Faith, SD

The community will be hosting a informational meeting on February 26th at 5:00pm until 6:00pm at the Frontier Room in the Prairie Oasis Mall. This meeting is to get events happening in Faith and to involve everyone in the community. There are alot of GREAT ideas out there and they need to put into action and this is where we need your help. Some of the ideas that are being discussed are the Easter Promotion which will bring back the popular GOLDEN EASTER EGG HUNT and also a kids easter egg hunt with great prizes. The meeting will also involve talking about items for the next year such as Demolition Derby, Mothers Day Tea, Lady’s Day, 4th of July, Home Show with Barrel Racing and Team Roping, Halloween, Ethnic Week with Crazy Days, EMS Week, Christmas Activities, Turkey Boweling, Christmas Fair, New Years Eve with Vegas Night, Parade of Lights, and many more activities that you find exciting. These are all events that community members have showed interest in and we are asking for your input to help chamber make these possible.

It is very important that local businesses please attend to offer your in put into the activities. All of these activities could possible bring customers in your door and valuable dollars. Also it is important that all community members attend and offer you in put into what you would like to see happening in our community.

We would also like to invite all local organizations to attend, so we can all work together to make each and every event bigger and better every year.

SO COME ONE COME ALL
BUSINESS OWNERS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
SCHOOL BOARD
CITY OF FAITH COUNCIL MEMBERS
AMBULANCE SERVICE
FIRE DEPARTMENT
STOCK SHOW COMMITTEE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
LADIES MEDICAL ORGANIZATION
FAITH STUDENT COUNCIL
FAITH HIGH SCHOOL RODEO CLUB
MEADE CO 4-H RODEO COMMITTEE
LOCAL CHURCH GROUPS
CAT TEAM
AND ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE BETTERMENT OF FAITH AREA.

From February 11th to the 14th, the FHS Student Council sold and delivered Valentine grams to the students at Faith school.  This is a new project for the student council only in its 2nd year as an SDSCA (South Dakota Student Council Association) member, and they did well.  The total profit from the project was $125 which will be donated to the Children’s Miracle Network. This is an ongoing project of the SDSCA and at last year’s leadership conference $18,113 was donated by all participating student councils in SD. This year’s donation will be presented at a ceremony with all other student council’s from the around the state at the SDSCA State Leadership Conference in Pierre on April 1st 2008.  Great job guys!

The previously cancelled grand opening of the Faith fitness center has officially been set for this Wednesday, February 20th at 4:00 pm.  After the ribbon cutting, the Horizon’s meeting will be at 5:00 pm at the Faith Community Center meeting room. Hope to see everyone there!!!

 Every month, we are asked questions and need to blog on them.  If you have anything at all to add or to answer these questions, please comment below and help us out!!!        Thanks.

Please choose one or two questions in EACH category to address on your blog:

Category 3: Taking action on poverty

What kinds of concrete steps are being taken by your community to address poverty?

Category 7: Taking action on leadership

How has your community leadership expanded?

ü Are more people participating in leadership?

ü Are different kinds of people (representing more sectors or parts of the community) now participating in community leadership?

ü Does the community leadership reflect the community’s demographic profile?

ü Are more low income people participating in community leadership?What changes have been made in the way your community recruits and trains new leaders? Sustains existing leaders?

Another great event happening on the 11th with the help of the Faith Chamber is the Valentines Supper. There will be a Italian Smorgasbord available for a cost of $12.50 per plate and then the Newlywed Game will take place for everyone to enjoy. If you are a business and would like to take a couple please contact the Chamber Office so that we can get a count down. Also this is open to the public for anyone to attend. Please pass the word this used to be a great event in Faith and we are excited about the Chamber bringing this great event back. We are also looking for door prizes for the valentines supper, if you are interested in donating something please let myself or Debbie know so that it can be advertised. The Country Closet has donated 1 dz. roses and also a carnation to all the women who attend, so please pass the word so we there are door prizes available.

We are also hosting a Health Fair to help with the launching of our new fitness center at the Legion Hall from 2:30 until 6:00 with speakers starting at 5:00pm. The cost for a booth is $5.00.  If anyone is interested in having a booth and/or a presentation. Please let us know by commenting to this article and someone will contact you.

The grand opening for the fitness center will on be the 11th of February at 4:00pm with the ribbon cutting at the fitness center. It would be great as many of us that can attend to be there for the pictures.  The cost for a membership for the month of February is $5 and will be available on the 11th so pass with word to everyone.

Tonight, January 30th, at 5:00 p.m. we are going to have a set-up work night for the fitness center. We are asking anyone in the community to show up at the fitness center that is interested in helping set-up the fitness center. We have lots of equipment and a TV that was donated by the school to haul up the stairs. There will also be taco soup for supper for everyone that helps. If everyone would please pass the word so that we can get a much help as possible.