ROTARY PRESENTS $10,000 TO LIFT-UP

Lift Up Director David Freseman accepted a check from The Rotary Club of Steamboat Springs and the Ski Town USA Rotary Club representing proceeds from Rotary’s major fund-raiser each year. This year marked the 12th consecutive year for the event, which always raises $10,000 for a local charity.

Past recipients have included the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurses’ Aging Well program, the Rotary Boardwalk Project, Advocates for Battering and Abuse, South Routt Partners and Rocky Mountain Youth Corp.

“This is our major fund-raiser and one of our most popular activities. Lift-Up has also been one of the primary recipients of Rotary funds for years,” Rotary chair for the event Angela Catterson said. The new Lift-Up center was named after Rotarian Don Lufkin. “We couldn’t have found a more deserving charity for this year’s event, particularly in light of the current struggling economy.”

Sponsors of the event included Feldmann Nagel & Associates, Alpine Bank, B& K Distributing, the Holiday Inn, Steamboat Motors and The Tennis Center.