Club Executives
Club President
Ludene McLeod
Club Treasurer
Scott Speer
Club Secretary
Melvina Newman
Club Sargent at Arms
Joe Spader
Club Board Member
Lanny Auringer
3 year Club Board Member
Jerry Priebe
1 year Club Board Member
Jerry Beckler
2 year Club Board Member
Bill Kubat
Our Club Meets

We meet In Person
Mondays at 12:00 PM
The South Dakota Military Heritage Alliance
1600 W. Russell St
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
United States of America
1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Monday's Noon - 1 PM
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Home Page News
Sweetest Day of Golf 2020
SWEETEST DAY OF GOLF 2020 A GREAT SUCCESS!
 
See pictures in the Carousel below! Here are the winners:
 
1st Flight:
1st – Medtronic – 57
2nd – JDS – 57
3rd – First National Bank – 59
 
2nd Flight
1st – T-Bros-64
2nd – Signature Companies-64
3rd – Dacotah Bank-64
 
3rd Flight:
1st – Old Coots #3-70
2nd – Innovative Design – 71
3rd – Border States/GF Electric – 71
 
Putting Contest Winner – Brad Jones
 
Raffle Winners:
Game Room Package – Lanny Auringer
Firepit & Chairs – Cory Scharffenberg
Okoboji Golf Package – Mo Wilde
 
Live Auction – Sporting Package – Lanny Auringer
CORONAVIRUS AND CLUB MEETINGS
WE'RE MEETING AGAIN! Our Club's Board of Directors has decided that given the Coronavirus pandemic and our inability to meet at the present time at LifeScape because of visitor restrictions, a new location has been secured beginning JUNE 15, 2020. We are meeting at the SOUTH DAKOTA MILITARY  HERITAGE ALLIANCE at 1600 W. Russell St. (across from the Sheraton). We're excited to be meeting again and to support this new venue. Come and join us as you're comfortable. In the meantime, BE SAFE AND BE WELL!
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Home Page Stories
"Smooch a Pooch" is now "Paws Saving Lives"
Posted on Jun 22, 2017
For easy understanding and branding purposes, the "Smooch a Pooch" program is now known as the "Paws Saving Lives" program.  This program is being led by CI's Rick Swansboro from Rockford, Illinois.
 
For a PowerPoint presentation of how the Diabetic Alert Dog Program works, check out the "Download Files" section in the menu bar at the top of the home page.
 
 
 
Camp Gilbert Vendor Day
Posted by Lou Rensch on Jun 22, 2018
Ludene McLeod and Lou Rensch visited Camp Gilbert at NeSoDak Camp on Enemy Swim Lake for vendor day. This is the wrap up day for the camp and a few vendors display their offerings and Ludene and I talked to any interested parents about what the Cosmopolitan Club is about and we handed out a few trinkets such as wrist bands (diabetes alert bracelets), pencils and literature about the club. We received several heartfelt thank yous to our club by parents who had received scholarships for their children.
I also visited with the vendors and noted that we have a golf fundraiser coming up in September and gave them one of the sponsor brochures for 2018. Hopefully Jerry Priebe or Lanny Auringer will receive an inquiry or two from this as the interest seemed strong. Monica Wilde stopped by our table and noted her husband is likely going to give us 4 Timberwolve tickets for the raffle!
Vendors attending were:
Novo Nordisk     Delta Dental       Medtronic           Dexcom               Omnipod             Lilly
We visited with Deidra Bonte (Medtronic) who has volunteered at our golf outings in the past and Stacy Breidenbach (Dexcom) who sounded likely to volunteer to help this year.
 
 
 
Greetings from our Club President!

Ludene McLeod

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Welcome to the website for the Sioux Falls Cosmopolitan Club - “the club that fights diabetes”!  Our club currently meets for lunch the first 4 Mondays of each month at 11:45 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. at The South Dakota Military Heritage Alliance (1600 W. Russell St). Every week we have civic leaders, business leaders and other community programs come and visit with us about topics that are in the news or important to our club. At lunch we get to catch up with friends, brag about good things happening in our lives and have some good fun.  
 
Last year our club contributed nearly $31,000 to a range of community causes with a special focus on the education and treatment of diabetes and research to find a cure.
 
 We are involved in many events, charities and fundraisers to support our community, some of which include:
THE SIOUX EMPIRE FAIR
THE SIOUX EMPIRE SPORTSMENS SHOW
THE SWEETEST DAY OF GOLF(last year alone we raised over $20,000 to support scholarships for Camp Gilbert, an all diabetic camp for children with diabetes)
EMBE
BOY'S AND GIRL'S STATE
CRIMESTOPPERS
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT
 
I invite you to join our cause to fight diabetes, have lunch, meet some new people, learn something new about what going on in our community and have a little fun.