Engineers Without Borders – USA, Denver

Denver, CO – A cry for clean drinking water, students from the Colorado School of Healing Arts will be hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, February 20th from 12:00-4:00pm at the Holiday Chalet, a Victorian B&B (www.HolidayChalet.com) located at 1820 East Colfax in Denver.

Students will be giving ½ hour ($45.00) or whole hour ($80.00) full body Swedish massages at the Holiday Chalet. All proceeds from the fundraiser will go directly to Engineers without Borders, a group whose mission it is to provide drinking water to countries all around the world! Funds are needed to continue the effort.

“The Holiday Chalet has a tea room where participants can enjoy our signature Tea’s and homemade scones, before or after the massage,” explains Holiday Chalet owner Crystal Sharp,” massages will take place in private guest rooms we’ve set aside specifically for this event. “

Participants will be pampered while funds are being raised to help those in need.

“Across the world we hear daily the struggle of poor countries to survive. Though as students we may not have deep pockets what we do have is a skill that can be shared – massage therapy,” shares student and event coordinator Ginger Vincent.

Reservations are required. Call Ginger for reservations or questions at (541) 915-0912. For more information Click here for the flyer.

The Denver Chapter of Engineers Without Borders announces the launching of its Cyber-Flight School on January 21^st, 2010 at 7PM (1900) at the Jefferson County Library located at 10200 W. 20^th Avenue (just west of Kipling) in Lakewood.  

EWB Denver was recently granted permission from Google Earth to use classes in piloting its two flight simulators as fundraisers to support its water and sanitation projects in Ecuador, Togo, and Madagascar.  For a $5 donation, cyber-flight students will learn the basics of flight in the very realistic 3-D cyber space of Google Earth terrain (including all of Colorado‘s mountains!) without having to worry about turbulence, head winds, fog, or other air traffic. 

Laptops with WIFI (pre-loaded with Google Earth) are not required to take the class but students are encouraged to bring them along with fully-charged batteries.  The class is scheduled to last about 90 minutes.

For more information about the two Google Earth flight simulators, and other EWB activities during future events, visit Yourhub.com or EWB Denver Events.

Reservations are recommended because space will be limited.  Email Jim Gusek by clicking here to request a seat assignment and cyber-boarding pass.  Sorry, due to recent cutbacks, in-flight/class cyber meals or beverages will not be offered but there is a café in the library just outside the meeting room.  We do however allow you to bring bags on with no extra charge.

So fasten your seat belt low and tight across your waist, place your tray table in the upright and locked position, stow your carryon bag in the overhead bin or under the seat in front of you, and come fly with EWB Denver and Google Earth.  Experience or medical clearance is not required.

Jim Gusek gave a commanding demonstration on a fundraiser that will make you feel like you have been lifted off of your feet.  The idea is to set up classes to teach people how to use Google Earth’s free flight simulator – the Denver Chapter has the blessing of Google Earth to do this.  The simulator takes Google Earth imagery and makes it 3D.  This is as close to the real thing as you can get.  The short demonstration that Jim gave at the December general meeting showed taking off from the Eagle County Airport and landing with a dead engine ala “Miracle on the Hudson”.   He is currently looking for volunteers to help teach this to other people and to stage “Cyber-Space Air Races”.  To get involved in the fundraiser, you can click here or talk to him at the next general meeting.  We cannot get this fundraiser off the ground without you.

This fundraiser idea has been announced in YOURHUB.COM.

The 4th annual Wine Tasting and Silent Auction fundraiser was held at the Translations Gallery in Denver, on November 5, 2009.  The event was a success with about 80 people that participated in the event and with over $3,000 raised.  Yet the true test of the success was the smiling face, great conversations, and generosity in the silent auctions.

Cru Vin Dogs Wine Group was there to help serve and offer great suggestions on the wine that they brought.  The wine selection consisted of three white wines and three red wines. The selection of the six different type of wines was a good variety to satisfy all different pallets.

The Denver Chapter and the people in Togo, Ecuador, and Madagascar thank those that participated in this wonderful event and those that provided the silent auction iteams.