October 2022

“Everyone thrives when they experience safe and secure relationships with themselves and their environments,” wrote Jake Pitts in his application to join the RDA Board. Born and raised in Rosedale, Jake volunteered with RDA’s Rosedale Healthy Kids Initiative as a young person, following in his family’s footsteps to serve the community and look for ways

For years RDA has been telling the stories of Rosedalians. From our Good neighbor column in this newsletter to our local business highlights on social media, sharing about our neighbors promotes a strong community identity and introduces neighbors to one another.          RDA is excited to continue this tradition through our newest communications project, Humans

Staff Sgt. Henry Hansen was killed in Germany during WWII on November 18th, 1944 and is laid to rest in the Netherlands, at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in the city of Margraten. There are exactly 8,301 American soldiers buried in this cemetery, and local Dutch families have adopted each of these soldiers, and

At the end of each school year, KCKPS hosts the “Are you faster than a fifth grader?” event, in which 15 fifth grade students from each school in USD 500 compete against the superintendent in a two mile run. This year the fifth graders from Frank Rushton Elementary school performed particularly well, with all 15

The Kansas Housing Resources Corporation (KHRC) recently launched a new program aimed at homeowners who are in need of financial assistance due to hardship experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Kansas Homeowner Assistance Fund, or KHAF, launched in late spring and is accessed through an application process, in which KHRC works directly with you and

This morning I read a book called Unstoppable You to the scholars of the Rainbow Summer Program. The book is about a boy in perpetual motion, who is fueled by friendship and play and food. He takes breaks sometimes but is “turbo-charged” and off and running again as soon as he is rested. Our scholars