3 Sun Thanksgiving Rallies to End Poverty on Indian Reservations

Lebanon, OR, September 24, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Grassroots advocate for peace, 3 Sun Thanksgiving, is
rallying American communities, churches, and families to participate in a new year-round living history
hobby that ultimately raises funds to open micro-lending facilities on destitute American Indian
reservations. 3 Sun Thanksgiving's founder, Carrie Franzwa, believes mainstream Americans will
embrace the new concept as people come to recognize the cultural and economic advantages inherent in
the movement.

Initially Franzwa is finding resistance due in large part to Thanksgiving stereotypes. “The incorrect
1690's Puritan culture is a rather unappealing prospect for a living history hobby. The good news is 1621
New England was Renaissance English and Native Wampanoag, both of which elicit much more cultural
interest and charm,” says Franzwa.

In order to help Americans explore the new hobby and concept, 3SunThanksgiving.com was launched in
July of this year. As the first online Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Day Cultural Exchange
Platform of its kind in America, the website aids group participation, and provides hot topic forums and
free educational resources aimed at building American cross-cultural relationships. As part of the
platform's $16 pilot fundraiser, a 140-page living history how-to guide details the re-creation of 1621
English and Native Wampanoag life.

“On the one hand we want Americans to time travel for the fun of it, and on the other hand we want to
whole-heartedly support the self-help efforts of American Indians,” says Franzwa. “Native Peoples are
the very poorest socio-economic segment of our society, with seven out of ten of America's poorest
counties all on Indian Reservations. Regardless of the perceived reasons for the suffering, we all win
when we pull together to create economic opportunity.”

Franzwa notes that up in the Dakotas destitute reservation residents have been organizing themselves in
an effort to start up cottage industries, only to be rejected or preyed upon by traditional lending
institutions. “These courageous people would stand a chance if they had Grameen micro-lending facilities
up there. Grameen is one of the only micro-lenders that will serve the truly destitute,” says Franzwa. “The
one caveat being they require on-site facilities since they work side by side with entrepreneurs to insure
their success. Only a caring greater community has the power to fund those facilities.”

In order to solicit evangelizing help and participation in the new hobby and outreach, 3 Sun Thanksgiving
is focusing first on reaching larger churches throughout the western part of the country. “It will take one
million initial supporters to build the first $2M micro-lending facility in the Dakotas,” says Franzwa.
“Only volunteer synergy will get us to those kind of numbers.”

Carrie Franzwa is a sought after public speaker in her home state of Oregon, and is the author of seven
K-8 education titles which she markets through her parent website LetsPlayHistory.org. 3 Sun
Thanksgiving is an offshoot project of LetsPlayHistory.org, and is supported in part through a marketing
partnership with Total Media Source out of Harrison, Ohio.

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Contact Information:
TIPS of Oregon / 3 Sun Thanksgiving
Carrie Franzwa
541-259-6617
TIPSofOregon@centurytel.net
3SunThanksgiving.com

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