The SuAnne Big Crow Boys & Girls Club
continues to show what great things can happen when a Club
and community work together for youth:
The Club received a $5,000 contribution
from the Seminole Tribe.
30 volunteers from North Carolina took part in a week long soccer, photography, and arts camp.
Over 50 youth participated and also received school supplies
for the upcoming school year.
A group of college students and instructors
from Marlboro College in Vermont, brought 8 high school
youth from Vermont and the Bronx, New York to participate
in a two-week photography exchange program. The high school
youth worked with Pine Ridge youth, teaching and learning
photography basics together. Prints taken during the two
week camp are being made into a quilt that will be presented
to the Club. Thirty youth participated in this exchange
program.
The G.R.E.A.T. Program continued with
12 high school basketball teams in two leagues, including
boys and girls. Tribal police officers and volunteers continue
to run the G.R.E.A.T. program serving as coaches and referees.
In addition, this has brought new Club members from outlying
communities and border towns as well as different areas
of the entire reservation.
The Club was awarded $17,500 from
the Tony Hawk Foundation for a new Skate Park. The Club has secured the concrete and
the forms from Scull construction, the contractor who constructed
the new Club building.
The 11th Annual SuAnne Big Crow Memorial Walk/Run Event was held on Wednesday April 2, 2003. The Event started to honor SuAnne and the accomplishments she made during her short life. Wishing to acknowledge others who made contributions to the community, the Big Crow family expanded this Event to include other community members who died in the past year and through their lives upheld the four virtues of the Lakota people; strength, courage, compassion and wisdom.
Over 800 people of all ages participated in the Walk/Run Event. The runners and walkers were all blessed before they set foot. The honored families, carrying memorial banners, led the walk which started in the center of the village and ended at the SuAnne Big Crow Boys & Girls Club.
A representative of each family talked about the impact their honored family member had on the community as well as their life’s accomplishments and the legacy left behind. The Event closed with a feed for all who participated
