Visit with friends both old and new, and enjoy your choice of over a dozen chilis. The usual fixings will be provided, as well as desserts and beverages (including beer and wine!). All in exchange for a freewill donation and a smile!
Can’t stay long? We'll have containers available so you can take your chili to go, or bring your own (suggested additional donation of $2 each).
The chilis will be served while quantities last from 4 to 6:30p.m. in the church basement, but our doors will open at 3:30p.m.
Enjoy these happenings on the main level:
* Learn more about the Loess Hills Audubon Society and bid on the great finds offered in their silent auction until 6 p.m. There may be something you can't live without and you'll support a good cause!
* Live piano music by Terry Brooks
* Contribute to "Change for Change", the church's effort to help neighbors and community organizations.
* Enjoy a slideshow of 2024 memories contributed by Sierra Club members and friends.
This is our group's only fundraiser; donations from the door, beverage table, and the to-go options support Northwest Iowa Group of Sierra Club's conservation and outreach efforts. Cash and checks are preferred, but we can process cards for a fee. Please remember to support our friends, too (Change for Change, Loess Hills Audubon Society, and our entertainers).
We'll keep our fingers crossed, but in case of bad weather, we've chosen February 1st as our alternative. If we decide to postpone, we'll do so as far in advance as we can.
Sierra Club's Northwest Iowa Group is based in Sioux City, Iowa, and includes Lyon, Osceola, Sioux, O'Brien, Plymouth, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Woodbury, Ida, Sac, Monona, Crawford, and Harrison counties. Everyone is welcome and invited to participate.
The group is led by an Executive Committee:
David Hoferer - Co-Chair. Also serves on the Iowa Chapter ExCom.
Carrie Radloff - Co-Chair. Chapter Delegate to the Iowa Chapter ExCom.
Eric Wissing - Vice-Chair. Alternate Chapter Delegate.
Jeanne Bockholt - Secretary, Treasurer, Outreach, Webmaster.
Bob Fritzmeier - Conservation Chair.
Linda Santi - Political Chair and Legislative Chair.
Rex Rundquist
In January, we will welcome Ellen Ryan, Lexi McKee-Hemenway, and Grace Perrin to our Executive Committee
Click to download a pdf of our group bylaws.
Northwest Iowa Group's history:
For decades, the Northwest Iowa Group of Sierra Club has actively explored, enjoyed, and protected some of the most interesting landscapes in western Iowa and neighboring states. The Loess Hills run parallel to the once-wide Missouri River, and provides a climate and a soil where native prairies can flourish. Sioux City residents can look at the surrounding hills and thank them for preserving native prairies were plowed and paved elsewhere. State parks, county parks, city trails, and protected private lands offer opportunities to hike in these hills.
Our group campaigns against projects, both industrial and agricultural, that threaten our health and way of life, including carbon dioxide pipelines, tar sands oil pipelines, an oil refinery that was proposed just across the river, and confined animal feeding operations that threaten our air and waters. Our natural communities have been stressed by human encroachment and intervention leading to the loss of precious habitat.
We celebrate the multigenerational qualities of our Sierra Group, watching children grow up, taking our values out into the world, and then sharing their work and research with us. We continue to develop a social and spiritual connection to members of sovereign tribes and their deep love of the earth.
Sierra is not alone in exploring our region, educating our young people, and sharing the fun of our unique area. Other environmental organizations bring a healthy synergy as our allies to help us all succeed in protecting our people and the natural world around us.
Working alongside our neighbors, businesses, government, nonprofits, and other like-minded groups, we actively share our commitment to explore, enjoy, and protect the vast beauty of our region. Your membership supports your local group. Please join us today!
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Call or text us at 712.986.6210.
Hi friends,
Our longtime Sierra Club leader, mentor, and friend Jim Redmond passed away on October 16, 2022.
We will truly miss his leadership, passion, and unique kindness.
https://www.meyerbroschapels.com/obituary/dr-james-jim-redmond
Thanks to everyone who sent in pictures for this project.
This is who we are: View our slideshow
So many stories were shared that we started a second album in order to give them the honor they deserve!
Carrie's: https://www.kwit.org/post/impact-covid-19-earth-day-and-environment
David's: https://www.kwit.org/term/david-hoferer
So, why did so many people vote for Carrie Radloff during the Volunteer Siouxland Billboard Contest? Here are just a few reasons:
She currently serves as Chair of the Northwest Iowa Group of Sierra Club. She has helped us immensely in organization, research, communication, and outreach. We’ve worked with Carrie for about five years on various environmental efforts in our area. She helped us develop our community outreach and strives to create mutually beneficial connections.
Carrie is driven to help make good things happen, and has a pleasant temperament and humorous honesty that makes her the first person we turn to for help for so many things. That she offers her time and skills with no material reward shows her true motivations lie in working for the greater good.
She applied these strong leadership qualities to her roles with the Sioux City Environmental Advisory Board, Loess Hills Wild Ones, and many other endeavors close to her heart.
