During November 15-18, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Diabetes Prevention Services and FitnessFest held a Journey to Wellness event remotely on Zoom for about 55 participants a day. Before the event, participants picked up a goodie bag at the main campus of Diabetes Prevention Services, which included the materials for them to use on […]
Salt River Community Recreational Services employees Diedre Goodluck and Janyse Collins-Salinas are leaving the department after devoting years of service to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The two said their farewells on Friday, November 5, at the CRS Social Division’s Mini Multi, where a number of fellow employees, parents and friends came to wish […]
On October 13, Wendsler Nosie, former chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and founder of the grassroots group Apache Stronghold, traveled with a spiritual convoy and made a stop at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The group was on their way to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to have […]
As school carries on through the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents, students and schools continue to deal with a variety of stressful situations that have taken a deep emotional toll on many families. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community families have especially struggled as young children and teens juggle learning in different environments and […]
The Seven Challenges program is being offered to teens in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community through the Behavioral Health Services department as part of a new approach to substance abuse counseling. The program was developed by Robert Schwebel, Ph.D., in 1991, and meets teens (and adults) where they are in their developmental stage and […]
Rancho Solano freshman Liam Enos, the son of Shea Enos Jr. and Maricella Quintero, completed his first season of cross country this fall. Enos, a longtime football player, has taken on the challenge of cross country at Rancho Solano because the school does not have a football team. “I didn’t know what to expect; I […]
In August, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Emergency Management Coordinator Kirsten VanDeventer assisted the American Red Cross during a two-week deployment in New Mexico as part of Operation Allies Welcome. This Operation was a global response to the evacuation of Afghan civilians, allies, and US citizens with the goal of receiving and integrating Afghanistan evacuees […]