Those that gave everything

  The National Cemetery in Sturgis, South Dakota.

  Roxie, along with the rest of the people at Bella Pregnancy Resource Center in Spearfish, South Dakota, have made a big difference to many over the years dealing with an unexpected pregnancy. This is an incredibly difficult job they do and you'll see in the interview that it is Roxie's faith in God that gives her strength to give so much to her clients. Thank God for her and the rest of the workers at Bella.

  Jerrid Geving of Sacred Mountain Retreat operates a retreat where heroes like military veterans, law enforcement men and women along with fire fighters and gold star families can find peace in the Black Hills at no cost to them. Check out his Got Your Six program at https;//sacredmtnretreat.org/gotyoursix 

  Kris Fenton Quartermaster along with Post Commander John Datka and the membership of VFW Post 5969 in Deadwood, South Dakota, give not only to help local veterans, but to many charities in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and nationwide.

   Erin Morgan is the community affairs person for Thyssen Mining Inc. She is in charge of helping the community from helping local businesses fix windows to teaming up with the local police department, the Chamber of Commerce and Ace Hardware to sponsor a children's bicycle rodeo and give bikes to 24 local kids, Thyssen Mining also feeds the homebound and so many more activities in the community. What a great addition they have been to the area. (I'm the old fella on her left)

The Black Hills Wildfire, AKA Sierra Ward is amazing. She is the Director of the Lead Chamber of Commerce as well as the Director of the Lead Visitor Center. She has added so much to the town with her enthusiasm for the area and is helping the town grow not only in numbers of people but number of solid businesses. She does all this, takes care of her family and is an associate pastor at a local church. Check out the Lead SD Chamber of Commerce website. Sierra is also willing to share her gifts with any other Chamber looking for new ideas.

  If you look close at the list of sponsors you will see over twenty businesses and individuals willing to help the First Interstate, Lead Deadwood Community Foundation. They are committed to helping local 501c3 charities succeed in their endeavors. I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Dan Leikvold and Oz Enderby about this amazing endeavor. If you are ever around Deadwood in the spring this is an event not to miss.   

This person and her husband, (She doesn't want her name mentioned) have done amazing things for an entire community in Africa. Her and her husband did so much we had to have three half hour sessions to cover it. They invested in people and even a farm. She has been to Africa on several occasions, they paid for schooling for people unable to afford it and gave them financial security in an impoverished part of the world.