helping services welcomes you

2011

Nov 24 to Dec 25Thursdays - Sundays 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Pulpit Rock Campground, Decorah

Open every night the last 11 days

FOR

HELPINGSERVICESNORTHEAST IOWA

www.helpingservices.org

(Dec 15 - 25)

Helping Services, a private, non-profit agency, serves the northeast corner of Iowa. Our mission: to

support and promote the health of children and adults living in the area.

We focus our resources on preventing substance abuse, ending domestic violence and child

abuse, connecting youth with adults who care, and supporting the needs of families and parents.

Our mission is accomplished through:

Providing information and education on alcohol, tobacco and other drug use to schools,

community events, and area groups through trainings and presentations

Training staff and volunteers to respond to emergencies relating to domestic, sexual and

child abuse, as well as providing advocacy services -- 24 hour Crisis Line, safe homes and

transportation -- to those who need support and safety

Organizing trainings, activities and support for the youth and adults involved in the mentoring

program

Sponsoring and facilitating parenting classes, family events and programs for children

Collaborating with coalitions to create awareness about the communities health and safety

concerns

Helping Services for Northeast Iowa

LightsHoliday5K

We have added this event as another way

to bring families and communities together.

Hopefully, you and yours will join us next year

for the 3rd Annual Holiday Lights 5K.

Race with a friend, walk with your grandma,

or ride in a stroller. Dig out your best costume,

and make it your new Thanksgiving tradition

with family and friends.

Visit www.helpingservices.org/holiday5K for

2011s winners and event photos:

5K Race: First Male and Female

Under 12 One Mile Race: First Boy and Girl

Best Holiday Costume

Largest Participating FamilySave the Date: Nov. 23, 2012

Believe with us this season by giving a gift.At Helping Services, we believe in nurturing families, in safe children, in responsible youth, in

positive relationships, and in healthy communities. We are thankful for the many people who

believe in these ideas too, and have expressed that by responding to our annual appeal.

Will you respond? With your help, we work to make these ideas into realities, bringing services

to those who need them. Your financial gift says this work is important and can be accomplished.

Please visit www.helpingservices.org/donate, to make a secure gift today.

For the fourth year, some of the families that Helping Services supports have been blessed to

receive beds from Slumberland, through their Homes for the Holidays program. Slumberland

believes giving back to the community is not only a good

idea, but an essential part of doing business. As a family-

owned business, Slumberland is proud to support activities

and organizations that strengthen families and provide

assistance to children and families in need.

Visit Santa every night before Christmas Eve Santa wants to give a Creative Book* to every child.

This open-ended book allows children to create

freely, to ask questions openly, and to share fully

with the adults in their life. Full of pages to color,

tasks to decipher, and ideas to think about - Enjoy!

Thanks to Luana Savings Bank for their help

in making this book possible.

*While supplies last

FOR

HELPINGSERVICESNORTHEAST IOWA

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Fly FishermanBrowns Sales & LeasingIowa Driftless Trout Unlimited

32 Escaping the SharkLynch BBQ

31Santa Water SkiingFriest & AssociatesLetterwerks

29GolferDental Associates

28 Doves and TreesSims TV & Electronics

27Holiday TrainMedicap Pharmacy

25Dump Truck Bank of the West24 Snowboy FootballBruening Rock Products

23PeacockUpper Iowa University

22 Nativity SceneElliott Jewelers

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20. Soli Deo Gloria Friends of Luther College21. Three Wise Men Keith, Amy, Michael, Katherine and Rebecca Bruening

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17. Redi-Mix Truck Croell Redi-Mix18. Snowboy Soccer Skyline Construction19. Heralding Angels Haven Electronics

14. Airplane and Elf Iowa Rotocast15. Poinsettia Country Inn & Suites Leschensky Insurance16. Wrapped Packages Kwik Star Stores

SnowmanDecorah Building Supply

12Candy Cane House

and VillageWicks Construction

11Candle with Packages

Waukon State Bank

10Snowmom and Snowdad

The Family Table

9Santa Checking List

Rubaiyat

8Baseball Player

Rockweiler Appliance & TV

7 Elf HammerAce Hardware andAce Kitchen PlaceHomestead Iowa Realty

34Waving Victorian

Man in AutoRiver City Paving37Zeppelin Hot Air BalloonNortheast Iowa Medical Transport

35Tunnel of Lights

38Santas Tractor

Bodensteiner Implement

40Dog House

Kerndt BrothersSavings Bank

43Skating Bears

Perry Novak Electric

42Fairy Godmother

Scott Pharmacy

46Seasons Greetings

Viking State Bank

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..and to all a good nightBlack Hills Energy

4Drummer BoysRockwell Collins

5 Puppy in a PackageMarine Credit Union

6Antique Auto SceneKuhn Enterprises andPremier Transportation

36Elf PlumberCasper Plumbing & Heating

39Elf Decorating TreeWalmart

41 Peace on EarthFriends of NICCSpahn & Rose

44

HummingbirdFarmers & MerchantSavings BankPepsi

1Merry Christmas Infastech

Santas HouseSpahn & Rose

3Up North Deer Playing

Fjelstul Funeral Home

2 Waving SnowmanOlson Explosives

30Six Horse HitchDecorah Bank & Trust

Deer Leaping ArchMidwest Group Benefits

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Thank you to our display sponsorsPlease keep to the right when driving through.

33

Fly FishermanBrowns Sales & LeasingIowa Driftless Trout Unlimited

32 Escaping the SharkLynch BBQ

31Santa Water SkiingFriest & AssociatesLetterwerks

29GolferDental Associates

28 Doves and TreesSims TV & Electronics

27Holiday TrainMedicap Pharmacy

25Dump Truck Bank of the West24 Snowboy FootballBruening Rock Products

23PeacockUpper Iowa University

22 Nativity SceneElliott Jewelers

21

20. Soli Deo Gloria Friends of Luther College21. Three Wise Men Keith, Amy, Michael, Katherine and Rebecca Bruening

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19

18

17

16

1514

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17. Redi-Mix Truck Croell Redi-Mix18. Snowboy Soccer Skyline Construction19. Heralding Angels Haven Electronics

14. Airplane and Elf Iowa Rotocast15. Poinsettia Country Inn & Suites Leschensky Insurance16. Wrapped Packages Kwik Star Stores

SnowmanDecorah Building Supply

12Candy Cane House

and VillageWicks Construction

11Candle with Packages

Waukon State Bank

10Snowmom and Snowdad

The Family Table

9Santa Checking List

Rubaiyat

8Baseball Player

Rockweiler Appliance & TV

7 Elf HammerAce Hardware andAce Kitchen PlaceHomestead Iowa Realty

34Waving Victorian

Man in AutoRiver City Paving37Zeppelin Hot Air BalloonNortheast Iowa Medical Transport

35Tunnel of Lights

38Santas Tractor

Bodensteiner Implement

40Dog House

Kerndt BrothersSavings Bank

43Skating Bears

Perry Novak Electric

42Fairy Godmother

Scott Pharmacy

46Seasons Greetings

Viking State Bank

45

..and to all a good nightBlack Hills Energy

4Drummer BoysRockwell Collins

5 Puppy in a PackageMarine Credit Union

6Antique Auto SceneKuhn Enterprises andPremier Transportation

36Elf PlumberCasper Plumbing & Heating

39Elf Decorating TreeWalmart

41 Peace on EarthFriends of NICCSpahn & Rose

44

HummingbirdFarmers & MerchantSavings BankPepsi

1Merry Christmas Infastech

Santas HouseSpahn & Rose

3Up North Deer Playing

Fjelstul Funeral Home

2 Waving SnowmanOlson Explosives

30Six Horse HitchDecorah Bank & Trust

Deer Leaping ArchMidwest Group Benefits

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If you are waiting to see Santa, please stay as far to the right as possible.

If you are not planning on seeing Santa tonight, please safely pass by the waiting cars.

CANDY CANESNew Albin Savings BankHelping Services Staff and Board MembersPinters Gardens & Pumpkins

TREESAmundsons ClothingBushman Insurance & Real Estate Inc.Citizens Savings Bank- Spillville, Ft. AtkinsonCulvers of DecorahDonaldson CompanyFreedom BankGraphics Inc.Ron and Wanda HemesathNorwegian Mutual InsurancePalmer Memorial FoundationMark, Britt, Margaret, Andrew and Nathan RhodesSecurity State BankVeterans Memorial Hospital- WaukonWest Side Dental

SNOWFLAKES Calmar Lions ClubCitizens Savings Bank-HawkeyeDoug Egeland TilingErdman Engineering, P.C.First National BankJustin and Jeanne GulleksonGundersen Lutheran: Calmar, Lansing, Ossian, WaukonHammel JewelersPalmer Lutheran Health CareSchluter-Balik Funeral HomeFamily of Winifred SchwartzhoffSouth Winn InsuranceLarry and Deanna StevensonWinneshiek Medical Center

Thank you to our sponsors

$700 CHAMBER DOLLARSBank of the WestCresco Bank & TrustCresco Union Savings BankDecorah Bank and TrustElkader Area Chamber of CommerceFidelity BankViking State Bank- DecorahWest Union Chamber of Commerce