The 17th annual Parker State of the Town event is coming up on on Wednesday, February 25 from 3:30-5:00 p.m. at the PACE Center. The event features an update on Parker by the Honorable Joshua Rivero, Mayor, as well as the awarding of the Parker Impact Award.
There are many ways that you can contribute to this key event for our club:
Solicit donations from past and new sponsors. Please contact Harold McCloud for more information, to make sure we don't duplicate efforts.
Make a donation yourself to the club's Foundation. Sponsors also receive tickets to the event, based on the donation. To make a secure online donation, click here.
Recommend a person or group to receive the Parker Impact Award. For more information on how to nominate someone for the award, click here.
Volunteer to help at the event. Contact Susan Gustin for information on volunteering.
Attend the event and have a great time networking with Parker business people and residents! To purchase individual tickets, click here.
Project CURE. Mondays, January 26 and February 23: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
We volunteer the fourth Monday of the month to sort medical supplies. It might be chilly in the warehouse -- plan to wear a jacket! For more information and to sign up for January, click here. To sign up for February, click here.
Rocky Vista MASH Camp. Saturday, February 21, 9:00-3:00
Help the students of our partner Rotary club at Rocky Vista University as they introduce local high school students to the medical professions. For more information and to sign up, click here.
Parker Task Force Food Drive, Stroh Ranch King Soopers. Saturday, March 7: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Second food drive of 2026! For more information and to sign up, click here.
We honor former club member and president Gail Lehrmann, who received the Tireless Rotarian Award from Rotary District 5450. Gail, who recently moved to Omaha, continues her service to Rotary in Omaha by joining her 6th Rotary club! The photo is from the 2020 Parker State of the Town, when Gail opened the event as club president.
Michele Schultz gave us an update on the functioning of the club’s International Committee at our club meeting on January 22. In addition to describing how the International Committee works in general, Michele gave us examples of some of the projects that the committee is currently helping to fund.
Information on these projects has been stashed in the Documents section of ClubRunner. To view them,
Log into ClubRunner. (If you’re having difficulties logging in, contact Susan Gustin for help.)
Click on Organization in the top blue menu bar, then click on Documents in the white menu bar just below.
Once you’re on the Documents screen, scroll down within the Current Club Documents folder until you come to the folder for the International Committee. The presentations on these projects are stored there. You can click on any of these presentations within the Documents page, or you can just click on the link below to view them! You will have to log into ClubRunner if you have not already done so.
Alex Doyle reminded us that there will be an opening on the Board of Directors for the club's Foundation as of July 1, 2026 as Ron Beller is term-limited. If you are interested in serving on the Foundation Board or would like to nominate someone to serve, please contact one of the members of the Nominating Committee: Tim O'Connor, Hal Gustin or Ron Beller. Questions? Please contact Foundation President Bob Forbes.
Thank you to the Parker community for your generous support of the food drives for the Parker Task Force on a chilly Saturday, January 10. Club members and friends from the Rotary Club of Parker were stationed at the Stroh Ranch King Soopers. Some highlights of the donations we received:
74 boxes of food
$753 in cash donations
53 packages of hot dogs
33 packages of chicken
28 packages of cheese
The top photo shows the first early morning shift, while the photo below shows our end-of the day shift. Thank you to ALL who participated!
The 17th annual Parker State of the Town event is coming up on on Wednesday, February 25 from 3:30-5:00 p.m. at the PACE Center. The event features an update on Parker by the Honorable Joshua Rivero, Mayor, as well as the awarding of the Parker Impact Award. 
