Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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Our mission is to support children and their families in being capable, caring and contributing members of the community.

OPPORTUNITIES ABUNDANT FOR BUSINESSES, VOLUNTEERS AT YFS KIDS FAIR

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How’s this for a return on your investment?

Sponsor a booth or donate a few hours of your time at the 15th Annual Youth & Family Services Kids Fair and you’ll help ensure YFS is able to meet the needs of children and their families in western South Dakota.

Kids Fair, an annual celebration of children and their families, returns April 16-18. This three-day event filled with fun, hands-on activities draws crowds of children and families to the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City each spring. Admission is $3 a day for adults and children one year or older.

All funds raised by Kids Fair benefit YFS programs. Booth sponsors get three days to showcase their business product or service to a vast audience of parents, grandparents and children. Individuals or businesses may also want to consider sponsoring a booth for a nonprofit exhibitor.

The success of Kids Fair depends not only on the financial generosity of its sponsors, but also on the willingness of community members to give of their time. Volunteers collectively donated more than 2,000 hours last year. Volunteers 13 years of age or older can work one or more two-hour shifts on any or each day of Kids Fair. They assist with attractions, activities and booths and ensure a warm and inviting experience for visitors.

Kids Fair will once again feature such popular inflatable attractions as an obstacle course and giant jumping castle along with mini-train rides, dozens of booths from businesses and vendors brimming with hands-on activities and more. In addition to the attractions that have made Kids Fair a crowd favorite for kids of all ages, this year’s Kids Fair will highlight the different types of businesses and community helpers that make a city work. This year’s Kids Fair will also feature extended hours, an anniversary celebration and expanded space for even more fun.

Click here for more information sponsoring a booth or volunteering or call Connie Olson at (605) 342-4195.



About Us

We serve children and families in Rapid City and other communities in 24 counties in western South Dakota. You can read more about YFS here.

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Bill Cosby shares on the importance of fathers with YFS families
March 8, 2010
Fathers and children enrolled in the YFS Fatherhood First program had the unique opportunity to sit down for dinner with Bill Cosby last Friday to discuss the importance of dads in the lives of their children. ...
Local furniture stores make wishes come true
December 23, 2009
Furniture Mart and Ashley Furniture teamed up with Hits 102.7 through their Christmas Wishes program to help sponsor six families from Youth & Family Services for the holidays. ...
Mail Carriers Deliver Christmas Cheer to YFS Children
December 22, 2009
Rapid City area mail carriers made a special delivery to YFS last Friday. U.S. ...
EAFB to Carry Out Special Mission for YFS
December 22, 2009
Ellsworth Air Force Base’s 28th Operations Group carried out a different sort of mission last Thursday. The 28th OG, which includes the 28th Operations Support Squadron, 34th Bomb Squadron and 37th Bomb Squadron, delivered the toys that had been collecte ...
Anonymous Donor Comes Bearing Gifts
December 22, 2009
The Bear Lady strikes again. Warm fuzzies are once again in order for area youngsters enrolled in Youth & Family Services Head Start classes, thanks to the generosity of one local woman. The donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, contributes dozens ...
Rapid City Woodworkers Association Delivers Toys
December 22, 2009
Rapid City Woodworkers Association members (from left to right) Ron Dolin, Harley Schmadeke, Lon Gose, Roger Bares, Grant Coffin and Bob Buchanan, RCWA president, presented Bernie Peterson, Youth & Family Services Rural Head Start director, with more ...
Local Sorority Gives the Gift of Warmth
December 8, 2009
Children enrolled in Youth & Family Services Rapid City Prenatal to Five Head Start will stay a little warmer this winter, thanks to the generosity of one local organization. The Laureate Beta Sorority in Rapid City presented sets of hats and glove ...
Pamida stores support YFS Rural Head Start
November 25, 2009
Pamida stores of Hot Springs and Sturgis have each made a recent $500 donation to the YFS Rural Head Start program to purchase supplies for children and families in the surrounding area enrolled in the program. ...
9th District Medical Alliance presents $5,000 check to YFS
November 24, 2009
At right: Members of the 9th District Medical Alliance present Youth & Family Services with a check for $5,000. ...

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YFS is a United Way agency employing 200 staff which is managed by a 38-member board of directors.
Youth & Family Services
1920 N. Plaza Blvd.
P.O. Box 2813
Rapid City, SD 57709-2813
605-342-4195
800-YFS-9832
605-342-0693 fax
Susan Fedell, executive director