Support Native Teens

Our Power Box has a different theme each month. The box is packed full of educational and cultural activities. Each month also includes different swag items, infographics and resource/information material related to the theme.

Create Family Time

Educational and Cultural activities are developed with the purpose of creating family time. The kits also encourage the family to sit down together for dinner and cultivate communication. The kits even offer parents conversation topics to engage their teen with open-ended questions.

85.58%
Native Student Activity Engagement
92.31%
Prepared Fry Bread - Our Most Popular Activity!
100%
Stated Power Boxes were Educational
96.15%
Expressed Family Time Increased

*Among those AI/AN 9th grade students surveyed who received a minimum of seven Power Boxes from August 2022 to March 2023.

Below are some examples of our monthly themes.

Each theme is created to bring focus on the statistics of the AI/AN community and provide activities, swag and resources for families to participate together.

  • Back-to-School, importance of good mental health, setting smart goals and making grape dumplings
  • Flip-the-Script, effects of bullying, mad lib theater with family and making bracelets.
  • Nostalgia, dangers of prescription drug abuse, drug deactivation pouches, 1980’s family trivia and fortune teller activity.
  • Heritage & Gratitude, Native American heritage month, gratitude is cultural, Three Sisters Soup recipe and lesson with fry bread mix for the family.
  • Choices, the power of decisions, everything to prepare a meal for the family and a gourd ornament kit with gourd, paint, feathers and hook.
  • New Year New You, positive changes for the new year with a water bottle swag and a pinch pot cultural activity, with clay included!
  • Life, how gardening teaches life lessons. Everything to grow 6 tomato plants from seeds and kindness cards to plant seeds of kindness at school.
  • Social Media Snapshot, healthy social media habits and encouragement to get outside on a scavenger hunt to find native plants. Fanny pack swag included with a snack for the scavenger hunt!