Support Indigenous Community Land-Based Education and Access

Did you know that we hosted over 1,000 additional on-site Indigenous guests in 2022? Many are kids, youth, and elders. Examples include:

• Elementary and High School class visits from Indigneous schools and classes
• Elders groups from multiple communities
• Community days where any Indigenous family can drop in

Each visitor is offered a warm meal, a chance to participate and learn from our land-based programming, and an opportunity to bring fresh healthy food home.

These visits are currently not funded or supported. We have multiple opportunities for improvement including:

• Support for supplies and materials to provide tours, meals, and food to take-home
• Funds to hire additional hosting staff, so we can host more guests, and add more community days, workshops, and special visits
• A welcome structure such as a gazebo where we can sign visitors in and out, and conduct orientations
• A "hay wagon", mutli-seat side-by-side vehicles or golf carts to provide on-site transportation options for the young, old, and physically disabled. We'd love to stop using our regular farm trailers, which are not well suited for people transport!