Apr 10 – Bill Koons – Retired Paramedic – “First Aid Refresher and Life-Saving Situations Awareness”

Apr 3 – Klancy Nixon & Jose Madrigal – “City Ideas/Plans for New Police Department/City Hall on old High School property”
Visit Engage Durango Website

Mar 27 – Wendy Fenton – “Autism, What is Being Done Regionally & Locally”
View Presentation

Mar 20 – Mac Thompson – Bayfield’s Heartwood Cohousing, “Concept & Plans”
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Mar 13 – Lynn Urban, Team UP – “How Summer Camp Scholarships Impact Youth Wellbeing”
Team UP La Plata Summer Activity Scholarship Program – Part 1
Team UP La Plata Summer Activity Scholarship Program – Part 2

Feb 27 – Josh Neff , CEO of Mercy Common Spirit – “Future Plans”

Feb 20 – Ron Fogelman, Retired Air Force General, La Plata County Search & Rescue – “Overview & Future Ideas for Rebuilding Toward Improved Service”
– Website

Feb 20 – Bernie and Ellie, co-presidents of our Interact Club – Donate to their upcoming trip to Puerto Rico Here

Feb 13 – Aiden Park, Executive Director, CEO and Founder of YAY Foundation – “Comedy & Mental Health”
– View Website
– Purchase Book – The Art of being Yay
– View Presentation

Feb 6 – Doug McCarthy – Local First Organization – Website

Jan 30 – Karen Thompson – Board Member, SW Community Foundation – Status Update, and Plans – Website

Jan 23 – Steven Goodman, Rotarian, MD w/ Federal Aviation (FAA), “National Airspace System”

Jan 16 – Mayor Jessica Buell – “Social Media Marketing Strategies” – View Presentation

Dec 19 – Live Performances by iAM MUSIC
Website
Watch their Performances

Dec 12 – Brooke Safford, Landscape Design & Naturalist – “Promoting Backyard Birds” – Website

Dec 5 – Mory Framer, former LA PD Forensic Psychologist, “A Truncated History of Mental Trauma and Recovery” – More Information

Nov 21 – Al Harper, Durango Narrow Gage Railroad – Upgrades, Changes and Future PlansEarth Law Center – Interesting Facts

Nov 14 – Earth Law Center – More Information

Nov 7 – Tony Vicari, La Plata Airport – Airport Expansion and Future Plans – View Presentation

Oct 31 – Mary Bono, Prevention on fentanyl deaths – More Information

Oct 24 – Tiffany Brainerd – All about Lightning Behavior – View Presentation

Oct 17 – Karen Zink and  Louis Meyer – “Restore the Balance, Exercises in More Civil Discourse”
View Presentation
Sign the Restore The Balance Pledge Here
Buy The Bill of Obligations book from Maria’s Bookshop

Oct 3 – Suzanne Horwich – Assisting Ukraine refugees with “Artists Giving Back”
Helping Ukrainian Refugees in Krakow, Poland
Helping Refugees from the Middle East and Africa in Greece

Sep 26 – Collen Lappert – The 100+ Women Who Care Group – Local Women’s Advocacy/Assistance – View Presentation

Sep 19 – Judy Duke – “Wheelchairs for Africa” – More Information

Sep 12 – Ed Horvat – West Is History – Durango’s History and New Book Launch
View Presentation on the Animas Museum Website
Buy his book at Maria’s Bookshop

Sep 5 – Bill Cartwright – Zambia trip with The Shanta Foundation – View Presentation

Aug 29 – Jason Strickland – The Osprey Pack Story – View Presentation

Aug 22 – Patrick Morrissey & Brendan Cusick – Human Powered Potential – Mid Pacific Ocean Row to end Parkinson’s
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Visit their website (you can also make a Donation here)

Aug 15 – Jeff Susar, Executive Director –  Powerhouse Learning Center – STEM and Future Plans – View Presentation

Aug 1 – Barb Hagenberg, Native Hope Family to Family Care Package Program
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More Information

July 25 – Tami Joslin – Rotary Scholarship Recipients Appreciation Luncheon – View Presentation

July 11 – Guinn Unger – Health Care Alternatives in Colorado – View Presentation

June 27 – Charlie Love, 9R Instructor, Riverview Gardens – View Presentation

June 20 – Angie Beach – Music in the Mountains – A Look Back and Forward – View Video

June 13 – Tim Jackson, Car Industry Expert, “Future of Cars”
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Buy his Book!

June 6 – Tess Marriott, Director of TRiO Upward Bound program, College Prep & Assistance – View Presentation

May 9 – Jessica Morrison, Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative – New Pathways in Education – View Presentation

Feb 15 – Tami Duke, Helping our exchange student’s family in Zimbabwe buy a home.  Tami’s trip to visit Nash in  Zimbabwe and her visit to Zambia with The Shanta Foundation – View Presentation