Program must move to new location in a few months
The Center West is looking for the community's support in making its dream come true of having a full-service community center for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people in Rapid City.
The building in which The Center West is located is being sold, and the program must move in a few months.
Director Mike Coats said they have been negotiating with a property owner in Rapid City willing to rent to them. The property is large enough and has the facilities so the program could evolve into a real community center, complete with space for dances, events and a coffee house and snack bar, Coats said.
To make it work, The Center West needs to raise some initial funds to pay the first few months' rent and to make some remodeling adjustments to the building, Coats said.The program would be self-sustaining after it's up and running."If the community feels this is something that we need and would be beneficial, then we need to have the community's support and help in making this happen," Coats said in a news release.
"We have some donors who are willing to match donations from the community. We have some donors who will be willing to help us if they see the LGBT community is stepping forward to help make it happen."The center needs monetary support and eventually will need volunteers and people willing to help with dances, special events and day-to-day operations.
Donations can be sent to The Center West, 3601 Canyon Lake Drive Suite 4, Rapid City, SD 57702.
For more information, call 348-3244.
I didn't send this out as a press release. Just as an e-mail. However, the journal saw fit to publish it and we thank them for doing so. Of course Joe Budd and the usual ignorance peddlers are sounding off again on the rapid reply. (O.M.)
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