The Miss South Dakota Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors would like to express sincere gratitude to the following individuals, businesses, and organizations that contribute time, talent, meals, equipment, or monetary donations during “Pageant Week.” The donations are greatly appreciated. The meals and snacks provided throughout the week would be impossible without the help and support of these contributors.

Meals, Snacks and/or Refreshments:

Monetary or Equipment Donations:

Special appreciation goes out to the following contributors for their help throughout the year:

• Mammoth Site – tours and t-shirts for our contestants and judges
• Petal Palace– Coronation bouquets and Miss SD 2011 Anna Simpson farewell bouquet
• Hot Springs Star, Edgemont Herald, KNBN, Rapid City Journal – continuous coverage of events for Miss SD and the SD Scholarship Foundation
• Black Hills Power, Simco Plaza, Fall River Health Services – use of facilities for events, storage, or meetings throughout the year
• City of Hot Springs and the Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce – for the continued support and promotion throughout the year
• Lynn’s Dakota Mart - donating teen judges gift basket
• Willa Beitelapacher & Waneta Curran for donating “The Coronation” picture
• Budget Hotel / Putt 4 Fun for donating rooms for Judges
• Cyndi Nelson for donating her beautiful quilt
• Pine Hills Retirement Center – for hosting a reception
• Hot Springs volleyball team and coach Karina– for assisting with concessions
• Prairie Hills Transit – for transportation during pageant week
• Curt and Louise Bauman – for continued assistance
• Sally and Daryl Isburg - for continued assistance
• Bob & Becky Grandpre - for continued assistance
• Mark Wismer - for technical support
• Volunteers, friends, family, and co-workers – for the countless hours of time, talent, and cash contributions to the fund raising events
• Miss SD Contestant Attendants: Jeauleen Frost, Judy Hansen, Stacie Collins, Tara Haffner, Roberta Strehlow, Julie Bossert, Carmen Pulscher, Mary Puffer, Janice Ellis, Ellen Heafner, Wendy Wells
• Miss SD Teen Attendants: Kim Oberpriller, Gayle Tonsager, Margrethe Mason, Belinda Frohman
• Hot Springs Lions Club and their Ladies for assisting with setting up chairs and ushering during pageant week. We also appreciate the Lions Club for organizing the Miss South Dakota annual parade.
• SD Scholarship Board of Directors and their families for contributing time, talent, money, and/or equipment during pageant week and throughout the year.
  It would be impossible to continue this organization and pageant without the dedication of these individuals.