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HOOP's First People's Festival - Sep 21 08 Newport RI
Page Creator: Wanda Lord
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Strengthening Indigenous Initiatives
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H O O P Inc Honoring Our Own Power Healing Our Own Priorities
Fundraising target: $15,000
Total raised so far: $850.00
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HOOP's First People's Festival
Sunday, September 21 2008
1 -7 pm
Easton's Beach & Rotunda
Memorial Boulevard
Newport, Rhode Island

Join together to help create a first of it's kind event in Newport, Rhode Island celebrating and educating about Native American Arts, Culture & Environmental initiatives!  Your donation makes it possible for us to offer this free event to the public!

HOOP education - Events, and...:  
HOOP Online - See http://threehoops.com and sign up for our eJournal
HOOP Radio - Listen in to WADK 1540 AM & WJSZ 99.3 FM for Native American Radio Programming reaching 30,000 people a broadcast twice monthly in Rhode Island, Connecticut & SE Massachussetts!
HOOP Video - HOOP creates educational videos to increase the accurate visibility of contemporary Native American communities.

No donation is too small!  Every donation makes a difference. Thank you for your help!

We are grateful for the help of our maiinstream neighbors who are helping too (offline) with their donations to welcome the First People's event to Newport, Rhode Island!  Like our new Event Sponsors from this week:

First People's Festival Sponsors
$500.00 and above:
Eden Lahr, Middletown, RI

$50.00 and above
A-1 Pizza, Broadway, Newport, RI
Portabella's Restaurant, Broadway, Newport, RI
 
Neill Coffey's Citgo, Spring Street, Newport, RI

We respectfully acknowledge the support of the City of Newport's City Council for helping us make the event possible.

Want more info? Have questions?
Call HOOP at 401 835 4806.  

See you on September 21st in Newport!

Donating is easy, fast and totally secure. Just click the Give Now button below and your contribution will be processed immediately.  You will recieve a receipt of your tax-deductible charitable contribution to HOOP Inc - Honoring Our Own Power via email If your gift is a sponsorship donation - we'll be following up with you within 48 hours of your gift as well for artwork, etc!

PS - forward this page to friends who might want to match your gift!

HOOP Vision Statement
Hoop respects Indigenous tribes, people and communities regarding their rights, culture and sovereignty as Indigenous people in any area where Hoop provides services and offer support.  Hoop envisions viable arts, cultural, environmental and economic development initiatives by and for Indigenous people.  Hoop envisions our youth having a wide range of examples of Indigenous success from which to draw on and our over all goal is to help promote educational, financial and cultural resources that will assist the implementation of community based initiatives. 


Online Donors to date:
Display Name Date Amount  Comment
Wanda Lord 6/8/2007 $100.00  
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* Total raised online: $100.00
Amount raised offline: $750.00
Grand Total: $850.00
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