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Jimmy Lambatos has been in the restaurant and hospitality industry for over 45 years in the Denver area. He has owned various restaurants and food service companies - Footers, Quiznos, Baurs, Ivy at the Glenn and presently owns and operates Jimmy's Jersey Street Cafe at 9th & Jersey in the Mayfair neighborhood. He is married to Terry Ann Cervi and he has two grown children. His son Anthony now operates Footers Catering that Jimmy started in 1981. He enjoys traveling, swimming and dining. Jim Kreutz and Abbas Rajabi introduced him to Rotary.

Volunteer Opportunities

There are many places you can volunteer to help. View Opportunities Here.

Don Girard Joins Club

Don Girard works with his wife, Jen, as the Girard Group at Remax real estate. Prior to that he taught at Cherry Creek schools for 30 years, specializing in At Risk youth. He graduated from UNC in Finance and Economics and got a teacher certification at Metropolitan State. He has lived in Colorado most of his life and attended Cherry Creek High School. He and Jen live in Centennial and have two daughters in college. One of his hobbies is edible mushroom foraging. Mary Sklar introduced him to Rotary.

Spotlight on Club Projects

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International Service

Community Service

Heath Kinsland Joins DSE

Heath Kinsland serves as the Market President for the First Western Trust office in the Denver Tech Center where he leads a team creating great banking experiences for their clients. Originally from North Carolina, he got a BS at Western Carolina University. Heath moved to Colorado in 2019 after visiting his oldest daughter, Hailey, who was attending a Masters program at the CU Anschutz campus. Heath's youngest daughter, Anna, soon joined him in Colorado and currently attends CU Boulder. Shortly after moving to Colorado, Heath met his soon to be wife, Jenny Wilczewski, a native Coloradan and Director of Summer Programs at Colorado Academy. They live in Highlands Ranch. Heath was a Rotarian 2003-2009 in North Carolina. Mike Klingbiel introduced him to our club.

Sylvia Young Joins DSE

Sylvia Young is the former CEO of HCA Continental Division, which includes HealthONE in Denver and Wesley Healthcare in Wichita, KS. She held that position since 2012. Prior to that she was President of HCA's Sunrise Health System in Las Vegas. Young has a Master’s degree in Health Administration from the University of Alabama, Birmingham (2018 "Alumni of the Year" award) and a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from Samford University in Birmingham. She is married to David Young, a retired cardiac surgeon and member of our club. They have two daughters. Sylvia was a Rotary member in Aurora 30 years ago. She is particularly interested in helping underserved children. John Hughes was instrumental in introducing her to our club.

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Contributions in Tribute

Posted by Debra Fine on Jun 28, 2011

Would you like to honor or memorialize someone special? Make a contribution to the Denver Southeast Rotary Tribute program to let them know you are thinking of them. Each donation funds our local and international humanitarian Rotary projects and is 100% tax deductible. Download Form

What do you say when asked "What is Rotary?"

Do you have a succinct explanation of Rotary when someone asks you- what some would call an "elevator speech"? Here is a possible response, authored by Jim Creamer:

Rotary is an international organization dedicated to the service of mankind. Denver Southeast Rotary Club is an active organization of men and women providing domestic and international assistance to others far and wide. And we have fun doing it with fellowship for our members and with a sense of ethics as outlined in the Four Way Test.