Utility/Heating Assistance Program For The Lakota

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Link Center Foundation
Affiliate of the National Heritage Foundation
501(c)(3) Tax ID #59-2085326

(Rev.) Audrey L. Link, Founder and Director

P.O. Box 2253 ~ Longmont, CO 80502-2253
Phone: [phone] Voice Mail ~ 888-220-1653 Office
Email: linkcenterfounda@...

www.LinkCenterFoundation.com

Utility/Heating Assistance Program
For The Lakota Sioux Elders of South Dakota


§ 8 Siouxan Reservations in South Dakota
Pine Ridge Reservation, Cheyenne River Reservation, Crow Creek
Reservation, Lower Brule Reservation, Rosebud Reservation,
Sisseton-Wahpeton Reservation, Yankton Reservation, Flandreau Santee
Reservation

§ Among the poorest indigenous people in the United States

§ Over 60% of the homes are severely sub-standard

§ Average income on the Oglala Lakota Sioux Pine Ridge
Reservation is only approximately $2600.00 per YEAR

§ Winter low temperatures in South Dakota average 9* F
(November through February)
Made worse with bitter wind-chill factors and Record Temperatures
reaching -44* below 0*F (1996)

§ Elders have died from hypothermia due to inability to pay
for heating

Help Us Help the Elders!

All applicants screened and documented

Payments made directly to utility, propane, wood, or heat equipment
companies

Donations carefully tracked and accountable

All donations tax-deductible

Send donations to

Link Center Foundation
P.O. Box 2253 – Longmont, CO 80502-2253

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Utility and Heating Assistance Program
For the Lakota Siouxan Elders, the Disabled or the Sick
Who Live On the Reservations of South Dakota

� 8 Siouxan Reservations in South Dakota
Pine Ridge Reservation, Cheyenne River Reservation, Crow Creek Reservation,
Lower Brule Reservation, Rosebud Reservation, Sisseton-Wahpeton Reservation,
Yankton Reservation, Flandreau Santee Reservation
� Among the poorest indigenous people in the United States
� Over 60% of the homes are severely sub-standard, many without
running water or electricity
� Average income on the Oglala Lakota Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation
is only approximately $3500.00 per YEAR while unemployment hovers around 85%
on this 2.7 million acre Reservation housing app. 40,000 people
� Winter low temperatures in South Dakota average 9* F (November
through February)
Made worse with bitter wind-chill factors and Record Temperatures reaching
-44* below 0*F (1996)
� Lakota have died from hypothermia due to inability to pay for
heating
� The majority of funding goes to help the Elders only. However,
there are those occasions when the disabled or sick are in crisis situations
and critically in need of heat. Even though they may not be actual Elders,
Link Center Foundation finds it cannot, and will not, turn away from them.
Therefore, this project will now also include those rare and reasonable instances
of severe need by those who are disabled and/or sick.

Help Us Help the Elders, the Disabled and Sick!

All applicants screened and documented
Payments made directly to utility, propane, wood, or heat equipment
companies
Donations carefully tracked and accountable

Donations are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law.
Please consult your tax advisor.

Please mark your check: "Utility and Heating Fund"
Otherwise, all donations will be placed in the General Operating Fund which
supports all projects of the organization.

Please send donations to:
Link Center Foundation

P.O. Box 2253 ~ Longmont, CO 80502-2253

Link Center Foundation
An All-Volunteer Colorado Non-Profit Organization
Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section 501c3 has been filed

Audrey L. Link, Founder and President
P.O. Box 2253 ~ Longmont, CO 80502-2253
Phone: [phone] Voice Mail ~ 888-220-1653 Office
Email: [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Website: _www.LinkCenterFoundation.com_
(http://www.linkcenterfoundation.com/)