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Members of the Eureka Community Development Company and Eureka Wellness Board receive a $10,000 grant from the South Dakota Community Foundation for a wellness center in Eureka. Pictured in the back row are: Jordan Opp, Jack Goetz, Dan Mettler, Richard Vetch.
Front row: Wanda Jundt, Kathy Shaw Thompson, Lona Hoff.

Pat Adam, board member of the SDCF and Ginger Niemann, Program Officer award a grant check in the amount of $7,000 to Scott Domke of the Tulare Economic Development Corporation and Lori Hintz with Beadle & Spink Enterprise Community, Inc. (BASEC). Also pictured are Dawn Woodward, her staff and the children that attend Dawn's Daycare.

The Boys & Girls Club of the Grand River Area receives a check in the amount of $7,000 for their SMART moves program.

Western Resources for dis-ABLED Independence of Rapid City is presented a $5,000 check by Program Officer Ginger Niemann. This grant will assist with their "Youth in Transition" program.

Indigenous Diabetes Education Alliance
SD Community Foundation Program Officer Ginger Niemann presents a $7,000 grant check to Susan Ricci of the IDEA to support the Native American Youth Diabetes Prevention Program.

Mark Mickelson, Chairman of the SDCF presents a grant check in the amount of $10,000 to Lynne Keller Forbes, Executive Director for South Eastern Development Foundation. Also pictured are Amber Gibson, Economic Development Specialist, SEDF and Dave Bangasser, President, SEDF

Black Hills Recovery Network
SDCF Program Officer Ginger Niemann presents a $15,000 grant check to Joan Harris of the Black Hills Recovery Network.
 

SDCF board member Bob Jostad presents a grant check to Patty Bacon of South Dakota Habitat for Humanity

Bob Sutton, SDCF President, presents a $7,000 check to Dan Miller of the Lake Area Zoological Society in Watertown. Jan DeBerg from the Watertown Community Foundation also participated in the presentation.

Cheryl Hanna from Access to Justice is presented with $10,000 to assist with matching funds for their pro bono program.

Blake Hoffman, board member of the SDCF awards a check in the amount of $5,000 to benefit the South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra. Also pictured are Mark Isackson, Orchestra and Band Teacher of Axtell Park Middle School in Sioux Falls, Dr. Christopher Stanichar, Director of Orchestral Activities at Augustana College and Harvey Jewell, Conductor of Symphonia.

Jodi Baumberger from the Hyde County Community Daycare receives a check for their Governor’s House Daycare Project.

Robert Joyce from Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Society receives a $3,000 check from Ginger Niemann, Program Officer for the South Dakota Community Foundation. This grant will assist with their Jazz Diversity Project.

South Dakota Community Foundation board members, Pat Adam and Charlie Thompson award the Boys & Girls Club of Pierre $7,000 to assist with their Family P.L.U.S. Program.

The Native American Community Board is presented a check from Ginger Niemann, Program Officer of the South Dakota Community Foundation. This $7,000 grant will assist with their Transitional Housing program in Lake Andes.

The Native American Community Board photo two.

Homestake-Adams Research and Cultural Center in Deadwood

SDCF President Bob Sutton presents a $15,000 grant check to Mary Kapco of the Homestake-Adams Research and Cultural Center in Deadwood.

HELP!Line

Board members and staff from HELP!Line located in Sioux Falls accept a check in the amount of $7,500 from Ginger Niemann, Program Officer for the South Dakota Community Foundation. These funds will assist with the new call center phone system.

Sustainable Harvest

Dan O'Brien from Sustainable Harvest and one of the organizations board members accepts a check from Bob Sutton, President of the South Dakota Community Foundation. This mobile meat processing plant is a converted semi trailer, capable of traveling to remote ranches on reservations and, in a humane manor, killing Native buffalo.

Verendrye Museum

Ginger Nieman, Program Officer for the South Dakota Community Foundation presents a $10,000 check to Darby Nutter, president of the Verendrye Museum board, and other board members. The grant will support the Verendrye Museum's Fort Pierre to Deadwood trail ride, which will raise funds for museum renovations.

Verendrye Museum

Darby Nutter along with other board members shows off local artifacts displayed at the Verendrye Museum in Fort Pierre.

Youth and Family Services Foundation

SDCF President Bob Sutton presents the Youth and Family Services Foundation a $5,000 grant to assist with a feasibility study for an endowment campaign.

Habitat for Humanity

Bob Sutton, President of the South Dakota Community Foundation, presents the generous check to Habitat for Humanity – South Dakota for their continued efforts in advocacy on affordable housing in South Dakota. Representing HFH – SD are the Executive Director Patty Bacon (left) and President Deana Larson (center).

Grossenburg Implement

South Dakota Community Foundation President Bob Sutton accepts a check from Barry and Charley Grossenburg to establish the Grossenburg Implement Hughes and Stanley County 4-H Support Fund.

Caminando Juntos

Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary are presented a check from Ginger Niemann, Program Officer of the South Dakota Community Foundation. This $10,000 grant is for Caminando Juntos, an outreach ministry program that assists the Latino population in the Sioux Falls area.

Diamond Willow Ministries

Lunch attendees celebrate the receipt of a $10,000 check from the South Dakota Community Foundation at Diamond Willow Ministries in Ft. Thompson, SD.
Tom Sannes and Bob Sutton of the South Dakota Community Foundation present a $20,000 check to Dave Hahler (center) of the Webster Area Development Corporation.