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Feeding South Dakota makes a difference for families every day. Here are news stories of communities that are working to make a difference.
Walmart Associate’s Choice Program
Feeding South Dakota named finalist in Walmart Associate's Choice Program
...moreDebut single “Now or Never” to help benefit Feeding South Dakota
Feeding South Dakota has been selected as 1 of 100 non-profit charities nationwide (2 from every state) to benefit from the sale of the single entitled “Now or Never” from the group “5 Guys Who Care”.
...moreFeeding South Dakota is One of 500 Finalists
Feeding South Dakota is proud to announce we’ve been selected as a finalist in Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program. Now we need your support! Vote for Feeding South Dakota at www.facebook.com/toyota on Tuesday, June 28, 2011!
Feeding South Dakota will use this vehicle for monitoring and providing agency capacity building information to the organizations we serve and to seek food procurement opportunities from manufacturers, producers, wholesalers and retailers all across the state.
Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program will award 100 vehicles over the course of 100 days to 100 deserving nonprofit organizations based on votes from the public. A total of 500 finalists were selected based on their application as reviewed by an independent panel of judges who are experts in the fields of philanthropy and social responsibility. They are vying for the opportunity to win a new Toyota vehicle. Winning organizations will use the vehicles to help expand their reach and mission within the community.
Please support Feeding South Dakota on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Voting will take place at www.facebook.com/toyota.
...moreSummer BackPack Program continues in Sioux Falls….
Feeding South Dakota announced today that starting this Friday, July 16th they will begin a Summer BackPack Program. With grant funding being provided by the Sioux Empire United Way the weekend hunger gap for many of our cities at-risk children will be will be filled with backpacks of food. There are no qualifications for the children to receive a backpack, but they must be present to receive one. The dates, times and locations of the BackPack Program distribution sites are listed below. If you need further assistance you can email Jennifer Stensaas at jennifer@feedingsouthdakota.org or call 335-0364.
...moreRapid City Journal: BackPack Program continues through the summer in Rapid City
With the help of the United Way of the Black Hills, Feeding South Dakota's BackPack Program will continue into the summer months in Rapid City.
...moreRapid City Journal: Day of Excellence Organizers Commit to $40,000 in Donations
The Leadership Rapid City Class of 2009 will be able to donate $4,000 to each of 10 local charities now that nearly 1,000 people have registered for the class' project, the Day of Excellence professional development conference. One of those charities receiving a $4,000 donation is the Rapid City Food Bank BackPack Program.
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...moreArgus Leader: Mouth To Stomach - A Hunger Pledge
Needy families in central South Dakota are getting a boost from an organization that specializes in teeth but also is worried about their stomachs.
Delta Dental of South Dakota has pledged $300,000 of the $650,000 needed for Feeding South Dakota to establish a food bank site in Pierre.
For the full Argus Leader news story, click the "more" link below.
...moreKOTA News - A New Identity for South Dakota Food Banks
Leaders of the Community Food Banks of South Dakota want there to be no doubt in anyone's mind about what they're here to do: feed South Dakota.
That's why they changed the food bank's name to "Feeding South Dakota."
To check out the full KOTA News story and view the video news report, click the "more" button below.
...moreKEVN - Food banks change name
The Community Food Bank distributed about three-and-a-half million pounds of food in Western South Dakota last year. The Food Bank is hard at work again this year, but now under a different name. The Community Food Banks of South Dakota are now known as Feeding South Dakota.
For the full story from KEVN, click the "more" link below.
...more‘Feeding South Dakota’ Seeing High Demand
05/12/2010
'Feeding South Dakota' Seeing High Demand
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