The Arvada Rotary Club meets every
Wednesday noon from 12:00 - 1:00 pm
 
at
 
The Indian Tree Golf Course Restaurant
7555 North Wadsworth Blvd.
Arvada, CO  80003
 
 
 The first Wednesday of the month at 5.00 pm, the club has its SOCIAL at the Indian Tree Golf Course Restaurant. Therefore there will be no noon meeting that day.
 
 
 
Please click here for a pamphlet on the Arvada Rotary Club
 
 
SPEAKERS:
2/11/26 –  Christian Todd from Hestra and UCEC and his involvement as Controller. 
2/18/26 – Alice Brink and Ed Moehlenkamp will speak on leadership development and corporate communication.
2/25/26 – alternate meeting location due to construction at Indian Tree
 
 
ACTIVITIES
 
 
WHAT ARE ARVADA ROTARIANS DOING?
 
Wednesday, February 18 @ 4:30p - Arvada Service Clubs are preparing and serving dinner at Hope House for about 30 people.
 
Saturday, February 28 Arvada Winterfest, Olde Town Arvada Square, 5726 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., 11a - 4p.  Winterfest features several free activities and performances that are suitable for all ages.  For the second straight year, Winterfest will be held in the Olde Town Square in the heart of Olde Town Arvada! Attendees can expect a similar event layout as the Second Saturday Concert Series hosted by the Olde Town Business Improvement District in the summer.  Winterfest features several free activities and performances that are suitable for all ages: 
Volunteer shifts are available starting at 7:30 a.m. for set up through 5:30 p.m. for tear down.  Sign-up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0445A8A928A0FF2-60975342-winterfest#/
 
Saturday, February 28 - Epic Experience - Beyond Cancer, Hearts & Hope Gala 2026, 5:30pm, Four Seasons Denver https://cbo.io/app/public/bidapp/epic26  Epic Experience's Mission is 
Epic Experience’s pinnacle program is a weeklong adventure camp at no cost to adults who have been diagnosed with cancer. We are committed to showing participants that cancer no longer defines them. Through outdoor activities and virtual programs, we seek to engage
individuals in the healing process and establish a supportive community among fellow thrivers.  As the “2020 Nonprofit of the Year” for the Arvada Chamber of Commerce and recorded in the Congressional Record by Representative Ed Perlmutter, Epic Experience has been nationally recognized and helped put Arvada on the map as a place of love, compassion and family.
 
March 20-22 President-Elect Training Seminar, "PETS" Conference
 
Sunday, April 12 - Arvada Kite Festival 11a - 4p,  Kite Festival
 
Saturday, April 18 - TURNING CONFLICT INTO COLLABORATION  Saturday, April 18 | EPIC Campus - 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.  Pres. Linda proposes any club members who can attend be reimbursed by the club for the registration cost, $35.  This is a one-day workshop designed to give anyone the tools to deal with the most difficult communication challenges. Through guided discussions and real-world exercises, participants will learn to:
  • De-escalate conflict
  • Transform challenging interactions into constructive conversations
  • Effectively manage strong personalities
  • Navigate difficult conversations on divisive issues
  • Control emotions in challenging environments
  • Enhance leadership and communication skill
The workshop will be lead, in part, by our own Suzanne Ghais, Ph.D., who is Programs Director at Convergence Center for Policy Resolution, where she facilitates multi-party consensus building on divisive public-policy issues. She has three decades’ experience in conflict resolution, facilitation, mediation, and consensus building, dealing with a wide range of issue types from consumer and community disputes to workplace conflicts, to civil wars. She is the author of Extreme Facilitation: Guiding Groups through Controversy and Complexity (Jossey Bass/Wiley, 2005) and numerous articles and book chapters.
 
Thursday, April 30 - AWRSAY Graduation Award Ceremony.  More information to follow.
 
Saturday, May 2 -  13th Annual Hope House 5K & Fun Run.   Registration is now open.
 
Saturday, May 16- District 5450 EPIC Day of Service https://www.epicdayofservice.org/.  Ideas for possible service projects, include Community Table; Angel Heart (decorate delivery bags)(maybe in Covenant Village arts & crafts activity room); and/or Rocky Mountain Health Foundation (decorate Boxes of Sunshine)(Children’s Health Foundation, Theresa Joseph, 303-839-6782).
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The two Rotary clubs in Arvada (Arvada Sunrise Rotary Club and Arvada Rotary Club) were represented at a Community Event where students and parents visited different booths in the Arvada High School during Basketball games in February. 
 
The clubs presented opportunities to apply for scholarships, participate in youth exchange and apply to attend a camp on leadership training where the attendance is paid for by the Rotary Clubs.
 
 
 
 
 
 
More Rotary Club and Arvada City activities can be found by clicking on the bulletin links, below.
 
A joint brochure, describing the two Rotary Clubs in Arvada, can be found here
Club Executives & Directors
President
Treasurer
Secretary
Youth Activities
Arvada Rotary sponsors students to participate in, for example:
 
     Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE)  https://www.rmrye.org
 
     Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)  https://rockymountainryla.org/
 
     Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth (AWRSAY)
 
 
And for inquiries to the Arvada Rotary Club please send email to:
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