Rotary Club’s 18th annual Wings for Change fundraiser supports Colorado Springs’ schools
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - The Rotary Club of Colorado Springs is once again taking flight with its annual fundraiser - Wings of Change. Celebrating its 18th year, local artists have created hundreds of butterfly and dragonfly sculptures to be auctioned at the annual gala.
Over the years, the Rotary Club of Colorado Springs has raised over a million dollars for local schools, as well as local and international service projects.
This year’s garden-sized sculptures are on public display at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum through September 26, while smaller works can be seen at the Ent Center for the Arts.
Around 25 artists donated hundreds of hours of their time to create the metal outdoor artwork.
"It's pretty humbling, and I'm very grateful for all these artists because we probably had over 100 submissions to judge, and we only picked very few of those," said Co-Chair of the Wings of Change committee, Jody Richie. "I'm just so grateful that there are so many people willing to step up and help the Rotary Club with our projects."
"I'm a part of so many people's lives, and I don't even know them all, so if my artwork brings them together, that's a joy that I get to bring to this world," Participating Artist Renée Darling said.
On September 26, the Rotary will move all the sculptures to the Double Tree Hotel off of Cheyenne Mountain Boulevard. The Celebration and silent auction start at the hotel on September 27 at 4:30 p.m.
The online silent auction and tickets for the Wings of Change Gala are available by clicking here.
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