Entries by NB3 Foundation

Raving hosts guitar auction to benefit NB3 Foundation

Continuing their support of NB3 Foundation and Native youth, Raving Consulting Company is currently hosting a guitar auction to benefit our work! A total of 15 autographed guitars by famous musicians are up for auction right now – Loverboy, Sugarland, Styx, Uncle Cracker, Foreigner, Wynonna Judd, and more! All the guitars were graciously donated by casinos across the country! Here […]

NB3FIT golf team shines in first tournament

Youth from the NB3FIT Youth Golf Team competed at the NB3 Junior Golf Tournament event at Ladera Golf Course in Albuquerque, NM on Saturday, May 15. The tournament marks the first of over 10 tournaments the team will compete in this year. From the NB3FIT Golf Team, Skyler Woods (Dine’) from Kirtland, NM finished in 3rd place […]

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Youth Spotlight: Adiance Cheromiah

For our Youth Spotlight Series we are recognizing extraordinary Native youth who exhibit positive character traits and are an inspiration to their peers and community! This month we feature Adiance Cheromiah from Pueblo of Laguna. Stay tuned as we highlight different from youth around Indian Country who are positively impacting their communities. Adiance was a […]

Silence speaks volumes 

By: Jessica Tsosie | Pueblo of Jemez Mental health is important every day, every month. This month isn’t like any other month, May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Like so many others, I have struggled with prioritizing myself and my own mental health for the sake of not having to be a burden on anyone. If you asked someone or if someone asked […]

NB3 Foundation awards five Community Empowerment Grants to support collective impact work promoting the health of Native youth

Through its Community Empowerment program, the Notah Begay III (NB3) Foundation recently awarded $1 million in grants to five Native-led organizations and tribal communities in Alaska, New Mexico, South Dakotah and Wisconsin to support their collective efforts of improving the health of Native youth in their communities.   The 22-month Community Empowerment Grants of $200,000 each were awarded to support five recipients with financial support, technical assistance, collaboration opportunities and inspiration to develop or further collective impact efforts that promote one or […]

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Together, Native youth explore health and wellness

In late March, “Get Active” campaign participants came together for one last gathering. The 6-week virtual campaign was aimed at reaching more Native youth across the state to promote living healthy lifestyles. Some of the youth participating in the campaign live out of the reach of our in-person direct programs, so this virtual campaign provided […]

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Keeping youth active through virtual programming

NB3FIT Virtual programming is flying by! It has been an eventful six weeks of exercising and learning. Our NB3FIT crew and youth participants have completed a wide variety of activities and workouts. Youth have learned to make straw rockets, popsicle stick frames, stress balls and balloon towers. They have also learned a number of core, […]

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NB3FIT stays proactive, finishes 23 trainings in four months

In just four months, while our team was adjusting to unprecedented changes from the pandemic, the NB3FIT team completed 23 trainings all focused on advancing their skills and knowledge of the in sports in our youth programming.Above you will see the list of trainings and you’ll see how beneficial they will all be to not […]