Rushmore Rotarians and their Impact Club members came together to assemble the Rotary float for this year’s Festival Of Lights parade through downtown Rapid City on Saturday. They all had such fun and the float was beautiful. On board were DG Bruce Nearhood, Jennifer Rollins, Rene Sorenson and Jeff Kingsbury. Check out our Facebook page for videos of all the fun. facebook/rushmorerotary.

 

Our speaker today was Rob Mudge, founder of RPM & Assoc. 
they were founded 1982 working with solutions fo mines, then expanded to power plant solutions, then in 2001 expanded to laser welding-DED(Directed Energy Depositions) finding solutions to make parts along with repairs and strengthening in the aerospace & aviation industries. They have been working with NASA on propulsion technology, to make parts faster, stronger and less expensive to produce. For more information on this interesting company visit www.rpm-innovations.com.

 

Thank you Rushmore Rotarians, Kim Nearhood, Janet Kahler, Julie Jackson, and Cathy Quinlivan for serving lunch today at the mission.

 

 

  
 

Our speaker today was Amy Sazue, Executive Director of Rapid City Indian Boarding Schools Land Memorial Project. The memorial is located on the hillside behind West Middle School on old Rapid City Indian Boarding School land. The school ran from 1898-1933. About 50 children died in this time period, and currently 7 have not been located. This project started as a team of volunteers tirelessly working to find the original boundary lines, then narrowing down where the graves were. The project is 90% complete. Please visit their website to learn more about this fantastic memorial: www.rememberingthechildren.org.

 

 

 

 

Sharing letters to our club from students at the School of St. Jude, Hilary & Princess

 

  

 

Great job tonight, 12/17/24, handing out food for Feeding South Dakota! Hardy Rotarians at work!