Rez Refuge & Rez Refuge Community Center

03/07/2026

Southwestern Adventist University 2026!
Thank you for including us in your annual service trip to the Navajo Nation.

We appreciate your help and consistent years of work and donations.
Today, we were able to flip our compost and clean up around our building to add to the ongoing compost pile as well.

Great day, great people to have help us! 😄

10/15/2025

Goodluck to the TMS Varsity boys team! On the road to the Semifinals of the NAIC football tourney.

07/01/2025

Yet another successful drop off donation items from our center, to the WRHS Event Center.
For the "Kids Corner" - we donated 2 totes of various children books, 2 boxes of Legos and a bag of pencils/sharpeners.
For the General Items - saran wrap, ziploc bags, box of soap, and a box of toilet tissue.

Thank you to our contributors, donors, and support over the years! You helped make this possible.

06/29/2025

Sharing for the communities of Fort Defiance, St Michaels, and Window Rock AZ.

6/29/25 Oak Ridge Fire Update

Acres: 1,780
Start Date: June 28, 2025
Location: 6 miles southwest of St. Michaels, AZ
Cause: Under Investigation
Personnel: Approximately 55
Containment: 0 percent
Weather: 81 degrees with wind gusts up to 13 mph.
Smoke: Smoke from the forest fire is visible.
Closures: Pine Springs Road off Highway 264 is closed.
Evacuations: There are currently no mandatory evacuation orders in effect but residents near the fire area are asked to remain cognizant and follow the direction of firefighters and public safety personnel.
Safety: The public is urged to stay away from fire area and urged to abide by the current Navajo Nation Stage 1 Fire Restrictions.

(Info provided by Watch Duty App. Photo taken in St. Michaels, Arizona, on 6/29/25, at 11:40 a.m.)

06/29/2025

OAK RIDGE FIRE 2025
Through networking and coming together at this time for our community, we were able to contribute donations to the WRUSD Event Center.
We donated a box of Clorox, 120 bottles of 34oz Hand Sanitizer, and 180 pairs of socks!

Please, stay safe out there. We are wishing the best for all active officers, personnel, volunteers and the community alike.

06/16/2025

Let's help our neighboring organization, HUBitual Learning & Outreach with their goal of bringing awareness to clean up illegal trash dumping on the NN.

THIS SATURDAY 06/14/25.
They will be working on a dumpsite located near St. Michaels Association for Special Education.

✨Join us next Saturday for our Community Clean Up✨

To volunteer register through our website in the Get Involved page.

https://www.hubituallearningoutreach.org/get-involved

We are committed to have community clean ups to ensure our environment is clean and maintained for our community.

We need your help, please join us in our mission to ensure everyone gets to enjoy our land.

05/02/2025

We would like to recognize the efforts of Ms.Greenwood, Mr.Lowery, Mr. Nakai and their team of 3 other volunteers.
Over the last 2 weeks, alongside months of planning, our group acquired a donation of office/construction supplies from Los Angeles,California to the Window Rock Az - Navajo Nation.
This donation of nearly 14 tons worth of supplies that will be disbursed locally.

Thank you to everyone that made this transport of donated items possible! 😁👌🏽

04/04/2025

Window Rock, Ft Defiance and surrounding areas.
Check out our friends over at Silver Stallion Bicycle & Coffee Works, along with other Navajo Nation based organizations!

A MTB event centered around the growing Diné mountain bike community-both on and off the reservation. This is a celebration of the Diné riders, our trails, and our connection to the land. A space to gather, ride, and build community. While the festival is rooted in the navajo mountain bike experience, all riders and outdoor enthusiasts are welcome to join in the celebration. Come ride with us, learn, and support the movement!

April 26th-27th, 2025 Sat. 9am-4pm, Sun. 9am-3pm (MDT) Daylight saving time.
Navajo Nation Museum, Window Rock, AZ

03/18/2025

Thanks to our continuous donations and support from the local, day 1's, we have began the refurbishing of our beloved Rez Refuge sign! 😀

Despite the inclement weather outside, we still got our supplies and the help to run this project with Ft Defiances own, and a couple volunteers. Great work everyone!

03/12/2025

Thursday March 13 & Friday March 14:
Our friends from Southwestern Adventist University will be hosting activities at our community center in Ft Defiance Az, from 300pm-500pm! Come participate in our on-site activities.

This is an event provided by a service group from the University, Spring Break service trip 2025.

Questions, feel free to call our office and/or leave a message at (928)729-2111.

Thank You!

10/29/2024

We would like to thank the representative of Health Promotions & Disease Prevention from Indian Health Services, Alvin Dahozy; and Rehoboth Christian School's Daniel Ensign and class for participation in the first Composting Class of 2024. 😎
Mr. Ensign and class contacted Rez Refuge to contribute volunteer hours as a part of the schools Service Day. HPDP rep, Alvin Dahozy was available to facilitate for the day with the volunteers, the class of students, Mr. Ensign and John Van Eyk.

We look forward to conducting more garden workshops in the future as we get closer to planting in our garden in Spring 2025.
Here are some of the pictures captured during our time onsite.

10/22/2024

TOMORROW October 23rd, 2024 we will be having a FREE composting workshop with some of our friends with Health Promotion Diabetes Prevention of Tsehootsoi Medical Center as well as a group from the Rehoboth McKinley County High School! 10am - 5pm.

Come out and learn about composting with us as we prep for Spring 2025 planting!