Salvation Army bell ringing at the Stonegate King Soopers – Saturday, December 16

One last date!  Click the link below to sign up for a shift of an hour and 15 minutes between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

December 16

Christmas Project at the Denver Indian Center -- December 13-16, see times below.

The December project at the Denver Indian Center will be to wrap presents on December 13, 14 and 15, any time between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each day.  Then we will help distribute presents on Saturday, December 16 from 8:00 a.m. to noon.  Click the links below to sign up.

Wrap presents on Wednesday, December 13, any time from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Wrap presents on Thursday, December 14, any time from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Wrap presents on Friday, December 15, any time from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Distribute presents on Saturday, December 16 from 8:00 a.m. to noon.

If you are not able to take part in these projects in person, another way you can help is to donate unwrapped presents for infants up to five years old, or donate wrapping supplies.  Please get presents/supplies to Susan Gustin before December 13.  Questions?  Contact Mike Oldham.  

Spread Cheer with Mrs. Claus at Skyridge Medical Center -- Wednesday,  December 20, 11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 

If you are interested in serving as an elf to assist Mrs. Claus in spreading cheer at Skyridge Medical Center, send an email to Kam Breitenbach (kamiebreitenbach@gmail.com) to let her know your interest.  Kam needs your name, email and phone number.  Elf attire preferable!

Rocky Vista MASH Camp -- Saturday, January 20, 2024

The medical students at Rocky Vista University will be running a MASH Camp to expose high school students to the medical professions.  They need volunteers to serve as sample patients, to have blood pressure taken, etc.  No needles will be involved!  Click here for more information and to sign up.

The club needs a director to oversee the Youth Services activities for the coming 2024-2025 Rotary year.  If you might be interested in taking on this role, please contact Sue Garwood.

Members of the Rotary Club of Parker are helping support the Salvation Army this holiday season by ringing the bell outside of a local grocery store.  Dress warmly, everyone!  Thank you to the Parker community for your ongoing support.

The Rotary Club of Parker contributed a tree to Cimarron Middle School's Festival of Trees fundraiser on December 2.  This tree reflects two of Rotary's areas of focus: saving mothers and children and supporting education.  Thank you to Rotarians Sue Garwood and Kelly Young for putting this tree together!

Santa and Mrs. Claus and motley crew of elves went visiting this week.  Rotarians do their work in a huge range of disguises!  Santa, Mrs. Claus and the elves came from both the Rotary Club of Parker and the Cherry Creek Valley Rotary Club of Parker (aka the noon club). 

Several Rotarians traveled to the Denver Indian Center the week of November 13 to help pack and distribute Thanksgiving boxes.  The only one we managed to catch in action was Jim Muir, shown here packing bags in the gymnasium.  The gym is lined with the flags of the tribes served by the Denver Indian Center.  Thank you to all who helped!

Here are some photos from our holiday celebration at the Black Bear Golf Club on November 30.  If you have photos to add, please send them to Susan Gustin!

If you're a Hank Williams fan (or even if you're not!), here are the words to Dan O'Neill's Rotary rendition of the Hank Williams song "Family Tradition" --  "It's a Rotary Tradition."

Our club uses software from ClubRunner to

• send emails
• set up and track membership information
• set up the website
• create the Lamplighter newsletter. 

We also use ClubRunner to set up the club's online calendar and allow for online registration for service projects and events.

ClubRunner can be quirky!  If you would like to sign up for events online but ClubRunner has you stumped, click here for instructions on how to register online for service projects and social events.  Now you can sign up online for social events or service projects!

All of the service projects our club undertakes are supported by funding from the Foundation of the Rotary Club of Parker.  When we support the Foundation, we help make service projects possible.

We have several fundraisers for the Foundation planned in 2024:

• State of the Town (May)

• Palisade peach sales (August)

• Parker Uncorked wine festival (October)

With State of the Town and Parker Uncorked, we solicit sponsorships from local businesses.  You can get an idea of our current sponsors on the Home page of our club website.

As a Rotarian, in addition to supporting the fundraisers through your volunteering and soliciting of sponsorships, you can make direct donations to the Foundation through four mechanisms:

• By Zelle (the preferred method)

• By check

• By credit card

• With a vehicle donation.

For more information on donation mechanisms and links, go to the Foundation page on the club website.  Your donations to the Foundation are tax-deductible.

For more information on the Foundation itself – its bylaws and current Trustees – check out the Foundation page on the club website.