Rapid City SD – Volunteers will be out with sidewalk chalk Friday afternoon, marking the route ahead of Saturday morning’s Education for Every Child March in Rapid City.
The walk begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at Founders Park. Participants will follow a 5K route to Sioux Park. The event is free and open to the public, and organizers say to come as you are.
Free T-shirts will be handed out on a first-come, first-served basis, so early arrival is encouraged.
What The March Represents
The march is part of the John T. Vucurevich Foundation’s Education for Every Child initiative, a nonpartisan community effort recognizing the educators, schools, early learning programs and community supports that help children in the Black Hills learn and thrive.
“The future of our community depends on the opportunities we create for children today,” said Jacqui Dietrich, the foundation’s president and CEO.
The initiative’s theme uses water as a metaphor, with a drop growing into a trickle, then a river, then a force of nature. The idea is that children’s experiences today build toward something larger.
Those who can’t make the walk can still take part by displaying an Education for Every Child yard sign or window poster at a home or business, or by requesting campaign apparel through the foundation.
At a glance
- What: Education for Every Child March (5K walk)
- When: Saturday, Oct. 24, 9 a.m.
- Where: Founders Park to Sioux Park, Rapid City
- Cost: Free
- Extras: Free T-shirts while supplies last; yard signs and posters available on request.
About The Foundation
The John T. Vucurevich Foundation was established in 1986 by John T. Vucurevich.
He was born in Yugoslavia in 1912 and immigrated to the United States with his family at age eight. He attended public school in Lead but went to work before finishing, then built a career in business.
He bought his first bank in 1951 and spent more than 50 years in banking, owning banks in several states. He also served in both the South Dakota House and Senate. Vucurevich died in 2005 at 92.
The foundation made its first grant in 1989 and became fully funded in 2007. Today it has six full-time staff and focuses its grantmaking on low-income families in the Rapid City area, carrying on his stated aim “to make a piece of the world a brighter place.”
Information for this story came from a John T. Vucurevich Foundation community email and the foundation’s website – jtvf.org
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