Where & when we meet: Central Park Recreation Center, 9651 Martin Luther King Blvd
Tuesdays, 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.
The Rotary Club of
Denver Northeast
NOR'EASTER
For the Rotary Week of May 19, 2026

LAST MEETING

Business - 5/12 

Laura welcomed frequent visitor Tracy as the newest member of the club. 

The board met last and agreed to set a minimum allowed balance of $4,000 in the foundation.

It was agreed that the club will donate and additional $1,000 to Sand Creek Regional Greenway for a park sign with Rotary identification. This gift now totals $2,300.

Ester’s for lunch tomorrow at 11:30

Callie reports that 12 gave blood at the Denver NE Rotary giving day for Vitalant.

She also reports that the date is set for the Everleigh Companion Club organizing meeting on May 27th. Laura, Callie, Steve & Skip Arms will be presenting to prospective members.

Bill reported our return on Rotary. Rotary YTD we have contributed $6888 and 421.6 hours of service.

Callie informed us that the club received a nice thank you note from Korean Memorial Association. A motion to donate $500 to the organization was passed.

Bill reports that the club donated $50 to Roddy Food Bank on the MSU campus.

Barbara has not heard from Global Health concerning their expo or a gift request this year. She will follow up.

Laura reports that we have met our Membership and our Participation goals.

Laura announced that our induction dinner will have a Garden Party theme. Please dress accordingly.

Otis reports that Kroger dollars for our Kings purchases are still coming in. Keep using your cards. They help raise money for the club!

Callie is working on volunteer project ideas for June and July. Stay tuned.

 

Program - 5/12 
Laine Dipasquantonio
Harmony Senior Referrals

Laine Dipasquantonio talked to us about the current trends in senior living.

▪ Laine told a personal story about her mother with Dementia.

▪ Greg shared his father’s story and how he could have benefited from their services and many others shared their stories.

  The Heart Behind Harmony

• Long before Harmony Senior Referrals was founded, Walt was just a husband doing his best in an impossible situation. In her early 50s, his first wife was diagnosed with early-onset dementia. What followed was a 15-year journey filled with confusion, exhaustion, and heartbreaking uncertainty. Like so many families today, Walt found himself asking, “Why isn’t there someone to help us through this?”

• It wasn’t until his wife’s condition became unsafe to manage at home that he made the painful decision to place her in a memory care community. And something remarkable happened—she was finally content. She was cared for, safe, and even happy again.

▪ Years later, Walt discovered senior placement services—something he wishes he’d known about when he needed it most. Though it was too late to help his own family, he realized it wasn’t too late to help yours.

Walt’s experience shaped everything at Harmony. We know the emotional weight, the confusion, and the fear of making the wrong decision—because we’ve lived it. That’s why Harmony exists: to make sure no other family has to face this journey alone.

What we do

• Finding the right senior living community is overwhelming. It’s not just about choosing a building—it’s about choosing care, comfort, safety, and dignity for someone you love. And most families have never done this before.

• At Harmony Senior Referrals, we walk with you every step of the way. We’re local experts with deep relationships across the Denver Metro and Front Range communities, and we specialize in matching your loved one’s unique needs with the right senior care setting.

• Whether you’re looking for independent living, assisted living, memory care, or skilled nursing, we’ll help you tour trusted communities, ask the right questions, and make a decision with confidence. Our service is always 100% FREE for families.

• We’ve been in your shoes. And we’re here to make sure you don’t walk this path alone.

--- Respectfully submitted, Greg & Steve...
Shawn Taylor will speak about Families Forward on May 26.
 
Upcoming
 
TUESDAY  Lunch at Ester's
                      11:30
 
May 26 Shawn Taylor
             Families Forward
 
May 27 Companion Club
          Organizing Meeting
          Everleigh Community
                   3 pm
 
Jun 2  Matt Suprunowicz
           Exec Director, SustainEd 
 
Jun 9   Jeremy Jojola
            9News investigative
              reporter
 
 Jun 16  Induction Dinner
                Lance & Lucy's
 
 
 
Good to see you...
Barbara, Bill, Callie, Ed, Frank
 Greg, Lance, Laura, Monica
Nick, Otis, Reno, Steve, Tracy
 
We missed you...
Tom 
 
Program hosts
May - Callie, Jun - Lance
Jul - Ed, Aug - Nick
Sep - Otis, Oct - Steve
Nov - Barbara, Dec - Bill
 
 
The Object of Rotary
is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;
FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.