Lakota Sioux Elders Need Utility and Heating Help

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: 303-554-5363 Voice Mail ~ 888-220-1653 Office

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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

Special thanks to Stephanie Schwartz for sending this information.

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December 2005 Reports

Last updated on December 04, 2005