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On Saturday, May 18^th, members of the South Metro Denver Realtor Association joined forces with Littleton Rotary and a number of individual community volunteers to make this year’s Hands Across Littleton project one of the best efforts yet. Each year since 1995, the Rotary Club of Littleton has marshaled its forces to clean up and restore the properties and landscapes of select Littleton residents who, for reasons of disability, financial situations, or age, can no longer maintain their homes as they otherwise would like to. This year, five area residents benefited from our efforts.

Volunteers met at 7:30 AM, assignments were given to site managers, and the work began shortly thereafter. Virtually all the work was completed by noon and lunches were provided by the City of Littleton to all the volunteers. Congratulations to all who helped make Hands Across Littleton 2013 a complete success. Special thanks to project manager, Kevin Kostoff, of Kostoff & Co. and a Littleton Rotarian since 1998.

Rick Clark, Scott Taylor, Peggy Cole (Littleton City Council), Gary Leitch, Terry Foley, Ed Saboe 

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On Friday, May 3rd. at 8 AM,  Littleton Rotary Club volunteers along with a few others, including a Girl Scout troop from Highlands Ranch, planted 61 trees in Harlow and James Taylor Parks in Littleton. The city owns the parks and they are managed by South Suburban Parks and Rec. The Xcel Energy Foundation and the Colorado Tree Coalition provided grant funds that paid for trees and materials. All the tree planting volunteers were supervised by the City of Littleton horticultural personnel and South Suburban Parks and Recreation Dept. parks maintenance staff. In spite of having to dig through heavy wet clay soil, the crew completed the job by 11:30 AM and was treated to a pizza lunch provided by the City of Littleton. Thanks to all the great volunteers who worked so hard to help improve two very popular parks.

Littleton Rotarian, Bob Moore, works on constructing bio-sand water filters in Somoto,Nicaragua. Read the full story as recently printed in the Englewood Herald.

Back in 2005-06, the Rotary Club of Littleton embarked on the most ambitious project in the Club's history. Thanks to the passion and drive of Barbara Jacobsen and her Rotarian spouse, Merl, the project was made a reality through the efforts of a very select and dedicated committee and hundreds of hours of planning and work by Club members.

The project's goal was to provide the funding to enable Project C.U.R.E to build or purchase an existing building for use as their world headquarters and primary warehouse. We succeeded in raising $500,000 and coupled that with a generous matching contribution from Jake Jabes, owner of American Furniture Warehouse. Today that project is a reality. The facility that Littleton Rotary helped fund is meeting the needs of Project C.U.R.E in it's mission of providing donated new, used, and surplus medical supplies and equipment to needy clinics and hospitals in developing countries around the world.

Project C.U.R.E. has reserved the 1st. Monday of each month from 5-7 PM as a "Sorting Night" for Littleton Rotary, their friends and family. Please consider volunteering for this worthwhile activity and come to better understand the enormous scope of this significant organization. The work is fairly light and you'll be working on sorting donated medical items under the direction of a Project C.U.R.E. volunteer manager. Project C.U.R.E asks that you sign up not earlier than a week prior to the 1st Monday. That way they have fewer no-shows and can better plan for what tasks to assign for the volunteers in attendance. Click here to sign up.

 

House of Friendship Displays

The 2013 annual Rotary District 5450 Conference was one of the best in recent memory. Held at the Vail Marriott on April 26-28, it was not only informative but a complete inspiration to all in attendance. The keynote speaker was R.I. President's representative, Andrei Danilenko, a member of the Rotary Club of Moscow, Russia - the first Rotary Club chartered in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union. Andrei is a businessman focused on agri-business and in addition to hothouse produce, he's recently expanded his operation into dairy and beef cattle production. This free enterprise young businessman exemplifies the Rotary spirit of Service Above Self as he and his Club members expand their service projects to address the pressing needs found throughout Russia.

Attendees were treated to a forum featuring three former US Ambassadors in a discussion of their service to the United States under various administrations. There was a lively and candid Q &A session following their remarks. 

As always, the Rotary Youth Exchange Students representing numerous countries put on a totally enjoyable talent show. Showcasing many of their home countries traditions in song and dance, many of them relied on very amusing skits to demonstrate their "hidden" talents. The audience loved every minute of the performance.

A notable celebrity with a touching presentation was Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary fame. Peter's talk and songs touched all as he spoke to the world-wide need for love. All conflict resolution boils down to love as he sees it. He spoke of the need for love at the most basic level - within the family. Certainly Rotary is working tirelessly to address needs throughout our communities and the world - and it's all based upon love. Peter recognized the powerful impact Rotary is having through it's global work in creating peace through understanding and care for all of God's children.

Plan on saving the dates of May 2-4, 2014 for next year's District Conference to be held right here in Denver at the Embassy Suites Denver Downtown. There'll be great fun and fellowship, outstanding speakers, Rotary education, and plenty of inspiration.

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Kudos to Robert Blay for his efforts in working to make the 2013 Littleton Rotary Sweetheart Dinner/Dance a complete success. Robert chose a 1950’s Sock Hop theme and most everyone came in period costume. Food prepared by the Columbine Country Club Chef was superb. The most popular item was the ice cream shake/malt table which also served floats and sundaes. The music was a trip down memory lane featuring all the hits of the 50’s. If you weren’t there, you missed out on more fun than you’ve probably had in a long while. Check out all the pictures here.

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