Youth Service Committee

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SHINING STARS - Dougal McDougal & Jim Wilkins, Subcommittee Co-Chairs

Rotarians and the Denver Rotary Club Foundation assist the Shining Stars Foundation in providing sport, recreation, and outreach programs for children with cancer and life-threatening diseases at no cost to them or their families. Hospitals throughout the State of Colorado (and the Western Rocky Mountain States ) select children from their patient list every year that can most benefit from our support. Each year our Rotary Club Shining Stars Committee helps with activities that include attending sporting events in the Denver area, a summer reunion, attendance at cultural and community venues such as museums, the Symphony, 4-Mile Historic Park, Denver Zoo, etc. The largest annual event hosted is the National Winter Games, which is a weeklong outdoor ski and recreation camp in Aspen. All family emotional and sensitive needs are monitored through a network of volunteers. As Rotarians, your help can be as focused or as expanded and varied as your time allows. Support is needed in organizing the various “outings” and our yearly fundraising event. The more help we have on this committee, the more hope for the future we can provide - which in turns provides a will to live - for these special children. The gift of hope truly makes a difference in their lives!