By Nalani Lopez “Kool-Aid on my pickle! Kool-Aid on my gummies! Kool-Aid on my pickle slush, it makes it taste so yummy!” rapped the Kool-Aid Kids. This group of third- and fourth-graders under the musical guidance of Recreation Coordinator I Gabriel Penunuri was one of four groups that performed for the Community Recreation Services “A […]

By Nalani Lopez Salt River Elementary School students and their families filled the Accelerated Learning Academy’s parking lot in festively decorated cars for the Reading All the Way Drive-Thru event on December 12. The event’s theme was inspired by “The Twelve Days of Christmas in Arizona,” a children’s book by Jennifer J. Stewart. The book […]

In the heart of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, there was snowfall at the Early Childhood Education Center. To help celebrate the holiday season and spread Christmas cheer, the ECEC staff arranged for snow to be imported to the campus ramada area for the Winter Wonderland celebration on December 21.  The students visited the […]

Na:pt biugim? (“Are you hungry?” in O’odham). This is the question that the Early Childhood Education Center, WIC and SRPMIC Public Health Injury Prevention are asking expectant mothers and ECEC families as the programs work together to show families how to use traditional Indigenous ingredients in baby food. Families learned about traditional foods for babies […]

The picturesque blue sky dotted with white clouds made for a wonderful morning of golf at the Talking Stick Golf Resort on December 4 as the Salt River Community Children’s Foundation celebrated its 20th annual golf tournament. DJ Reflekshin provided the tunes from his DJ booth as golfers registered their teams and collected prizes and […]

The last time Matt Ware and Hamza Abdullah were on the same football field together was when they were teammates on the Arizona Cardinals from 2009 to 2011. As part of the Fiesta Bowl Charities program, Ware and Abdullah reunited on the football field on November 8 for the annual Fiesta Bowl Football Camp at […]

On October 21, 7-year-old Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Carlos Mendivil Jr. (Pima/Cheyenne) performed a traditional fancy dance at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale Raise the Rooftop fundraiser, held at Scottsdale Fashion Square. Mendivil was selected to perform at the event from a group of many performers at the Boys & […]

On October 17, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community WIC program held a special Young Child Health Celebration event at the Accelerated Learning Academy gymnasium. The event was aimed at providing caregivers of children age 5 years and younger with the tools necessary to help raise healthy children. WIC (Women, Infants and Children) is part […]