Semcac in the Media

Semcac's Rolling Hills Transit Hosts 1st Rodeo By ANNETTE THEOBALD, Semcac Planning and Development Director It was a sunny 83 degrees in St. Charles, Minnesota on August 1st. At 9:00am, Rolling Hills Transit bus drivers and other Semcac Transportation staff gathered at the St. Charles County Fair Grounds for their first Transportation rodeo event! This was a fun reason to gather the bus drivers for a day filled with entertaining and competitive driver challenges. Transportation Director, Erlene Welshons, was very pleased that the event came together so smoothly with the coordinating efforts of the Compliance & Marketing Manager, Mike Rizzo, [...]

Families have opportunity to give children a ‘Head Start’ By Marlene Deschler, Community Reporter Wednesday, August 19, 2015 10:10 AM Helping build bright futures for young children through education, support, nutrition, enrichment, health and safety is what the Semcac Head Start program is all about. Spring Grove has the opportunity to be a Head Start location if it is determined there are enough families interested. Head Start offers medical, dental, nutrition and additional comprehensive services to encourage healthy living, not only for the children, but the entire family. These services include height and weight checks, and vision and hearing checks [...]

Guest Column by Riley Worth The Semcac offices are tucked away in a nondescript building off Stevens Street here in town, behind a flooring company, a fast food restaurant, a hotel, a hair salon and a massage parlor. I never knew Semcac was there until this spring when our Albert Lea Leadership class toured the facility. It makes sense though; having shelter residences for those experiencing homelessness, being out of the way in a nondescript building makes sense. “It’s a humbling experience for people,” said SEMCAC Albert Lea Director Vicky Helland, of homelessness. “They don’t necessarily want everyone to know [...]

 Ben Rodgers, brodgers@stcloudtimes.com 10:57 p.m.    July 17, 2015 Metro Bus Executive Director Ryan Daniels coaches St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis on how to drive a bus Friday during a VIP event in advance of this weekend’s St. Cloud Roundup Statewide Bus Roadeo. (Photo: Dave Schwarz, dschwarz@stcloudtimes.com) St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis has been involved with Metro Bus for years by serving on its commission board, but he was given a unique opportunity Friday night. He got the chance to drive one. Kleis’ opportunity to drive a 35-foot vehicle came at Metro Bus’ event, Wings and Wheels. The event brought out [...]

A day with dad; Fathers spend time with children at event Published 9:25am Monday, May 4, 2015 | Austin Daily Herald Semcac orgainzers sit with Le-Roy Public Schools staff. Front L-R: Bev Freerksen, Semcac Head Start teacher; Jan Hepker, Semcac Head Start para. Back L-R: Rhonda Barnes, LeRoy School librarian; Sheila Streit, Semcac Head Start Family Education para; Gwen Hamilton, L-O Community Education; Deb Reburn, LeRoy Preschool and ECFE. Photo provided Dads got a chance to spend some quality time with their children recently. LeRoy Head Start, LeRoy-Ostrander School, Preschool, ECFE and Community Education staff collaborated together to host the “Fun [...]

  WXOW News 19 La Crosse, WI  Mayville Blue Ribbon Strivers 4-H Club starts new project Mar 29, 2015 3:59 PM CDT <em class="wnDate">Sunday, March 29, 2015 4:59 PM EDT</em>Updated:Mar 29, 2015 3:59 PM CDT <em class="wnDate">Sunday, March 29, 2015 4:59 PM EDT</em> By Caroline Hecker, Multi-Media Journalist Thank you to the Mayville Blue Ribbon Strivers 4-H Club in Caledonia! They built 4 more garden boxes for the food shelf recipients =Fresh produce and herbs for the food shelf recipients! View the news story on WXOW telling about the Houston County Food Shelf garden box project: http://www.wxow.com/story/28643049/2015/03/29/mayville-blue-ribbon-strivers-4-h-club-starts-new-project Mayville Blue Ribbon [...]

Public Transit Options Expand for Communities Surrounding Rochester Created: 02/04/2015 11:22 PM KAALtv.com By: Meghan Reistad (ABC 6 News) -- Good news for those living in St. Charles, Dover, Eyota and Byron, transportation is expanding. Thanks to a MnDOT grant and community partnerships, there is a new bussing option for local communities. Rolling Hills Transit Service is expanding a variety of routes. MnDOT paid for a large portion of the service and individual cities pay upfront costs and collect fees to ride. A trip costs $1.50 in town or $3.00 for a trip to Rochester. "We need the fees to make sure the [...]

Semcac directors update county board on organization’s services By Gretchen Mensink Lovejoy | Wednesday, January 14, 2015 10:57 AM Semcac executive director Wayne Stenberg and Semcac Senior Services director Debbie Betthauser appeared before Fillmore County’s board of commissioners on Tuesday, Jan. 13, to present an update on the organization and review its appropriation request for the coming year. Stenberg began by thanking the commissioners for the opportunity to present the information to them, then went on to note Semcac serves people in 11 counties in various ways, including providing heating assistance to 525 households this winter, facilitating housing assistance for low income [...]

Local residents show generosity through support of Christmas in Fillmore County - Bluff Country News Local residents show generosity through support of Christmas in Fillmore County By Bretta Grabau, Bluff Country News Group Wednesday, December 17, 2014 8:35 AM Families around Fillmore County will be participating in Christmas in Fillmore County. These are some of the items that have been donated for Christmas gifts. BRETTA GRABAU/NEWS LEADER Christmastime is the season of giving and residents in Fillmore County show their giving spirit each year through Christmas in Fillmore County. This countywide effort makes sure everyone, no matter what their financial [...]

Fillmore County Journal The Masonic Lodge’s Monetary Matchfood shelf challenge By News Team ads@fillmorecountyjournal.com Mon, Dec 15th, 2014 Posted in All Features Comments Fillmore & Houston Counties, MN – Three Semcac food shelves, located in Rushford, Preston and Caledonia, will receive a dollar-for-dollar match for donations given to these food shelves from December 1, 2014 – February 28, 2015. The Masonic Lodges in these areas will be doubling the impact of all monetary donations! In 2013, these three food shelves distributed 232,142 lbs. of food; 868 households received assistance. A big thank you from Semcac to the Masonic Lodges in [...]