In a year like no other, we wish you and yours a very
Update from President Bill Solms
Please make a special effort to attend our December 3d meeting where we will be honoring last year's Club members as well as our leaders.
In my Polio Plus update I see where Covid is interfering with the usual Polio inoculation drives across Africa, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other countries to the point there may be another outbreak of the Wild Polio virus along with a Measles outbreak. The number of children killed by measles far exceeds the number affected by Covid, and measles was on the upscale before Covid made its ugly appearance. The new Covid vaccines cannot arrive too soon!!
We completed our first Duck Race meeting: The Rotary Duck Race Festival 2021, real or virtual, will happen on May 1st. If we can do it safely, we hope to have new events and get people into town that normally would not be here so our local economy can get a jump start.... Think positive!!
Have a Happy Thanksgiving this week wherever you are.
Bill Solms
Posted by Jim Whiteneck
Have an opinion, advice? Share it, please
As your Club is planning for the future, we need your input regarding what is being done “right” and what things can be improved upon so that we may move forward strongly. It is important to hear what areas you would like to expand upon and what areas have a diminishing importance to our members.
In our Normal (non-Covid) years, we have been involved in the Duck Race for local 501-C-3 organizations, Golf Tournament for Scholarships, Pumpkin Distribution, Salvation Army bell ringing, Josh the Baby Otter, Shred-a-thon, Town Cleanup, Time Capsule, maintenance of the “Estes Lake Rotary Shelter” and the “Welcome to Estes Park Rock”, Clean Water and many other national and international projects!
Please take a few minutes to help us by answering a few questions and giving us some input on what you think would be our best way to be the most vibrant Club possible. Link to member survey:
Thanks in advance for your help in making our Estes Park Rotary Club a better place to be! We have received nine responses so far and are planning to keep the survey open till December 4. The results have been very helpful but we need to hear from more members.
Profiles of long-serving members:
Thanks to many who have given so much
To our long-serving members: we can never show enough gratitude for the legacy you all have left to this Club. Each of you deserves a special mention as we continue to meet each week. Please be patient with us newer members as we find our way; I will also encourage our new members to reach out to you as part of their Club internship. My heartfelt thanks to all of you!
President Bill Solms
Editors note: Just in case you missed them, enjoy the profiles of our members that we have included in the The Spoke.
Coming next week - profiles of Dave Evans and Tom Gardner. Please read your Spoke all the way to the end every week!
Bob Benight
I really get a kick out of making the gifts that Rotary gives our speakers. It is good luck that I’ve found a great source of nice granite at Colorado Stone in Longmont. What does that have to do with my years of racing? Well, you will see.
I have always loved speed. In high school I confess I used to sneak my parents’ car out and ride around with my friends. Even at that age, I realized that this was a bad idea. So when I had the chance to race hydroplanes all around Colorado lakes, I jumped at it.
Fast forward. After I returned from Korea and started my career, I was able to buy my dream car, a Porsche. That was the beginning of many years of fun and excitement. I became an instructor in the Porsche Club teaching people who were new owners or inexperienced drivers how to get the most speed and control out of their cars and live to tell about it. I joined Sports Car Club of America, SCCA, racing. Wheel to wheel versus time laps.
Everything I learned in my days racing has helped me to become a better and safer driver, and I would like to share some of the things I learned.
To drive safely you need to have total concentration on the road and the traffic around you. Other drivers may not be paying attention so you need to be twice as alert.
To drive safely you need to spot possible hazards and have a plan.
To drive safely, allow plenty of time to reach your destination so you won’t be tempted to take chances.
At the end of his talk, Bob shared that the owners of Colorado Stone in Longmont are fellow Porsche owners and he met them through his affiliation with the Porsche Club. Thus the connection between a powerful racing car and our club's Piece of the Rock.
Milt Garrett
Why I Joined Rotary? My uncle, a 60-year perfect attendance Rotarian, paid my way so I could become a Charter Member of a new Albuquerque Rotary Club. That date of induction was February 23, 1988, the anniversary of the founding of Rotary. Because my one sentence, lifetime mission statement was/is, “To learn and help others,” he thought I’d be a perfect fit. The Estes Park club is now my sixth overall Rotary Club membership.
Why did we, my ex and I, come to Estes Park? It was just four days of the 9/11 attack when I bought the home in Ranch Meadow. As you know, geographically, Estes is a heck of a lot closer to DIA. than Grand Junction (GJT) is, dollars and distances. (I was a Rotarian in GJT, where I first began working with Russians with their economic recovery efforts.) Therefore, for my Russian clients and her IBM clients, that move meant a cost savings of multiples of hundreds of dollars in airfare that my Russian entrepreneurs and her IBM executives did not have to spend for our travel expenses. Maybe IBM could withstand a $400+ airfare, but not those emerging from the 1990s economic disaster in Russia. An added benefit to selecting Estes was my sister, Connie Dedon, lived here.
While I still have a home in Estes Park, Ranch Meadow. However, I now live all over the globe (when the pandemic is not influencing my travels): I have had 21 different addresses since leasing it out. (I have had a total of 50 addresses: 12 in Colorado, 12 states and seven countries.) “The world is a candy store,” Dad said, “go find the chocolates.” Bingo: Estes Park is the best chocolate; now Fort Collins (temporarily).
BIOGRAPHY: Milt graduated from Texas A&M University (Industrial Engineering doctorate), the Disney University and the University of Northern Colorado (B.S., M.S.). He went on to teach on, or for, 15 universities and colleges in the USA and five in Russia. Forty-two years ago, he opened his own company, Garrett Group International. As a professor emeritus, dean, department head and HR director from the University of New Mexico, he travels worldwide as part of the International Quality movement and management development for public and private organizations. Last year he was invited to be one of 50 citizen diplomates, with origins from five countries, to interview ten Russian experts and then visited Russians, at random, in eight cities for their perspectives on US-Russian relations – Crimea being one of the locations. For the last 22 years, his company has focused on economic recovery of Russia, of which 10 of those years were pro bono on behalf of Rotary, for the Estes club and the GJT club.
Virgil Holtgrewe
Virgil H. Holtgrewe was born and raised on a farm in southeast Nebraska. After graduating from Talmage High School in l948 he farmed the family farm raising corn, wheat, alfalfa, oats, cattle, hogs, sheep, and chickens.
He attended Wentworth Military Academy and graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1955. After serving two years in the Army Corps of Engineers, he was employed by Farmers National Company, a farm management company, to open an office at Hebron, Nebraska.
It was the Methodist Minister in Hebron who asked Virgil to join the Rotary Club in 1959. This was his first experience in a service club and enjoyed the fellowship Rotary had to offer. He served as President and as chairperson of other avenues of service.
In 1964, the Holtgrewe Family moved to Fort Morgan, CO. Wanting to be active in the community, he transferred his Rotary membership to the Fort Morgan Rotary Club. He served as club secretary and was active in other service areas.
1969 the Holtgrewe Family moved to Wheat Ridge, CO and started to work for Western Farm Management Company. Again, he transferred his Rotary Membership to the Rotary Club of Lakewood and became active in many different service areas. He served on many district and club projects and as club president in 2002-2003.
Wanting to expand his interest in service above self, he was asked to join the District Youth Exchange Committee. He became chairman of this committee and enjoyed the contacts with over 40 different Rotary District Youth Exchange Chairpersons all over the world. After the Youth Exchange experience, District Governor Stan Black asked Virgil to help start the RYLA (RotaryYouth Leadership Award) program. This was done and the first Rocky Mountain RYLA program was started in 1987 and has continued to the present time.
While in the Lakewood Rotary Club he became interested in the Paul Harris Fellow program of the Rotary Foundation. His first Paul Harris Fellow was a surprise gift from his wife Carol. This started his giving program and he has become a Major Donor.
After 54 years of professional service to the agricultural industry in Farm Management and Rural Appraisal, he retired in 2011. It was in 2014 Carol and Virgil moved to Estes Park to enjoy their retirement years. Again, he transferred his Rotary Membership to the Rotary Club of Estes Park and has enjoyed the fellowship but has scaled back service to the community. Virgil and Carol have been married 65 years and have two daughter and two grandsons. In November of 2020, Virgil will have been an active Rotarian for 61 years.
Karen McClure
I was born in Philadelphia (Mom a Dad had grown up in Swarthmore) and grew up on the Gulf Coast (Houston, Beaumont, New Orleans) until I went to college...Smith College. Got married during graduation and travelled to Omaha, NB. Spent all super holidays at the missile site; everyone else had small children at home. When we finally parted company with the Air Force we had a son and were expecting a girl. Stayed in Omaha until 1976 and then went to New Orleans (banking).
All my friends from high school had married each other. I got divorced. I went into residential real estate where I stayed for 20 years...in Denver! All that moving around on the Gulf Coast prepared me! John was in College at Tulane; Kristin was starting CSU. My volunteer world was centered on starting education programs in zoos and nature centers: Fontenelle Forest, Henry Doorly Zoo, Louisiana Nature Center. They are still operating! I joined the Junior League and, of course, the Smith College Alumnae Club. Taught at all the education programs and recruited volunteers for all. Served as president of virtually every organization of which I was a member. Joined Rotary because my grandfather Lewis was a Rotarian. Earned a Master’s degree in Education from LSU in New Orleans. Now married to long-time friend, David Sidley Evans. Turned 80 last birthday. Onward!
Phil and Tara Moenning
Phil was born and grew up in Indianapolis, and Tara was born in Evansville, Indiana. We met at Indiana University, and married when we graduated, Phil with an MBA in Marketing and Tara with a BS in Medical Technology. We lived and worked in several places in Indiana, Minnesota, and New York. Phil worked in several department stores as a buyer, store manager, and director of stores while Tara was employed in hospital laboratories. We adopted four children and now have 12 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Phil had vacationed in Colorado since 1946 and did his undergraduate work at the University of Colorado. Our family also vacationed here for many years, so we knew we wanted to live here. In 1987 our dream came true. Tara started working at the hospital and Phil began developing Aspen Brook.
Of course you don’t grow up in Indiana without loving basketball, football, and fast cars. Phil has missed only two Indy 500 races in 74 years (until this year, now 3). It is a tradition for our family to get together for a mini-reunion every year for this event.
We joined Rotary in 2008, and Gladys Van Drie was our sponsor. We have been involved in numerous Rotary events, the PHD Board of Directors and the hospital Foundation, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, well as the Estes Park Museum Friends and Foundation Colorado Creative Tablesetting events.
Wayne Newsom
Wayne Newsom was born in Amarillo, Texas on June 20, 1929. We never lived in Amarillo but that was the nearest hospital. I consider Hereford, Texas as my hometown.It was known as the Town Without A Toothache, because of high fluoride in the water. I graduated from Texas Tech University in 1951, having majored in Business Management. Pat and I were married in Hereford in 1952 and have been married 68 years. We have four daughters, Karen Thompson is number 3, 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. After farming with my brother on the family farm for about three years, I started work with Gifford-Hill Western, an agricultural irrigation company. We manufactured pivot sprinklers, PVC plastic, aluminum and rubber gasket concrete irrigation pipe. We also installed these irrigation systems on farms in West Texas, Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma Panhandle, Southwest Kansas, Nebraska Panhandle, Southeast Wyoming and Eastern Colorado. I started as office manager, went into sales for a few years and was a division manager in Garden City, Kansas, Hereford, Texas and Fort Morgan, Colorado. This is how I arrived in Colorado. I worked with this company 22 years until it sold and I became a number instead of a name. It wasn’t fun anymore so I said “Adios”. We had only one daughter still at home. We had a huddle to see where we wanted to live. We had bought a cabin in Estes Park with Virgil and Carol Holtgrewe in about 1968 so we moved to Estes Park. People asked why I would quit a job at 50 years old not knowing what I was going to do. I said I would find something and started as a Realtor in 1979, 41 years ago, and still enjoy the work. People ask when I am going to retire. My response is “when I get old enough” and besides I don’t have a dog to walk. I joined Rotary in Fort Morgan, Colorado and was President in 1972-1973. I wanted to meet the business people and have the social contact. Back in the olden days we dressed up and wore a tie to Rotary. I transferred to Estes Park but it took several months before “the ole guys” checked me out, gave me a classification of Real Estate and allowed me to become a member. I think I may be in the top three Rotarians with the longest service in the Estes Park Rotary.
Jack Overly
Jack Overly was born in the small town of Chillicothe, Ohio a long time ago. As a young boy he remembers sitting by the radio ( no TV back then ) and listening to news about Pearl Harbor where his Uncle Frank was killed, and other WWII news. During the war his family moved to Toledo, Ohio where Jack's dad went to work in a defense factory. Jack attended the University of Toledo, and during his first three years worked in automotive factories at night, attending classes during the day. During his senior year he worked for The Lion Store, part of a department store chain that had stores across the United States and Canada. Some of you might remember the Joslin Stores in Colorado. Upon graduation Jack was recruited by the Lion Store and began a journey of management positions across the country. Jack met Mary Jeanne Stapleton when she was a beginning freshman at Mary Manse College, a small private college for women, and he was a Junior at U.T. They were married two weeks after Mary graduated and celebrated 66 years this past June. They have four children, all living in Colorado, and eight grandchildren. Jack's career with the department store group, Mercantile Stores Inc., with headquarters in New York City, took him to several locations in Ohio, Augusta, Georgia, Pueblo, Colorado and Yakima, Washington. Almost like the Army, Mary had to be ready to move on short notice, put the house on the market, take care of four kids and work on her master's in special education. She never complained. In 1976 he purchased an office equipment dealership in Yakima, Washington that had been founded in 1946 and developed that company into the leading commercial business design and space planning company in Central Washington State. The company is still in business today after 74 years. Mary finally got to teach on a regular basis. In 1979 Jack joined the Rotary Club of Yakima, a club of over 300 members. During that time time he served on a number of committees, including one that his committee formed as an adult/youth mentoring program similar to Partners. Having made many trips to Estes Park over the years and after all four kids settled in Colorado for college and jobs, Jack and Mary decided to retire in Estes Park. They purchased a lot here in 1985 and in 1987 their son Dennis brought a crew from his contracting business in Telluride and built their home. Upon moving to Estes Jack transferred his Rotary membership to the Rotary Club of Estes Park and has always been proud of being a part of the amazing things this small club has accomplished. He has served three different terms on the Club Board and also the Foundation Board as well as numerous committees over the years. He is thankful to have received the Rotarian Of The Year Award as well as other awards from the Club over the years He is still hanging in as an original member of the Duck Race although his duties got pretty much shut down this year. Jack concludes with, "Although this last year has been challenging I am looking forward to getting back in person to our regular meetings."
Bill Smith
I was born in New York City in 1956. My family moved to Long Island in the 1960’s. I attended kindergarten in the Bronx, then St. Joseph’s School, Kings Park High School and SUNY at Farmingdale Mortuary Science School, all on Long Island. I worked at Clayton Funeral Home in Kings Park from 1971 to 1981, moved to Colorado and worked at Goodrich Mortuary from 1981 to 1986, when I moved to Estes Park and have worked here since. I also joined The Rotary Club of Estes Park in 1986. I had been interested in Rotary since knowing co-workers that were members. I belong to Presbyterian Community Church of the Rockies where I am Chairman and Manager of the Church’s Columbarium Committee. I have three Children and four grandchildren and would be happy to show you pictures of them all. I enjoy my Family, Rocky Mountain National Park and traveling.
Don Widrig
Don Widrig grew up in Wichita, Kansas. During his high school days, the class went on a field trip to Wichita State University to see one of the first COMPUTERS in Wichita. It was a room-sized machine that was roughly equivalent to today’s programmable calculators. When Don saw the machine, it was love at first sight and he quickly figured out what he wanted to do when he grew up.
High school brought other happiness to his life. During his senior year, he met his future wife, Barbara, and they have enjoyed their two now-grown children and two grandchildren for their 56 years of married life.
Since high school, Don has been happily involved with electronics, computers and programming. After he received his degree in electrical engineering from MIT in 1965, his first job was working with an MIT research group that was inventing the first time-sharing computer system. The machine used for this project was a one-of-a-kind machine built to the group’s specifications by IBM. The success of that project quickly led to the next generation of time-sharing machines, also a heavily modified machine built by General Electric (yes, GE built computers way back then). At about this time, the oil industry was beginning to experiment with digital data processing using these new-fangled computers so Don and Barbara moved to Calgary, the development center for the Canadian “oil patch”, to join in the new developments. After inventing a whole new industry during their nine years in Canada, it was time to move back to the US where Don joined one of the “beltway bandit” consulting firms in the Washington DC, area.
After spending seven years in the heart of the military-industrial complex, it was time to get a real job. So, Don and his family moved to Boulder where he spent the rest of his active career in all sorts of engineering and consulting jobs. Among other developments he is most proud that in his role as VP of Engineering, his company developed the prototype of the Indiana Jones Thrill Ride at Disneyland in 1990. He continued to work on leading-edge technical product development until his first retirement and move to Estes Park in 1997. They moved to Estes Park because they had always wanted to live in the mountains and wanted a small town that had a hospital and library. Both Don and Barbara love to read as their hobby.
In Estes Park, Don met and was mentored by a good friend, Al Wasson, who invited him to become a Rotarian and help build the Estes Park Library into a modern library. Don led the task force that finally succeeded in persuading the voters to approve the formation of the Estes Valley Fire District in 2010.
Don was the leader of the Estes Park Audio-visual group that supported the Rotary District Conference in 2012. Based on earlier programs written by our own former Rotarian, George Williford, Don created an integrated computer database system in 2002 that runs the administration of the Estes Park Duck Race to this day. He has also written the prototype database applications for the Town Code Compliance Department, the Restorative Justice group, the Rocky Mountain Transit shuttle service, Crossroads Ministry, Hobert Office Services, the Salud Foundation, and the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Office.
Before finally retiring for the second time and becoming an Honorary Rotarian, Don had been active in our Rotary Club and has written extensively about computers for the local newspapers. In addition to writing for the local press, he and his book partner wrote several technical books that are still being sold after 20 years on the market.
In 2013, Don and Barbara decided to become full-time RV-ers and see the country. They’ve had many fun adventures in their travels including working at Dollywood in Tennessee, working for the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, as well as staying for extended visits with their siblings, children, and grandchildren. They currently overwinter in the Phoenix area and work in Rocky Mountain National Park during the summer. Fun times.
Posted by Dale Bonza
November 19, 2020 Meeting Notes
President Bill Solms welcomed the six in-person and many online Zoom participant members and guests and thanked everyone for participating. Tara Moenning gave a meaningful invocation, in which she acknowledged the peaks and valleys of this year. We are encouraged to be grateful for this period of isolation, and to reach out to help others. She expressed gratitude for the firefighters, first responders and authorities who are working to protect us during these difficult times. President Bill Solms led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Greeters today were Karol Rinehart at Nicky’s and Scott Thompson on Zoom. Scott Thompson told a joke in honor of Earl Matson. First lady Marianne Solms was our guest.
Happy Money
President Bill is happy for his granddaughter Betty Marsh’s 15th birthday.
Jim Whiteneck pledged $29 in honor of his wife’s birthday next week.
Announcements
The second Duck Race Zoom Meeting will be Wednesday, Nov. 25, at 5 p.m.
The Duck Race will be on May 1. It will be live if possible. The decision whether it will be necessary to change it to virtual will be made early in the new year.
President Bill has had phone calls with Don Widrig, Allison from the library and Bob Fulton to work out an updated software solution for the Duck Race. There will be a meeting this Friday for further discussion. Lee Lasson will join that meeting.
Bill Solms has been coordinating with Lt. Life of the EP Police force and others to see how our Rotary could help the community with a cycling event that might dovetail with the Duck Race.
Beth Weisberg reminded Community Service members of a Zoom Meeting at 2 p.m. today.
The Community Service Committee has two projects in process: (1) We have adopted a family for Bright Christmas. A few things are still needed. Get in touch with Beth for information on how best to donate. (2) Food donations for Crossroads: Non-perishables can be dropped at Nicky’s from Dec. 1 – 17. Fresh foods can be taken to Crossroads – be sure to mention you are donating as a noon Rotary member.
Ron Gordon wants everyone to be sure to read the story in the Spoke about the accomplishments of the International Committee: Amaro Tan summer camp a success. Ron is hoping to see this story in the Rotarian Magazine.
President-elect Jim Whiteneck encouraged us to respond to volunteer activity opportunities and to complete an upcoming survey.
Rotary Foundation Board will meet by Zoom Dec. 17 at 1:15 p.m.
No meeting next week – Happy Thanksgiving
Dec. 3 Meeting – Awards Presentation by President Bill Solms
Program
Dr. John Meyer gave a lively presentation on emergencies that arise in Estes Park that necessitate helicopter services to save lives.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned with the 4-Way Test.
Dale Bonza, scribe
Posted by Rita DuChateau
Friendship Card Contest winner: Scott Dorman
Scott Dorman has been selected as winner of the photo contest for the Rotary Friendship Card 2021 design. A familiar presence in Estes Park, Dorman retired in 2016 after a 33-year career in fire service, with the last 20 as Chief of the Estes Valley Fire Protection District. Since retiring, Dorman has been able to devote more time to his lifelong passion for photography and is pleased that his work has produced an award-winning photo.
The decision of the judges was overwhelmingly in favor of Dorman’s photo. It captures spectacular fall colors on the Bierstadt Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.
“I am very honored and humbled to have my photo chosen for the Friendship Card," Dorman said. "Thank you for the opportunity to share my photography.”
The 2021 Friendship Card will be available for purchase next month at various locations around Estes Park. The $10 discount card is honored at more than 70 participating local businesses, which offer discounts on food and drink, shopping, entertainment and services.
The Friendship Card is a fundraising project of our club. Net proceeds are used for community grants, scholarships, and other Rotary projects. No funds are used for club expenses.
The Friendship Card made its debut in 2019. In 2020, even with COVID challenges, the card netted over $5,000, all of which will be returned to the community. Most recently the club awarded a $500 grant to help fund the Community Corner Café.
Posted by Beth Weisberg
Projects will brighten the holidays for many
Just a reminder that the Community Service Committee is running two holiday projects, each with a short time frame:
Our Rotary club is “adopting” a family through Bright Christmas this year. The family has four young children, plus Mom and Dad, so plenty of need and ways to help give them a happy holiday. A needs and wish list, along with instructions, are contained in an email from ClubRunner which you should have received on November 12 at 7:30 p.m.
We have already received the vacuum cleaner and the microwave, so don’t need those now. Some other Rotarians have already provided some of the toys and clothing for the children, but we still need much more. Please contact Beth Weisberg before you buy items, to find out what is still most needed. Also, if you aren’t comfortable shopping this year but do want to contribute, checks and gift cards are most welcome. If you are going to order items online, please be sure to watch delivery dates. If you are ordering from Amazon and use Amazon Smile, choosing our foundation will send a small portion of the sale proceeds back to Estes Park.
Items should be wrapped and labeled with the name of the person it’s for, and also “Family #50”. Gifts can be dropped off on Beth’s front porch ideally by December 7, and no later than noon on December 8, since Bright Christmas’ collection ends at 4 p.m. on December 8 and we will need time to deliver the gifts to them.
We are also collecting non-perishable food for Crossroads this year in lieu of our usual holiday party. There will be a drop box in the lobby at Nicky’s from December 1 – December 17. Details, including a list of the foods most requested, are contained in the same November 12 email from ClubRunner mentioned above.
If you have any questions at all, or want to deliver items, gift cards, or checks for either or both of these projects, please contact Beth Weisberg: cell phone (301) 787-7327. Many thanks to everyone for supporting these efforts!
Posted by Rita DuChateau
Amaro Tan summer camp a success
The October edition of Compact, Nehemiah Gateway's newsletter, included an article, "Summer Camps in Corona Times," which featured the Rotary Club of Estes Park. How and why, you ask?
Our club has sponsored the Amaro Tan summer camp for low income, at-risk Roma, Balkan Egyptian and Albanian children for three years. This year's camp was held in August and hosted 30 children, ages 4-16, who were divided into age groups. The camp used an altered format due to COVID restrictions "while staying true to the spirit of the camp," the article states. Along with healthy outdoor activities, the children enjoyed breakfast and lunch during the three-week session.
The club has earmarked $1,750 for the 2021 Buçimas Summer Camp for at-risk and learning-disabled children. Rotary District 5440 added $3,500.
Ron Gordon, International Service Committee Director, and Jack Boatman, Foundation Grants Director, have worked with Nehemiah Gateway in the funding of 2018, 2019 and 2020 summer camps. District 5440 matching grants have also helped to fund the summer camps.
Photos courtesy of Nehemiah Gateway
Gordon and Boatman also worked with Nehemiah Gateway to apply for a $35,000 Rotary International Global Grant which was awarded earlier this year. The grant will help Nehemiah Gateway to equip a new Children's Learning Center in Pogradec, Albania and to train staff. The center will welcome children with special needs for therapy services delivered by nurses and specialists. The global grant is a cooperative effort between the Rotary Club of Estes Park, The Rotary Club of Estes Park Foundation, Rotary District 5440, Rotary International and the Rotary Club of Pogradec, Albania.
The amount of District 5440 Grants and Rotary International Global Grants for which our club qualifies is directly related to the amount we, as individual club members, donate to The Rotary International Foundation. So, please keep that in mind as you consider your 2020 giving.
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