Updates

Do you know someone who loves kids and is a great leader? AmeriCorps LEAP may be right for them! AmeriCorps LEAP (Learning Early Achieves Potential) Initiative members serve in preschool classrooms and nonprofit organizations and focus on the social and emotional development of young children in Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation's 20-county region. We recruit, connect, and match members to site service partner positions to help work one-on-one with preschool children who are at-risk of falling behind. Members begin the LEAP service term in August 2018 and serve through July 2019. Positions are full-time (40 hours per week) or part time (20 [...]

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  Pride in Food Service Week – February 5-9, 2018 Semcac's Senior Nutrition Program  provides meals for congregate diners and to Meals on Wheels recipients that live independently in their own homes or apartments.  To serve some of these clients, we operate eight kitchens.  These kitchens produce approximately 1,000 noon meals per day.  The meals are prepared from scratch with menus and recipes consistent throughout the service area.   In these kitchens, there are 2 to 3 cooking staff.  Throughout the year, the Head Cooks come together to receive training. The staff was challenged, in each kitchen, to produce a soup [...]

Come to Semcac Clinic. Fill out form. Receive a free STI screening, peace of mind and some delicious Zaza’s pizza. When: Tuesday 02/20/2018  |  12 pm – 8 pm Where: Semcac Clinic  76 West 3RD Street | Winona   It’s free and easy!  No appointments. Just walk-in. For more information contact Megan Musolf at clinic@semcac.org STI testing paid for by grant funding from MN Dept. of Health  

Semcac's public busing, Rolling Hills Transit, is seeking Requests for Quotes for new routing software. Requests are due April 16, 2018 by 4:00 pm CST. Seeking a vendor to provide the best value to meet our project needs. All vendors who complete the Request for Quotes form will be considered for this project. The system will need to have capability to allow dispatchers and drivers to become more efficient route planners. See the links below for more information and for the form to submit a quote: Request for Quotes Form, Word doc Request for Quotes notice, requirements and information, pdf   [...]

The Winona Hims performing to benefit Senior Dining via free will offering - join us for a holiday musical event! Where: Wesley United Methodist Church in Winona. When:  Dec. 10th  |  Performance times: 1:00 & 3:30p Event Poster pdf

Semcac Clinic will be offering FREE Rapid HIV Testing at the Tenborg Building in Rushford. When: November 28th, Tuesday, from 1:30 - 4:00 p  Only a quick, finger blood draw is performed, to get your results in 60 seconds! This opportunity is open to the general public and is made possible by grant funding from MN Dept of Health. Location: 113 East Jessie Street, Rushford  (Same building where the Rushford Food Shelf and Rushford Senior Dining are located.) You do NOT need health insurance to participate!  Know Your status. Get tested info. #knowyourstatus  #SemcacClinic  

Semcac will participate in Give To the Max Day, Nov. 16, 2017. You can schedule your donation to Semcac for Give To the Max Day from Nov. 1 - 15th, on the GiveMN donation page. Each year, generous supporters (you) celebrate Give To the Max Day by making your online donation. Please participate on this special day of giving and help us to continue changing lives by empowering and advocating for people to enhance their self-sufficiency by maximizing community resources. Your donation on Give to the Max Day also may help us receive an additional donation of $1,000. How? On [...]

Semcac Head Start is seeking 2 full-time Americorps LEAP members for the classroom locations in Kasson, Austin, Winona or Owatonna. National Service can transform your life – or at least get you better prepared for college or career.  If you love children, and understand how important social - emotional skills are for a life of learning, achieving and succeeding, then our program is for you! We need social-emotional skill builders to serve across southern Minnesota. Positions provide a monthly living allowance, health and child care benefit option, qualifying school loan forbearance, and a $5775 Segal Education Award for college expenses. [...]

Semcac has the opportunity to receive money from Merchants Bank’s Swipe Out Hunger campaign, which will run August 1-8. Merchants Bank will donate a nickel to Swipe Out Hunger every time a Merchants Bank credit card or debit card is used between those dates, up to a total of $10,000. Supporters of the Semcac Food Shelf can vote once a day at the Merchants Bank Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/MerchantsBank. At the end of the giveaway, the food shelf with the most votes will receive the top donation prize of $2,500, second place will receive $1,500 and third place will receive $1,000. [...]