May 2012
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CENTRAL COLORADO DISTRICT CABINET
GOVERNOR Norm Borchers 303-794-3086
SECRETARY/TREAS. Maggi Anderson 303-797-2281
LT. GOVERNORS
INCENTIVES/AWARDS Marty Morgan
FDR Karen Marston
FREEDOM WEEK Gregory Meehan
COMMUNICATIONS Judy Wolcott
MEMBERSHIP/GROWTH Lois Kemerling
PUBLICITY Carol Worth
SOCIAL Marty Morgan
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ABOUT THE CONVENTION Over three hundred Sertomans, including ten members of the Platte Canyon, Dry Creek and Littleton Sertoma Clubs, gathered in Kansas City to participate in Sertoma’s 100-year celebration. This means that over two hundred and fifty Sertomans from the Central Colorado and Front Range Districts missed one of the best International Conventions in many years.
Our Headquarters Staff worked hard to put together a convention that was not only fun but also a very professional training event. Each of the workshops was very well attended and a number of the topics will be presented at our Regional Convention in Irvine, California.
The Theme Party on Thursday evening provided laughs, fun and good food for everyone. Lois and Chuck Kemerling looked as if they had just stepped out of a 1920’s Speakeasy.
Two resolutions were voted on and passed. These resolutions will now allow all clubs and all members to vote at an International Convention. You or your club do not have to attend a convention in order to vote on issues. Details about this change will be available to everyone very soon.
The attendees also voted to elect Debby Larsen as our new Jr. Vice President.
Past International President’s Julie Hejtmanek and Woodrow “Woody” Hudson, as well as our current President John Kerr, praised the Denver area clubs for having the best Freedom Week event they attended during their term as President. Thanks to C.J. and her crew, we are recognized for this event throughout the Sertoma nation.
It should also be pointed out that Kansas City has some fabulous steak and rib restaurants. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have not yet visited the new Sertoma website, please do so soon. It is much improved over the previous version and is very user friendly. You must first establish a user name and password to access the site. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Congratulations to the Dry Creek Club for their successful fundraiser. They raised over $4000 at the John Fielder book signing event. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All clubs are reminded of the upcoming Sertoma Mile High Soap Box Derby. Check your e-mail for information from Jerry Stander and Marty Morgan. The next Soap Box Derby meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 9. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I will be attending the Mid-Year Governor’s meeting in Irvine, California on 18-19 May. All details of the upcoming Regional Convention will be reviewed and finalized at this meeting. If you have any concerns or suggestions for the convention, please let me know.
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CLUB OFFICERS
(Note: With the exception of Grand Mesa and Longmont, all telephone numbers and e-mail addresses can be found in the Membership Directory)
COLUMBINE DTC PLATTE CANYON
President Charlene Dame Adam Smith Bob Haigh Secretary Pamela Bruce Judi Tomlinson Dick LeVere Treasurer Bob Coon Wes Schuneman Jim Allison
DRY CREEK GREATER PARK HILL SERTOMA PROMOTION
President Susan Goodman Gregory Anderson Shelly Morgan Secretary Elizabeth Davenport Dr. Cora Earnest Judy Wolcott Treasurer Lianne Bower Barbara Daniels C.J. Farr
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Guest Speakers
An interesting speaker or program at your Sertoma Club meeting will usually be the highlight of the entire meeting. When bringing a guest or potential member to your meeting, it is important that you have a good program. For this reason, I ask that clubs who have an interesting speaker or an unusually good program, please contact me afterwards with his/her name and contact information. I will see that this is passed on to all of our clubs. |
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UPCOMING EVENTS
May 5 25th Anniversary Celebration (Wine tasting/Silent auction) – Sertoma Club of DTC May 9 Soap Box Derby Committee Meeting May 14 Presidents Roundtable (PAC meeting) June 2-3 Sertoma Mile High Soap Box Derby June 11 Presidents Roundtable (PAC meeting) July 1 Write-ups for SOTY, STM and Club Secretary awards due to District Governor Aug 18 Western Welcome Week Grand Parade Sept 13-15 Mountain West Regional Convention – Hyatt Regency Hotel - Irvine, California
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Summer Social Marty Morgan is attempting to set up a Colorado Rockies Baseball game as a social event for this summer. It could be a day game, an evening game, a weekday game or a weekend game and it may or may not include food. The possibilities are endless and as you can see, nothing is firmed up yet. Marty has some very influential friends at the ballpark and she might even be allowed to throw out the first pitch. Everyone should bring his or her camera for this memorable event. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soap Box Derby Information Clinics Saturday, April 21 (completed) General Construction, Best Practices, Car Handling, Weights Saturday, May 5 (2 pm–4 pm ) Alignment, Adjustments, Decoration, Final Preparation, Tips
Important Dates May 1 Last day for early registration May 19 (9 am–1 pm) Pre Inspection, Photos, Race Number Drawing, Final Registration June 2 Super Kids Championship, Inspection and car impound June 3 Championship Race |
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KNOW YOUR CLUBS |
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SERTOMA CLUB OF DTC The Sertoma Club of DTC was chartered on May 15, 1987 by the Littleton Sertoma Club. Jay Valentic, Al Case and Dave Drake of the Littleton Club worked hard to get the new club started. Twenty five years later, Helen Sherer and David Oppenheim are the only Charter Members still active, Bruce Schacterle and Wes Schuneman joined later the same year, so they are almost Charter Members.
The club’s “Tehuacan Project” provides hearing aids, speech therapy, vocational and sign language education to Mexico’s first school for deaf children. In conjunction with the Loveland Rotary, this club helped to open the “Casa del Nino Sordo” school in Mexico.
The Sertoma Club of DTC started their Soldier Project in 2003. This project helped many of the seriously wounded soldiers who were recuperating at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. This hospital has since closed but the club continues to help our wounded veterans through the Freedom Service Dogs’ Program.
The Sertoma Club of DTC is very community oriented and has helped Inter-Faith Services, Samaritan House, Denver Rescue Mission, Hearing Dogs International, Santa Claus Shop, Bessie’s Hope and numerous other organizations in the community.
Other activities of the club are the Sertoma Mile High Soap Box Derby and Freedom Week events.
The club is celebrating their 25th Anniversary on May 5th with a Wine/Beer Tasting and a Silent/Live Auction. It will be held at the Lone Tree Country Club from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
The club has been meeting at various locations over the years and their latest location is the Mangia Bevi Café at 6363 S. Fiddlers Green circle |
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GREATER PARK HILL SERTOMA CLUB The Greater Park Hill Sertoma Club was built by the Arapahoe Club and chartered with twenty five members on December 13, 1985. Robert (Bob) Shoates was the charter President and was re-elected to that position three more times. Greater Park Hill Sertoma has provided the District with three District Governors: Omar Blair, Bob Shoates and Earnest Reese. Larry Weir, Earnest Reese and Bob Shoates received the Gold Honor President’s Award and over the years, the club has built the Montbello Sertoma Club as well as four Serteen Clubs. Their affiliates are the Denver Health Foundation – Newborn and Infant Hearing Testing and Bridges of Silence. Now you ask what do they do to raise money? Well, there are too many ways to list, so I will only give you the names of a few of them: casino trips, Las Vegas raffle, garage sales, golf tournaments, bridge tournaments, bingo, soap box derby, cruise raffle, wine tasting and coffee sales. Some of the many club sponsorships are Denver Health Baby Shower, Hope Center, Toys for Kids, African American Leadership Institute, Race for the Cure, Denver Health, National Heritage and Marion Downs Hearing Center. Many other groups receive help and dollars from the club. Most of our Sertomans are aware that the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library was named after Omar Blair a charter member of the Greater Park Hill Club. Omar was very active in the community as well as having served as President of the Denver School Board. As a Major in the Tuskegee Airmen, he was in the Famous “Red Tails” fighter group squadron. The library’s focus is on the history, literature, art. music, religion and politics of African Americans in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West. As you can see, the club does not let any grass grow under its feet. It should be pointed out that club members always show up at Sertoma events such as District meetings and Regional and International Conventions. For years, the club held their meetings at the Park Hill Golf Course however lately they have been moving their meeting places. Call someone in the club before you plan to visit them.
SERTOMA PROMOTION CLUB The Sertoma Promotion Club was chartered on August 31, 1999. The club was organized to help promote Sertoma in the Denver area and its membership consists of twenty dual club members and five Promotion Club members. This allows the club to provide communication, help and assistance to all other clubs in the area. With the exception of Grand Mesa and Longmont, all Sertoma clubs in the Central Colorado and Front Range Districts have at least one member in the Promotion Club. In the early years, the club members designed and built a “parade float” to be used in parades and other events. (The float is sometimes referred to as the Rolling Promotion Unit or RPU.) Club members, along with the “float” have participated in many parades in the Denver metro area. You will always find Promotion Club members participating in the annual Western Welcome Week Parade in Littleton. In addition to parades, the club is responsible for putting together the annual Sertoma Membership Directory for all Sertoma Clubs in the area. Club members also assist with the organization of our Soap Box Derby event. The Sertoma Promotion Club meets quarterly at the home of Helen and Merritt Sherer.
DRY CREEK SERTOMA CLUB The Dry Creek Sertoma Club was chartered on October 29, 1992 as an all women’s club. They meet for breakfast at Marie Callender’s Restaurant in Littleton on the first and third Wednesday and have also initiated a “Lunch Bunch that meets once a month for lunch. They currently have thirty members and they expect to continue growing with the help of their “Lunch Bunch”. Over the years, they have provided us with numerous Sertoma officers as well as two District Governors. A gold honor coat was awarded to Club President Joyce Peluso for providing leadership to build the Summit Club in Greeley. The club does not let any grass grow under their feet and they raise money with booths at two local craft fairs, candle sales, pancake breakfasts as well as a “Letters from Santa” project. The money has been donated to their affiliate, Doctor’s Care Clinic for Kids, as well as Inter-Faith Community Services, Race For the Cure and the Arapahoe Santa Claus Shop. Dry Creek Sertoma has received a number of Sertoma Grants to help them support children’s hearing programs. Over the years, Dry Creek Sertoma has probably won more Club Awards than any other club in the District.
COLUMBINE SERTOMA CLUB Columbine Sertoma Club was chartered on November 21, 1953. It is the next oldest club after Arapahoe Sertoma Club in the Denver Metro area. During the 58 years of SERVICE in the Aurora community, funds have been raised to assist Speech and Hearing, Freedom and Democracy, Service to Mankind and Youth Services. Membership in the early years was in the 60’s. There was a waiting list for people wanting to join. With their current membership of 10 (4 members are Sertoma Life Members), they have the following SERVICE TO MANKIND projects going: Sponsor 2-4 schools for the Freedom Week Essay Contest, support Comitis Family Services (Crisis Center) with food and clothing, sponsor 2 drivers for the Sertoma Mile High Soap Box Derby. They also donate money, books, food and support to Hard of Hearing children at the Marion Downs Hearing Center, Dalton Elementary School and Grandview High School. The club sponsors a Service–to-Mankind nominee from the Aurora community. In order to finance their sponsorship projects, they raise money with a variety of events such as sales of pizza, coffee, Duffy rolls and jam & jelly, They raise additional money by holding a Pancake Breakfast at a local restaurant and also with a hot dog stand at the Soap Box Derby. The club’s motto is “Volunteering is good for the HEART and SOUL”. It should also be pointed out that Columbine members are very active in Sertoma District functions and some of them are dual members in the Sertoma Promotion Club. One final comment is that the Columbine Sertoma Club has 70-80% attendance at all of their events AND THEY ONLY HAVE 10 MEMBERS TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THIS.
PLATTE CANYON SERTOMA CLUB This club was built by the Arapahoe Sertoma Club with 42 members and chartered in June, 1981. It was originally designed to be an all male club and is currently still all men. They are now open to including ladies into the club but as yet have not been successful in that area. Over the years, they have held many successful golf tournaments and the money raised was donated to International Hearing Dogs, Denver Ear Institute, Marion Downs Hearing Center as well as large number of other needy organizations and individuals with speech or hearting problems. They have contributed large sums of money to help individuals with Cochlear Ear Implants. This club is very active in District and Regional Sertoma events, and was the host club for two Regional Conventions as well as an International Convention held in Denver. The club has produced three District Governors and an International Director over the years. Over the last two years, Platte Canyon has sponsored six middle schools for the annual Freedom Week Essay Contest. Platte Canyon is also very active in the community, serving lunch to seniors at the Buck Recreation Center and packing food for the needy every Friday morning. They are responsible for staging the Western Welcome Week Parade in downtown Littleton and also organize and work the Silent Auction associated with Western Welcome Week. In the past, they have raised money selling beer at Colorado Rockies and Denver Bronco’s games and hosted numerous wine tasting events. ... |
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REGIONAL TRAINERS In addition to Mike Camelio, Certified Trainer, we presently have two Regional Trainers in our two Districts. They are C.J. Farr and Charlene Dame. |
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