St. Clare's hosting Warm Springs Tribal Emergency Collection

Those of you who get St. Clare's bulletin read today of the dire situation on the Warm Springs Reservation.  Their town water system is down to one pump, and due to some breaks in the line, unsafe river water is leaking into the system.  They barely have enough water to flush toilets, and sometimes not even that.

Worse yet, due to a Covid-19 outbreak, the entire tribe is on lockdown.


A St. Clare School Teacher who is also a Cherokee tribe member far from home is working with the tribal Elders and the Mt. Hood Cherokee council to try to help.

Needed donations are:
1.  Drinking water- distilled jugs or cases of bottles

2.  Canned soup (not the condensed kind you need to add water to)

3.  Travel sized liquid soap, shampoo, hand sanitizer

They're going to make donation easy.  Put your donation in your trunk, and drive to the St. Clare's School Parking Lot on Thursday, August 13 between 10am-1pm.  Just drive up, open your trunk or hand your keys to a volunteer, they'll unload you with proper social distancing and you'll be on your way.