Waking up Monday morning to several inches of snow on the ground might have caused some to rethink their plans for the day. But the ladies of The Guild of the Children’s Diabetes Foundation at Denver are a hardy bunch, and didn’t let a little storm stop them from attending the group’s annual meeting at Denver Country Club.
It was, after all, the occasion to hear just how successful their fundraising efforts were in 2008 (very) and to witness a change of command as Sally Newcomb passed the president’s gavel to Gail Johnson.
Brunch was served after Johnson and her executive board were installed. Then Charles “CJ” Johnson, a motivational speaker and assistant athletic director for the University of Colorado at Boulder, used his life story as an example of how anyone can “take average performance to a championship level.”
The guild’s officers include Sharon Kamen, president-elect; secretaries Annie Cotton and Sheridan Newcomb; treasurer Judy McNeil; and treasurer-elect Gina Abou-Jaoude. Diane Sweat chaired the annual meeting and Jamie Angelich will be in charge of The Guild’s fundraiser, the Brass Ring Luncheon & Fashion Show.
More good stuff.
Patrons and sponsors of ArtReach’s 35th anniversary gala, Dine & D’Art, are to be thanked at a party Wednesday evening held at the home of Bernadette Berger. She’s the honorary chair, along with Dr. Dean Prina, of the Feb. 7 event that will truly give guests their money’s worth. Each couple will have the opportunity to “dart” about the Denver Museum of Nature & Science to snap up a piece of art worth at least as much as what they paid for their tickets . . . On Thursday, Don and Arlene Johnson are hosting a dinner at Il Fornaio in the Denver Tech Center to benefit the Denver Center Alliance. The $75 tickets, available at 303-446-4815, include a five-course dinner with wine . . . Ollie Smith, president of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority’s Theta Zeta Sigma chapter, has arranged for the school-aged members of the chapter’s Rhoer Club to help Volunteers of America serve lunch to the low-income residents of Sunset Park on Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday . . . AWARE, a guild supporting the Colorado chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, has its annual meeting Jan. 22 at Lakewood Country Club. It’s a brunch with Tracey Welch succeeding Debi Tepper as president and Dr. Bill Thies delivering the keynote address. Michelle Chaffin is taking reservations at 720-488-0998 . . . That evening, Friends for Families First will gather at Deen Buttorff’s home in Greenwood Village to kick off plans for the May 1 Diamonds & Spurs gala . . . The Seawell Ballroom is the setting for Colorado Ballet Auxiliary’s annual Balletto di Gala: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Reservations for the Jan. 24 dinner-dance can be made by calling 303-339-1716 . . . Kathy Bacon, executive director of Dress for Success Denver, is one of the “unsung heroes” named to Denver’s 150 by Mayor John Hickenlooper.
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