Rotary Club Awards $2500 in Community Grants

Pierre/Ft. Pierre Rotary members Tim Bjork and Bob Barden accept a check from Ginger Niemann, Grants Administrator of the South Dakota Community Foundation for the Southeast Community Center Rotary Playground project, which is now completed. Bjork headed the fund raising committee and Barden was overall project director, in this project that included many community sponsors, individual donors, and Rotarians donating hundreds of hours of labor.

Pictured right to left:

Chuck Quinn, Chair of the Pierre/Ft. Pierre Rotary Community Grants program presents checks to:

Cody Stevenson – Scouting Program – general support of camping, klondikes, and den/pack meetings

Gloria Hanson – Capital Area United Way – Girls on the Run Program

Katie Nagle – SD RSVP – Summer/Fall Reading Buddies Program

RSVP Board Members – Anne Gormley and Alta Gaarder
Beverly Lewis – Rawlins Public Library – Summer Reading Program

John Forman – Pierre Shooters Program – help with travel expenses to Arkansas for National BB Gun Shooters competition

Verne Brakke – Junior Achievement – teaching financial literacy to school age children

Rob Anderson – Pierre Legion Post 8 Baseball – repairs to Hyde Stadium and support of youth baseball

Pierre/Ft. Pierre Rotary President – John Rohlf

Rotary Club Events

Cody Stevenson receives his membership pin from his sponsor Ben Shoup.

Monte Bechtold honors Forell's with a Paul Harris award for their kindness and dedication to the community.

Jim Mollison presents Tom Weber with his second Paul Harris pin.

Kids Safe Saturday

Rotary members helped fit bike helmets that were given to the kids.

The Fire Department was also on hand to help kids plan escape routes and know how to escape a burning building.