Updates

Thank you for your patience, the car repair program will be launched in the next several weeks, likely in February of 2016. Outreach & Emergency Assistance Services are offering a new car repair program in 3 counties. Semcac is partnering with the Minnesota Prairie Alliance to provide a car repair program to income eligible households with one or more children, ages 1 – 18 years. The program is available for persons living in Dodge, Steele or Waseca counties. Households qualify if they earn 200% or less, of the federal poverty level. This program begins in January 2016. Please contact the appropriate office [...]

Semcac has the opportunity to receive money from Merchants Bank’s Swipe Out Hunger campaign, which will run November 30 through December 10. 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 can vote three times 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 $5,000. All remaining participating food shelves will receive a percentage [...]

Exciting news! Our generous friends at Bell Lumber & Pole Co. have offered Semcac donors a matching gift challenge! Up to $30,000 will be matched, dollar for dollar, until December 15th from new donors or donors who have increased their gift from last year. The amount matched (up to $30,000) will be utilized for Semcac services in Freeborn County. Please consider donating by Dec. 15th so your donation will double the impact in southeastern Minnesota. Read a letter from our friend at Bell Lumber & Pole Co, expressing their support of Semcac's mission and program work. You can also read a [...]

Semcac Senior Nutrition is selling $5 coupon booklets for the "Community Days" fundraiser. The coupons may be used at participating Bon-Ton stores (such as Herberger's and Younkers) from November 11-14, in stores and online. The booklet has a $10 off $10 purchase, 30% off online purchase with free shipping, and several exclusive deals. Purchase the coupon booklet online or contact Gail Schwanbeck at Semcac in Rushford (507-864-8230) before Nov. 10th. 100% of the $5 purchase goes to Semcac Senior Nutrition--helping seniors obtain well-balanced, nutritious meals and offering means of socialization in 11 southeastern MN counties.  Contact Darlene in if you have [...]

  Do you already shop on Amazon? GREAT! Now, check out AmazonSmile.  Semcac can now receive 0.5% of your purchase price via AmazonSmile when you choose Semcac, Inc. as your charitable organization when prompted. Visit this link to shop while GIVING BACK!   https://smile.amazon.com/ch/41-0907135 Here is some additional info from AmazonSmile, Org Central: How does AmazonSmile work?  When first visiting AmazonSmile, customers are prompted to select a charitable organization from almost one million eligible organizations. In order to browse or shop at AmazonSmile, customers must first select a charitable organization. For eligible purchases at AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of [...]

You and seniors from your community are all invited to the regional: White House Conference on Aging Listening Session | Wednesday May 13th Ramada Inn Conference Ctr. (now Kahler Apache)             1517 SW 16th Street             Rochester, MN             1:00 to 3:00 p.m.             507-288-6944 to RSVP The White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA) is an event held by the federal government every ten years to develop recommendations for the President and Congress on issues, policy, and research in the field of aging. The 2015 White House Conference on Aging will be the sixth conference held with [...]

Do you live in the City of Preston and need to fix up your home? The Bluff Country HRA administers the Preston Small Cities Rehab Loan Program for the City of Preston. We are currently seeking 3 additional qualifying applicants! Some of the guidelines for this program are as follows: There is a maximum household income limit. The owner needs to live in the house. The maximum limit for a loan is $22,000, which can be forgiven after 7 years. If you are interested in learning more, contact Vonda at 507-864-8241 or vonda.budde@semcac.org. (Funding is limited to only 3 more [...]

If you are interested in working as a Mechanical Contractor with the Weatherization Department at Semcac, please review & complete the Weatherization Mechanical Contractor Application and return it to our office. Thank you.  

About March Millions The Otto Bremer Foundation is excited to announce their entry into the grant-making community of southeastern Minnesota. To celebrate this event, the Otto Bremer Foundation will generously match donations made by any individual through GiveMN.org to selected charitable organizations benefiting southeastern Minnesota. Organizations may earn up to $100,000 in matching funds before the full $1 million match is reached during the month of March. Not only is each donation to selected southeastern Minnesota organizations doubled during the campaign, but donations have the chance to increase by an additional $1,000 or $10,000. From March 1 through March 31, every donation made on GiveMN.org to participating organizations will be entered [...]