News Release
March 14, 2007
Brandi Miller Marketing Director 1000 North West Avenue, Suite 120 Sioux Falls, SD 57104 605-336-2095 brandi@seuw.org
Over $160,000 Awarded to 11 Area Non-Profits
Sioux Falls, SD – The Sioux Empire United Way has awarded $162,722 in grants to 11 local nonprofit organizations.
“Each year the Sioux Empire United Way awards grants to new and innovative programs,” said Lori Blom, Sioux Empire United Way Resource Investment Director. “These programs address new or unmet needs in the community. The grants allow United Way to fund new and innovative programs that provide services to hundreds of people in the Sioux Empire.”
Nearly 100 volunteers were a part of this year’s grant award process. The volunteers spent 325 hours meeting with the agencies, learning about the programs and allocating the dollars. This year’s grant recipients range from programs that promote financial stability to a program that teaches defensive driving to young drivers. A complete list of grant recipients can be found on www.siouxempireunitedway.org.
“This funding is vital to our program,” said Bill Webb, Director of the Sioux Falls Fatherhood Initiative. “The grant money enables us to provide trainings for new fathers, complete community presentations and raise awareness of the importance of fathers to children.”
The Sioux Empire United Way partners with non-profit programs within a 45 mile service area surrounding Sioux Falls. For more information regarding the Sioux Empire United Way please visit www.siouxempireunitedway.org, or to use any of the partner agency services visit www.helplinecenter.org. For more information about the Sioux Empire United Way’s grant process contact Lori Blom, Resource Investment Director, at 605-336-2095. To contact a director of a grant recipient agency, please contact Brandi Miller, Marketing Director at 605-336-2095.
XXX A complete list of grant recipients is available on the Sioux Empire United Way website.