JUST ADDED!  Dismantle Decking -- two Saturdays, June 1 and 8, 8:30-11:30 a.m.

All hands on deck to help dismantle decking!  This is a phase in a project to help Affinity Ranch (formerly Praying Hands Ranch) expand their services of care.  We are prepping cabins to be moved from Mustang Rescue to Affinity Ranch.

Location: Mustang Rescue, 42132 Ridge Rd Deer Trail CO 80105, about 1 hour drive from Parker. Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/serQCpQBkVwQMmsa7

Time: be at ranch by 8:30 a.m. for a 3-hour shift

Wear appropriate foot apparel for a ranch.  You may also want to bring water, hat, sunscreen and snack.

If you can, please bring

• standard starbit deck screws bits and Phillips head bits
• cordless drills 
• ladders.

Please let us know if you can make it -- you can click here to register online for June 1; click here to register for June 8.  Questions? Email Bob Forbes

Parker Task Force Food Drive -- Saturday, June 8, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Our next opportunity to support the Parker Task Force by soliciting donations of food and necessities is coming up!  Click here to sign up for a two-hour shift.

Parker Days Information Booths and Beer Tent

We will be staffing two information booths during the Parker Days festival June 14-16, one for the Rotary clubs of Parker and one for Shelter Box.  Stay tuned for sign-up opportunities!

If you would like to be an alternate server for the beer tent on Saturday, June 15 please contact Steve Trevino.

Project CURE -- Monday, June 24, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

The15th annual Memorial Day Veterans’ Service of Remembrance, sponsored by Ponderosa Valley Funeral Services and J. S. Parker Cemetery, will once again be held on Monday, May 27, 2024 at the cemetery, starting at 10:00 a.m.  Click here to access a PDF copy of the card above with full details of the event. 
 
We have the opportunity to serve at this event by handing out water.  Please contact Steve Trevino if you can help out.

Saturday, May 18 was a glorious day in Colorado for Rotary clubs to participate in Rotary's Epic Day of Service.  The Rotary Club of Parker worked on several projects at the therapeutic riding center Affinity Ranch (formerly Praying Hands Ranch), including

• painting a corral
• maintaining the sensory garden, and
• driving posts for a new fence.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the community service!  Click here for more images of Rotarians in action.

Thank you to all Rotarians who helped welcome the Open World delegation from Uzbekistan from April 26 - May 4.  Their week was a whirlwind of professional meetings and experiences of some of Colorado's key tourist destinations, in keeping with the visit theme of Tourism Development.  Alvaro Pisoni played the key role of orchestrating the visit and meetings.  We will post photos from some of the events once we have confirmed that we have permission to publish the photos.

We have so much to celebrate as we approach the end of this Rotary year!  Save these upcoming celebration dates -- more information to follow.

Fifth Thursday celebration -- Thursday, May 30, 4:30-8:00

As is our club's custom, in months where there are five Thursdays we have a social event on the fifth Thursday instead of a morning meeting.  Join us on May 30 for a Fifth Thursday event at the West Main Taproom and Grill.  Click here for more information and to register yourself and guest(s).  Questions?  Contact Kelly Young.

Gazebo Lighting Ceremony -- Wednesday, June 12

Help celebrate the installation of decorative lighting on the gazebo in O'Brien Park!  More information to follow.