Semcac in the Media

http://fillmorecountyjournal.com/2018-valley-design-employee-sharing-tree/?fbclid=IwAR0w61CWIbWsXjYypiL0ihdhcgHB3h9PbeI9qTUn1eVKI_j-VagghrL6ki0 Published Dec. 31, 2018 by Fillmore County Journal For the past 12 years Valley Design’s Employee Sharing Tree has made donations to Christmas in Fillmore County and the Fillmore County Food Shelf.  Both programs assist families in Fillmore County.  Christmas in Fillmore County benefits families in need during the Holiday Season with gifts for kids.  The Fillmore County Food Shelf provides food for those in need.This year the Sharing Tree kicked off with a pumpkin carving contest on Halloween.  Employees were offered the chance to show off their carving skills as well as given the opportunity to sponsor kids through Christmas in Fillmore [...]

The Dodge County Food Shelf raised over $1500 during its annual all Christian Music Concert BY: ALEX MALM DCI NEWS EDITOR | Wed, 10/17/2018 - 6:01pm Dodge County Independent & Steele County Times About 25 years ago Dodge C Shelf volunteer Dave Koehler came up with the idea to have spring Christian concerts to help raise money for the food shelf. Since then that idea expanded into having an annual fall concert as well. On Sunday, despite the snow, a room full of people gathered to Faith Lutheran Church in Dodge Center for the fifth annual fall food shelf concert. [...]

October 12, 2018 For years, many homes that qualified for weatherization services in Minnesota couldn’t receive those services because of vermiculite insulation in the attic. Weatherization crews or contractors could not work on a home until the hazardous material was removed. This year, thanks to the Healthy AIR (Asbestos Insulation Remediation) pilot program, many of these homes and low-income homeowners are getting the help they need—to both remove the vermiculite insulation and weatherize their homes. “This has been a chronically underserved population for years,” said Peter Gens, field monitor for the Weatherization Assistance Program, who administers the Healthy AIR program. [...]

KASSON, Minn.- A non-profit organization is breaking ground on a new transit building in Kasson. The Southeast Minnesota Community Action Agency, or SEMCAC, tells KIMT they have seen an uptick in the growing need for affordable transportation in the region. The organization offers rides to seniors, medicaid recipients and kids. The new construction will allow everything to be under one roof. Before, buses, dispatch and management were all housed in different buildings. SEMCAC’s executive director Wayne Stenberg tells KIMT a centralized location will help them better serve the community better. “We’re your rural provider and we thought about where the [...]

http://www.myfox47.com/story/38769223/2018/07/30/semcac-breaks-ground-on-new-transit-facility#.W1-YoeXZP_8.mailto  By Erin O'Brien, Anchor KASSON, Minn. (FOX 47) - A local group that makes sure everyone can get where they need to go, regardless of health or finances is responding to growing demand for its services. Semcac celebrated a groundbreaking Monday in Kasson for a new transit building. The facility will house its Rolling Hills bus service, the dispatch center, and management offices with space for meetings and a bus wash bay too. Eighty percent of the funding for the project is coming from MnDOT, with the other 20 percent from local matching dollars. The group chose Kasson because of [...]

https://www.albertleatribune.com/2018/06/slumberland-celebrates-relocation-donates-mattresses-to-those-in-need/ Albert Lea Tribune By: Sarah Schultz | Published: June 22, 2018

Workforce Devel Inc newsletter Meet Wayne military apprec month 5 2018 Meet Wayne Stenberg Executive Director, Semcac Retired Air Force Active/Reserves Veteran Retired E-9 Chief Master Sergeant 24 years of service SE MN Workforce Development Board Member since 2004   Thank you for your service to our country. Tell me about your military career and what/who influenced you to join the Air Force? I started my career in the Active Air Force and retired as an E-9, Chief Master Sergeant in the Air Force Reserves. My brother was in the Navy and encouraged me to join the armed forces. I [...]

Albert Lea Tribune | By Sam Wilmes  Published 8:47 pm Thursday, January 25, 2018 Community event looks to help those who are struggling Julie Ballinger attended the first Project Community Connect event Thursday at First Lutheran Church hoping to receive needed assistance. Ballinger, who lives in Albert Lea, is diabetic and on a fixed income. “Sometime I have to choose between food, paying my bills or getting my insulin, so this is a good thing,” she said. “This is great.” The three-hour event aimed to reduce poverty and end homelessness by partnering with businesses, citizens, local service providers and faith-based [...]

January 25, 2018 11:00 PM (ABC 6 News)-- It's a way to gauge homelessness in Minnesota. The annual "Point In Time" homelessness count ran from sunset last night to sunrise this morning. As it ended, a first-time event in Albert Lea was working to address the issue of need in the community. "This is an opportunity to sit down with someone or ask questions about resources that maybe you weren't even aware that were in the community" SEMCAC Linda Lares said. Think of it as a one-stop shop to help break the cycle of poverty. It's called community connect. "Each of the [...]

By: Hannah Yang | hyang@postbulletin.com KASSON — The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train came to town Tuesday afternoon. For the first time, the CP Holiday Train rolled into downtown Kasson and stopped outside of the city's fire department, where more than 300 people eagerly were waiting and shivering. After the train came to a halt, the festively decorated metal doors swung down, transforming the rail car into a performance stage. Country music artists Terri Clark, Kelly Prescott and Dallas Smith led the entertainment, singing upbeat Christmas songs as the audience danced and swayed. Attendees dropped off their "admission" of canned and [...]