It is the Holiday season again, and with District 5450’s help we can be assured that many more families served by the Denver Indian Center will have a Thanksgiving dinner and get presents for their children. Here where we can all make a difference:
1- Contribute $10 to purchase a Turkey Coupon. Recall- each $10 coupon helps provides a dinner for 6, and the Denver Indian Center provides all the fixins. These coupons are used both at Thanksgiving and Christmas. We need to have those to the DICI as early as possible, certainly no later than the 13th of November. You can mail those directly to the Indian Center at Denver Indian Center, 4407 Morrison Road, Denver 80219. If you collect money at an upcoming luncheon, please send a check and add a note it is for the Turkey Coupons. The coupons and fixins will be given to families on the same day they have their 9News Health Fair, which is mid November.
2- The committee encourages those who can provide Christmas presents they need need to be at the Center by mid December. They need presents for all ages, but in particular, teen age boys and girls seem to be short on presents each year. Rotarians play Santa and Mrs. Claus and talk with the Children as they are given their presents.
3- Warm Coats, hats and gloves can be used anytime from now to the end of the year. Each of the past 8 years, all of coats that Rotarians have donated have been have been used by the Indian families.
4- Mike Oldham is leading a Food Pantry Program for the center and the goal is to have one Rotary Club a month take on a food drive. By the end of the Rotary year we hope to have made a significant health difference thru good nutrition.
Thanks for every Rotarian’s generosity! Nothing above is a hardship for us, but the positive impact on the families is great. We hope you can help the families that are served by The Denver Indian Center.