Third Annual Fill A Backpack Drive Kicks Off

Now, Dunne is a junior at Colgate University and the Third Annual Fill A Backpack Drive is underway. The drive encourages families, sports teams, and other groups to fill backpacks with supplies that can help improve the lives of Oglala Lakota children -- who celebrate a rich culture but do not have access to items that most of us take for granted. Visit lakotakids.blogspot.com for giving guidelines, shipping instructions, and local drop-off locations. The drive ends March 3, and donations will be distributed to reservation schools by a team from Colgate University the week of March 10.

If you miss the deadline, though, you can still lend a hand -- late donations can be sent to the reservation throughout the month of March, and you can always make a tax-deductible monetary donation to the cause at lakotakids.blogspot.com.