Hopi Relief

This project secures a land assignment so that we may build the Hopi Resource Center, a multi-function food receiving, processing, storage, and distribution facility. It will increase access to both Native foods and products that our families currently travel thousands of miles per year to purchase.

This project will create an engagement opportunity for our community, particularly the youth, to learn about and engage in respectable local harvesting practices. This new stepping stone will leverage Hopi Relief's ability to grow our local sustainable food efforts for the Hopi people.

This project will create the first on-reservation food bank serving the Hopi reservation to increase the availability of healthy, culturally relevant foods for community. It will also collect data about food insecurity in our unique cultural context, which will be utilized to inform this and future projects.

The ultimate purpose of Hopi Relief is to retain the current food and hygiene box distribution program as a long term service for the residents of the Hopi reservation. We will continue to provide monthly service to ensure that we are working steadily toward the ultimate goal of creating a centrally located food pantry and resource building for future daily continuous operation. This project will also increase our outreach to the local Hopi community by expanding our service to local organizations in need of assistance due to tribal government barriers.

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