Your birthday is the perfect occasion to treat yourself, and what better way to celebrate than with some fantastic freebies? From sweet treats to special discounts, many apps and local businesses offer delightful surprises to make your birthday extra special, so you can indulge without breaking the bank. Whether you’re...
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Marshall Loring is a licensed funeral director (mortician), embalmer and cremationist at Messinger Mortuaries in Scottsdale. Currently he is in his fifth year in the profession. Loring is the first known professional mortician from the Community, something that he said brings him great honor....
On Friday, September 20, the Way of Life Facility in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community held the Himdag Ki Fun Fair beginning at 5 p.m. The fun-filled event was a collaboration between SRPMIC Youth Services, SRPMIC Recreation, the Boys and Girls Club Red Mountain Branch, Diabetes Prevention and Senior...
During September, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Health and Human Services Prevention and Intervention Department held weekly events commemorating Suicide Awareness Month. As part of their department’s community outreach, HHS Health Educators Vurlene Notsinneh-Bowekaty and Melanie Nosie handed out information and goodies during lunchtimes at the Round House Café. ...
The Youth Services Department provides Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community youth with enrichment and intervention services that Youth Program Manager Debra Apodaca said are served with care, compassion and cultural competence in a multidisciplinary team approach. Two of the seven mentorship programs that Youth Services provides to Community-member boys and...
The Youth Services Jr. Quail Mentorship Program is one of seven mentorship programs open to youth in grades K-12 who are enrolled in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community or who reside here. Jr. Quails have opportunities to engage in cultural, educational, social and emotional learning and wellness events that...
Over the next few issues of O’odham Action News, we will be highlighting the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s four assistant community managers (ACM) as part of a new awareness campaign to spotlight ACM responsibilities and the government departments they each oversee. The idea is to allow the Community at...