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Members! Join us at our Annual Meeting being held at Wesward Ho Country Club on February 18 from 5-6 pm. Your vote is needed to ratify new board members and by-law amendments. Call Mary at 336-3660 to register. Complimentary hor d'oeuvres will be served.
2010
The 2010 Tribute to Women event will be held at the Washington Pavilion on March 25, from 5-8 pm.
Click here for the 2010 Tribute to Women nomination form. Deadline for submitting nominees is 6 pm on Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Click here for the 2010 Tribute to Women invitation/registration form.
Click here for an alphabetical listing of all winners through 2009.
To view pictures of the 2009 Tribute to Women winners by category, click here.
For the press release from April 2, 2009 for winners of Tribute to Women. Click here.
Flu Season News
The YWCA is prepared for the upcoming flu season! Learn more more about our plan, and tips for staying healthy.
10.21.09 Flu Season Update: H1N1 flu: know when to seek medical care.
YWCA Chip In For Children - July 31st Golf Results
The YWCA Chip in for Children golf benefit is open to young, old, men, women, golfers, and non-golfers.  Golfers chip-in to help keep kids out of the rough! The dollars raised from this event help to support approximately 3000 youth through programs such as Girls on the Run, babysitting classes, volleyball and soccer leagues, swim lessons and summer camps. SAVE THIS DATE: Next tournament Friday, July 30, 2010 – Elmwood Golf Course. For more information call Catherine Forsch 605.336.3660. Click here for the scores for the YWCA Chip in for Children golf benefit.
 ywca general assembly approves revised mission statement, May 2009YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
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Kings and Queens announced at
YWCA Spinster Dance
(Sioux Falls) – Saturday evening with approximately 1200 high school students in attendance at the YWCA Spinster dance, the student bodies from Lincoln, O’Gorman, Roosevelt, and Washington High Schools named the kings and queens of royalty. The king and queen are chosen from a group of five girls and five guys from each school.
The 2009 Spinster kings and queens are: Andrew Deal and Jenna King from O’Gorman, Sam Hudson and Tracy Silverberg from Lincoln, Derek Friese and Rachel Soyland from Roosevelt, and Brett Grevlos and Katie Bergstrom from Washington.
“Spinsters” is a 70+ year tradition of the YWCA where four junior girls and four senior girls from each of the Sioux Falls high schools work to make a difference in their community through volunteer service. Each year the group helps to organize an all high school dance. This year 1200 student attended the dance to raise money for camp scholarships, provide childcare assistance for families in need, and help support refugee and immigrant women’s programs.
What is our mission?
To educate and prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living
A little about us… Girls on the Run is a life-changing, experiential learning program for girls age eight to thirteen years old.The program combines training for a 3.1 mile run/walk event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts.The goal of the program is to encourage positive emotional, social, mental and physical development.
Our Objective! The Girls on the Run objective is to reduce the potential display of at-risk activities among its participants.The goal is fewer body image dissatisfaction leading to eating disorders, less depression and suicide, as well as fewer substance/alcohol abuse problems and confrontations with the juvenile justice system.
Here is our approach – Girls on the Run delivers its message to young girls through volunteer coaches and mentors.Our 10 week character development program teaches very specific and well-defined social and personal skills.Each program "season" ends with a non-competitive 5K run/walk event which gives the girls a chance to shine and a sense of goal accomplishment.
Stacy Stahl, Council Director
Girls on the Run of Sioux Falls
300 West 11th Street
Sioux Falls SD 57104
Phone 605.336.3660
Fax 605.336.2238
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