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Welcome to the Rotary Club of Castle Rock

We are a local community service organization who believe in Service Above Self. Our club has distributed an average of $50,000 per year to non-profits to support basic needs, emergency support, victims assistance, education, and related projects. If you are interested in serving the community either financially or by volunteering, please consider joining us or supporting our fundraisers.

Due to the ongoing situation with the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated warnings, we are conducting hybrid meetings with limited in-person attendance and an opportunity for members and guests to join remotely. Weekly meetings will open at 7:00 am on Wednesday and be called to order at 7:15. If you are interested in attending a meeting either in-person or through Zoom, please contact the webmaster HERE to register or for login details.

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The Rotary Club of Parker, Colorado is a volunteer service organization whose members donate their time and resources to help others in the community and throughout the world. We meet Thursday mornings from 6:45 - 8:15 a.m. for a breakfast meeting. Come join us for our for great fellowship and programs while learning more about this fantastic organization. Please note, there is no morning meeting on the 4th Thursday of the month when we have an evening social gathering. Guests are always welcome!

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Carla Vaughn | Founder & Executive Director

May 12, 2021

Financial Literary First | https://www.financialliteracyfirst.org/

Dr. Tanyss Munro | Co-founder & Executive Director

May 19, 2021

Amarok Society

Lisa Frizell | Douglas County Assessor

May 26, 2021

Update on the current property valuation cycle and trends

Roderic Gottula, MD

Jun 02, 2021

Manchichi (Mother and Child) Project in Panama

Business Meeting

Jun 09, 2021

Final Ducky Derby Preparations

Nicole DeVries, Executive Director

Jun 16, 2021

Nicole will provide an update on the initiatives at Wellspring Community

Front Range High School Rodeo Team (field trip)

Jun 23, 2021

Our meeting will be held at the team's practice facility in Sedalia, CO (details TBA)

No Morning Meeting / Evening Changeover Event

Jun 30, 2021

Details TBA

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Members of the Rotary Club of Castle Rock part of Rotary International, a global network of more than 35,000 clubs and 1.2 million people who unite and take action on the world’s most persistent issues. We work together to:

Promote peace
Fight disease
Provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene
Save mothers and children
Support education
Grow local economies

We support our local community through organizations like the Help and Hope Center or Boy Scout projects, we support our Colorado community by providing funds through the Rotary network to communities like those devastated by wildfires, and global projects like polio eradication and Covid-19 needs. If you care about your community and your world, consider getting involved with Rotary.

Rotary Service Update

As Rotarians, we live by the motto "Service Above Self". During these difficult times with COVID-19, we are working together to stay engaged and serve our community to the best of our abilities. This includes providing additional financial resources to groups providing critical services, such as the Help and Hope Center. We are also offering our time and talents as individual Rotarians, and as a club.

WooHoo! The Rotary Club of Castle Rock Raised another $7,500 for the Help and Hope Center

The Help and Hope Center is a regular recipient of support from the Rotary Club of Castle Rock. With the impacts of COVID-19 to the community, the Rotary Club Foundation designated the Help and Hope Center as the recipient of funds raised through the Rotary WooHoomanity ride. Several club members were part of the WooHoomanity team and raised over $2,500. This was match 2x by a generous member, brining the total to more than $7,500.

Thank you to all community members that supported Rotary Club fundraisers in 2020, such as the Ducky Derby and the WooHoomanity Ride. These fundraisers provide the funding needed to support local non-profits in times of need.

If you are interested in helping us serve the community, please consider joining us in our e-meeting this Wednesday.

Here are a few useful links during these challenging times:

Local information on COVID-19 from the Town of Castle Rock
Help available to individuals and families, please visit the Help and Hope Center or Douglas County Human Services
For updates, including help available to local small businesses, please visit the Town of Castle Rock
For updates on COVID-19 statistics and testing resources, please visit Tri-County Health

Christopher Knoll is the Rotary Club of Castle Rock’s Student of the Month for October 2020.

Christopher Knoll, senior at Castle View High School (CVHS), was awarded the Rotary Club of Castle Rock’s Student of the Month for October 2020 during a e-Meeting with the club on March 24, 2021. The delay in presenting Chris with his award was due to COVID-19 restrictions. CVHS Principal Rex Corr presented the award.

Corr introduced Knoll as a strong student ant a dedicated athlete. He is a member of the National Honor Society and of the CVHS Sabre Cat Athletic Leadership Team (SALT). Chris is a two-year varsity letterman in hockey and currently serves as the assistant Captain on the CVHS Hockey Team. He is also a three-year academic letter recipient and was nominated to the Hockey Academic All State Team by CHASA (the Colorado High School All State Activities Association).

His engineering teacher said that "Chris is a superb programmer of his robot in engineering II robotics class. He's at the top of his class." Another teacher said that "Chris is a kind hearted and friendly leader" who "took time to really get to know the other students in his classroom".

Chris is very active in serving his community, especially through his former elementary school and his church. He's brought STEM activities to Larkspur Elementary, served as a camp counselor, and volunteered at the Larkspur Fall Festival. He regularly volunteers at the St. Francis of Assisi food bank. He's also served as a tutor at CVHS and as a hockey coach for young hockey players.

He has done a great job balancing his academic, athletic and service activities while working part time. Congratulations on maintaining a 3.74 GPA at CVHS.

Chris will graduate in May 2021 and will be studying civil engineering at the Colorado School of Mines.

Student of the Month for October 2020, Chris Knoll with his parents, brother, and Principal Rex Corr.

Leigh Walden is the Rotary Club of Castle Rock’s Student of the Month for September 2020.

Leigh Walden, senior at Castle View High School, was awarded the Rotary Club of Castle Rock’s Student of the Month for September during a e-Meeting with the club on November 4. Castle View High School Assistant Principal Amanda Malson presented the award.

Malson said although Walden was a stellar academic student, it was the other qualities that stood out for her. And although Walden will have completed about 15 Advance Placement classes by the time she finishes high school, it was her character, her passion and her spirit that her teachers bragged about.

One teacher spoke of Walden’s “level of work and passion that is incomparable.” Another said Walden’s interest outside the classroom made her a “passionate and energetic voice of her generation.” Another said she “wonders about everything and I could not imagine a class without her.” Her AP coordinator said Walden is “committed to humanity and will make things better for everyone.”

Walden is very active in her school, belonging to the speech and debate team, the Spanish Honor Society, the National Honor Society and is a National Student Voice Journalism Fellow. Her achievements include three times state qualifier in speech, national qualifier in speech, multiple awards in Girl Scouts and group representative for the Douglas County Student Advisory Group. While doing all this, Walden earned a 4.18 gpa.

Walden said she wants to major in journalism and get a minor in science so she can learn to report news and information in a non-biased way.

She has not decided where she will attend college but indicated it would be school with a strong journalism program.

Student of the Month for September, Leigh Walden

Jack Muhlenhaupt is the Rotary Club of Castle Rock’s Student of the Month for March 2020.

Jack Muhlenhaupt, senior at Castle View High School, was awarded the Rotary Club of Castle Rock’s Student of the Month for March during a e-Meeting with the club on April 1. Castle View High School Principal Rex Corr presented the award.

Corr said Muhlenhaupt was an exceptional scholar who has taken a rigorous course load and earned a 3.83 gpa. He has taken five advanced placement classes, some college credit and three years of engineering courses. He is also active outside of school, earning a 2^nd Degree Black Belt in Karate and serving as an Eagle Scout. His scout project was to build a stairway of 18 timber steps for elementary children to safely access a churches’ after school program. He is also working at a restaurant about 15 hours a week.

Muhlenhaupt’s teachers describe him as:

dedicated to making sense of his course work and that he is patient and motivated.
wise beyond his years, witty and has a good humor.
smart but doesn’t show it and is flexible and a loyal friend.

Muhlenhaupt has been accepted at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden. He said he chose Mines because of its reputation and that it takes him closer to the mountains.