Project Description Country: USA Location: Vermillion Total Budget: $15,000 Area of Focus: Economic and community development Activity Type: Community Development: General Summary: Design and creation of three plaques recognizing medal honor winners with historical connection to the Vermillion community. Several years ago, the USD Student Veterans organization pointed out that the campus lacked a proper U.S. flag display. At the same time, prominent USD alumnus Gary Conradi mentioned that with three Medal of Honor recipients among its alumni, the USD campus has no official recognition of the honor bestowed on the late Jose Foss, WWII Marine pilot and governor of SD; Arlo Olson, WWII Army officer killed in Italy in 1943 and George "Bud" Day, Air Force pilot in Vietnam held prisoner in Hanoi and escaped twice. In addition to honoring these three heroes, the timing of the Patriots Project recognizes the service of other veterans among the extended USD family. Finally, the Patriots Project recognizes the centennial of Army ROTC at USD. The Patriots Plaza is a community memorial park being placed on the USD campus as a community collaboration. The dedication for the complete project is planned for Veteran's Day 2021 (November 11, 2021). Presently, a Vermillion Rotary Club member is the chair of the project steering committee (another Rotarian is also on the committee), a Vermillion Rotarian will be providing the flags that will be displayedat the plaza, and another Vermillion Rotarian runs the business that will be carving five service symbol crests. Project Contact Person District: 5610 Rotary Club of: Vermillion Primary Contact: Nick Oyen Email: nicholas.oyen@gmail.com Project Status Signed This project is "Signed". This means that the signatures from the club leadership have been collected. This project is now being reviewed by the district leadership for approval. Once a decision is made, the status of the project will be changed to "Approved". Project listed for the 2019-20 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Vermillion (5610) 21-Jul-19 $7,500 $7,500 $15,000 Total $7,500 $7,500 $15,000 DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [21-Jul-19] Concept 1 [21-Jul-19] Concept 2 [21-Jul-19] Concept 3 [21-Jul-19] Concept 3 [21-Jul-19] Concept 4 [30-Jul-19] Grant Application [30-Jul-19] Grant Application

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History Log Entries 21-Jul-19 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 30-Jul-19 by Nick Oyen System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 30-Jul-19 by Nick Oyen System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 30-Jul-19 by Nick Oyen System Entry: Project signed by Nick Oyen. 30-Jul-19 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Kelsey Collier-Wise. 31-Jul-19 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Greg Huckabee.