Help Pretty Bird Woman House
Posted by Vox on 19 December 2007
I’ve spotted this around a blogosphere a bit, and it should be passed on, so … Pretty Bird Woman House is a women’s shelter on the Standing Rock Reservation, one of the Lakota reservations in South Dakota. It was created and opened two years ago by Jackie Brown Otter and named for her sister, who was brutally raped and murdered.
Unfortunately, a recent string of break-ins through the exterior walls have made their current house unsafe to live in, and the residents were forced to leave. PBWH is trying to purchase a new house to use as a shelter. They are fundraising for that. They need winter clothes for women or children, towels and washcloths, sheets, toothbrushes and toothpaste, shampoo, and other supplies. They also need new underwear, bras and sweat suits for women who are sexually assaulted, since the hospital often keeps their clothing as evidence; and are requesting pamphlets from from www.tsnelson.com on coping with sexual assault ($2.50 each).
If you would like to contribute, either monetarily or with supplies, you can do so through their website. Their site also has more information on needed items and how to help, and photos of the interior of the house they are bidding on. Currently, donations are at $51,367 toward the house; they need $70,000.
Checks can be sent to:
Pretty Bird Woman House
P.O. Box 596
McLaughlin, SD 57642
Packages can be sent to:
Pretty Bird Woman House
302 Sale Barn Rd.
McLaughlin, SD 57642
