Community churches will host a benefit for the Flandreau Meat Locker at the William J. Janklow Community Center on Sunday, August 20.
From 10-2 p.m. there will be a meal served, silent auctions and a raffle.
The idea for the benefit came up at a Deacon meeting for the Second Presbyterian Church in Flandreau.
Pastor Ann Spitzenberger said after the fire that devastated the local business on June 29, the group talked about what they could do as a church to help.
Through discussions they realized it would be a big event and came together with other congregations in the community, rather than each church hosting a benefit different weeks.
“We just want to help the Kills-A-Hundred family,” Spitzenberger said. “Our hope and prayer is that they can rebuild and stay here in Flandreau.”
The meal will be a free-will donation and serve pork loin sandwiches, baked beans, coleslaw, chips and desserts.
Spitzenberger said they are planning to get all the food and ingredients in town, so that they are not only helping the Kills-A-Hundred family, but also supporting the community as a whole.
Silent auction items include a one-year supply of eggs, handmade quilts, a flat-screen TV, a beef bundle, $150 Mad Mary’s gift and many more.
Raffle tickets will be sold for a 6.5x284 caliber Savage Bolt Action Rifle. Tickets cost $5 each or six for $25.
All proceeds from the benefit will go to Tyler and Sarah Kills-A-Hundred. Checks should be made out to “Locker Benefit.”
“Anywhere you live in, big or small, you lose a business and you lose part of your community,” Spitzenberger said. “We want to do everything we can to help families and businesses stay here in Flandreau.”
For those who cannot attend the benefit, an account has been set up at the First National Bank in Flandreau for donations.
Donations can also be made at https://www.gofundme.com/tyler-sarah-kills-a-hundred.
“It doesn’t matter which place you give to, we’re all in this together, to support our community and one another,” Spitzenberger said. “The more people that come [to the benefit], the more we’ll be able to help them stay here and be a part of our community.
