Catch the reading bug at the Tripp Public Library Monday afternoons 1-2:30 pm on June 12, 23, 30 and July 7. Call 605-935-6222 for more information or to register. Children who will be in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade may attend.
The Northwest Area Foundation Grassroots and Groundwork conference I attended in MN was outstanding! Many partners in addressing poverty were there, my favorite speaker about poverty was Tom Vilsack, the former governor of Iowa. The number one speaker about strategy, Chip Heath (author of the book Make it Stick , which I brought home to share), explained making messages memorable and motivating. I can not wait to share with you on June 11th the other exciting things.
A community Flea Market is set for the last weekend in June, 2008.
Thursday 26th thru Saturday the 28th. All items are donated and dropped off at the Fairland Ballroom on the north edge of town by the ballfields. Any person in need of clothing, furniture, tv’s, etc. are encourgaed to come and take whatever they need. If unable to donate that is fine, if you would like to leave a donation that is welcome also to help organize and advertise for the next year’s Flea Market. Last year’s market was a huge success and benefited many needy familes, college students, newly married couples, and just the population in general as the people in the area were glad to have a place for the items they no longer used. Volunteers are welcome to help set up and organize the market. Many items are already there and it looks like another outstanding year for donated goods.
The Tripp Little League is offering their summer season ball activity again this year. There will be a sign up meeting at the Tripp Emergency Building on May 7th at 7:30. Parents will be asked to pay the insurance fee and to accept the rules of the League at the meeting. Kids of all ages are encouraged to come and play ball. Last year we had a great season and hopefully we will continue in that direction ! Amy Brown and Dee Sandau are the girls coaches, and Tom Heisinger is the boys coach.
Our community has shown our commitment to reduce poverty by staying focused on the Horizon’s project, by establishing goals within our Strategic Plan and beginning to accomplish those goals. We held our Strategic Plan celebration event at the end of November to present our plan to the community. The entire group was excited about the goals and many people joined the committees to help out. Our community is excited about the goals, and wants to see everyone succeed. Poverty reduction is addressed throughout our Strategic Plan. Some examples of that is the continuation of the Town and Country Exchange (a free garage sale), the purchasing of the house that will be fixed up and resold to a low income family. The community web-site and brochure are almost complete
Members of our planning team met with our coach Dave Olson on Jan. 15 and reported the progress of our seven goals we chose in our strategic plan to work toward reducing poverty and increasing leadership for Tripp. Dave Olson facilitated the meeting and had lots of good ideas and new information on upcoming workshops. Look under “upcoming dates to remember” for more information about the workshops. (more…)