Capital Area United Way

09/02/2026

Today I was able to meet more of the Feeding South Dakota team and get a tour of their facility and hear what they have coming up. Check out information below to volunteer at Feeding South Dakota!

09/02/2026

Check out South Dakota Discovery Center for winter hours, activities & events!

09/01/2026

Building a stronger community starts with understanding the need. 💙

Executive Director Becky and First Vice President Amy Dalton attended the ALICE Summit today, gaining valuable insight into the challenges facing hardworking families in our community.

ALICE — Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed — represents individuals and families who are working, but whose income falls short of what’s needed to afford the basic costs of living. These are our neighbors, coworkers, friends and families who are often one unexpected expense away from financial hardship.

Understanding the ALICE data helps us better recognize the barriers families face and, more importantly, identify opportunities to create lasting solutions.

We’re grateful for the opportunity to learn, connect and continue working together to build a stronger, more resilient community where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. 💙

Thanks United Way of the Black Hills for hosting!

09/01/2026

Growing Up Together upcoming classes.

08/27/2026

Dolly Parton grew up in a small home in the Smoky Mountains, one of 12 children. Her family didn’t have much, but Dolly has often shared how much a book meant to her as a child—and how her father, who could not read or write, inspired her to make sure other children had opportunities he never had.

That childhood experience became the heart behind the Dolly Parton Imagination Library: a simple belief that every child deserves the chance to dream, to imagine, and to discover what’s possible through a book.

For years, Gary and Connie have been helping carry Dolly’s dream forward right here in our communities.

Because of their incredible generosity, children receive books month after month—books that may become treasured childhood memories, bedtime stories shared with a parent, or the very first step toward a lifelong love of reading.

Gary and Connie, thank you for believing in Dolly’s dream and for helping make that dream a reality for children in our community.

As Dolly herself has said, “You can never get enough books into the hands of enough children.”

Thank you for helping us do just that.

Click here to register your child today! https://imaginationlibrary.com

08/26/2026

In 1995, Dolly Parton started mailing books to children in her home county to inspire children to love reading in honor of her dad, who couldn’t read or write.

That idea lives here too. Every month, 694 children in Hughes, Stanley and surrounding communities find a book in the mailbox — because of neighbors who fund it, volunteers who run it, and a woman from Sevier County, TN who started it all.

Thank you, Dolly. We will always love you.

08/24/2026

Growing Up Together has their October dates scheduled for their breastfeeding class.

08/18/2026

It was an exciting night! Thank you KCCR for being there and sharing our excitement with us!

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The 2024 Let Freedom Fly International Airshow at Pierre Regional Airport raised 376-thousan...

08/18/2026

Jim Peitz donated almost $400,000 in air show proceeds to community orgs https://mrf.lu/2R02B