C.
• Leadership training for a cultural awareness program against gangs
• Leadership skills conference for Fire Explorers
• Students to participate in the Close Up Foundation program to Washington, D.C.

In addition, the Children's Foundation has helped meet personal needs of several students.

Dear Children's Fund    Hello.... I live in one of the tribal group homes on the reservation and appreciate the many things the tribe has helped me with my life and feel that they can help me with this as well. I have a once in a lifetime chance to go and visit Washington D.C. with my school.    My school is taking a couple of students to the nation's capital and all my life I have been wanting to visit the place where our pride as an American nation stands. I have studied many things about the American history, and now I have a chance to see what I have spent my time learning about. I wanted to ask you people if you could help me with the payment which just so happens to be a high amount $1600.    I understand if you can't help me but I just wanted to know if you could help me with the payment...I don't really ask for much but I feel like I have a chance to go places and I am going to take that chance... I am a 14 year old in the 8th grade currently attending Kino Junior High School in Mesa...Thank you for your time to read this letter and I hope you can help me.