EmBe is a growing, active community partner offering quality and affordable programs, services and opportunities. EmBe has a history rich in being the first to respond to the needs of area women. In its early years as the YWCA, it was a place for girls and women to gather and learn, a place for young women to live, a place to find safety and shelter from violence, a place to provide childcare and early education for children, a place for women and children to grow and be healthy through fitness and aquatics, and a place to develop leadership skills and find friendships. Over the years, many programs and services from which the community still benefits, were developed.
Leif Ericson Day Camp is operated by the Sioux Falls Family YMCA, which is a nonprofit organization. It offers a variety of activities, including archery, fishing and swimming. The camp provides music, nature and crafts programs to children of different age groups. Leif Ericson Day Camp features a puppet theater, tree house and river interpretive center that provides various fun activities, including puppet shows and paintings and flags presentations. It also offers hidden treasure and horse programs. In addition, Leif Ericson Day Camp features an athletic field that offers soccer, tetherball, basketball, football and other activities. Leif Ericson Day Camp is located in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Caring, preparing and enriching. Youth Enrichment Services, Inc a non-profit organization under the State of South Dakota and has grown to become one of the largest non-profit childcare providers in South Dakota. Summer Enrichment and Afterschool Enrichment programs stimulate children's learning with a curriculum that is based upon Out of School Time accreditation standards while promoting a fun and engaging environment. Early Childhood programs use The Creative Curriculum, a nationally recognized curriculum which is recommended by the State of SD for its 2010 Education Initiative. In partnership with the Sioux Falls School District, Community-based Head Start helps ready children for school while their parents work and/or attend school. We receive Sioux Empire United Way financial assistance to support working families with subsidized childcare. Our staff work with families to build upon each child's temperament, interests, culture, capabilities and learning styles.
