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Abbott House Does Foster Care Differently – Find Out How at Educational Meetings

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Sioux Falls, SD  –  It seems everyone is familiar with the term foster parents, but do you really know what it means to be one?  Abbott House does foster parenting differently.  Instead of bringing children into your own home, Abbott House provides a beautiful home, vehicles, and everything you need to support a foster child.

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Belinda Joe Is Welcomed to The Abbott House Board of Directors

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Belinda Joe

Mitchell, SD  –  Abbott House is excited to welcome Belinda Joe to the Board of Directors. Belinda earned two Master’s Degrees in Education, from Northern State University, and Education Leadership, from Montana State University. Belinda was the first Native American court reporter to graduate from Mile Hi Court Reporting College. Belinda comes from a long line of strong Dakota grandmothers and is now a Dakota language, music, and dance teacher as well as a storyteller.

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South Dakota Community Foundation Presents Hometown Hero Award to Abbott House

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Mitchell, SD  –  The Hometown Hero Award is presented to South Dakota businesses and individuals who support and advocate for their neighbors and communities. On June 20, 2023, Stephanie Judson, the South Dakota Community Foundation (SDCF) President and Chief Executive Officer, presented the Hometown Hero Award to Abbott House.  Eric Klooz, Abbott House Executive Director, and Virginia Wishard Lambert, the Abbott House Director of Development, accepted the award in front of the tree mural inside the Abbott House PRTF building. “This is our story,” Klooz said in reference to the mural, “our kids sign a leaf when they finish their program with us. Each signed leaf is a different child, a different story.”

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Mitchell Exchange Club, Abbott House and the Corn Palace Join Forces to Educate Our Community about the Impact of Child Abuse

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Girl tying Blue Ribbon around a tree.

Mitchell, SD – Blue ribbons and the Corn Palace lit in blue are just a few of the ways the Mitchell Exchange Club and the Abbott House are working to educate our community about child abuse awareness during April – National Child Abuse Prevention Month.

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The Original Helping with Horsepower Bike Rebuild Program has launched again, this time honoring the past while empowering the Future with a Custom Harley-Davidson Road Glide Makeover!

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Give-away Motorcycle with Abbott House occupants.

MITCHELL, SD -  The original Helping With HorsepowerTM Bike Rebuild Program has returned to Abbott House in Mitchell, SD, this time with a legacy motorcycle that already has an amazing story and sparkling presence. The program provides hands-on problem solving skills for 40 Abbott House girls, ages 7- 17. Together they will re-design, repair, and customize a 2007 Harley-Davidson Road Glide that has been donated by influential ambassador for women in motorcycling, Diva Amy Skaling.

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2021 Build Abbott Motorcycle Rebuild Winner Announced

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The winner of the 2021 Build Abbott Motorcycle Rebuild was drawn at the Rapid City Rush hockey game on October 22. Ron Gates of Mitchell, SD was this year's winner! Ron graciously plans to donate a portion of the proceeds back to the Abbott House.

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Congratulations to the 2021 Give for Kids Winners

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Congratulations to all of the Give for Kids Raffle winners.  Participants from across the state help us raise more than $9,000 for education software and Christmas presents for our children.  Thank you!

And thank you to our 2021 sponsors who helped make this event such a success!

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Abbott House Alum Williams Donates Artwork to Abbott House

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Ernest Peters Therapeutic Garden stone.

MITCHELL, S.D.  –  Billy Beers and his siblings Wavelene and Bobby were brought to the Abbott House in 1945.  Today Billy Beers is Bill Williams. Because of the significant impact Abbott House has had on his life, Bill Williams wanted to give something back to Abbott House.  He commissioned Karen Bakke, a South Dakota artist, to create a painting of the Abbott House fire.  Williams donated the original artwork to the Abbott House during the 2021 Ernie Peters Day celebration.

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“Build Abbott” Recreates Motorcycle Rebuild Program for Foster Children

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“Build Abbott” Recreates Motorcycle Rebuild Program for Foster Children.

Rapid City, SD – “Build Abbott”, a re-established motorcycle rebuild program for Abbott House foster children, just named its newest project — INSPIRE.

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Make Christmas Special for Children AND Double Your Gift During Giving Tuesday

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MITCHELL, S.D. – Abbott House is looking for individuals, businesses and corporations who want to create great Christmas memories for the 99 young people in its care this year. Due to a generous donor, all gifts given from now until midnight on December 1, 2020, will be doubled up to $10,000!

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