Sturgis motorcycle rally corporate sponsors ASE (National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence), Official Championship of Custom Bike Building and Da Bus Rally Shuttle recently donated $6,500 to the Sturgis Rally Charities Foundation.

The foundation, through such donations, provides annual funding assistance to Sturgis area nonprofit groups within the Meade School District 46-1, according to longtime Sturgis Rally Charities Foundation board member Mimi Shewey.

"We need to recognize that these contributions to the Sturgis Rally Charities Foundation are above and beyond the corporate sponsorship investments made by these companies, and other Sturgis motorcycle Rally corporate sponsors, that already total $350,500 for 2007," Sturgis Mayor Maury LaRue said. "These are very generous gestures."

Also, another rally corporate sponsor, through its sponsorship, also has contributed money every year since 2004 to support the installation of scoreboards and signs at athletic venues throughout Sturgis, such as Sturgis Community Center, Sturgis City Auditorium, Sturgis American Legion, Pony and Little League fields, girls and adult softball complexes and the soccer fields and tennis courts.