• Help keep kids strong.* Strong Kids is the Sioux Falls Family YMCA’s community campaign focused on making programs like youth sports, summer camp, and after-school activities more accessible for kids and families through scholarships and financial assistance. For many families, signing up for camp or youth sports also means sitting at the kitchen table and figuring out if it fits in the budget. Strong Kids helps make those opportunities possible for more kids in our community.
    • You can support Strong Kids via this link or text "STRONGKIDS" to 50155 to give.
  • 🚒 Wanna be a firefighter when you grow up? Now's your chance. Applications open April 20 for the next Sioux Falls Fire Rescue Cadet Academy. Minimum qualifications include a high school diploma or GED. An equivalent combination of education, experience or training may be accepted by the hiring authority. Applicants must be ages 21 to 44 with a valid driver’s license. Vision must be correctable to at least 20/40 in each eye and candidates are required to be nonsmokers. Learn more here.
  • Solutions to simplify and sustain your business.* WTH Solutions is a Sioux Falls–based consulting company dedicated to helping client companies strengthen margins, simplify operations, and unlock sustainable cost savings. Founded by Tom Hammann, the company is a small, veteran-owned company that brings big‑company expertise to businesses of all sizes without the layers, jargon, or inflated promises that often accompany traditional consulting. Learn more here about how Tom and the WTH Solutions team can support your cost savings or supply chain improvement initiatives.
  • Unpaid, but invaluable. The AARP this week released a report estimating the value of family caregiving for adults at $2.5 billion each year – though most caregivers won't see a dime. Without family caregivers, the report reads, many more South Dakotans would rely on expensive institutional care, driving significantly higher costs for taxpayers and public programs.
    • By the numbers, the report estimates 150,000 South Dakotans are caregivers for adults totaling 106 million hours of care per year. You can read the full "Valuing the Invaluable" report here.

*Denotes a paid partnership