Events

Our RYLA students this year, who have just returned from the RYLA experience, will share their stories about the camp and what they took away.

Greg is a former RI Vice President, and he is the recipient of the “Service Above Self Award” and The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service Award.   Besides being an excellent Rotarian from the Evergreen Rotary Club, he is an excellent source of information about what Rotary is doing worldwide today.

Fellowship and fun  at Irish Snug 1201 E Colfax Ave #100.  Roomy bar offering pints & pub grub plus a traditional Gaelic atmosphere & live music many nights.  The Irish Snug has 2 for 1 happy hour drinks and food deals everyday from 3-7PM.

Join us in discussing proposed international projects that our Club could sponsor or support.  All Club members are welcome.  Contact Audrey Leavitt with any questions.

The program will be a guided tour of Denver Mile High community service, including our past and what we want to do in the future!  Led by President Scott Smeester

Join us in honoring Carolyn and her team for a great 2018-19 Rotary year.  We'll have wine, beer, soft drinks and lasagna.  If your last name begins with A-M, bring an appetizer or salad.  If your last name begins with N-Z, bring a dessert. Let's celebrate.

Join us for a followup to the August 21 meeting where we identified great possibilies for hands-on community service.  Be a part of the Club's pursuit of projects that we believe in and want to support.

Join us for the Denver Mile High Rotary Monthly Happy Hour.  It will be held at First Draft, a high-tech hangout with a self-service pouring system for beer wine and cider.  There will also be shared plates available.  What a great opportunity for fellowship and fun.

Meet at REI at 9am to take a bike ride with ither DMH Rotarians.  The route will take you south on the Platte River.  A great way to spend a Saturday morning.  More information to come. 

Enjoy a fabulous Sunday Brunch based on recipes from famous Vatican Chefs. Hosts will be Debra Flick, Michael Tapp and his wife Betsy. RSVP directly to Debra or to Michael. Cost is $30 per person, payable to the Foundation of Denver Mile High Rotary

The District 5450 Training Workshop is a great way to learn more about Rotary.  There will be Practical Learning Cafes and Informational Breakout sessions.  Perfect for Club officers and Committee Chairs.

The $25 fee includes breakfast and will be reimbursed by the Club.  Go to the District website at www.rotary5450.org to find out more and register.

Frank Rowe is Founder and CEO of Denver Park Trust and will speak about its efforts to enhance Denver's Park System.

Join us in person at the World Community Service Commitee Meeting at 4pm (address below).  Or call in # 1-877-255-4121.

We will be discussing international service projects in the works and welcome new proposals.  This is a great way to find out about the international service that the Club supports.

District Governor Curt will discuss Rotary in 2019-20 and provide insight into Rotary International and District 5450

Contact Linda Sue Shirkey or Kevin Gallaway for information on how to participate in the setup on Friday night Oct 4 and the actual event on Saturday.  This is a long-standing Denver Mile High service opportunity. 

Jacqueline Chandonnet, of Be the Match Foundation,  will speak about the National Marrow Donor Program, which is a registry of volunteer hematopoietic cell donors and umbilical cord blood units in the United States. 

There will be a Local Community Service Committee on October 15.  Michael Tapp will host the meeting at his office.  All Club members are welcom to attend and find out more about the Club's local service activities. 

Mary Penny of the Denver Club will join us on October 23 to discuss the Denver Kids Program.  Con-founded by the Denver Club in 1946, Denver Kids, Inc. provides educational counseling and mentoring to K-12 students to help them graduate from high school.  Mary Penny will present ways in which Denver Mile High could join with the Denver Club in supporting this organization.

There will be a memorial Mass said to Nikki Stone on Friday October 25 at Good Shepherd Catholic Church.  Nikki was a member of the Club for a number of years. Contact Ann Tull for more information. 

Jacqueline Chandonnet will speak about National Marrow Donor Program, a registry of volunteer hematopoietic cell donors and umbilical cord blodd units in the United States.  She will discuss the life-saving benefits that these volunteers provide. 

Craig Hospital is a world-renowned hospital and center of excellence specializing in spinal cord injury rehabilitation and traumatic brain injury rehab.

Join Denver Mile High Rotarians as we give the families a well-deserved break from hospital food and rehab.  The families and staff will be dressed in Halloween costumes so we encourage you to do the same.  It will be great fun. 

Park on the street or in the visitors lot (ask for a permit when you enter the facility.) Meet in the lobby of Family Housing.

There will be a short memorial for Loy Dickinson, the founder of Denver Mile High Rotary, who passed away earlier this year.  We will meet at 4:30 pm at Bella Vita Retirement Home, where Loy lived his last days, to view a beautiful tree the Club had planted in his honor.  At 4:50pm, we will adjourn to North County Pub at 94 Rampart Way in Lowry.  Join us for the Happy Hour to toast Loy properly even if you cannot make the memorial.

Bella Vista

Find out the history of the beautiful University Club that we call home every Wednesday morning.  Col Bob Walcott, president of the University Club. will give us a grand tour of the history of this fine building and its operation.

Rutt Bridges, executive Director of Understanding Disruption will be our speaker.

Rutt joined us a few years ago to introduce us to the future of driverless cars. On November 20, he will provide us with an update on its progress. What are economics of owning as well as traveling driverless? What are the challenges? He will offer his observations on how and at what pace driverless cars will be entering the driving population.

Since there is no meeting this week, we are going to do a Happy Hour! 

Join Fellow Rotarians for a glass of Wine on Tuesday, November 26th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.

We will meet at 

Carboy Winery Denver

 400 E 7th Ave, Denver, CO 80203

 (720) 617-9410

Club is Dark.  Happy Thanksgiving

Rebecca Hea, Executive Director of Denver Chidren's Home. will speak. Started in 1876 as Denver Orphan's Home,  Denver Children’s Home restores hope and health to traumatized children and families through a comprehensive array of therapeutic, educational, and community-based services.

Honey Baked ham and turkey will be provided along with wine, beer, and soft drinks. 

If your last name begins with

A-M: bring an appetizer or dessert;

N-Z bring a side dish.

See you there! 

Ian Miller, Director of Earth and Space Sciences and Curator of Paleobotany at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, will speak.  Denver scientists, including Dr. Miller, made "unprecedented" fossil finds at Corral Bluffs open space.  Dr. Miller will summarize how the world and life recovered after the catastrophic asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. 

It's that time of year again! We will be sorting presents at the Salvation Army. 

If you would like to volunteer please RSVP so we can let them know how many will be attending. 

Metro Caring is Denver's frontline anti-hunger organization, offering a variety of programs related to food security to the community.  Denver Mile High and Denver Cherry Creek Rotary Clubs sponsored a Rotary District Grant and funded and helped in the construction of 5 new garden beds for the organization. We have been invited to visit the organization and take a private tour of the facilities.  The facility is at the intersection of Downing and 18th streets with parking on Downing Street.  This site visit is in lieu of a meeting at the University Club on that day.

We know this time of year is busy and there a lot going on! So why not make it busier. If you can make it, fun! 

December Montly Happy Hour will be at the Christkindl Market Denver. There are markets and entertainment, an opportunity to dance on the dancefloor to the entertainment of Peter Kron 

https://www.christkindlmarketdenver.com/

Location:
1515 Arapahoe Street, Denver, CO 80202
(On 16th St. Mall, across from the Clock Tower)

Admission is free!

There will be a Celebration of Life for Craig Eades on Saturday, January 4 at Local 46 at 4586 Tennyson St.  Craig was the husband of Ronnie Weiss.  In lieu of flowers, donations to the Conflict Center or Trout Unlimited would be appeciated.

The family of Terry Fiske is planning a Celebration of Life for Terry on January 12, 2020 at Wellshire Inn in Denver.  Terry Fiske was a Charter Member of the Club in 1989 and served as Club President in 1993-94. He and his wife Patricia, whom he met at Denver Mile High Rotary, were active in both the Club and the Rotary District through out their tenures until Terry’s resignation in 2014 due to his health.