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 South Dakota Federation of Republican Women
  • Home
  • What's Happening
    • What's Happening
    • LegIslative
  • Calendar
  • SDFRW About Us
    • Executive Board
    • BOD & Clubs
  • SDFRW Committees
    • SDFRW Committees
    • Armed Forces
    • Campaign Activities
    • Caring For America
    • Membership Committee
    • Prayer Corner
    • Rushmore Regents
    • Youth
  • Newsletter
  • Social Links & Downloads
  • Federation Past Events

Standing Committees

By-Laws

Campaign Activites

Campaign Activites

Barbara Guenette, Chairwoman

Beka Zerbst, Vice-Chairwoman

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Campaign Activites

Campaign Activites

Campaign Activites

Val Higgins, Chairwoman

Debbie Schnell, Vice-Chairwoman

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Fundraising

Campaign Activites

Fundraising

Jen Boerger, Chairwoman

Lauri Davis, Vice-Chairwoman

Membership

Public Relations

Public Relations

Lauri Davis, Chairwoman

Trish Murphy, Vice Chairwoman

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Public Relations

Public Relations

Public Relations

Sara Frankenstein, Chairwoman


Programs

Public Relations

Programs

Sandy Rhoden, Chairman

Beka Zerbst, Vice-Chairwoman

Legislative

Cassidy  VandenHoek 

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Non-Voting Members

Chaplin

Parliamentarian

Parliamentarian

Lori Hausmann

Parliamentarian

Parliamentarian

Parliamentarian

Sara Frankenstein, Parliamentarian

Beka Zerbst, Deputy Parliamentarian

Honorarium

Honorarium

Honorarium

Danette Voshage

Historian

Honorarium

Honorarium

Gail Brock

Special Committees

Achievement Awards

Achievement Awards

Achievement Awards

Maryann Bierman, Chairwoman


The Awards Committee assists clubs with their applications for both the NFRW and SDFRW Achievement Awards.  Leading up to the national convention, the Committee will notify club officers of submission deadlines and will be available to answer questions about NFRW’s awards forms.  Leading up to the state conventi

Maryann Bierman, Chairwoman


The Awards Committee assists clubs with their applications for both the NFRW and SDFRW Achievement Awards.  Leading up to the national convention, the Committee will notify club officers of submission deadlines and will be available to answer questions about NFRW’s awards forms.  Leading up to the state convention, the Committee will provide application forms with deadlines to the clubs; the Committee will then accept all submissions, determine the winners, and present the awards.

Americanism

Achievement Awards

Achievement Awards

Kaelyn Callies, Co-Chairwoman

Patricia Tutsch, Co-Chairwoman


 The Americanism Committee seeks to promote patriotism.  Projects vary from year to year, but they are always geared toward nurturing love for our country. Perhaps this committee will organize patriotic SDFRW parade floats?  Perhaps this committee will work to help more cities and towns line their streets with American flags?  

Armed Forces

Caring for America

Caring for America

Bobbi Andera, Chairwoman


     The Armed Forces Committee is dedicated to those who sacrifice so much for our country.  Though projects vary from year to year, they are all designed to support Veterans, Active Duty, and their families.  Freedom most certainly is NOT free. 

Caring for America

Caring for America

Caring for America

MaryLee Plut, Chairwoman

Debbie Schnell, Vice-Chairwoman

 

Caring for America is our community service committee.  Projects vary from year to year, but past projects have included everything from procuring donations for families who lost everything in a fire to taking Easter baskets to nursing homes to collecting donations for veterans to helping the environment through Earth Day projects!  

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First Lady Gowns

Caring for America

First Lady Gowns

 Claire Rydberg, Chairwoman

 Paula Van Sharrel, Vice Chairwoman

 

This committee is in charge of the First Ladies & Gentlemen exhibit at the Capitol.  They clean the exhibit once a year, enlisting the help of the Constitutional Candidates.  Whenever a new Governor is sworn in, this committee is in charge of creating the exhibit for the new F

 Claire Rydberg, Chairwoman

 Paula Van Sharrel, Vice Chairwoman

 

This committee is in charge of the First Ladies & Gentlemen exhibit at the Capitol.  They clean the exhibit once a year, enlisting the help of the Constitutional Candidates.  Whenever a new Governor is sworn in, this committee is in charge of creating the exhibit for the new First Spouse, including a replica in miniature of the inauguration outfit.  

Heart Committee

Heart Committee

First Lady Gowns

Barabara Johnson, Chairwoman

Sandy Rhoden, Vice-Chairwoman

 

HEART: Helping Everyone Appreciate Real Teamwork

HEART is a new committee for 2023 and will focus on lifting the spirits of our own members.  All too often, we direct our focus outward when sometimes we should look inward.  We want to ensure our members know that they're part of a f

Barabara Johnson, Chairwoman

Sandy Rhoden, Vice-Chairwoman

 

HEART: Helping Everyone Appreciate Real Teamwork

HEART is a new committee for 2023 and will focus on lifting the spirits of our own members.  All too often, we direct our focus outward when sometimes we should look inward.  We want to ensure our members know that they're part of a family that cares about them.  That's the HEART Committee’s mission.  It’s up to them to decide how best to accomplish that goal – perhaps they’ll send a note to someone who's sick or who's lost a relative.  Perhaps they’ll send a card to congratulate someone on a new job or a new grandbaby or to give words of encouragement to someone who could use them.  Maybe they could do something to help welcome convention attendees or to thank people who have gone above and beyond, working hard for SDFRW.  It’s up to the committee to decide what exactly to do, but no matter what, thanks to the HEART Committee, our members will feel the love of our SDFRW family.

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Honorarium

Heart Committee

Honorarium

Danette Voshage, Chairwoman

 

The Honorarium fund is a wonderful way in which members and their friends and family can honor someone special to them.  Perhaps the person has passed away and the donation is made in her memory.  Perhaps a donation is made in honor of someone’s birthday or anniversary.  Either way, the money goes into an honor

Danette Voshage, Chairwoman

 

The Honorarium fund is a wonderful way in which members and their friends and family can honor someone special to them.  Perhaps the person has passed away and the donation is made in her memory.  Perhaps a donation is made in honor of someone’s birthday or anniversary.  Either way, the money goes into an honorarium fund.  This year, we want to use that fund to help our organization through membership scholarships:  There are some people for whom membership dues are cost-prohibitive. Maybe there’s a recent grad just trying to get by or a mom who is struggling to buy diapers.  Maybe there’s a farmer who had a rough harvest or a wife whose husband got laid off.  There are lots of reasons why someone could have trouble paying membership dues. No matter the reason, though, we don’t want money to stand in the way of someone’s joining SDFRW.  This year, we’re creating a Honorarium Committee that will be tasked with determining the criteria for the Honorarium Scholarships, creating a form that members can use to request dues assistance, and then awarding the scholarships to those who meet the criteria.


Hostess

Heart Committee

Honorarium

Beka Zerbst, Chairwoman

 

The Hostess Committee is new for 2023 – they’ll be in charge of planning logistics for our SDFRW quarterly meetings!  They’ll handle everything from the venue to the menu, from reservations to registration, and they’ll handle the A/V and internet needed for each meeting.

Leadership Development

Leadership Development

Leadership Development

Kristie Fiegen, Chairwoman

Kirsten Bradsky, Vice-Chairwoman

 

The Leadership Development Committee is focused on recruiting and training our leaders of tomorrow: they’ll help recruit candidates and teach them the basics of running a campaign.  They’ll train volunteers so that they’re confident jumping in and helping candidates. With help fro

Kristie Fiegen, Chairwoman

Kirsten Bradsky, Vice-Chairwoman

 

The Leadership Development Committee is focused on recruiting and training our leaders of tomorrow: they’ll help recruit candidates and teach them the basics of running a campaign.  They’ll train volunteers so that they’re confident jumping in and helping candidates. With help from our Leadership Development Committee, SDFRW will be the favorite go-to for campaigns seeking highly effective volunteers!

Mamie Eisenhower

Leadership Development

Leadership Development

Scyller Borglum, Chairwoman


Mamie Eisenhower is NFRW’s oldest program and is dedicated to promoting literature with a conservative message.  This year, we have an exciting new project to help kids learn life lessons that are central to Republican values.  But we don’t have to stop there!   

Newsletter

Leadership Development

Newsletter

Jen Boerger, Chairwoman


Help us share exciting updates from clubs around the state!  Every month, the newsletter team pulls together club reports, photos, announcements, letters, historical flashbacks, candidate advertisements, and more to create attractive and interesting updates on the South Dakota Federation!  This is a key way to stay connected even though we live separate lives.  

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Prayer

Rushmore Regents

Rushmore Regents

Lorie Hausmann, Chaplin


 The Prayer Committee is new for 2023.  This committee will be filled with prayer warriors and chaired by our SDFRW Chaplain.  It has a simple but vital mission: help bring the Lord’s blessings and guiding hand to our country, our state, and our communities.  It can start with something as simple as a group text in 

Lorie Hausmann, Chaplin


 The Prayer Committee is new for 2023.  This committee will be filled with prayer warriors and chaired by our SDFRW Chaplain.  It has a simple but vital mission: help bring the Lord’s blessings and guiding hand to our country, our state, and our communities.  It can start with something as simple as a group text in which committee members share prayers as the Spirit moves them.  But it can evolve into all sorts of things: taking prayer requests from members, hosting prayer warrior zoom calls, coordinating groups of prayer warriors to pray over courthouses, schools, and polling places.  

Rushmore Regents

Rushmore Regents

Rushmore Regents

Connie Wagner, Chairwoman 

Rushmore Regents was established by SDFRW as an avenue for Republican Women to play a greater role in our State's political system. In particular, Rushmore Regents provide funding to support women candidates running for state offices.  As we seek to offer meaningful support to our candidates, the Rushmore Regents

Connie Wagner, Chairwoman 

Rushmore Regents was established by SDFRW as an avenue for Republican Women to play a greater role in our State's political system. In particular, Rushmore Regents provide funding to support women candidates running for state offices.  As we seek to offer meaningful support to our candidates, the Rushmore Regents Committee encourages as many ladies as possible to become members of Rushmore Regents, arranging special gifts and exclusive get-togethers for the ladies who join.

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Social Networking

Social Networking

Social Networking

Laci Sosa, Chairwoman 

 

Like it or not, social media plays an important role in how members, potential new members, and the general public perceive SDFRW.  Effective social media posts can help raise awareness of our many initiatives, attract people to our events, draw in new members, and even help us establish new clubs.  While our focus 

Laci Sosa, Chairwoman 

 

Like it or not, social media plays an important role in how members, potential new members, and the general public perceive SDFRW.  Effective social media posts can help raise awareness of our many initiatives, attract people to our events, draw in new members, and even help us establish new clubs.  While our focus has been limited to Facebook in the past, we’d love to expand to other platforms if the Social Networking Committee chooses to!  If you enjoy marketing or graphics design, this is a great committee for you!  And if you have experience running ads on Facebook or other social media platforms, let us know!  Please note: We are also looking for people who simply would be willing to like, comment, and/or share the posts we put up.   You’d be amazed at the impact you can have with a commitment of just 2 minutes per day!

Website

Social Networking

Social Networking

Jen Boerger, Chairwoman


 

The SDFRW website continues to be a terrific way for non-members to learn about us and for members to stay informed about news and upcoming events. 

Youth Advocacy

Youth Advocacy

Youth Advocacy

Penny Sattgast, Chairwoman

Juanita Schmuck, Vice-Chairwoman

 

 The Youth Advocacy committee will focus on educating and protecting the youth.  They’ll continue the Truth for the Youth panels and will create a School Board Watch Program – a network of parents and educators that will stand against the liberal agenda being thrust upon our kids 

Penny Sattgast, Chairwoman

Juanita Schmuck, Vice-Chairwoman

 

 The Youth Advocacy committee will focus on educating and protecting the youth.  They’ll continue the Truth for the Youth panels and will create a School Board Watch Program – a network of parents and educators that will stand against the liberal agenda being thrust upon our kids in the classroom.  They’ll recruit volunteers to regularly observe school board meetings, and they’ll develop a system allowing families to report instances of Leftist propaganda being taught in our schools.  Whenever liberals attempt to indoctrinate our children, the Youth Advocacy Committee will spring into action! 

Youth Liaison

Youth Advocacy

Youth Advocacy

Megan Assman-Cool, Chairwoman

Justine Olawsky, Vice-Chairwoman

 

  This committee is focused on turning that around.  We want to seek out young moms and recent grads, making it fun, easy, and beneficial for them to join!  The Youth Liaison Committee will focus on attracting these women to the SDFRW family.  Perhaps they’ll meet up for playda

Megan Assman-Cool, Chairwoman

Justine Olawsky, Vice-Chairwoman

 

  This committee is focused on turning that around.  We want to seek out young moms and recent grads, making it fun, easy, and beneficial for them to join!  The Youth Liaison Committee will focus on attracting these women to the SDFRW family.  Perhaps they’ll meet up for playdates at the Watiki Waterpark, Thunderroad, and other family-friendly places.  Maybe they’ll work on providing child care options for moms who want to come to SDFRW meetings and events.  Maybe they’ll arrange girls nights’ out where they can enjoy each other’s company while building the bonds that will prove critical for SDFRW’s success in the future.  Maybe they’ll collaborate with other SDFRW committees, creating child-friendly initiatives that help kids grow up as active members of the Republican community.  If you know a Republican Woman who hasn’t joined SDFRW because of her kids, please introduce her to the Youth Liaison Committee! 

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