Our Acts of Excellence Celebration in Aberdeen is underway!Were you able to catch South Dakota Public Broadcasting In the Moment today with two of our newest Acts of Excellence recipients Building Forever Families and the Granary Rural Cultural Center?
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After competing in 5Ks in other communities, friends Katie Nold and Joann Rader set forth to create their own event to raise funds for Labs for Liberty, an organization that provides service dogs for military veterans. The Tolstoy Wind Chiller 5K has been held annually in January since 2015.
Read MoreWhen Steve Geidt was hospitalized and unable to enjoy the Christmas lights of Aberdeen in 2017, his friends and colleagues at Livestock Specialists placed a lighted tree atop the Purina Mills elevator where he could see it from his hospital room window.
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Colorful Creations of Aberdeen and the Leola Arts Council have joined forces to bring creative arts opportunities to Leola school students! Help us celebrate this excellent act on April 3 in Aberdeen on the NSU campus.
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A 1928 granary built by a Groton-area farm family was restored and transformed into the centerpiece of a campus for the celebration of Northern Plains art and culture in the James River Valley.Read more about this excellent act!
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The story of how Germans from Russia settled in South Dakota and influenced the history of the state is told in a new permanent exhibit on the campus of Northern State University.Join us in celebrating them on April 3!
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The community of Faulkton invited Australian artist, Guido van Helten, to use a grain elevator as a giant canvas to showcase artwork visible for miles around.Join us in Aberdeen on April 3 to celebrate this excellent act!
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A school sociology project began when Mitch Reed invited his students at Waverly-South Shore to answer six basic questions about themselves and place their answers in a cardboard box. The project led to a popular first book and launched Reed’s second career as a motivational speaker.
Read MoreBarb Pearson-Cramer, a child of adoption herself, started a business with her husband to provide personalized adoption services to other families seeking children. Barbara and her Faulkton-based agency are being celebrated on April 3 for their acts of excellence.
Read MoreSioux Falls native Maj. Christopher Mercado native Celebrated for Excellent Acts with his development of Objective Zero, a mobile app designed to help military veterans who struggle with thoughts of suicide.
Read MoreHarrisburg South Middle School celebrated for teaching sixth graders to solve world problems through empathy.
Read MoreStockyards Ag Experience Celebrated for Excellent Acts! The barn, the first phase of the new museum in Sioux Falls, is a perfect way to remind us why farming matters in South Dakota.
Read MoreKatie Tuff celebrated for donating her "real" heart after congestive heart failure. She decided to donate her heart because she "always tries to find something good out of the bad things that happen."
Read More12-year-old Bria Neff celebrated for using art to raise awareness of endangered species.
Read MoreClair Halverson celebrated for his excellent act of rocking fragile newborns they can experience the human connection.
Read MoreAll Saints Neighborhood Association Celebrated for Excellent Acts! Join us on November 14, 2018, in Sioux Falls, SD to celebrate them.
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