We’ve graduated….
We met the requirements of Horizons and on Tues., the 24 of June, we received “graduation” checks, papers, and gifts….complete with a decorated cake supplied by the Extension staff! Although the event was not as well-attended by Horizon participants due to ball games, golf and family stuff, it was a nice evening and three newspapers were represented that evening. Many thanks to the Extension staff for all their help, especially Dave, our coach. Thanks also to Northwest Area Foundation!
Noel Hamiel from the South Dakota Community Foundation spoke on the beginning of the foundation, a public tax-exempt fund which manages the foundations set up in small towns. Tyndall Community Foundation was presented to the public that night, complete with a nice brochure designed by Tyndall native, Erin Tycz. We have to raise $100,000 and then SDCF will kick in 25,000. After that, we get to use the interest earned for projects and charities, etc. for Tyndall. There were checks presented in the amount of $3000 to get the ball rolling! Great stuff…..Now we have to raise some money and educate the public. It is a great thing, because we do no management of the funds…it is all done by the SDCF. If you need to know more about foundations, give Noel Hamiel or Bob Sutton a call at 1-800-888-1842.
I understand from Extension Services that we should continue to use the blog and get more people to post on the blog site. This will be a new challenge for us!
Just to update folks on the Tyndall Horizon goals…..the Daycare project is still in the works. The committee is waiting to hear from Pierre. Also, we have another new goal started by one of our high school students….frisbee golf in the park. We already have a frisbee golf course there, but it needs updating. So that will hopefully be a reality next summer….so plan to go to Tyndall park and play frisbee golf. But I get ahead of myself….it has to be approved by city council first. More later.