Yes, we are moving ahead with plans for the 2021 State of the Town on Tuesday, February 23, 2021.  But there will be some differences:

• We expect that the event will be in a virtual format.

• We are focusing our fundraising efforts on members of the club.  We hope to raise an average of $500 per member, understanding that some will be able to contribute more and some less.  Please send your donation to Rotary Club of Parker Foundation, PO Box 1472, Parker, CO  80134.

Many aspects of the State of the Town will be familiar.  We will hear from the newly elected mayor, Jeff Toborg, as well as viewing the Town’s most recent promotional video.  And we will present the Parker Impact Award (see below).  We'll keep you posted as the final details fall into place.

Parker Impact Award

We will be presenting the Parker Impact Award as usual at the State of the Town event on Tuesday, February 23, 2021.  Nominations are open!  Surely you can think of a person/group who deserves recognition for the way(s) they have served Parker in this difficult year of 2020.  For more information on the nomination process, click here.

The nominating committee is working to fill officer slots for the 2021-2022 Rotary year.  Here is the current slate that we will vote on in January 2021:

• President: Jim Muir

• President-Elect:

• Secretary:

• Treasurer: Hal Gustin (continuing)

• Sergeants-at-Arms: Ron Saatjian/Deann Olson (continuing)

• Club Service: Mike Oldham (continuing)

• Community Service: Bill Shriver (continuing)

• International Service: Alvaro Pisoni (new)

• Youth Services: Linda Kamerling (new)

• Vocational Services: John Huffaker (continuing)

• Membership: Gail Lehrmann (continuing)

• Fundraising: Alex Doyle (continuing)

• Grants: Liz Volz (continuing)

• Public Relations:

We are looking for candidates in particular to fill the two crucial jobs of President-Elect (would serve as president in 2022-23) and Secretary.  If you have an interest in either of these jobs, please contact Jim Muir.

Duty roster

Please sign up for one of the tasks that keeps the meetings running, such as leading the Pledge of Allegiance or the Four-Way Test.  You can access the duty roster from the Home page of our website at https://parkerrotary.org/; from there it’s a piece of cake!  You can also email/call Mike Oldham to sign up (meoldham@msn.com/303 453 9067).

Also, we have a new item on the duty roster – presenting a Rotary minute.

If you have difficulty logging in to sign up, please contact Susan Gustin at webmaster@parkerrotary.org . 

Holiday break

Our last club meeting for 2020 is Thursday, December 17.  We do not meet on December 24 or 31.  See you again on Thursday, January 7, 2021!

We were happy to welcome Mikaela Fischer, November Student of the Month for Chaparral High School to our December 3 Zoom meeting, accompanied by her mom Judy.

Mikaela has lettered academically all four years of high school.  She currently serves as the Senior Class Vice-president and is involved with DECA and Link Crew.  One teacher praised her for “immediately mobilizing to make thousands of masks for those in need” when the pandemic struck earlier this year.  Mikaela is also on the Poms team. 

Mikaela has set her sights on attending an East coast school to major in biology and eventually to study neurology.  Congratulations, Mikaela!