Hopa Mountain has completed a three-day expanded statewide gathering of rural and tribal educators, parents, and early learning program administrators for its StoryMakers program. Primarily serving rural and tribal communities throughout Montana, the StoryMakers program is an early learning initiative that supports parents of children ages 0-5 in creating home environments that give their children [...]
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Hopa Mountain’s StoryMakers Program Expands Early Learning Opportunities for Montana’s Rural and Tribal Communities
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Citizen Leaders, early learning, StoryMakers, Youth on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bozeman School Lunches Go Local
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Citizen Leaders, Farm to School, Youth on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, Oct. 23, the Bozeman School District will offer a local lunch featuring Montana-made products.
The menu includes bockwurst and potatoes out of Whitehall, and apples from Fromburg.
Volunteers with Gallatin Valley Farm to School, suited up in fruit and vegetable costumes, will be at most schools to help serve students and promote healthy eating with [...]
Local Schools Join Gallatin Farm to Schools
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Citizen Leaders, leadership, Youth on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Six Bozeman-area schools — Whittier, Irving, Longfellow, Hawthorne, Morning Star and Gallatin Gateway — have teamed up with Gallatin Valley Farm to School program to sell healthy, Montana-made foods and gifts as a fundraiser.
Parent organizations of the six schools performed skits for kids at school and wore vegetable costumes to promote the fundraiser, which continues [...]
Students educated in traditional knowledge at NSFC Summer Institute
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Native Science Field Centers, science, youth programs on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 Glacier Reporter
“What is the scientific name for yarrow? How do you say it in your tribal language? What is it used for?”
Students from the Blackfeet Native Science Field Center (BNSFC) recently shared the answers to these questions with people from two other Native communities at the Luccock Campground in the Paradise [...]
Grants available for Youth Service Programs
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged grants, hopa, Youth on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Governor’s Office of Community Service and Hopa Mountain, a Bozeman-based non-profit organization, announce the availability of competitive grants for Youth Leaders in Service. This Learn and Serve America grant program is designed to engage rural and tribal youth, ages 11-17, living in Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation, in leading service [...]
Welcome to the Hopa Mountain blog
Posted in Uncategorized on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Greetings-
This blog in intended to serve as a place where most every Hopa Mountain story or press release can be found and commented upon. This is akin to a ‘behind the scenes’ area where items can be posted before they go to more formal publications. Articles, updates, interviews, stories… they can all be found here [...]
