About the Community Access Project

The NCPC has supported many projects at the Fort Hall Reservation through the Community Access Program, including clothing drives, a Mural Project for reservation youth, and the donation of Christmas gifts through the Salt Lake Dance Community.

NCPC has found a way in which the members of local communities, no matter what their economic situation, can give clothing and books that honors the tradition of "give back". Since 2005 NCPC has sponsored a successful clothing drive. All of the dance communities from around the country get together and donate much-needed winter clothing to the program.

Winter Coat Drive 2011-2012

The NCPC Winter Coat Drive through the Community Access Program was again a tremendous success! This is a short story you will enjoy, and I was there to witness it! A group of wonderful people in Portland, OR, had gathered many select items and shipped them in a box 5 feet tall to the reservation. It was SO big that it had to be unloaded with a hoist and was deposited in the front yard of my office in Fort Hall. In the process of sorting through the coats and other clothing, news of this box's arrival circulated like greased lightning throughout the community! Numerous native people immediately began to arrive to select coats and sweaters for themselves... This is an example of the level of extreme need for warm garments during the winter months on my reservation. Your efforts through the NCPC are greatly appreciated by many of my friends and the people of Fort Hall!