A very big thank you goes out to our Synergy volunteers who volunteered Friday, April 8, 2011 at the Sioux Empire Fairgrounds.  We passed out over 22,000 pounds of food to over 400 families or approximately 1,100 individuals! It was a wonderful day.  All ages started standing in line around noon to receive food and we didn’t start passing out the food til after 4:00 pm!  The line wrapped around the building and out in to the parking lot! If you missed this event it was an unforgettable event. Sioux Falls Synergy has a special place in their hearts, as well as in ours. And we should be very thankful we have homes to go to, many people there did not.

We are so very fortunate to have such wonderful volunteers in our Synergy organization, especially this past Synergy fiscal year, May 2010 to April 2011.  This was our best year ever for volunteering!  We logged over 164 hours of volunteering in the Sioux Falls Community! Way to go everybody! Thank you for all your hard work and what you do to make our community better!

Please come and volunteer Friday, April 8, 2011 at the Friday Food Give Away at the Sioux Empire Fair Grounds National Guard Armory.
This is a great opportunity to help in your community and be a part of the latest efforts to help families in need. There are many things to do to help including; unloading the truck, staffing tables and passing out food, helping people to their cars with the food, taking down tables and cleaning up. There are 300 to 400 families that come each week to receive the food!
We begin at 3:00 pm and will be done between 5:30/6:00 pm.

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SF Synergy is scheduled to serve Breakfast on Monday January 24, 2011
Your responsibilities for that meal are:

• Financial contribution toward the food and milk. The cost is based on $1.75 per guest served.
• Contact the Food Service Director to plan menu. Menus are planned based on budget. All food is ordered by Food Service Director unless other arrangements have been made with approval of Food Service Director.
• Provide 5 -6 volunteers to prepare the meal at 5:30 am
• Provide 16 – 18 volunteers to serve the meal at 6:30 am
• There are limited jobs for children under the age of13 but all children are welcome to come with mom or dad
• Ask someone to have a 2 – 3 minute devotion prepared to share with the volunteers during orientation
• Please provide the volunteers with the following information:

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Volunteer at a Habitat for Humanity work site with Sioux Falls Synergy! We have two nights for you to choose from, either Wednesday September 1, 2010 or Wednesday, September 15, 2010. The supervised construction activities begin at 5:00 p.m. for both nights and ends around 8:00 p.m. All skill levels are welcome! Some of the activities may include drywall/taping, cabinet installation, roofing, framing, painting, plumbing, and tool inventory.

Habitat for Humanity relies heavily on volunteers, like you to turn the dream of home ownership into reality. This is a great way to participate in volunteer work, be with other young professionals in the community and help a deserving family in need.

There is a maximum of 10 volunteers per evening, so find your painting clothes and get your names in early! Please e-mail Jennifer Johnson at civic@sfsynergy.org. Include your name, contact phone number and date you will be attending.