GIVING AWAY!!! Grant Recipients
Team Blitz, Conifer High School Robotics Club: $1250. Besides creating robots for national and international competitions, the Club does a number of community volunteer projects and are starting to do fund-raising for other organizations. The Rotary grant helps to purchase the computing hardware and software, robot kits and consumable supplies, tools and tool storage. They have 27 students and 9 mentors.
Mount Evans Home Care and Hospice: $2400 for Camp Comfort; $1250 for Bereavement services. Grief and Bereavement Programs serve people in need, whether they have a loved one who has been served by Mt. Evans. These programs are not funded or reimbursed by medical insurance, so the donations and grants from the community are critically important.
Camp Comfort was started 26 years ago and provides a camp for children who have suffered loss.
Stage Door Theater: $1200. This grant provides scholarships for kids participating at Stage Door. It is a program that changes lives—gives them a launching pad for their future. It provides education, discipline and personal growth and confidence.
Announcements/Business:
- District 5450 the State of the State Luncheon with Governor Hickenlooper. The mother of Dylan Klebold will be doing a presentation Thursday, December 7. Presentations start at 8:30 a.m: Mental well-Being Symposium; there will be a mental health and wellness expo; Lunch is 12-1:30. $60. Register at DSEROTARY.ORG.
- District 5450 invites all members to the Rotary International President’s Dinner and Polio Plus Fundraiser January 6, 2018, 5:30 cash bar; 6:30 dinner, $75. The Keynote speaker is Rotary International President, Ian Riseley.
- The 285 Cooridor Coupon Book is available and Rotarians need to sell! Get yours are the meeting next week. We hope to have a time to sell at the King Soopers in the next couple of weeks.
- The planning meeting for next summer’s fund-raiser will be the Wednesday after Thanksgiving at Wes’s home. We will need Rotarians helping with the planning. Watch for Wes’ email.
- The District Interact convention was held earlier in the month. We had a group from Fitzsimmons Interact attend.
- The Conifer Town Hall meeting will be tomorrow, November 15, 7pm at W. Jeff Middle School. We will be selling coupon books.
- The Holiday party will be December 15 at Dean’s home. More information to come.
- The Board meeting will be next Monday at 6pm at the Well at Bradford Junction.
- There were 255 Soldier boxes prepared to ship. Thanks to all who donated and helped fill the boxes for shipment.
- There will be a fund-raiser for the summer trip to Kenya by our Conifer HS Interact students. They will be building a handicap playground and will provide special shoes for the children. Watch for more information about the fund raiser.
- The International Committee will be meeting tonight 11/14/17 to discuss global grants. Pat will represent our Club.
- We need someone to make coffee for our meeting the next two weeks. Please let Mark know if you can provide that help.
- Finn has prepared an excel spreadsheet with responses to the Visioning follow-up. Please send Finn your responses. This is the most important next step from the Visioning.
- Conifer High School had Sadie Hawkins week---thanks to the Elk Creek Fire Department for providing a bonfire. They enjoyed a sock hop.
- There will be a NASA launch from Vandenburg Air Force Base tomorrow at 2:47 a.m. Go to the NASA website to be able to watch! Thanks, Dean.