Dr. Oliver specializes in the management of retinal diseases and tumors of the eye, including expertise in macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein and artery occlusion, retinal detachment, macular hole, macular pucker, retinopathy of prematurity, choroidal melanoma and retinoblastoma.
Dr. Oliver is an investigator in national clinical trials and in basic science research. His research interests include improving treatment for choroidal melanoma, macular degeneration, and diabetic eye disease.
Mayor Hancock will be our speaker on April 19. We expect more Lions and guests than typically attend will come to this meeting. We want to ensure we have enough seats and food at the meeting. If you plan to attend, you will need to make advanced reservations for you and your guests. DEADLINE FOR MAKING RESERVATIONS IS THURSDAY APRIL 14.
The ways you can make reservations are:
1 - Visit denverlions.org. Click on Calendar of click on April 19 meeting with Mayor Hancock. Click on Member and Guest to make reservation.
Lion Bob Sweeney received Key of Nations Award from Past International Director Ken Schwols. Lions who receive the award have sponsored over 100 new members. Congratulations Bob and thank you for your hard work.
On behalf of Denver Lions Club, Lion Tish Taylor presents a donation to Lion Ed Jacobs, Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank. Last year the Eye Bank help restore sight to over 2000 people with cornea implants. Jacobs said the money helped purchase digital microscopes that can send a digital image of a cornea directly to the transplant surgeon.
https://www.corneas.org/
Lion Steve Kinsky reported to the Den that the new Stapleton Club is a go. Currently, twenty new members are signed up. He did ask for any Denver Den member for assistance with the new club.
Thank you notes from folks in the community who our club assisted. Sandy was grateful for social services help through the Foundation. We helped Ladji procure hearing aids through the Foundation's Hearing Fund. All this is possible with the Lions donations to the Foundation. Lions are making a difference.
The vision of the new National Western Center is more than just a stock show redevelopment it is a grand plan to reinvigorate neighborhoods; re-invest in disconnected communities, and the re-invention of transportation. Kelly Leid calls it "a transformation of an antiquated but historic site" into a useable local and global hub.
Kelly Leid is the mayor appointed project manager of the North Denver Cornerstone Collaboration. His goal as the manager is to support the internal and external teams, create new partnerships to execute a vision, and establish community engagement. The project is an eight-phase plan that will take at least a decade to complete.
Included in the collaborative are six major projects:
I-70 East and River North and South Platte redevelopment, three transit lines, four stations in the Globeville, Elyria-Swansea neighborhood, Brighton Boulevard Gateway, and National Western Center.
The plan will reconstruct 3000 acres of North Denver with hopes of energizing neglected communities & Denver's historic industrial edge. Called the Corridor of Opportunity the effort will have a local & global reach. The corridor will activate a twenty-three-mile passage linking Denver's Union Station to DIA along I-70 & RTD's East line creating 30,000 to 50,000 jobs.
We all like to plan ahead. Here are some dates you need to put on your calendar. The details of each event is on the website. Just look at the the club calendar and click on the event.
May 7 Lions Leadership Training
May 14 Lions Camp Spring Clean Up
May 20-21 Colorado State Lions Convention
June 4 - Denver Den Golfing Event
June 7 - Last meeting and installation of officers
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