One Small Club, One Huge Impact

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Mission Statement of CCRC 1988

“The primary focus of CCRC is to further the camaraderie, friendship and fellowship of the members and to promote greater understanding, cohesiveness, and effectiveness as a Rotary Club”

The Denver Cherry Creek Rotary Club, sponsored by The Denver Rotary Club, was provisional on November 5, 1987 and chartered on December 7, 1987. Club formation was spearheaded by Bill Rima and George Becker. The first president was Mick Stefan who turned the club over to David Walker in July 1988.

One hundred and ten people witnessed Charter night, at the Metropolitan Club in Englewood on January 26, 1988. Representatives from all over Colorado came including 15 Denver Rotarians plus 9 members from other clubs. Past District Governors Bill Reeves, Bob Sears, George Mendenhall, Grant Wilkins and Charlie Peterson all attended.

39 Charter Members

Charles Hegarty Brooks Waldman Andy Kenny Thomas Carr John Simmons William Chrismer Jerre Hause Ronald Lubbers Ted Switzer David Irvine Jeffrey Maen Margaret Dickerson Jim Mayhew (deceased) Rose Panico

Carol Marshall Karol Shupe William Bissell Debra Johnson Jerry York Jim Vandapoll Karen Buss David Walker Mick Stefan, Jr. Holly Hoting Bonny Brust Carl Wells Joel Blanchard Carol Gill

Charter Members Cont.

Curtis RobertsJohn SeriniWilliam Robb (deceased)Daniel BrotzmanRichard SharkeyJudith SussmanLaVone AdamsStan WashburnRobert Best (deceased)John ReynoldsRichard SmooklerWolcott RiceRobert Mintz

Cherry Creek Rotary Club Full of Firsts

The first breakfast club chartered in District 5450The first club in the district to be chartered with women

(20%)The first club to be chartered without even one

Rotarian?The first club in the district to have a female president

LaVonne AdamsTwo “Rotary Service Above Self Awards” have been

awarded to Scott Johnson DDS 2003 and Robert Mintz, 2004

Two District 5450 Rotarian of the Year Awards: Jim Mayhew 1997 and James Hoops 2010

Charter Board members were:Mick Stefan, PresidentDavid Walker, President electRose Panico, Vice presidentJeff Maen, Vice presidentKarol Shupe, SecretaryTed Switzer, TreasurerLavone Adams, Sergeant at Arms

Charter directors were:Carol Marshall, Community ServiceRick Smookler, Club ServiceJohn Serini, International service

The First Board of the Cherry Creek Rotary

Meetings were, and still are, Tuesdays at 7:00 AM.

The Cherry Creek Inn, Colorado & Cherry Creek Dr. The Holiday Inn on Colorado Blvd. The Denver Country Club The Canyon Café, Cherry Creek Shopping Center The Sheraton Hotel later named the Wyndham Hotel (same

location as the Holiday Inn). The Private Reserve in Cherry Creek (they closed without

notice so we held the last meeting there in the parking lot. Had breakfast brought in. Everybody brought chairs and we had a great final meeting).

The Welshire Inn, Colorado Blvd. The Macaroni Grill, Cherry Creek The Inn at Cherry Creek

Presidents of CCRC

Mick Stefan 1987-88 David Walker 1988-89 Bob Best 1989-90 Lavone Adams 1990-91 Jeff Maen 1991-92 Alan Marter 1992-93 Gary Williams1993-94 Karol Shupe 1994-95 Steve Rickles 1995-96 Robert Mintz 1996-97 Jody Braverman 1997-98 Dan Brotzman 1998-99 Bob James 1999-00

Bob Atherton 2000-01 Tom Carr 2001-02 Sarah Werner 2002-03

Nora Olson 2003-04 David Trachtenberg 2004-05 Mary Verity 2005-06 Tom Hooyman 2006-07 Jim

Hoops 2007-08 Debi Bush 2008-09 Dick Hayes 2009-10 Terry McCullough 2010-11 Joel Russman Esq. 2011-12 Bill Bissell DDS 2012-13

Jim Mayhew Rotarian of the Year Awards

1992-1993 Jim Mayhew 1993-1994 Thomas

Marshall,D.D.S. 1994-1995 Sally Payne-Janover 1995-1996 Karol Shupe 1996-1997 Gary Williams 1997-1998 Gary Williams 1998-1999 James King 1999-2000 Jeff Maen 2000-2001 Nora Olson 2001-2002 Jeff Maen 2002-2003 Lee Trachtenberg

2003-2004 Robert James

2004-2005 Rob Brown 2005-2006 Midge Nelson

& Sarah Werner DDS 2006-2007 Joel Russman

Esq. 2007-2008 Gary Williams 2008-2009 Jim Hoops 2009-2010 Bob Lucero 2010-2011 Debi Bush 2011-2012 Peter

Vandevanter

Denver Cherry Creek Rotary Club Honors

1989 The Ed Bemis Award for “Best Club Bulletin” published by Karen Buxton.

1992 Vocational Service Award by Norwest Bank for the “Women’s Bean Project”.

1992 Scott Metcalf Award for Outstanding Club Project “Dentists to Guatemala”.

1996 Best Club Growth Award1997 Rotarian of the Year Award by the district

“Jim Mayhew”2000, 2nd Place, Bemis Award for Best

Newsletter. Editor, Tom Carr

Denver Cherry Creek Rotary Club Honors

Multiple presidential awards2009 Public Service Award for promoting

Rotary in the District2010 World Community Service Award for

providing free dental services around Latin America since 1991. Also received the Presidential Award.

2010 District 5450 Rotarian of the Year Award to Jim Hoops

District 5450 Rotarian of the Year

Jim Mayhew 1997: Prior to Rotary Jim started wheel chair curbs in Colorado. Helped build the lookout on Wilderness on Wheels 1994-95 in honor of his wife Ruby. Jim also started the Gift of Life to do open heart surgery on young children from other countries. We supported one surgery at Children’s Hospital and 2 at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center

Jim Hoops was named Rotary District 5450 Rotarian of the Year for 2009-10. He was recognized for his service and devotion to thousands of kids, improving and building their lives as a middle and high school teacher for 38 years. He has served as President of Rocky Mountain RYLA and was an original founder and counselor for YRYLA. He spearheaded the sponsoring of Five Points Cultural District in 2009. Other areas of involvement include: Greenlee K-8 School in Denver; Family Quest to coach single parent families and organize a leadership and character development program at Cherry Creek High School; A two year commitment as a writing coach with College Summit; Helped to develop mentoring programs at East High and Smiley Middle Schools; Tutors students at Denver School of Science and Technology; Obtains guest speakers for the AVID classes at EHS. We are very proud to have Jim Hoops as a member and past president of our club.

District 5450 Rotarian of the Year

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Six Paul Harris Fellows Four PH + 1 or 2 Eight PH +3 to 9 One major donor and one bequest society member Our Club has given The Rotary Foundation $151,143 over our 25

years which is an average of over $6,000 a year. We are perennially in the top 10 in District 5450 in giving to TRF on a per capita basis and actually were the number one Club in the 2003/2004 year in the District.

In 1991 we donated $9000 to FINCA’s Village Bankingand in just that year it tripled to $27,000 and has

continually tripled yearly lending over $1,000,000. Hosted foreign exchange students 10 out of 25 years

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4. 2003 Sponsored a Temple Buell Rotary Scholar in Australia

5. 2004 Sponsored a Rotary Scholar in England

6. In the past have sent two outbound exchange high school students

7. Have sent at least two students to RYLA each year and two to Junior RYLA. In 2012 seven students went to RYLA or Young RYLA. In total we have sent over 60 children to this leadership camp. A wonder-full accomplishment. $18,000

We are proud to have four remaining charter members of the club: Jeff Maen DC, Dan Brotzman Esq, Bill Bissell DDS, and Tom Carr Architech

The Denver Cherry Creek Rotary Foundation

During the time that the Cherry Creek Rotary Foundation has been able to give grants to worthy organizations and those important groups that our members have wanted to help. We have given more than $400,000 away in grants.

We continue to raise money in order to support our foundation and our community whether at home or in other countries.

Projects completed, continuing, or in which the Club participated include:

One of the first grants by CCRC was donating a triple sink to the Women’s Bean Project so they could open their doors and help scores of women return from poverty to begin a better life.

Projects continued

Village Banking began in 1991 with a donation of $9000. That first year the money tripled to $27,000 and each year it multiplied again and again. During the last 21 years growing to over $1,000,000. Managed by FINCA all these years.This also began the Dental Missions that followed several of the Micro banking communities we served.

Projects continued

Urban Peak Shelter for teenage runaways. For several years we gave some of our early grants to this organization that has been in Denver for over 15 years. We also cooked and served several meals to the teenagers..

Open Heart Surgery on 3 Children

The Gift of Life, open heart surgery for children from the Dominican Republic and Peru. Spear headed by Jim Mayhew and Gary Williams

Projects continued

The building of a lookout for handicapped people in the mountains at Wilderness on Wheels on Guanella Pass 1994-95 In honor of Ruby Mayhew

Hands on projects:

For two years we manned Annie’s Second Hand Store for Children’s Hospital, selling second hand clothes on weekends.

Clean up along the Cherry Creek TrailLandscaping for schools, Bonfil’s Blood Bank

and churches.For more then ten years we manned the Pepsi

booth at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival raising money for the early Dental Missions.

Hands on Projects continued

Peoples Fair selling popcorn, lemonade and Lowry’s Beef Jerky. Surviving a lightening bolt strike a foot away.

Shampoo Testing: Paid for every individual who signed up for this research project

Blood Testing at National Jewish Hospital: Paid for every member that was able to give blood monthly

9 HealthFair since 1989, way before Cindy Belz joined our club.

Packing and shipping medical supplies to Mexico following the devastating earthquake. Rotary for Mexico

Projects continued

We provided a grant for the building of a prenatal clinic in Ecuador. This was followed by another Dental Mission.

Dental Missions

September 1991 was our 1st Dental Mission to Guatemala (Robert Mintz, Dr. Tom Marshall & Scott Johnson DDS. 19 total missions to 10 different Latin American countries.

Dental Missions:Guatemala (3 trips)Costa Rica (2 trips)Dominican Republic (2 trips)Peru (1 trip)Honduras (2 trips)Ecuador (3 trips)Mexico (1 trip)Argentina (2 trips)Chile (2 trips)Panama (1 trip)

Dental Missions

Continuing for 19 years the Cherry Creek Dental Mission has travelled to third world countries providing over $2,500,000 in free dental services to children.

Dental MissionArgentina

International Dental Mission

19 consecutive yearsOver $2.5 Million

free dental care to thousands in seven different Latin American countries!

Led by Dr. Scott Johnson

Scott Johnson DDS Scott Johnson DDS

Special memory of Jim Mayhew joining us on our 7th mission trip which was to La Vega, Dominican Republic, the hometown of Raul Lambert who was our second “Gift of Life” heart surgery recipient

Receiving Rotary International’s “Service Above Self” award at the President’s dinner in January of 2003

Dental Missions

Climbing Wall at Greenlee Elementary School. Here they learn while they climb.

Rotarians at work painting a house for the elderly. Fellowship!!!

Leadership Weekend Greenlee Elementary

Bicycles Thailand

Eradicating Polio

Over 1 billion dollars given by Rotarians and the Gates Foundation to end Polio. Since 1985 there has been a 97% reduction in polio throughout the world.

Sailors on USS RooseveltUSS Mesa Verde

Books sent to Sailors

Sailors are videotaped reading the books

Book and videotape sent to their children stateside

Sewall Child Development Center

Rotary International

1.2 Million Members32,0000 Clubs World Wide

Oldest U.S. Service Organization—est. 1905

Over US$ 1 Billion for Polio Eradicationwww.rotary.org

Computer Labs Zaruma Ecuador

Shelter BoxEmergency Shelters

sent all over the world

Fund Raising

The Walter Hailey seminar was the Clubs first effort. The seminar was entitled “The Power of Persuasion”. It was very successful with over 400 in attendance and net proceeds of $16,000, all of which went to the Clubs foundation.

The “Cherry Creek Shriek” was a Rocky Mountain News worthy Halloween costume party with live music and a silent auction raising about $5000. Similar fundraisers continued in this fashion for three years.

Fund Raising Continued

Cherry Creek Shriek

Brien and Cindy Foster, Bill Adams and the unknown bird people dressed up for this costume party.

Cherry Creek Shriek Cont.

Jeffrey Maen Loy Dickenson & Karol Shupe

For ten years our club manned the Pepsi booth at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival to raise money for our early Dental Missions. Hundreds of man hours were supplied by the members of the Cherry Creek Rotary Club

Fundraising Cont.

Tom Carr: You won and now your going to Hawaii.

Raffle for travel to fabulous destinations were run for two years also raising about $5000 each year

Someone won second place and went skiing

The Cherry Creek Rotary Open

Our number one fundraiser

Jeff Maen has run the open for 14 years.

The Club is now in its 16th year of the Cherry Creek Rotary Open Golf Tournament for the benefit of the Cherry Creek Rotary Foundation. Last year $26,000 was raised for the Clubs foundation, which is the source of the Clubs grants. Totals raised over $234,000

Cherry Creek Rotary Open 16 Years

Arrowhead Golf Club w Dick Hayes, Jim Hoops and Bob James

Bear Dance Golf Club Cherry Creek Rotary Open

A beautiful place to play golf in the hills of Larkspur, Co.

Denver Cherry Creek RotaryPresents

The Capitol Steps Fundraiser

Tom Hooyman and Midge Nelson did a great deal of the work on the three shows with the Capitol Steps. Raising nearly $50,000 in three years.

Grants Given 2002-06 $$$$

Gift of Life Glendale Resource Center Paint a thons Airline tickets for travel of children with health issues Gilliam School for GED’s and publication of poetry books Polio eradication RI Corona Street Residence for handicapped RYLA Urban Peak Shelter Young RYLA Dental Missions The Cheley Burn Camp Education Media Center

Grants given 2002-06 continued

Rotavision (supplies for eye surgery). Patterson Dental (purchase of dental equipment for dental missions. Mizel Museum. Pencils for peace. Africa today (scholarship). Denver Kids Donations to the Ronald McDonald House. Denver Architectural forum for high school students. Lend a Hand and Pencils for peace. Sarah Werner DDS started a project with the Aircraft Carrier USS Theodore

Roosevelt to video service men reading books to be sent home to their children

International Rotary Foundation Amigos Ministries, Inc. Greenlee School (climbing wall) Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center Weinberg Food Pantry

Airplane Tickets

Polio Eradication

Cheley Burn Camp $10,000

International Dental Missionsw/Dr. Scott Johnson DDS

2002 thru 2006

Corona St. Residence serving lunches and garden furniture

Climbing Wall at Greenlee Elementary School

USS Roosevelt sending books recorded by sailors then sent home to there kids on a DVD

Weinberg Food Bankw/ Jewish Family Services Grants given

2002 thru 2006

Rebuilding Together grant $3000 Greenlee School K1-8 donating

library books and grant for the building of a climbing wall for the student to use in the gymnasium $5000

Rotary International Matching Grants $7000

Cheley Burn Camp $2000 Corona Street Residence serving

meals $500 Rotary Youth Leadership Award

camp for four students $1500 Dental Mission $8000 HIV Zimbabwe – Matching grant

with Denver Mile High Rotary $500

Jewish Family Services $3000

Peace Jam $400 Matamoros Club in Mexico –

equipment for visually impaired $1500

Shelter Box $900 Adelante Foundation – micro

loans in Honduras (village banking) $5000

Gates Camp Boys and Girls club $2000

Steel Street Elementary School $1500

Joshua Station (family temporary shelter) - $1500Patty Kelly (surgical instruments to Africa) - $2000

Grants in 2007 $44,000

Grants in 2007

Shelter Box

Boys and Girls Club

Jim Mayhew Memorial - $5000

Regis University (international literacy) - $5000

Denver Architectural Foundation - $900

Computer Lab in Ecuador - $5000

Camp Colorado (youth diabetes camp) - $1100

Alta Vista Autism Center - $1000

Greenlee Elementary K-8 - $5000

District 4 Way Test Committee - $500

Cheley Children's Hospital Burn Camp - $2000

Jewish Family Services - $2500 U.S.S. Mesa Verde (literacy) -

$500 Friendship Bridge in Guatemala

- $1000 RYLA - $825 Rotary Youth Study Exchange -

$1500

Grants Given in 2008 $24,500

Grants in 2008

International Literacy

Computer Lab In Ecuador

Bought, delivered and installed storage shed to Alta Vista Autism School in Denver

U.S.S. Mesa Verde (literacy)

In Guatemala

Cheley Burn Camp

Al Imtiaz Academy $1000 The Adoption Exchange

$6799 Cheley Burn Camp $2000 Denver Cherry Creek

Dental Mission $4214 East High School Angel

Foundation $2000 Gates Boys & Girls Camp

$2000 Glendale YMCA $500 Greenlee K1-8 Books

$123

Interact Club GW $116 Joshua Station $1193 Literacy Program – US

Navy $828 RI Foundation Matching

Funds $1940 Rotary Youth Leadership

Awards $1500 East High School

Basketball “With Love Inc.” $2000

Rotary Youth Exchange Program $2245

Grants Given in 2009 $27,150

Al Imtiaz Academy

The Glendale YMCA

Literacy Program – US Navy

Literacy after schoolProgram at Greenlee Elementary School

The Denver Cherry Creek Rotary Club sponsored the Rotary Club of Five Points with the help of Jeff Maen, Joel Russman, James Hoops and Peter McMillan. Receiving an Honorary Membership

Grants given 2010 $22,700

Cheley Burn Camp $2000Denver Cherry Creek Dental Mission $7276Five Points Rotary Club $823Haiti-Shelter Boxes $4515Polio Eradication $3100Rotary Youth Leadership Awards $1500Washington Park Cares $1500Kenya Water Project $1000Bonfils Blood Center Lowry-Landscaping Project $1000

Burn Camp

DCCRC chartered the RotaryClub of Five points in 2010

Shelter boxes forHaiti

Washington Park Cares A nonprofit membership organization that empowers adults in South Central Denver to live in their homes as they age and promotes an intergenerational community of neighbors helping neighbors

Landscaping projectFor Bonfils Blood Center

9 Health Fair $1,000 A Dinner of Unconditional

Love $500 Autism Society of CO

$1,000 Cheley Burn Camp $2,000 East High Angel

Foundation $2,000 Fort Lewis – EWB $3,000 Greenlee Book Program $781.89 Open Door Youth Gang $ 500

Outbound Scholars $ 502.90

Paint-a-thon $ 386.80

RYLA $2,000 Smiley Elementary

Grant $3,000 Street Kidz $5,000 Cherry Creek Rotary

Dental Mission $8,000

Grants given 2011 $25,600

Engineers Without Borders

Rotarians at work

$3000 literacy grant for reading

Denver Cherry Creek Rotary Dental Mission

9 Health Fair $1500 BrainWise $500 Bush Italy $600 Dental Mission $4000 Nook Program $7000 Greenlee Book Program $600 RYLA $3600 Street Kidz $3000

Grants given 2012 $20,000

Member visiting Rotary Clubs in Italy

Denver Cherry Creek Rotary Dental Mission go to South America

Greenlee Elementary School building the library for the school with books donated by the CCRC weekly

Project Greer Street Formally Globeville Recreation Center for Youth

EREADERS FOR EDUCATIONWe have donated over 100 Nooks to six schools and have helped students on average raise reading levels two years. The Ereader grant from the CCRC is $6800. The Literacy committee of CCRC is going into its third year. It is in partnership with Barnes & Noble. Three other Rotary Clubs Boulder, Conifer and Aurora Gateway have also raised money for this project.

Declaration of the Service Above Self Award

Several years after Scott received his award, Robert Mintz received the same award for his role as co-founder of the dental mission and for his commitment to continue the mission as an annual hands on club funded service project. It should be noted that very few clubs have been able to consistently maintain projects of this magnitude for such a long period of time. Team member Dr. Edward Blender was also awarded the Service above Self award in recognition of his contribution to numerous missions. With three service above self awardees as team members, this program started by DCCR has achieved the highest level of global recognition while delivering millions of dollars of free dental care to more than 4500 of the poorest of the poor.

Service Above Self Award

Rotary Above Self Award

Scott Johnson DDS

Scott Johnson DDS received this award from Rotary International for starting the Dental Mission as part of the Cherry Creek Rotary Club. Scott started this project with Robert Mintz and Tom Marshall DDS

Service Above Self Award

Robert Mintz received this award for starting the Dental Mission and later began working for RI where he also started the rebate miles for Rotary’s credit cards.

Robert Mintz

Scott Johnson DDS: Taking my daughter Emily to Temuco, Chile in 2009 and my son Mitchell to Riobamba, Ecuador in 2011 on Dental Missions. Receiving the “Service Above Self Award” from RI

Phillip Heath: Member 2000-03 interim treasurer, and participated on a dental mission to Honduras in 2000.

Nora Olson: 1996-2012 Memory of CCRC Jim Mayhew " I’m still vertical, Gary Williams "Tireless Energy, Tom Hooyman "Mr. Ethics sense of humor, Sandy Long "Cowboy hat", Lee Trachtenberg, always willing to help.

Memories of Our Club

Dick Hayes: 12 years. I especially remember the years Jim Hoops was district Rotarian of the year 2019-10 and recognized at the district Conference. Same thoughts of Scott Johnson

Jeffrey Maen: Chartered club with four others 1987, past president 1991, has run the Cherry Creek Rotary Open for 14 years. Has had perfect attendance for 25 years.

Karol Shupe: Secretary 87-88, president 1994-95, GSE Chair 1993-94 and RYLA chair 1989-90

Peter Vandevanter : Started the nooks in schools for the literacy program

Memories of Our Club cont.

Jim Hoops: 8 years Each meeting that I attend is a chance to meet up with important relationships that I have with the members of the club. Attending the 20th anniversary of our club was a good memory to me. I remember working with painting of houses, improving the gardens at schools. Fixing up the rooms with Gary at Joshua Station and conversations with Tom. I remember when Young RYLA did a weekend for kids from Greenlee. Rob Brown and his wife Ruth came to Balaret to cook for the kids. The social times when we got together at Tom Haygood’s house were good memories. I have been the RYLA rep for 5 years and working with the members of the clubs, doing the interviews for RYLA has been a great experience working with the members of the club and meeting the kids. I am proud of the fact that I was once a recipient of the club’s Rotarian of the Year award and the District 5450 Rotarian of the Year award. The greatest memories are of the fabulous people that I have met through my being a member of this club. I truly respect these people.

Memories of Our Club cont.

Our first Memorial Grant is in honor of Dr. Tom Hooyman. It was valued at $5000 and was given on November 17, 2009 for Ethiopian Read Project for the building of a new library. Named in his honor.

In Memoriam continued

Our second Memorial Grant, to honor Gary Williams. It totalled over $6000 and was donated to Joshua Station one of Gary’s favorite programs and projects. $1000 went to the Sun Valley Center.

In Memoriam continued

Jim Mayhew 2007 (I am still vertical Happy $’s)

Dr. Tom Hooyman 2008 (motor scooter accid)Gary Williams 2009 Plane accidentLee Trachtenberg MD (did everything we

asked) Bill Adams Bill Robb Robert Best Adrian (Boone) Skinner DDS Ron Lubbers Carl Wells Wilcott (Bill) Rice Sandy Long Arnold Wolf James Davies Police Officer Neil Rosenberg MD

In Memoriam