With the holiday season upon us, we want to thank each of you–our valued partners from throughout southwest Minnesota and beyond–for a wonderful year. We have so many blessings connected
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A Brand New Board Meeting Location
As many of you know, our SWIF Board of Directors holds meetings in different communities throughout our region. It’s one of the things our board has always enjoyed because it
Remembering Former Board Member Mary Page
A few weeks ago, many gathered to celebrate the life of an amazing southwest Minnesota woman, Mary Page. She was one of our earliest members to serve on the Southwest
Remembering Connie Burchill
With heavy hearts, we’re remembering a pillar of the Southwest Initiative Foundation’s past leadership, Connie Burchill, who died last week. He was an influential board member and served as board
Beautiful Day in Benson
Our Board of Directors met Tuesday in Benson and what a beautiful day to visit this community. It certainly helped that we held the meeting at the Golf Club—it was
Leaving a Trail
If you read my column in the spring issue of Connect, you learned about SWIF’s Think Days. Today is our last quarterly Think Day for Fiscal Year 2013. I find
