At the conclusion of the 60th annual Colorado Garden and Home show many Denver Area Rotary Clubs came together and with the help of several Boy Scout Troops and Arapahoe College’s LaCrosse Team, gathered all of the flowering plants that were in good shape. The purpose of this effort was to place these flowers in the hands of seniors throughout the greater Denver area, with a focus on 60 local senior living facilities. This year 6232 flowers were gathered and distributed …creating 6232 huge, happy smiles.
In Broomfield, the Evening Rotary Club distributed 248 plants to the residents of Maryel Manor, Salvation Army’s Silver Crest, Broomfield Skilled Nursing Facility, the Broomfield Senior Center, and Meals-on-Wheels.
Broomfield Rotary Club members deliver flowering plants to Salvation Army’s Silvercrest residents as part of Rotary’s Flower Power program.
Pictured above, from left to right, are Gerry Case, Bob Sauer, Lauren Robydek, Glen Hoff, Jerry Kelly, Linda Deland, Paul Derda, Sherry Wolf, Sharlene Davis (Silvercrest resident), Rick Bishop and grand-daughter, and Bob Hoyle.
The Rotary Club is looking for more sites that would be interested in receiving flowers for seniors next year at the conclusion of the Colorado Garden and Home Show. If you know of such a place, please contact Gerry Case, Rotarian, at (303) 618-0104.
For the last 9 years, I have served as the Volunteer Coordinator for the Frank Shorter RACE4Kids’ Health Event that benefits Healthy Learning Paths. Healthy Learning Paths teaches skills for mental, physical, and emotional fitness through “Healthy Learning Kids”, an evidence-based health education curriculum that is taught in our local schools. (See About 
