Rural Office of Community Services

Rural Office of Community Services ROCS is a private non-profit agency serving the residents of South-Central & South-Eastern South Dakota since 1981.

Here at ROCS, we care about the entire community and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other.

Fuel your body. Fuel your lifeHealthy eating doesnโ€™t mean perfect, it means making small, better choices each day. Check...
06/11/2026

Fuel your body. Fuel your life

Healthy eating doesnโ€™t mean perfect, it means making
small, better choices each day. Checkout SDSU Extension's Eating for Health content: https://extension.sdstate.edu/tags/eating-health

๐Ÿฅ•Add a veggie
๐Ÿ’งDrink more water
๐ŸฝCook one meal at home
Simple changes = lasting impact๐Ÿ’›

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A big ROCS thank you to our May donors that have helped support our programs that strengthens families, uplifts communit...
06/08/2026

A big ROCS thank you to our May donors that have helped support our programs that strengthens families, uplifts communities, and brings vital services to neighbors who need them most!
Trinity United Methodist Church (Iroquios), Kersten H. Elvin F., Vendy B., Knights of Columbus, Felipe C., Roger C., Chad L., Scott & Linda P., Leslie M., and Anonymous Donors.

But our work isnโ€™t done, and together we can keep making a difference.
๐Ÿงก ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž: Financially or in-kind, your contributions help us meet essential needs across the region.
๐Ÿค ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐”๐ฌ: Your time, skills, and compassion directly impact the people we serve.
Support our mission at ๐–๐–๐–.๐‘๐Ž๐‚๐’๐ˆ๐๐‚.๐Ž๐‘๐†
Thank you for giving, serving, and standing with us - today and every day. Your generosity is the heart of our mission.

๐ŸŒฑ Did you know? SDSU Extension Master Gardeners offers a ๐น๐‘…๐ธ๐ธ program called ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ that helps families ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฎ...
06/06/2026

๐ŸŒฑ Did you know? SDSU Extension Master Gardeners offers a ๐น๐‘…๐ธ๐ธ program called ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ that helps families ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด together through ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป, ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€-๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜€!

As ROCS kicks off the ROCS Garden Project, weโ€™re encouraging families to explore โ€œ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑโ€ together this season. Gardening is a great way to build skills, spend quality time together, and learn where our food comes from. ๐ŸŒผ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿ…

๐Ÿ“š ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: https://extension.sdstate.edu/getting-garden-growing

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—–๐—ฆ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿ‘‰ WWW.ROCSINC.ORG/GROW

Introductory gardening lesson where youth will learn what plants need to grow and what fruits and vegetables grow in different seasons in South Dakota.

Letโ€™s get moving, South Dakota ๐Ÿ’ชicated; just 10 minutes can make a difference. Check out SDSU Extensionโ€™s ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ...
06/04/2026

Letโ€™s get moving, South Dakota ๐Ÿ’ช
icated; just 10 minutes can make a difference. Check out SDSU Extensionโ€™s ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ and ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€ here: https://extension.sdstate.edu/wellness/physical-activity
๐ŸƒTake a walk
๐ŸงนStay active at home
๐Ÿ‘ŸTry something new
Small steps lead to big change. Thatโ€™s how we ignite change!๐Ÿ”ฅ

Still need to file your taxes? Weโ€™ve got you covered!Our ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ to assist anyone wh...
06/02/2026

Still need to file your taxes? Weโ€™ve got you covered!
Our ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ to assist anyone who filed a tax extension or hasnโ€™t filed yet. Our team is here to help make the process simple and stress-free.
Visit ๐’˜๐’˜๐’˜.๐’“๐’๐’„๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ.๐’๐’“๐’ˆ/๐’—๐’Š๐’•๐’‚ for location details and contact information. Let us help you get it done!

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—œ๐—–๐—˜ ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ! ๐Ÿ“ฃFrom housing and transportation to healthcare, childcare, food access, financial stability, and m...
05/31/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—œ๐—–๐—˜ ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ! ๐Ÿ“ฃ
From housing and transportation to healthcare, childcare, food access, financial stability, and more - ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Rural residents, families, workers, seniors, and community members are all encouraged to participate!

๐Ÿ”— ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/QB23HfNRCi

โœ… The survey is quick, confidential, and open through June 30.

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๐‘๐„๐€๐ƒ๐˜ ๐“๐Ž ๐†๐‘๐Ž๐– ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐”๐’?ROCS partners with ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ & ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ, an...
05/29/2026

๐‘๐„๐€๐ƒ๐˜ ๐“๐Ž ๐†๐‘๐Ž๐– ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐”๐’?
ROCS partners with ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ & ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ, and ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ to grow ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ and ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ in our communities.

๐™‚๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ!

๐ŸŒฑ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ & ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: https://form.jotform.com/250706461132145
๐Ÿค ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ & ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: https://form.jotform.com/261463828006053

Limited space or supplies? Donโ€™t let that stop you - support with containers, raised beds, soil, seeds, and other gardening resources may be available.

South Dakota, itโ€™s time to spark something bigger! ๐Ÿ”ฅSDSU Extension is launching ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฑ ๐—œ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ, a statewide movemen...
05/27/2026

South Dakota, itโ€™s time to spark something bigger! ๐Ÿ”ฅ
SDSU Extension is launching ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฑ ๐—œ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ, a statewide movement focused on helping individuals and communities take small steps toward better health.
Leading up to Chronic Disease Day (July 10), weโ€™ll be sharing simple ways to ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ โ€ข ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ
โœจFollow along
โœจTake action
โœจBe part of the change

https://extension.sdstate.edu/event/chronic-disease-day

๐ŸŒฑ ๐Ÿ“ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐•๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ŸŒฑStarting a garden doesnโ€™t have to be overwhelming! If youโ€™re new to growin...
05/25/2026

๐ŸŒฑ ๐Ÿ“ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐•๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ŸŒฑ

Starting a garden doesnโ€™t have to be overwhelming! If youโ€™re new to growing your own food, these vegetables are a great place to begin:

๐Ÿฅ• ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ โ€“ Low maintenance and grow well in loose soil
๐Ÿฅฌ ๐‹๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ฎ๐œ๐žโ€“ Quick to grow and perfect for multiple harvests
๐ŸŒฑ ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐›๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ โ€“ Hardy plants that produce a big yield
๐Ÿ… ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ Easy, productive, and great for beginners
๐Ÿฅ’ ๐™๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ข โ€“ Fast-growing and often very abundant (sometimes too abundant!)

๐Ÿ’ก ๐‘‡๐‘–๐‘: ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™, ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› - ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ !

Want help starting your own garden? Learn more about the Garden Project or apply here: ๐ก๐ญ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฌ://๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐œ.๐จ๐ซ๐ /๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ

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107 2nd Street SW
Wagner, SD
57380

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Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
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