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Rotary Club of Parker

Parker, Colorado

We currently have hybrid meetings: an in-person meeting with a Zoom component.

Please go to the Calendar to see the dates, formats and speakers of our meetings.

We invite you to join with the Rotary Club of Parker in two celebrations this spring!

The 2025 State of the Town event will be held Tuesday, February 25 from 3:00-5:30 p.m. at the PACE Center. This will feature a keynote speech by the new mayor of the Town of Parker, the Honorable Joshua Rivero. We will also present the Parker Impact Award. For more information and to purchase tickets to the State of the Town, click here.

Then on Saturday evening, March 1, join us at the PACE Center for the Mayor's Mardi Gras Ball, a fundraiser for the Parker Task Force. For more information and to purchase tickets to the Ball, click here.

We are grateful to all of our sponsors, listed in the Sponsors box on this page. If you would like information on how to sponsor these events, click here.

The Rotary Club of Parker is happy to announce that nominations are now open for the 2025 Parker Impact Award. This prestigious award is given to individuals and groups who have exemplified Rotary's motto of Service Above Self in serving the Parker community.

Please click here for further information on how to nominate someone for a Parker Impact Award.

Recipients of the 2025 Parker Impact Award will be honored at the 2025 State of the Town event on Tuesday, February 25. Please click here to view past recipients of the award.

In Memoriam: Mike Oldham

Posted by Susan Garwood on Nov. 27, 2024

I am heartbroken to announce the unexpected passing of our longtime member and friend, Mike Oldham, on November 26.

A member of our club since 1998, Mike served as club president in 2004-2005 and continued his Rotary dedication as District Governor in 2009-2010. We all know of Mike's commitment and involvement with Polio Plus and the Denver Indian Center which he again recently shared with us.

Mike had been a Paul Harris Fellow for many years, believing strongly in our founder's guiding principles. Mention Paul Harris and Mike would tell you about the book we all should read: A Century of Service. I read it and thanked him profusely, and he said back "told you so!"

To his family and his many, many friends, may his memory always live in our hearts.

There will be a celebration of life on Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at Parker United Methodist Church (11805 S. Pine Dr., Parker, CO 80134), with a reception to follow.

Feed My Starving Children

There was a great Rotary crew who showed up to pack meals for Feed My Starving Children the weekend of November 1– this is just part of the participants. But there was a particularly lovely replacement – Deann Olson’s daughter Cathy came to take part in the mobile pack dressed in Deann’s Rotary tee-shirt. Cathy posted the image below to Instagram, showing Ron and Deann at a mobile pack five years ago (oh, those hairnets!) and Ron and Cathy this weekend.

In Memoriam: Deann Olson

We mourn the death of beloved club member Deann Olson on October 24. Deann shared her huge welcoming smile with the community at countless volunteer opportunities with Rotary, from soliciting food for the Parker Task Force at local grocery stores to welcoming guests at events such as State of the Town and Parker Uncorked.

There will be a memorial service at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Parker, CO on Friday, November 15, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.

Task Force Thanks!

Saturday, October 26 was a great day to be soliciting donations for the Parker Task Force at the Stroh Ranch King Soopers! Here are two of the crews of smiling Rotarians who worked that day.

This was one of the best food drives that the club has participated in. We received

87 boxes, the highest count all year!
$1435 in cash
$205 in gift cards
83 lbs. of butter
56 packages of cheese
131 dozen eggs

Many thanks to the community, who donated so generously to the Task Force's needs.

Service Above Self

We meet In Person

Thursdays at 7:00 a.m.

Parker Task Force Community Room

19105 Longs Way
Parker, CO 80134
United States of America

We have hybrid meetings with a Zoom option. Email president@parkerrotary.org for the Zoom link.

Bulletins

Venue Map

Business Meeting

Feb 06, 2025

Sue Garwood

Madeline Miller

Feb 13, 2025

Genetic Counseling (Intro: Brown)

Kelly Garrod, PE/EMT American Red Cross

Feb 20, 2025

CPR and AED Hands Only Training (Intro: Brown)

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The Rotary Club of Parker is committed to membership and volunteer opportunities without regard to age, ancestry, disability, national or ethnic origin, race, religious belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status.