Tipi poles to Sacred Stone Camp
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Hau Mitakuyepi!
Thank you for considering helping me get some tipi poles to the Sacred Stone Camp in ND.
My name is Gary LaPointe, originally from Rosebud SD but now residing in Washington State. I'm a Navy veteran and enjoy always helping my community in any way that I can, whether it be giving my time for Boy Scouts, my Native community, or helping in my sons' schools.
I set this gofundme account up to help defer some of the costs of delivering some tipi poles to ND. My goal is to get at least two sets of new poles to North Dakota, but if you all help, I would love to leave more poles in the camp for them to use. It doesn't sound like much but one set of 27ft poles (17 poles per set) nowadays sells for 400-550, for one set! And that doesn't even include shipping ($300 per set). If we hit the target, I'd be happy delivering over 100 poles to camp, all with your donations!
The tipi is one of the most iconic Native American symbols in the whole world, and the more we can get up at the camp, the better. Seeing as how its a 2600 mile round trip, it does get spendy.
Thank you and God bless! If this raises over 2k, I will be leaving a tipi up in the Rosebud Camp for any and all visitors to use! Sicangu Oyate, help a brother out :)
Wopila! Hetchetu welo!
Thank you for considering helping me get some tipi poles to the Sacred Stone Camp in ND.
My name is Gary LaPointe, originally from Rosebud SD but now residing in Washington State. I'm a Navy veteran and enjoy always helping my community in any way that I can, whether it be giving my time for Boy Scouts, my Native community, or helping in my sons' schools.
I set this gofundme account up to help defer some of the costs of delivering some tipi poles to ND. My goal is to get at least two sets of new poles to North Dakota, but if you all help, I would love to leave more poles in the camp for them to use. It doesn't sound like much but one set of 27ft poles (17 poles per set) nowadays sells for 400-550, for one set! And that doesn't even include shipping ($300 per set). If we hit the target, I'd be happy delivering over 100 poles to camp, all with your donations!
The tipi is one of the most iconic Native American symbols in the whole world, and the more we can get up at the camp, the better. Seeing as how its a 2600 mile round trip, it does get spendy.
Thank you and God bless! If this raises over 2k, I will be leaving a tipi up in the Rosebud Camp for any and all visitors to use! Sicangu Oyate, help a brother out :)
Wopila! Hetchetu welo!
Organizer
Gary LaPointe
Organizer
Bothell, WA
