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| Dan O’Brien-renowned author, rancher, and falconer-shared some insight on his views of being a somewhat reluctant entrepreneur and stout conservationist. He and his wife Jill own Cheyenne River Ranch (west of the Badlands National Park). If you want to know more about Dan, his literature, and his buffalo, click the link below: |
2016-2017 Bulletins
August Bulletin
General
Join Date:
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Kara SewellJune 1, 20171 year
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Jay CrosslandJune 10, 200810 years
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Jason KoppmannJune 15, 200018 years
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Alberta WelchJune 22, 20171 year
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Harley TaylorJune 30, 200711 years
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Martha RodriguezJune 30, 199919 years
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Tom GraslieJune 30, 200612 years
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Wade WilsonJune 30, 200414 years
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Stephen BareisJuly 3, 200216 years
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Chris LaCroixJuly 28, 20126 years
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James LeMarAugust 14, 200810 years
Our Rapid City Rotary Club served over 120 people at the Cornerstone Mission in July. Thanks to those who chopped, peeled, scoped and served to make our community better! 
Storybook Islands 6th annual Princess and Pirate Ball. This is a ticketed event. Adult fun in the park. Catered dinner, dancing, silent auction and more. For more information about tickets please contact Jackie@storybookisland.com
Rapid City Rotary Club donated $2,050 to the North Middle School fun to Washington DC. We are excited for the middle school children to learn about our nation's capital, history and potential. Enjoy the trip kids!!
International Rotary Convention in Atlanta
Register for Atlanta--Join many ROTARIANS in ATLANTA JUNE 10-14 207 AND CELEBRATE THE CENTENNIAL OF THE ROTARY FOUNDATION!
Register by DECEMBER 15 and SAVE $75! Register online at www.rotary.org
Arrive early and see the BRAVES PLAY THE METS on JUNE 8.
Promotional videos found at www.ricon17promotion.org
We are LinkedIn!!
Rapid City Rotary has a LinkedIn page! This is a great way to connect with business leaders in the community and so far, we already have almost 200 followers! We will post our club meeting information as well as activities here. This is a great way to solicit speakers and let the business community know who we are and what we do. Check us out at Rapid City Rotary Club and INVITE your friends and business colleagues to connect with us.
PETS Training
President Elect Training is occurring in April. All in-coming club presidents*, secretaries, treasurers, Foundation, Membership, Public Image Chairs and all other members are invited to attend training in Mitchell April 7-8. Training will start Friday morning and extend through 12:30 p.m. Saturday. A special recognition for all presidents-elect will be held at the Friday evening dinner, as well as a District Assembly (business meeting). Website training and Foundation grants qualification training will be offered on Saturday morning. Agenda will be available soon in the download section. Register at: http://www.rotary5610.org/
Feeding South Dakota Event--
Rapid City Rotarians will be helping to fill backpacks of full for Feeding South Dakota. These backpacks will be given to school age children to help them bridge the gap between meals they receive at school and what they get at home. The backpacks go home on Friday with the children to ensure they are well-fed on the weekends and ready to learn the next Monday. All the food is donated and provided by Feeding South Dakota. Earlier this year, Rapid City Rotary raised over $700 for Feeding SD’s food program and now we will see the “food in action!”
2017: The 4-Way Test
The 4-Way test contest is underway at South Middle School. We have a new partner this year. The middle school children will be writing essays to describe the importance of our four-way test, with the pillars of honesty, fairness, goodwill, and practices that are beneficial to all. We look forward to reading their entries and giving out the prizes for the students.
October 24 is WORLD POLIO DAY.
Rotary’s fourth World Polio Day celebration, on 24 October, will highlight the
extraordinary progress made in the eradication campaign and emphasize the work
that remains before we wipe out the virus for good. Health officials and Rotary’s
celebrity polio ambassadors will head to Atlanta, Georgia, USA, for the event, the
first to be held at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It will
be streamed live and then will be available for viewing at endpolio.org.
Once again our club will be collecting candy for Storybook Island's Trick or Treat event for kids. It's Men vs. Women and the loser sing a song of the winners choice at the Holiday Party in December. Start shopping the discount stores fellows as the ladies are 1-0.
UPDATE: The women win with a come from behind victory. safe and Sweet Trick or Treat was a tremendous success. Over $14,000 was raised for the park and 1000s of children came through the park. Thanks to all the volunteers, donors and Rotarians who helped out!
CELEBRATE 100 years of The Rotary Foundation! 
Opportunity for ALL Rotary Members!! This year’s Foundation Day is scheduled for Chamberlain, SD on Saturday, November 5th. Engaging speakers regarding Foundation efforts and Membership drives will be the main topics.
This event is open to all Rotarians in the District. Presidents, Presidents-Elect, and Club Rotary Foundation Chairs are especially encouraged to attend.
UPDATE: Attaced are picture from the event and our speakers which included a Polio survival.
The Princess and Pirates Ball was a big success, along with the Once Upon a Festival Fundraiser for Storybook Island. Over $35,000 was raised over the September weekend to help with Park expenses and making sure Storybook Island remains a free resources for all area children and visitors. Over 20 Rotarians and spouses supported the event and a good time was had by all.
Check out these crazy characters!
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Ruth Brennan, Membership Chair and Keryn Rowland, President, have information on how to recruit and retain new members. New Member applications and Sponsor letters are provided to every member. These two items are always available for download on this website. Please think about asking a family, friend, business associate or neighbor to join Rotary!
Speaker chairs are signed up as follows for the remaining month of this year. Please sign up to chair monthly programs for the next Rotary year.
June - John Sundby
July - Fred Whiting
August - Erwin Reiman
September -
October - Keryn Rowland
November - Dave Mickley
December - Chuck Hollis
January - Chris LaCroix
February - Larry Lytle
March - Ruth Brennan
April - Kathy Sundby
May - Kathy Lloyd
June - Donna Arnault and Jim LeMar
July - Jeri Rydstrom
Please submit a list of your speakers for these months by the last week of the month, for listing on the website and publishing to the members, through the club bulletin. If you have speaker suggestions, please contact the above, or Club President.
When your email, phone or address changes, please remember to change it on your Rotary member profile! Log on to the club website, go to your member profile and edit and save the changes. If you are not able to do this, please alert the Club President or Secretary who can make the changes for you. This is important, if you wish to receive the club bulletin, email updates, and other Rotary events/news.
Welcome to our Club! Visit anytime. See the speakers listed below. Join us!
We meet Thursdays at 12:00 PM
The Rushmore Hotel
The Rushmore Hotel
445 Mt. Rushmore Road
Mail: PO Box 284, Zip 57709
Rapid City, SD 57701
United States
Mail: PO Box 284, Zip 57709
Rapid City, SD 57701
United States
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Tom Graslie
Wow!! What an honor to be a part of this amazing club, let alone a leader and President. This honor comes with great priviledge and also responsibility. As president I'd like to share a few thoughts about leading our club and what we hope to accomplish in 2016-2017.
First: Valuing our members, both new and old. Respecting and appreciating what our members have to offer. In my year, I hope to reach out to each member and ensure they feel valued and engaged in their own Rotary experience.
Second: Focusing on Good Works. This is an organization that can have a great impact on our community and the lives of others. While Storybook Island will continue to be our signature project, we want to empower our members to find other ways to do Good Works in our community.
Third: Better communication with the membership from the club and greater transparency. We want our club to be about inclusiveness and involvement and meeting our members where they are. This means more communication channels, collaborative decision-making and accounting.
Finally: FUN! Let's have fun while we change our communities and world! I am so proud to know the fellow Rotarians in our club and I am happy to say I am friends with them all. I thank everyone for their support and assistance and I look forward to a great year! We welcome all visiting Rotarians to join us for lunch and we promise to welcome you with open arms, whether speaker, Rotarian or visitor.
Yours in Rotary,
Keryn
President
President Elect
Executive Secretary
Secretary
Director
Director
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Past President
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