Forest Floor going to Standing Rock
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Forest Floor Wilderness Programs is organizing a caravan of vehicles to drive to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in ND to deliver much needed winter supplies to the water protectors there. We will additionally stay on site for approx. one week to assist in any way we can to help prepare for the coming winter.
We plan on leaving Asheville, NC no later than Monday Nov. 7
Forest Floor is connected with a much larger alliance of Nature-Connection schools across North America who are working together to best identify and provide for specific needs at Standing Rock. This highly coordinated alliance allows us to be much more effective in serving the needs of the water protectors than if we were acting as a single unit.
Our alliance has trusted people in camp at Standing Rock now who are assessing needs and communicating that information back to a central hub. All the various schools and groups planning trips to Standing Rock(such as ours) have also been communicating with this central hub, informing them of our capacity to acquire and deliver supplies, our dates of arriving in camp, etc. The result is that Forest Floor will be informed of who specifically needs what supplies, and where exactly to deliver the supplies once we've arrived. This will exponentially increase the positive impact we can have at camp.
We are now collecting monetary donations to put towards this effort. All donations will go to:
- helping cover travel expenses (mainly gas to deliver the supplies and people/helpers)
- purchasing supplies and equipment for the camp, such as winter shelters, wood stoves, solar power systems, and hard-to-find winter clothing such as warm, sturdy boots
- specific needs that are identified once arrived, such as eyeglasses or dental care for elders, specific food items for the kitchen, construction supplies, etc.
We will also be collecting physical donations of specific items to be sent with the caravan. I'll be posting an update very soon about waht specific supply doantions are needed and where tey can be dropped off.
If you have any questions about any of this please feel free to contact me directly.
Thank you!
In Gratitude and Solidarity,
Clint Corley,
Founder and Director, Forest Floor Wilderness Programs
We plan on leaving Asheville, NC no later than Monday Nov. 7
Forest Floor is connected with a much larger alliance of Nature-Connection schools across North America who are working together to best identify and provide for specific needs at Standing Rock. This highly coordinated alliance allows us to be much more effective in serving the needs of the water protectors than if we were acting as a single unit.
Our alliance has trusted people in camp at Standing Rock now who are assessing needs and communicating that information back to a central hub. All the various schools and groups planning trips to Standing Rock(such as ours) have also been communicating with this central hub, informing them of our capacity to acquire and deliver supplies, our dates of arriving in camp, etc. The result is that Forest Floor will be informed of who specifically needs what supplies, and where exactly to deliver the supplies once we've arrived. This will exponentially increase the positive impact we can have at camp.
We are now collecting monetary donations to put towards this effort. All donations will go to:
- helping cover travel expenses (mainly gas to deliver the supplies and people/helpers)
- purchasing supplies and equipment for the camp, such as winter shelters, wood stoves, solar power systems, and hard-to-find winter clothing such as warm, sturdy boots
- specific needs that are identified once arrived, such as eyeglasses or dental care for elders, specific food items for the kitchen, construction supplies, etc.
We will also be collecting physical donations of specific items to be sent with the caravan. I'll be posting an update very soon about waht specific supply doantions are needed and where tey can be dropped off.
If you have any questions about any of this please feel free to contact me directly.
Thank you!
In Gratitude and Solidarity,
Clint Corley,
Founder and Director, Forest Floor Wilderness Programs
Organizer
Clint Corley
Organizer
Weaverville, NC