Spread the word -- we have 10 more days to sell peaches! 

The deadline to order is Saturday, August 12.

Tell your friends and neighbors that our club has Palisade peaches and pears available to order online for an August 26 delivery.   You can copy and paste the message below to send in an email:

The Rotary Club of Parker is once again offering Palisade peaches and pears for sale for an August 26 delivery.

We are offering

• 18-pound box of peaches for $47

• 10-pound box of peaches for $34

• 10-pound box of pears for $34.

Click here to access a safe site to order and pay online for peaches/pears.  You will also be able to designate that $5.00 of the net proceeds go to a local charitable organization.  Note: All orders must be received by Saturday, August 12.  Don't wait...order today!

The pick-up date is Saturday, August 26 between 11:30 AM and 2:00 PM in the Planet Fitness parking lot (SW corner of Parker Road and Main Street).  Any orders that are not picked up at that time will be donated.

If you have any questions, please contact ParkerRotaryPeaches@gmail.com

We had a terrific presentation on ShelterBox from Rotarian Kathleen Pierz at our July 28 meeting.  Here are some additional resources on ShelterBox that Kathleen passed along: 

• Our website for information and donations: https://www.shelterboxusa.org
• More about how to be a ShelterBox volunteer: https://www.shelterboxusa.org/volunteer
• Action Tool Kit: https://www.shelterboxusa.org/actiontoolkit
• Family activities: Educational and fun, something for everyone.  https://www.shelterboxusa.org/coronavirus/family_activities
• Sell a House, Give a home: Our vocational philanthropic partnership for those in Real Estate. https://www.shelterboxusa.org/giveahome
• My Website for the Photo Fundraiser: https://fotopia.smugmug.com/ShelterBox-Fundraiser/  (buy photos from my website and all the money goes to ShelterBox)
• Some Videos:
• VIDEO: 20 Years of ShelterBox (6 min 13sec) https://youtu.be/Kagua1_lLrs
• VIDEO: Kunyumba- Home. (6 min 34 sec, Subtitled) Having lost everything after Cyclone Idai in 2019, Stephano and Mary were determined to rebuild their livelihoods in Mwalija, Malawi.  https://youtu.be/U-11SdugQjU

If anyone wants a raffle ticket for the Colorado quilt, just send me an email with the receipt for your $10 (or more!) donation to ShelterBox, and I’ll fill out a raffle ticket for you.  Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/shelterboxusa

All Rotarians should plan to help at club meetings at least once a year by serving as a door greeter or offering to present

• Inspiration

• Rotary Minute

You can sign up online for dates in January - June 2023 by clicking here.  Sign up NOW to be sure you get the date/task you want.  You will get a confirming email from ClubRunner.

Also, thank you to all the Rotarians who have been involved in helping the Afghan refugee family get settled -- finding an apartment and finding work.  We particularly want to recognize Stephen Chismarich, Steve Budnack and Michele Duncan, who helped arrange for a car and all that needs to go with one (registration, insurance, etc.)

Win-Win -- Eat Ice Cream and Meet Rotarians!

There will be an informal ice cream social on Wednesday, August 24 with the noon club (Cherry Creek Valley Rotary Club of Parker).  Come between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m., buy ice cream at Kilwin's (owned by a Rotarian), then move across the street to O'Brien Park to eat your ice cream and chat with friends!  What a lovely way to spend a summer evening...

Memorial service for Shirley Hanson -- Saturday, August 20

There will be a memorial service for Shirley Hanson, the co-founder of Praying Hands Ranch, on Saturday, August 20 at 11:00 a.m. at Praying Hands Ranch.  For more information or to read her obituary, please click here.