(Click here for a slide show of "Getting Ready" pictures)

Preparing for convention requires many hands...

The Convention Center flags...
ready to welcome LWML women and guests.

These doors will welcome
over 5000 delegates & guests.

President Linda Reiser leading the
Board of Directors in last minute details.

The floor of the arena is waiting &
ready for the delegates.

Rocks gathered from every
LWML District will fill the cross.

Technology has a major role in Conventions including electronic voting; all those wires connected to those little black boxes.

Booths just waiting to be filled with
fun and educational materials.

Soon this area will fill with cars and campers.

Under the "Big Top," hammers and saws will soon
build Habitat for Humanity Garden Sheds.

The Orphan Grain Train truck arriving with donated clothes
to be sorted during one of the servant events.

The trucks are ready to take the many items
brought for the Gifts from the Heart ingathering.

Every Attendee needs a bag.

Every bag needs convention information...

And more information.

The Press Room will also be the "CyberSpot" letting
convention women check out the new LWML web site
and their home e-mails.

Convention Registrar Carol Iannelli checking those
last-minute registration details.

Leader Development Committee Members are almost ready
for 72 Young Women Representatives.

Even before registration opens,
the Gifts from the Heart begin to arrive.

From blankets to toothbrushes - the sorting begins.

Everything is boxed, labeled and sent to
someone needing not just the gift but
also the love it represents.

Sioux Falls is ready for
LWML to ROCK!!