AREA 1 PEACE RALLY
The District 5450 Area 1 Rotary Clubs of Denver Cherry Creek, Denver, Denver LoDo, Denver Mile High, and Five Points RiNo hosted a special event on March 30, 2023 at the Posner Center discussing peace. 'Buchi Anikpezie, our Rotary District Governor was on hand to open the program. Our keynote speaker was Charlie Hunt, LoDo Rotarian who served in the Peace Corps in Vanuatu. Charlie shared about his service there and about our Rotary partnership with Peace Corps. In addition, a panel discussion including Rotarians Jim Halderman (Golden), Vadym Ostrovskyy (Cherry Creek), Sid Brooks (Denver), Arianne Burger Shapiro (LoDo), Nick Melrose (Mile High), and Mike Wright (Five Points RiNo). The program also included Ukrainian folk music, singing, and mingling.
The event was the result of collaboration between Debbie Beasley (Area 1 AG), Cindy Chase (President Cherry Creek), Lisza Gulyas (President Denver), Traci Schauermann (President LoDo), Annely Noble (President Mile High), and Dave Schutz and Margaret Tyler-Schutz (Co-Presidents Five Points RiNo.) Approximately 90 Rotarians and guests were in attendance with proceeds directed to Rotary International Disaster Relief.
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The Peace Panel discussion participants: Vadym Ostrovskyy (Denver Cherry Creek), Mike Wright (Five Points RiNo), Nick Melrose (Denver Mile High), Sid Brooks (Denver), Jim Halderman (Golden), and Arianne Burger Shapiro (Denver LoDo.)
The Ukrainian Women’s Quintet group called Reflections.