Denver Mile High Rotary Announces Two Scholarship Winners
Denver Mile High Rotary is excited to announce the results of our second year of scholarships to high school seniors. Our youth are the future of the world and we are proud to award a $2,000 scholarship to each of these two extraordinary high school seniors:
Aa’ Janai Gaines, who graduated fro
m East High School on May 23rd.She also attended CEC Middle College of Denver during her senior year. Aa’ Janai has been accepted into and received a scholarship for MSU’s Denver Public Safety Cadet Program, a specialized training and education program designed for students interested in careers with Denver Police, Fire, and Sheriff Departments.
m East High School on May 23rd.She also attended CEC Middle College of Denver during her senior year. Aa’ Janai has been accepted into and received a scholarship for MSU’s Denver Public Safety Cadet Program, a specialized training and education program designed for students interested in careers with Denver Police, Fire, and Sheriff Departments.
Alejandro Torres graduated from Aurora Central High School (ACHS) on May 24th with a GPA of 4.197.He has been accepted and awarded a four year Distinguished Scholar Award for tuition at Colorado Mesa University where he will pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts with an emphasis on graphic and visual design.
Click Here to learn more about these two excellent students.
Good News: Denver Mile High Rotary will continue to meet at the University Club.
Denver Mile High Rotary has been meeting at the University Club for 27 years, and we have thrived at this venue.
Cost increases led us to consider moving our meeting place, but we collaborated with the University Club to modify our service and are delighted to have reached an agreement. We will continue to meet at the U Club, with continental breakfast service.
One change that we have made is to schedule an off-site meeting on the first Wednesday of each month. Our first off-site meeting will be on October 5.
We will also host a happy hour when there is a fifth Wednesday of the month. Our first happy hour will be on November. Be sure to check our website calendar for locations. Attached is a summary of locations for the 2022-2023 Rotary year.
We are very pleased with our decision to continue to meet at the University Club and invite guests to join us and learn more about our amazing Club.
Denver Mile High Rotary: Operation Allies Refuge
In August of 2021 the U.S. military ended an almost 20-year presence in Afghanistan and withdrew all troops from the Country. Many Afghans who had been employed by the US Government are now part of “Operation Allies Refuge”. This government initiative is relocating the employees and their families to the US.
Denver Mile High Rotary is proud to sponsor a family in this program under the direction of Project Worthmore, a sanctioned US resettlement program. The Club will be assisting in the family’s assimilation for at least one year. Primary areas of need include housing, household furnishings, transportation, education, medical, employment, cultural activities, local outings, food sourcing and general urban awareness. After six months of intense interactions beginning February 2022, the family is becoming increasingly self-supporting and the frequency of contacts is decreasing.
The club has also provided a financial grant to Project Worthmore which manages these funds to assist other refugee families and their transition costs.
The Club has 13 volunteers helping the family to adjust to the significant changes in their lives. The Club will consider supporting additional refugee families based on the outcome of this project.
If you would like to join the volunteers, please contact Tom Cella or Marty Waters. Interacting with the family will be an extraordinary experience.
The Rotary Club of Rudramati Kathmandu and the Rotary Club of Denver Mile High are proud to announce the approval of the Nepal Cold Storage Global Grant 2010856 by The Rotary Foundation. Rudramati Rotary and Denver Mile High Rotary have partnered on several grants in the past with very successful outcomes. Denver Mile High is fortunate to partner with the Rudrumati Club and work with their committed and highly motivated members.
Uganda Mental Health Global Grant, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Denver Mile High, was launched on August 31, 2021.
The 9-month project consists of two primary activities: 1) mental health counseling and 2) empowerment skills.
The first stages of the project were to provide booster training for current health workers, train new trainers and train new health workers. These trainings were all essential to prepare for the primary purpose of the the Grant: to offer counseling to the community members with mental health issues.
The reaction of the new trainees has already confirmed the importance of this grant:
- Jenneth, a newly trained health worker, said that the training he received gave him a lot of knowledge that he is going to use for the rest of his life.
- Margaret said that, with what she and the other new health workers learned, they will be able to do something good in the community.
As of early January, the Grant has funded 1671 counseling sessions. The next step is to provide 100 young mothers with economic skills to help them launch successful businesses.
$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.
The Rotary Club of Denver Mile High meets every Wednesday at 7 AM in central Denver. We are currently in transition so please contact us through this website to get the latest updates on the meeting place.
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