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President's Column

Dear Denver Mile High Rotarians,

Thank you and congratulations to all for supporting Woohoomanity!  Totals are still coming in, but I do believe we exceeded $12,000.  That is awesome, and the funds will go to support and fund our service projects.  Thank you to the riders that rode on Saturday.  It was a beautiful day to ride and a fun event.  I learned a lot again this year about the fundraising and the ride, so next year will be even better!

Let's remember to continue to be recruiting new members.  Our goal is to get to net 60 members this year, so we have some work to do.  Please bring a friend or guest to a Club meeting or one of our social outings.  All the members do a great job of making our guests feel welcome and they tend to like us after meeting us .

Please join Audrey on Monday at 4:00 for a World Community Service meeting.  Hear about all the exciting things that are happening on a global level with Rotary and our club.

Have a great week!

Love & Respect,

Steve

ZOOM LINK In addition to in-person meetings, we will continue Zoom meetings.

The Zoom meeting “room” will open at 7:00 am, and the meeting will begin at 7:15.

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81294791259? pwd=aXZsTXRiZzJLZEVLR1N2RFZ3bnBRdz09 Meeting ID: 812 9479 1259

Passcode: 903839

Last Wednesday’s speaker, Jake Dresden, from the non-profit A Little Help, can be reached at 720.242.9032 or [email-masked]. It was a pleasure to also see and hear Chris Courts, Jake’s fellow employee and a fellow Rotarian from Longmont. A Little Help’s Service Saturday is coming up November 6, in Metro Denver, 8am-noon.

Please contact A Little Help for more information or to participate: [email-masked] or 720-242-9032.

September Birthday

Sept 27 Jeff McAnallen

October Birthdays

Oct 6 Scott Smeester

Oct 7 Carolyn Nobel

Oct 8 Kevin Gallaway

Oct 15 Alessandro Eichstaedt

CALENDAR

September 27 - 4:00pm World Community Service Committee meeting - Contact Audrey Leavitt for details.

September 29 - Johnny Barber - History of Colfax - Johnny Barber is with The Colfax Museum. He will be bringing many different stories about the longest street in the nation - things probably none of know about!

October 6 - Do not park on Sherman - The street sweeper will sweep away your car! October 6 - Jeff Nowakowski - BOK Financial. Cryptocurrency overview, trends, SEC oversight, etc.

October 9 - 9Health Fair at CEC High School - Details will follow from Audrey Leavitt and Linda Sue Shirkey

October 13 - Truman Bradley - Executive Director of the Marijuana Industry Group (MIG). State of marijuana industry in Denver and Colorado. Truman Bradley is excited to present what is happening with the cannabis industry. They have been involved since 2009 and he will be a great resource to bring us all up to date on this important part of our city and state economy/culture.

October 20 - Paul Singh of Blackrock. ESG Investing

October 27 - Peter Kozinski - Transportation in Colorado. An experts view of evolving transportation in the i70 and i25 coridors, options for alternative transportation modes and the potential impact of the gargantuan infrastructure bill on Colorado transportation. November 3 - Denver Mile High Rotary Foundation overview, projects, etc.

November 10 - Off-site meeting at the Byron White United States Courthouse.

November 17 - J.R. Lapierre - Managing Director of Lincoln Hills Cares - Developing young leaders through outdoor education and recreation. Lincoln Hills Cares develops the next generation of young leaders through outdoor education and recreation, cultural history exploration and workforce advancement. Our programs empower youth who may not otherwise have the opportunity due to economic, social or family circumstances.

November 19 - 7:00 am - Friday - Denver Mile High Rotary Foundation Board Meeting. New Webex #267-807-9611. Contact Tony Vaida (303-204-1710) for meeting ID and additional details.

November 24 - Dark - Happy Thanksgiving!

December 1 - Project Swarthmore - Offsite visit - details to follow.

December 15 - Bruce Ward - Details to follow.

December 22 and 29 - Dark - Happy Holidays!

Do you have any leads for future speakers? Contact Adams Price: 303-570-3315 or [email-masked]

Dan Himelspach - New Director on

Rotary International’s Board of Directors!

Members of Denver Mile High Rotary recently nominated and endorsed Dan Himelspach, our member and former District 5450 2013/14 Governor, for a seat on the Rotary International Board of Directors. Last week, Dan flew to Los Angeles and sat for examination by 17 RI directors from all over the world. There are 34 Rotary Zones in the world but only 17 directors, each representing two zones. Dan will be representing Zones 26 and 27, in other words, all of the western United States.

Congratulations, Dan Himelspach, and good luck in your new endeavor; we stand behind you all the way.

Behind every successful person is a partner, therefore we

also congratulate Dan’s wife, Leslie Lawson, pictured below,

for her enthusiastic commitment to Dan’s ambitions!

Woohoomanity Results

Congrats to our Woohoomanity riders!

This year’s team included:

Melanie “Go Getter” Gentz, Marty “Fast Flowing” Waters

Debra “Woohoo!” Flick,  Steve “Beat the Pack” Blazek,  Tom “Strides Ahead” Cella

Robin “Rides Again” Springer,  Charlene “ Pilot” Porter

Margaret “Fisher” Van Vliet, Annely “Cycle Anni” Noble

The riders listed in red gave it their all and rode 100 miles on Saturday!

The riders in green enjoyed a 25 mile ride!  Go Team!!

To see more photos from the event, click this link-  https://bit.ly/3unXCXF.

We met our goal for the Fundraiser, earning great credibility and visibility among Denver Rotary Clubs...We’re #2 only behind the Denver Southeast Rotary Club, the Woohoomanity initiators and sponsors whose goal was to raise $100,000. So, actually, we are #1 of all other clubs in the area! Great work and kudos to all the riders who raised funds and to all our member supporters who made donations and encouraged their friends and families to support our cause!

At this point the Woohoomanity fundraisers have raised over $11,000!

Keep in mind it is not too late to donate.  We ask that you write your checks directly to the “Denver Mile High Rotary Foundation” with “Woohoomanity” in the check memo.

Please hand to Josh Peck or Steve Blazek.

A word from your editor

Dear fellow Rotarians,

I'm honored and excited to transition to my new role as your newsletter editor.  I will do my very best not to "screw it up" per presidential advice!

I'm still working out the kinks with aesthetics, formatting, etc. so hopefully you'll all be patient with me :). Please forward any news and calendar items, stories, photos and other information to me at [email-masked] or 720.629.6298.

Thank you,

Amanda Biffle

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”- Simon Sinek

WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS AND MORE

DATE

INSPIRATION

GREETERS

HOST

Sept. 29

Tom Gregory

Marcus Hanlon & Dan Himelspach

Sarah Hite

Oct. 6

Noreen Keleshian

Janine Kempfer & Audrey Leavitt

Susanne Lorenz

Oct. 13

Jeff McAnallen

Diane Messamore & Constance Mortell

Carolyn Nobel

Oct. 20

Annely Noble

Josh Peck & Charlene Porter

Adams Price

Oct. 27

Chuck Rudolph

Carolyn Schrader & Linda Sue Shirkey

Roberta Simonton

Easy Volunteering Opportunity to Help Afghani Families Soon Arriving very soon there will be a surge of Afghani families resettling in Denver. Denver Mile High is looking at a number of ways to assist them. Lutheran Family Services needs the following items. Used, and even open, items are okay, but all items need to be clean! pots and pans kitchen utensils sheets and blankets - any size towels pillows household cleaning and laundry supplies personal care items for men and women mattresses - twin, full or queen with no stains. Pickup available, contact Alison to arrange. Soccer balls - all sizes Collections will be going on through September. Club members can drop bagged donations to the address below or reach out to Alison Rabinoff at 303-999-6087 with questions. Her address is 6839 E Archer Dr, Denver, CO 80230.

PROJECT WORTHMORE - NEWS FLASH! Beginning October 4th, Denver Mile High Rotary will be working with Cherry Creek Rotary...

Where: Project Worthmore is located at 1666 Elmira Street, Aurora

What: They need a total of 8 volunteers - 3 to help with packaging and 5 to help with contactless delivery.

When: The first Monday of every month: 10:30am - 12:00pm: Food Packaging.

Two volunteers will work in a well-ventilated room to put together boxes of food for the refugee families.

12:00pm - 2:30/3:00pm: Deliver boxes of food to families within a 3-mile radius of Project Worthmore.

Maps will come with food but GPS navigation recommended. Needed: A minimum of 2 baggers and 3 drivers each first Monday of the month.

The first day of service for our new project at Village Exchange's (bagging food) is October 6th at 9:30am at 1609 Havana Street.

On October 13th, CCR will provide 4 baggers but no drivers, can 2 DMHR folks step up? This is not our regularly scheduled day.  Denver Mile High Rotary (through our Local Community Service Committee) has signed up to volunteer the first Monday of each month to help with food packaging and/or contactless deliveries. Please contact Tom Cella (303-981-1222) to volunteer.

Crutches for Africa will be loading a container with mobility devices. Saturday Oct 2nd - 9:30am till loaded

16080 Smith Rd Aurora 80011

Bring water, hat and gloves. Email Dave Talbot if attending at [email-masked].  This is a new location.

Thanks to Audrey Leavitt for this info.

Dues Due Date is no later than 10 days after

the start of each quarter: (invoices e-mailed to you)

July 10; October 10; January 10; April 10

If anyone is able to donate sought-after sporting event tickets (i.e. Avs suite tickets, court-side Nuggets seats, etc...) please reach out to Amanda Biffle at [email-masked].  They will be used to fundraise at the live auction for the Rocky Mountain Alliance Children's Foundation gala on November 13th.  For more information on the organization:  https://www.rmacf.org/

9Health Fair - Coming Soon! The next 9Health Fair will be at CEC on Saturday, Oct 9th. DMHR Members will be needed to set up for the fair on October 8th, 3:30-5:30pm, and on October 9th, to help with the function at 7:30-12:00p, or 1:00 for cleanup. Sign up to volunteer at the Wednesday Rotary meetings or online at www.9healthvolunteer.org. Please contact Geoff Noble at 303 669 5281, if you have questions. Geoff has volunteered to be the non-medical volunteer coordinator.