The 53rd Annual Sioux Empire Home Show runs Friday, March 2nd through Sunday, March 4th at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. Show hours are Friday and Saturday from 10am to 8pm and Sunday from 11am to 5pm.
Come and see more than 210 exhibitors displaying the latest products and home related services covering all areas of home building and remodeling including home improvement, redecorating, landscaping, and entertainment. An exhibitor list and map can be found online (at www.hbasiouxempire.com) .
For the first time ever, the Sioux Empire Home show will showcase six of the area’s best chefs and bakers in cooking demonstrations which will be held Saturday and Sunday only in Meeting Room 2, where a full sized kitchen will be constructed for the presentations. Participants are from Plum’s Cooking Co., Oh My Cupcakes!, SF Convention Center Ovations Food Services, Sanaa’s Gourmet Mediterranean, Carnaval Brazilian Grill, and Phillips Ave. Diner.
Listen to Life 96.5 this week for a chance to win tickets to this year’s Home Show!
Life 96.5 invites you to learn more about the Go Red For Women movement at a Luncheon Event at the Sioux Falls Convention Center!
Join hundreds of other women and men at a table and hear their survivor stories, learn more about heart disease affects a family, and how you can help stop heart disease in our lifetime. Be a part of this extraordinary day and make it your mission to fight heart disease in women.
Sioux Falls Go Red For Women Luncheon
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Sioux Falls Convention Center
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Register below for an opportunity to win one ticket to the event on February 23rd. Two ticket winners will be notified on Friday, February 17th.
Fall Fundraiser would not be successful without the faithful support of our Life 96.5 business partners! We would like to thank the following organizations for providing our prizes, services, meals, and so much of what we needed to have a successful Fall Fundraiser:
- Candy and Canvas
- Carino’s
- Cici’s Pizza
- Coffea
- Color Me Mine
- The Cookie Canon
- Crossroads Book and Music
- Erbert and Gerbert’s
- Great Bear Ski
- Harold’s Photo
- Hoover’s Martial Arts
- Juice Stop
- The Keg
- Luxury Auto Mall
- Mixed
- Oh My Cupcakes
- Pinnacle Hospitality (Foley’s, Callaway’s)
- Pizza Ranch
- Ruby Tuesday
- She’s Shapin’ Up
- Sky Force Basketball
- Tires, Tires, Tires
- The Ultimate Dance Studio
- Valentino’s
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Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sioux Falls has a mission to improve Sioux Falls, one home at a time. And Habitat has a special way for Life 96.5 listeners and others in our community to partner with them and make a difference this month.
Sioux Falls has been selected as the site of the 2011 “Blitz Home Builders” build location. This national volunteer group selects just one city annually! They will be building 3 homes over a 9 day period, July 21-29. Locations and recipient/partner families have been selected. 
Many companies and organizations have already signed on to help with materials, finances, labor, meals, and other volunteer commitments. And when the work begins on July 21, you can be the hands and feet of Jesus by serving together with us as we “Bless the Blitz”!
225 people have already volunteered to help the 100 builders that will be coming to Sioux Falls. We would like to help feed, support, encourage, and otherwise bless those volunteers with your help!
The Life 96.5 staff will be cooking and serving a meal for the builders and volunteers on Tuesday July 26th. While the food will be purchased by Habitat for this meal, your help in offsetting the cost with a monetary donation would be welcome. Please contact luanne@knwc.org to help with meal costs.
Here are some of the ways you can help “Bless the Blitz”:
- Volunteer your time at the site during the “Blitz Build” by helping register volunteers and directing them to their work place, or by providing minor first aid and taking bottled water to workers. The home sites are just steps away from the volunteer tent. A mom and her kids or a retired person would be perfect for this. Call Troy at (605)339-6406 or (605)370-3033 or email him at troy.gordon@siouxfallshabitat.org for more information.
- Your group can provide and serve a meal (for 100). Seven of the 9 meals have been spoken for, but dates remain: Saturday, July 23rd. This is a great service opportunity for a youth or church group, or even a generous family. Call Troy Gordon with questions or to volunteer in this way at (605)339-6406 or (605)370-3033.
- Provide snacks. Each day snacks are provided at 8:30am and 1:30pm for the 100 volunteer workers on site. You can donate healthy snacks like fruit, homemade trail mix, home baked breads, cookies, or bars, granola bars, energy bars, crackers, or anything else that is easy to serve and eat. This is a huge need and a wonderful way to help if you cannot volunteer your time. Contact Troy at (605)339-6406 or (605)370-3033 or email him at troy.gordon@siouxfallshabitat.org for more information.
- Your construction skills can go to work if you wish to volunteer as an “on call builder”. Sometimes groups that travel to Sioux Falls from other communities get held up or cannot make it and fill-ins are needed on short notice. Contact Troy at (605)339-6406 or (605)370-3033 or email him at troy.gordon@siouxfallshabitat.org for more information.
The “Blitz Build” will take place at Hayward Meadows on Amber Street in northwest Sioux Falls, From Marion Road going north, go west (left) to Cockatiel, go west (left) to Amber and then go right on Amber Street to the site. See and download a map here>>
Why Hands & Feet?
At Life 96.5, we believe each follower of Christ is called to be His hands and feet in our homes, communities, and the world. Serving in Jesus name is the concept behind Life 96.5 Hands and Feet. Each month we introduce you to a new project or organization in our area that we’d like you to know more about. Hands and Feet gives you an opportunity to serve our community by getting involved in what these groups are doing by serving as the hands and feet of Jesus.
Hands & Feet Ideas
If you know of an event or organization that would be helped by our promotional resources, please contact luanne@knwc.org.
Your Android or iPhone can be a great tool for helping strengthen your marriage! The Date Your Spouse App can help with Date Night Planning (includes over 70 date ideas), Date Night Scheduling (allowing the user to schedule repeat date night reminders), and can even help bring couples closer together with tools like conversation starters, questions to help you get to know your spouse better, and space to record your spouse’s favorites and gift ideas.
A little extra help in a fun application to improve your marriage–priceless! (Actually, it’s only 99cents)
It’s a little disappointing in Sioux Falls to see muddy paths where the paved bike trail used to wind around town. The construction and repairs will continue this Spring and Summer, but ultimately will result in a better trail. You can link up to the City’s website for a map showing sections which are open or closed.
The Center of Hope in Sioux Falls provides bicycles to people who need help with transportation to their places of employment. You can make a difference by donating a new or used adult bicycle in working condition (24 inch tire size or larger) All types of bikes are useful and wanted and would be gladly accepted. New and used bike locks are also accepted.
Bicycles can be dropped off in Sioux Falls at The Center of Hope, located downtown at 225 E. 11th St., Suite 101, Sioux Falls, SD 57104. For more info, visit the Center of Hope website or call 334-9789.
Just an outstanding day at Operation Prom Dress at Lincoln Hills Bible Church on March 19th. Here’s some photos from the day…
