Getting Involved

We'd like to make it as easy as possible for people to get involved with our efforts.   You can join the circle of compassion and generosity in one of the following ways:

Become a Program Partner:     Program partners will be individuals or groups who make a commitment to help us financially at least once a year.  Some examples of what program partners might do:

            Hold an annual garage sale with the proceeds donated to Ahopa.  Get your neighbors

            involved and have a huge sale!

            Rent a table each year at your local town or county fair,  pow wow, craft

            fair or other event, to hand out Ahopa educational and promotional materials

            and to accept donations on our behalf

            Ask your church, club, employer or group if you can provide an educational                             presentation about the conditions on Pine Ridge and to request donations for the

            efforts of Ahopa

            Have monthly pot luck suppers with friends in which each brings a covered dish

            to share and a donation for Ahopa

            Pledge a particular donation weekly,  monthly, quarterly or annually, either personally

            or as a group

            Host an open house at which you introduce your community to Ahopa and its mission.             We'll provide you with educational and promotional materials and, if you wish, art

            and craft items from Pine Ridge that you can sell on our behalf. 

            Perhaps the teachers or parents at your child's school, daycare center or play group

            may want to host an awareness and fundraising event for us.  Please ask them!

These are just a few of the activities an Ahopa Program Partner can do to increase the amount of assistance we can offer the people of Pine Ridge.  You can use your own imagination, skills, and network to create your own unique way to help.

Program partners can join our Yahoo discussion group to bounce ideas around and get advice. Our board is experienced in organizing promotional and charitable events and we are online everyday! 

We believe it will be important for our program partners to receive credit for the work they do. So we plan to have a page on this site to list upcoming events organized by program partners, to share their success stories, etc.  Real people inspiring and motivating others will be an important part of what we do.

Become a Promotional Partner:  Our vision is for Ahopa to exemplify the power of many acting as one.  The more of us who work together, the greater the impact we'll have.  The value of even the smallest promotional effort should not be underestimated by any of us.

Some examples of what a promotional partner might do include:

            Place our site URL on your blog or website, or in the signature line of your email  

            Place our brochures, fliers and other promotional materials on bulletin boards in stores,             Post Offices, community centers, and the like 

            Ask your local yoga center, massage therapist, healing center, health food store,   

            church, or club to display our literature

            Do you have an email mailing list?  Consider sending out a notice announcing Ahopa 

            and our work

            Does your employer, club or church have a newsletter?  Consider placing and ad or an

            announcement for us

            Wear Ahopa t-shirts or carry an Ahopa tote (promotional gear will be available for sale 

            on this site soon)          

Volunteer Locally:   Do you live in Connecticut?  Volunteer to help us with the educational and promotional events that we will organize and promote here in the Nutmeg State.  Help with event promotion, site set-up or run our information table. 

One time or occasional donations:  Any help that you can give will be greatly appreciated.  Even one dollar will make a difference.     

           

You may not have saved a lot of money in your life, but if you have saved a lot of heartaches for other folks, you are a pretty rich man.  ~Seth Parker~

IIt's easy to make a buck.  It's a lot tougher to make a difference.  ~Tom Brokaw ~

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.  ~Winston Churchill