The Rotary Club of Colorado Springs is promoting the
arts in the classroom.  Join us! 
Butterflies and Friends is a community service initiative led by The Rotary Club of Colorado Springs to raise awareness and funding to ensure that children receive essential arts programs with the educational benefits that promote brain development, social skills, improved communication and effective learning. In the first three years we have raised over $100,000 in funds to develop and support arts education in District Eleven schools. This year we are working with Rogers and Twain Elementary Schools.

Some ways our funds have been used: Monroe Elementary, West Elementary, West Junior High School, and The Bijou School partnered with Imagination Celebration to have Artists-in-Residence collaborate with their teachers to integrate arts into their curriculum. Queen Palmer Elementary used funds to create a multi-purpose arts classroom as well as staff a full-time arts teacher.