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Childhood hunger is a problem year-round, but the need is elevated during the summer when kids aren’t able to get breakfast and lunch at school. Feeding South Dakota’s summer meal program combats this by providing free meals to children, feeding roughly 5,000 children over the summer. Feeding South…
Our South Dakota Ambassadors lead a new project this year to help employees find a new home for some unwanted items and raise money for a great cause.  Their Spring Clean-Out Book Drive collected used books that were donated to the American Association of University Women in Rapid City (AAUW…
In May, Regional Community Affairs Manager, Val, gave a keynote speech at the Celebrating Women in Business luncheon, put on by the South Dakota Center for Enterprise Opportunity. We were a sponsor of the luncheon. SD Center for Enterprise Opportunity is a women-led organization that focuses on…
Residents of Salem, South Dakota, may never have heard of a derecho, but they saw the widespread damage one caused recently. A derecho (pronounced ‘deh-REY-cho’) is a widespread, long-lived wind event that is associated with a band of rapidly moving thunderstorms and causes powerful downdraft…
Planting a tree is a great way to leave a leafy legacy. Arbor Day was a special day marked with tree-planting events in three of our communities. We purchased the trees to celebrate its 20th anniversary of making legacy gifts across the communities we serve. In Rapid City, South Dakota, we planted…
Giving back to our communities is important to us at Black Hills Energy. So when employees in our Rapid City, South Dakota, office learned a local women’s shelter needed help, they stepped up! The back office team in our Credit and Collections department heard that a community non-profit…
Planting a tree is a great way to leave a leafy legacy, positively impact the environment and reduce energy costs. The media is invited to attend three tree planting events to celebrate Arbor Day. Two of the events will be held in South Dakota, in Rapid City and Hot Springs. The third event will…
During the 2022 Club for Boys 28th Annual Corporate Free Throw Challenge, companies from across the Black Hills community raised over $18,000 to benefit and support programs offered at the Club for Boys in Rapid City, South Dakota. Programs and areas supported by the money raised include…