Staff and guests at the Shelter For Family Safety hosted a folding event. Left to right: Tina Reiter, Rachel Abraham, Teyba Abegaz.

Look Who Joined The Fold This Week

The therapist team at Shelter For Family Safety hosted a Join the Fold event for staff and clients. Together, they made over 100 swans!

Organizer Jeanne Weyen said, “We left the paper and instructions out at the HUB desk so that people are encouraged to continue to make even more. They love the idea of their swans being added to a structure being made by an artist.”

We invite everyone to Join The Fold! Please encourage your friends, family, church group, professional club, civic group or book club to fold swans and cranes for our community art project.

To learn more, visit our website and download folding instructions. Origami paper is available at each CHS location’s reception area, and you can drop off folded birds there.

Submit photos of your department or family to news@chssd.org. We’ll feature it in GOOD WORKS and our website.

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New Sioux Falls Dining Hall Featured on KELO

The construction project on the Sioux Falls campus is almost complete! Employees were astonished last week by the new parking spaces near the Admin building and the beautiful drop-off area for children arriving for day school.

Eye on KELOLAND reporter Travis Fossing filed an excellent news story about the project, which you can view here. Thanks to everyone who has helped make this project successful!

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All Hands August 7 & 8

Get ready for fun and games—and good food! It’s all happening this week at the
All Hands events on August 7 and 8.

Wednesday, August 7

Picnic Lunch • 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Served for all staff at SFCH, BHCH and Shelter for Family Safety.
Breakfast • 8–10 a.m.
For overnight staff on the Sioux Falls and Rockerville campuses.

Thursday, August 8
Breakfast • 8–10 a.m.
Served at the new Western Campus building (NAU) in Rapid City for Messengers and overnight staff.

Outdoor games—bean bag stations, frisbees and more—are set up at each
event so we can all meet and compete with our coworkers! All staff will receive
CHS t-shirts as a special thank you!

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CHS SCRAPBOOK NEWS

Check out these vacation photos from Corissa, daughter of Bright Start Nurse Home Visitor Therese Marlette. Corissa borrowed her mom’s CHS packpack and spent six weeks in Cusco, Peru, with the ISA (International Studies Abroad) program.

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Congratulations to Shelter for Family Safety Crisis Advocate Britney Kennedy on her June 29 engagement to Brandon, her “best friend of three years!” Click here to see their engagement photo.

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And kudos to BHCH art teacher GIllian Spiva who ran the Spearfish Canyon half marathon (13.1 miles) on July 13. Race proceeds went to Northern Hills CASA.

Click here to see her victory photos!