As part of its mission statement to provide educational opportunities through its club and museum, the Sun City Rockhound Club board unanimously voted to donate from the Sun City Mineral Museum unidentified stones (possibly tools), pottery and possible arrowheads that had been donated over the years to the club.

Peter Huegel a frequent guest speaker at Rockhound monthly meetings, is a board member of Study of Ancient Lifeways and Technologies organization. He has been interacting with the Rockhounds through guest presentations in recent years on local petroglyphs, including tours of the Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve, native plants and native animals. The SALT group’s primary focus is to understand, practice and share life skills and arts of the ancient world. They accomplish these goals through educational public events and skills meetings.

The Rockhound club and museum have forged a kinship through Huegel with the SALT organization. Over the last few months, Rockhound board members have attended SALT meetings to ensure the proposed donation would go to an organization that aligns with the club’s educational mission. They will also be able to correctly identify and use these items in education programs and have a committee already in place to do so. The SALT group, which will soon be celebrating 25 years, meets on the third Saturday of the month at the S’edav Va’aki Museum (formally known as the Pueblo Grande Museum) in downtown Phoenix. Board members Carol Bankert-George, Debra Carlone and club member Sue Treadwell presented the donated items Feb. 17, at SALT’s monthly board meeting.

For more information on the SALT organization, visitsaltskills.com.

The museum, located at the Sundial Recreation Center, is open to the public, with free admission. Hours are 10 a.m.-1 p.m. every day except Thursday and Sunday.

The Rockhound Club is open to all RCSC cardholders. Email scrockmueum@gmail.com for more information.