Wheel Spinner (May 25, 2018)

THIS WEEK

May 31st is DARK

June 7th: Bella says goodbye and Hello Connie

Nancy Arkins out of town; no Wheel Spinner from June 7th meeting.

Greeters

Bob Walsh 6/7/2018

Natasha Nola

Lee Mulberry 6/14/2018

Reen Gottron

Obituary

It is with great sadness we say goodbye to an outstanding gentleman and Rotarian; Grant Wilkins passed away May 19th.

A memorial service for Grant will be held on Wednesday, May 30, 2:00pm at St. Andrew Methodist Church 9203 S University Blvd,

Highlands Ranch. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations be made payable to:

Polio Plus

The Rotary Foundation

14280 Collections Center Drive

Chicago, IL 60693

New email address

The Club's laptop & Nancy Arkins have a new email address, HRWheelSpinner@gmail.com. Please send any communications, pictures related to the Wheel Spinner to new address.

LAST WEEK

Nikki Booker - You Are Not Alone, Mom 2 Mom

Nikki, shared her heart wrenching story of why and how she began YANAM2M, You Are Not Alone Mom 2 Mom. YANAM2M is a non-profit organization with the mission to create a place where every Highlands Ranch Mom will feel safe, accepted, and valued. There are three components: a play date for kids; if requested, a support person assigned; and available Douglas County resources provided per individual Mom including community connections and partnerships. Monthly fund raisers & appearances are planned and available on the calendar at www.YANAM2M.org. Nikki stated in one year of service, 297 Moms have participated including providing services to 71 and support persons to 32.

Family of Rotary Award

Jerry Wilford shared the Club received the Family of Rotary Award; he gave a special thanks to Carolyn, Steve, & Jerry for their contributions towards this award.

Jerry also gave kudos to Tamie & Phil for their tripods/TVs at the District Conference. (Great representation of our Club!)

Scholarships awarded

Scott Davenport presented the two students receiving Rotary scholarships: Sidhant Arora, ThunderRidge High School attending CU to study aerospace engineering and Jonathan Hunter Ferry, Rock Canyon High School who will attend CSU studying biomedical science. Congratulations to two aspiring young men!!

Rotaraction

Katie Kelley, U of WY, Rotaraction Secretary and VP of College Relations (beautiful and accomplished granddaughter of Jan & Tom) brought us up to date on Rotaraction. A new online club open to 18-30 year olds no matter where they live and interested in serving their community. Members (7 and rising) meet on a weekly blog and give 4 hours to their local community. Direct that right young person you may know to www.rotaraction.org.

Hide in Plain Site

Joe Roos joined the meeting; in 2015 Joe founded Hide In Plain Sight (HIPS) to follow his passion to help homeless students overcome their adversity and provide opportunities for post secondary education, which in turn, will make these students competitive in the job market, gainfully employed and break their cycle of homelessness. HIPS partners with Colorado 4 year universities and 2 year technical and community colleges to provide post secondary scholarships for students that are at risk, homeless, or living in poverty. One of their most recent collaborations is with Colorado University - Denver Aurora campus where HIPS is joining in a living and learning project which will house and feed 13 homeless students. They also just awarded their 100th scholarship!