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COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS
Nunakuayak
Chuloonawick Emmonak
Alakanuk Nunum Iqua
Mountain Village Kotlik
Bill Moore’s Slough Hamilton
Grayling Shageluk
Holy Cross
Crooked Creek Chuathbaluk
Takotna McGrath
Telida Nikolai
Additional organizations and programs Donlin Gold supports:
Calista Education Education Foundation
Donlin Gold Kuskokwim Education Education Foundation
Foundation
Kuspuk School District Scholarship Program Alaska Alaska Resource Education Alaska Alaska Alaska Native Science Engineering Program Alaska Alaska Sealife Center
Substance abuse treatment Bethel Search & Rescue Nikolai
Salmon Project Iditarod Sled Sled Dog Dog Race Race K-300 Sled Sled Dog Dog Dog Race Race Iron Dog Dog Snowmobile Race Race Girl Scouts Alaska Aniak Food Bank
Skiku
Kuskokwim River smelt study
Anvik
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Community Investments
Mekoryuk
Kwethluk Oscarville
Napaskiak
Eek Kongiganak
Quinhagak
Hooper Bay
Pilot Station Ohogamiut
Georgetown
Red Devil Sleetmute
Tununak Umkumiute
Nunapitchuk Kasigluk
Akiachak
Tuluksak Akiak
Backhaul Clean Up Up Green Up Up Camp Fire
Ice Road
Career Fair
Excel Alaska Elder Mentor Program Goodnews Bay
Platinum
Scammon Bay
Paimiut
Saint Mary’s Pitkas Point
Chevak
Newtok
Toksook Bay
Nightmute
Chefornak
Kipnuk
Kwigillingok
Upper Kalskag Lower Kalskag Aniak Napaimute Stony River Lime Village Atmautluak Tuntutuliak
CLEAN UP UP GREEN UP UP 2021
By Rebecca Wilmarth
Spring cleaning is in in in in full force in in in in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region During April and May the Community Relations team reached out to over 60 Tribal Indian General Assistance Program (IGAP) departments in stakeholder communities to ask if they were planning a a a community clean up event This year a a a a record number of 50 villages participated and were sponsored under Donlin Gold’s Clean Up Up Green Up Up initiative A community clean up can last anywhere from one afternoon to a a a a week as community residents of all ages take part in in picking up garbage from around their
Marshall Russian Mission
Bethel Napakiak
community community After the the event the the community community celebrates with a a a a a a a picnic and prizes are awarded to participants The Clean Up Up Green Up Up initiative also provides funding to to Tribal IGAP Departments that can be used toward the purchase of supplies food and prizes for the event We value the opportunity to partner with Tribes
across the region who share Donlin Gold’s commitment to environmental stewardship health and safety Thank you to all who participated in in making your community cleaner and greener this summer!