We are delighted to announce the first annual Rotary Club of Denver Mile High Scholarships have been awarded to Joanna Padilla Zepeda and Roxette De Jesus Primero. Each student will receive $1,000 for college study in the 2021-2022 school year. Both are outstanding students who graduated from Aurora Central High School in May with extremely high grade point averages. In addition, they both have been very active in their communities and within the school.
Joanna Roxette
Club member Sonny Weigand, aware of the success of the Summit County Rotary's scholarship program, committed to significant funding if DMHR created a scholarship program. Dan Himelspach offered additional funding and soon a number of other Club members and friends contributed. A complete list of donors appears at the end of this article.
We are proud to be able to assist these students in achieving their goals through this scholarship. To learn more about these two extraordinary scholars, click here.
DMHR Club Receives Three Awards for Service in 2020-2021
We are honored to have received three awards for Club Service Initiatives in 2020-2021. A big thank you to the Club members who conceived, collaborated, supported, funded and encouraged these activities, The awards are:
- Englewood Rotary: Literacy Award
- Reading for Peace
- Boulder Valley Rotary: Rotarians for Mental Health
- Uganda Mental Health District Grant
- Centennial Rotary: Rotary Has a Dream Diversity Award
- DMHR Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Initiative
Uganda Global Grant, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Denver Mile High, was approved by The Rotary Foundation
Community Mental Health Services & Economic Development in Uganda is supported by a partnership between the Rotary Club of Kampala Munyonyo (Uganda) and the Rotary Club of Denver Mile High working with the non-profit organization Findmind. This project will take place in Agago District, Northern Uganda from July 2021 through March 2022. It will address the two most important needs that community members identified in meetings with local Rotarians in 2019- 2020.
$103,500 Water Grant in Zimbabwe
Click here for PowerPoint presented by Stella Dongo from Zimbabwe on COVID19 and its impact on Rotary activities
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Denver Mile High Rotary has partnered with the Rotary Club of Highlands in Zimbabwe since 2005, focusing on economic training for women. But when the Highlands Rotarians met with community representatives from Tafara and Mabvuku, in the suburbs of Harare, the Rotarians found out that clean water was a much bigger issue. So we turned our efforts to rehabilitating current community wells, drilling new ones, and emphasizing improved sanitation. Get the rest of the story.
Volunteering Opportunities
The impact in 2020 of COVID19 was devastating. And Denver Mile High Rotarians rose to the challenge. Whether we were packaging food, painting storage facilities or assisting with COVID19 vaccinations, we were contributing time and money to help.
Denver Mile High is once again hosting meetings in person with social distancing. We invite you to visit us at the University Club in downtown Denver. Meetings are also accessible on Zoom. Contact us for more information about joining us.
The Rotary Club of Denver Mile High meets every Wednesday at 7 AM in downtown Denver at the
University Club, 1673 Sherman Street, Denver, CO 80203
Visiting Rotarians are welcome to come any time. Friends, family and those interested in the club are invited for breakfast and a speaker as well.
We're known for our warm atmosphere and friendly members who champion many different service projects. Although we have a variety of backgrounds and professions, we share a common goal—making a difference in our community and around the world. Joining Denver Mile High Rotary will connect you to a global network of humanitarians who live the motto, "Service above self."
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Club Happy Hour
The SchradersJul 27, 2021
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM -
Jason Williams: Pediatric Mental Health and COVID
Jul 28, 2021
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM -
Aarti for Girls: Work to End Gender Discrimination
Aug 04, 2021
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM -
Greg Kingsley - Platte 15 Project
The University ClubAug 11, 2021
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
We're a dynamic club with a variety of interests, and we're always looking for interesting speakers.
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