Forty communities from across Kansas came together for education, sharing, and recognition of success at Kansas PRIDE Day 2009. The event was held in Junction City, Kansas at the Courtyard by Marriot Convention Center.  

Twenty six communities were recognized for their hard work and success in their community development efforts. A photo inventory of winners is available of communities recognized this year.

The main feature of the day was most notably Mr. People Builder himself Steve Siemens of Siemen's People Builders!

Everyone that attended left with a great sense of empowerment after Steve’s "Visualize or Fossilize" session! The following quote from a participant seemed to be the voice of all PRIDE Community representatives that attended:

"I really enjoyed coming to my first PRIDE Day! It was wonderful and very informative. I especially enjoyed the speaker, I learned so much, laughed so hard, and am still thinking about what he said. Our group talked the entire way home about future plans, and got so many great ideas. Thanks for a wonderful day!" - Eden Fuson, Potwin PRIDE

The PRIDE staff would like to congratulate the recipients of the 2009 STAR, Community of Excellence and Youth Awards! The staff would also like to thank the many PRIDE communities that participated in the community sharing. Your contributions were a great help to presenters and fellow community members!

Click Here to view PRIDE Day Images.

If you are unable to download images for your own use, or would like these images sent to you via email, please contact Jaime via email at jmenon@ksu.edu or via phone at (785) 532-5840.

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