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December 2018 Volume 9 Issue 10

PRAYER BUS TOUR: 2019 Series

WELCOMING THE STRANGER & IMMIGRANT,

WITH LOVE

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Donations/Thank You’s P. 2

Human Rights Essay Contest P. 3

After School Program P. 4

Inside this issue:

WHEN: Sunday, January 27th, 2019 1:30-3:15 PM

PRAYER AT BUS STOP: Multi-Cultural Center of Sioux Falls 1:20 PM

515 N. Main Ave., Sioux Falls, SD

EVENT AT BUS STOP: A Taste of India 1:30 PM

Presented by Dr. Poornima D’Souza

This Prayer Bus Tour, the first of the 2019 series, takes us to the vast country of India. In 2015, there were more than 500 people from India who settled in SD.

Dr. Poornima D’Souza, is a School-Home Liaison and a Parent Educator with the Sioux Falls School District. She also teaches Differentiation and Diversity, a graduate level course at Augustana University. She will introduce us to the

diversity that exists in India itself, languages, religions, traditions, food, etc. All participants will receive a typical “henna design” and enjoy a Bollywood Dance!

For more details, please visit our website

https://www.sfmcc.org/

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The Multi-Cultural

Center of Sioux Falls

would like to personally

thank Diane Pecheny for

her donation in memory

of her husband Henry

Pecheny.

Henry was a well-

known Spanish interpreter

at the Multi-Cultural Center of Sioux Falls in

2010-2011. Henry always had a special place in

his heart for our students and loved working

with them. We are very thankful for your

support of the children in our after-school

programs.

Henry Pecheny Donation

Thank You Darla

Erb and Voyage Federal

Credit Union for your

donation of school supplies

and snacks for our students.

We received

markers, crayons, white

board markers, paper, and

snacks! The students, as

well as the staff at the

Multi-Cultural Center

appreciate your support for

our after-school programs.

Thank You

International Chef Cook-Off Fundraiser

Success: Thank you to those of you who came to our International Chef Cook-Off Fundraiser and helped make it a

success. We had a fantastic night, filled with great food and great people. We would like to personally

thank Jan Matthiessen for the dazzling poinsettias and evergreen décor; it looked amazing. We would also

like to thank Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun, P.C. for their support in our fundraiser. Lastly, thank you to

Wells Fargo, Washington Pavilion, Lalibela’s, Grand Falls Casino & Resort, Great Bear Ski Lodge, and

Zaroty. We could not have had such a successful night without the love and support of everyone in our

community.

THANK YOU!

Congratulations to our Winners of the Chef Cook-Off !

1st Place: Sergeant Jonathan Thum, Sioux Falls Police Dept.

2nd Place: Alfonzo Narez, Smithfield

3rd Place: Omar Thornton, “O So Good” Restaurant

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Human Rights Day, December 10th, 2018

Every year on December 10th, middle school students from around the

world participate in Human Rights Day through their writing. Local middle

school students gathered at the coliseum, where they read their winning essays

detailing what human rights means to them. The 2018 essay theme this year was

“My Human Rights Hero.” This years winners included 7th and 8th grade

students from O’Gorman junior high school, Sioux Falls Christian, Edison, and

Patrick Henry middle school. Winners of the essay wrote about Mother

Theresa, Malala Yousafzai, their own father who is a doctor, The Red Cross,

Iqbal Masih and many others. We are proud to be part of such an amazing

event every year.

Thank you to the sponsors: The Multi-Cultural Center, the International

Soroptimist Club, The Bread for the World, Toy Lending Library, and Greg

Woods. Thank you Captain Walsh, Officer Brady Lieuwen, and Colleen Moran

for representing the County and City. Most important, thank you to the essay

winners for writing about your heroes.

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After School Programs: The after school program classes are wrapping up post-

assessments. The students have been working so hard over

the last few months. We are excited to be seeing tremendous

gains so far as we finish up our post-assessments. Froggy

Reads is at 100% improvement from where students were at

the beginning of the school year. Froggy Reads has been

working on reading comprehension strategies, phonics &

decoding, writing skills, speaking skills, and so much more.

Students in Natives Count, Self-Defense/Judo, and Native

Youth Club have also been making a lot of progress as we

finalize testing.

The students of our After-school

Programs thanked local Sioux Falls

veterans in a short ceremony,

November 14th. The students were

thrilled to meet the soldiers who

fight for our freedom.

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