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Wolsey Community Foundation

Learn about the CSA in the Wolsey, SD community.

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Founded in 2017 Giving Back to the Wolsey community

The Wolsey Community Foundation is focused on improving the community of Wolsey by providing grant funds to quality of life related projects.

We only exist thanks to the generosity of our faithful contributors and investors.

Jack & Donna Steele
Larry Gildemaster
Melinda Rumpza
Teri Robson
Charles & Julie Buttle
Dziedzicki Charitable Fund of Fidelity Charitable
Karen Lockner
Kaitlin Pohland
Edward Connor
Kathy M. Barker
Tommy Jones
Melisssa McConnell
Preston & Rebecca Steele Family Fund
Janice Larsen Thomas
Dakota Environmental, Inc.
Mutch Love
Robert & K. Tracy Haeder
CHS Farmers Alliance
Mid-Dakota Rural Water System
Richard & Paula Diegel
Town of Wolsey
Olson Construction
Melva Beals
281 Travel Center

Carol Gildemaster’s son, Mark, and husband, Larry, present Jim Babcock of the Wolsey Community Foundation with a donation in her honor to establish the Carol (Curtis) Gildemaster Charitable Fund..

Meet Our Advisory Council

Ted Haeder
Jim Babcock
Robert McGillvrey
Donna Haeder
Melva Beals

Support the Wolsey CSA Help Wolsey thrive for generations to come.

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