Davidson: Nothing wasted on Project C.U.R.E.
Waste not, want not.
Project C.U.R.E. takes that saying to heart as it first collects — and then distributes — donated medical supplies and equipment to some of the poorest countries on earth.
So if anyone was surprised that the tables at Project C.U.R.E.'s seventh annual First Ladies' Luncheon were decorated not with elaborate floral arrangements, but operating- room canisters festooned with brightly colored tissue paper, they shouldn't have been.
After the luncheon, volunteers would package the canisters, along with the medical sharps containers that were used to collect pledge envelopes from the 1,800 guests, so they could be included in the next shipment to Mongolia, one of the 120 countries benefiting from the generosity of those who support this Centennial-based humanitarian relief organization that was founded in 1985 and is now the world's largest provider of donated supplies.
Mongolia's first lady, Khajidsuren Bolormaa, was the guest of honor at the noontime function held at the Hyatt Regency Convention Center. She described how cancer is a leading cause of death in her country, and said that the supplies and equipment received from Project C.U.R.E. would be used in hospitals and hospices, particularly those in rural areas.
There was no charge to attend the luncheon, thanks to underwriting from title sponsor Rio Tinto, a multinational mining and natural resources company, but Project C.U.R.E. hoped to raise $3 million in pledges from guests invited by such table hosts as David and Annette Jewell, Anson Garnsey, Ding-Wen Hsu, Mary Monzon, Veronica Montoya, LoAn Vo, Brandis Becky Pelletier, Angela Cho, Dr. Jennifer Heath, Margaret Carey, Neyeska Mut, Stephanie Riggs and the Zonta Club of Douglas County.
Those enjoying the meal — Mongolian beef/root vegetable soup, chicken with five-spice barbecue sauce and amtat cream pudding garnished with papaya and mango — included Colorado's honorary consul for Mongolia, Jim Wagenlander, and his wife, Mary Lee Chin; former Colorado first lady Frances Owens; Colorado Dragon Boat Festival director Erin Yoshimura; Karen Nakandakare from CH2M Hill; Julie Hill; Khulan Dashpuntsag; Chris Wanifuchi of the Asian Pacific Development Center; Miguel Jara Garcia, a student at the Denver School of International Studies, and Project C.U.R.E.'s new executive director, Betsy Boudreau.
Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com; also, blogs.denverpost.com/davidson and twitter/GetItWrite
Project C.U.R.E. takes that saying to heart as it first collects — and then distributes — donated medical supplies and equipment to some of the poorest countries on earth.
So if anyone was surprised that the tables at Project C.U.R.E.'s seventh annual First Ladies' Luncheon were decorated not with elaborate floral arrangements, but operating- room canisters festooned with brightly colored tissue paper, they shouldn't have been.
After the luncheon, volunteers would package the canisters, along with the medical sharps containers that were used to collect pledge envelopes from the 1,800 guests, so they could be included in the next shipment to Mongolia, one of the 120 countries benefiting from the generosity of those who support this Centennial-based humanitarian relief organization that was founded in 1985 and is now the world's largest provider of donated supplies.
Mongolia's first lady, Khajidsuren Bolormaa, was the guest of honor at the noontime function held at the Hyatt Regency Convention Center. She described how cancer is a leading cause of death in her country, and said that the supplies and equipment received from Project C.U.R.E. would be used in hospitals and hospices, particularly those in rural areas.
There was no charge to attend the luncheon, thanks to underwriting from title sponsor Rio Tinto, a multinational mining and natural resources company, but Project C.U.R.E. hoped to raise $3 million in pledges from guests invited by such table hosts as David and Annette Jewell, Anson Garnsey, Ding-Wen Hsu, Mary Monzon, Veronica Montoya, LoAn Vo, Brandis Becky Pelletier, Angela Cho, Dr. Jennifer Heath, Margaret Carey, Neyeska Mut, Stephanie Riggs and the Zonta Club of Douglas County.
Those enjoying the meal — Mongolian beef/root vegetable soup, chicken with five-spice barbecue sauce and amtat cream pudding garnished with papaya and mango — included Colorado's honorary consul for Mongolia, Jim Wagenlander, and his wife, Mary Lee Chin; former Colorado first lady Frances Owens; Colorado Dragon Boat Festival director Erin Yoshimura; Karen Nakandakare from CH2M Hill; Julie Hill; Khulan Dashpuntsag; Chris Wanifuchi of the Asian Pacific Development Center; Miguel Jara Garcia, a student at the Denver School of International Studies, and Project C.U.R.E.'s new executive director, Betsy Boudreau.
Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com; also, blogs.denverpost.com/davidson and twitter/GetItWrite
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