Voter Appreciation

Hillcrest is a polling place for elections- we were last week in Sioux Falls' mayoral, city council, and school board elections, and will be next week when there's a runoff election for Sioux Falls' next mayor. It's interesting that with so much church/state separation fervor, that church facilities are still used as polling sites, but I guess that's for another post. Something we've been doing at Hillcrest for the last several elections now is giving away treats (donut holes, mini candy bars, cookies, coffee, etc) to those who vote at Hillcrest. Some of the recent elections have brought several hundreds of voters out to our facility, and I can't think of many other events that bring in that many of our neighbors. These folks live by us, shop by us, attend schools by us, and for a couple of times every election year, we get a rare opportunity to have them within our doors and be neighborly. If the only time a neighbor is going to step in your church building (or any church building for that matter), wouldn't you want that encounter to leave a good impression?