Meet Alona
LifeScape employees share their stories, their moments that speak to why they love their job. It’s hard to know how a career will change your life. We know there are a lot of options out there, but here’s why we want you to consider applying at LifeScape. It’s not a paycheck, it’s not a normal…
Meet Adam
LifeScape employees share their stories, their moments that speak to why they love their job. It’s hard to know how a career will change your life. We know there are a lot of options out there, but here’s why we want you to consider applying at LifeScape. It’s not a paycheck, it’s not a normal…
Hamsters USA raise $503,000 for LifeScape in Rapid City
The international motorcycle group Hamsters USA gathered for their annual meeting on Monday, August 8th, 2022 in Spearfish, SD and after everything was tallied, the group raised $503,000 for LifeScape in Rapid City! Funds were raised through a silent auction, a separate event — Arizona Bike Week — and a “cash call” made by two…
A summer of creativity with arts intern
Children and adults supported by LifeScape are getting daily arts experiences this summer thanks to arts intern Jaclyn Laprath of Colome, SD. Jaclyn is pursuing an Arts in Health Certificate from the University of South Dakota’s College of Fine Arts. Her internship is being served through LifeScape’s Center for the Arts. Artistic Director Jamie Richardson…
LifeScape Achieves CQL Person Centered Excellence Accreditation
LifeScape is excited to share that it has achieved Person-Centered Excellence Accreditation from CQL | The Council on Quality and Leadership. This internationally recognized designation validates that LifeScape is committed to person-centered practices that promote the attainment of individually defined outcomes by people with disabilities. Person-Centered Excellence Accreditation is awarded to agencies that meet CQL’s…
Community Partner Lloyd Companies gets the job done!
Lloyd Companies has supported LifeScape in various ways for nearly two decades, including with holiday “Angel Trees” for LifeScape as shown in this photo. Through their affordable housing division, they are continuing their partnership with LifeScape to build a series of customized duplexes for adults with disabilities. The first, the Continuum Home, was a first-of-its-kind…
Embracing A New Normal
March is Brain Injury Awareness month. As most people are defined by their injuries, we wanted to introduce you to the exception. Or should we say exceptional human being! Lexi DeLay was just 12 years old when she suffered her Traumatic Brain Injury. Now, more than a decade later, she continues to live her best…
My Voice: “LIfeScape taught me so much about what really matters in life.”
I grew up on a farm near Dell Rapids and spent the first 25 years of my married life farming with my wife, Judi. Together we raised six boys and one girl. The farm was a great place to raise our children. We experienced many blessings on their journeys to adulthood—going on to the military,…
LifeScape Ambassadors: Celebrating 70 years of making a difference
In the early weeks of 1952, a small group of women were busy creating a homey atmosphere for children about to move into “Crippled Children’s Hospital & School” in Sioux Falls. The new facility was built entirely through private donations on donated land so kids could go to school while recovering from the paralysis-causing polio…