About Our Club
Centennial

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Tuesdays at 7:10 AM
Embassey Suites Tech Center (See Below)
10250 E Costilla Ave
Centennial, CO 80112
United States of America
Tuesday, September 20, 2022, meeting will be held at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E Peakview Ave, Centennial, CO 80111
Venue Map
Hasta La Vista, Baby!
At our Changing of the Guard Celebration on June 25th, we bid a fond farewell to our beloved outgoing president. Shown is President Trip Butler receiving his plaque from a  past President Marc Garfinkel.
THE PERFECT PLAYLIST
Centennial Rotary Club members selling liquid refreshments to raise funds for the Club's projects at The Perfect Playlist free concert at Centennial Center Park, put on by the Centennial Arts and Cultural Foundation on July 31, 2022.
 
Club Executives & Directors
President
Tom Gross
President Elect
Jon Bellum
Immediate Past President
Trip Butler
Treasurer
Barbara Medina
Secretary
Shirl Mabary
Sargent at Arms
Bob Heavers
Fundraising
John Peterson
Membership Growth & Enrichment
Nicolle Davies
Public Relations
Lance Burkholder
Service Projects
Rob Johnston
Millenial Board Liason
Andrea Tagtow
President
Mary Alice Jackson
Meeting Responsibilities
September 27, 2022
SetUp
Jackson, Charlie
 
Greeter
Jackson, Mary Alice
 
Blue Marble
Henry, Jean
 
Inspiration
Davies, Nicolle
 
Rotary Minute
Hansen, Vern
 
Business Minute
DeWitt, Scott
 
Happy Bucks
West, Anne
 
Take Down
Hanna, Douglas
 
Club News
Peaches and Pears Event A Record Setter
 
 
 
On August 27th, 28 members and member families of the Centennial Rotary Club distributed over 1,050 boxes of peaches and pears to hundreds of people who came to pick them up at two locations: the parking lot of the Embassy Suites in Centennial and at the clubhouse parking lot in Heritage Eagle Bend, a community located in Aurora.
 
Led by The Club Peaches and Pears Committee, the number of boxes of tree-ripened Palisade peaches and Bartlett pears set a new Club record this year. One hundred percent of the monies raised by this event are used to help fund the Club’s various philanthropic projects.
Rotary Club Helps Fund Imagination Library
The mission of the Imagination Library of Colorado is to increase literacy by ensuring all young children in our area may participate in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
Our goal is to provide sponsorship of over 500 children for a one year subscription to receive a new book every month to read in Centennial. It takes $25 to support each child per year. Will you please help us?
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Brew n' Que A Real Success
July 9, 2022. 3:00-7:00
 
Brew n' Que was a real success with our club members selling beer and Margaritas. Club members spent a Saturday afternoon raising funds for our foundation.
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STATE OF OUR CITY 2022- A RESOUNDING SUCCESS!
The 16th annual State Of Our City was held on May 12 at the Wings Over The Rockies hangar at Centennial Airport. Hosted by our club with President Trip Butler at the helm, Centennial Mayor Stephanie Piko updated the audience with the latest developments in the city. With sold out attendance of over 300 guests on a rather blustery spring day, this event marked the first time in three years that we have been able to host this event due to the pandemic.
 
 
 
 
 
STUDENT OF THE QUARTER
 
Viktoria Tuckova is from the Czech Republic and is spending a full school year at Arapahoe High School.  A straight-A student, Viki’s best subjects are math because according to her, “I’m pretty good at it,” and learning new languages and their origins.  In addition to speaking Czech, she also speaks Slovak, French and English and has taken Spanish (but it just confused her French). She is also taking Latin for the challenge of it.
 
She is considering going to medical school after graduation but is still keeping her options open.  One of her favorite things about being in Colorado has been the people and the school,. It is very different from her experiences in the Czech Republic and she really enjoys how open everyone is and has developed many amazing relationships.
 
Viktoria Tuckova, Rotary Club of Centennial’s Student of the Quarter for Fourth Quarter, March-April 2022.
STUDENT OF THE QUARTER
Giovanni Rebecchi is from Modena, Italy and is spending a full school year at Arapahoe High School. An exceptional student, Gio attends a language school at home where he studies both Latin and Greek and hopes to attend Law school, following in his father’s footsteps. At Arapahoe HS, Gio has pushed himself in the classroom and directly asked to take the most challenging classes he can, including Calculus and AP English Literature. Gio has an adventurous spirit and has chosen to make the most of his time in the United States. He has volunteered his time as a mentor for special needs students in the unified basketball program, and he plans on to joining the track team this spring.
Disaster Help, Can You?
 
We are sure you have heard about the disastrous fires that burned in Boulder County. At least 580 homes have been lost in the Superior, Louisville, Marshall, and Lafayette areas. Thousands of people have been displaced; many have lost everything. The fires were very fast burning, growing to a 6,200 acre burn area in this densely populated area. The record high winds fueled the flames. 
 
Donations can be made online(3% of each donation will deducted for handling fees.)For larger amounts, please consider sending a check made payable to:
Rotary District 5450
Subject Line: Boulder County Fires
5103 Dvorak Circle
Frederick, CO 80504
 
On behalf of the District’s Natural Disaster Response Committee, please consider a donation that will be used to help rebuild lives in our own backyard in the Denver/Boulder Area. At this time the targets for these donations have not been determined as the District is not a first responder and as immediate needs are being met. More information about how your donations will be utilized will be provided in the days and weeks to come.  We are working in concert with Boulder Rotarians and many others in the surrounding area to determine the best use of the funds.
 
Thanks everyone for joining us in this time of need for our neighbors and friends. 
 
DG Ray Anderson
District Governor 2021-2022
Rotary Club of Highlands Ranch
303-521-5688
Santa Clothes Returns
Once again Santa Clothes provided $100 of clothes from Kohls to each of 120 children. Led by Centennial Rotary's Diane Zing, Rotary members from her club along with support from the Rotary Clubs of The Denver Tech Center, Highlands Ranch, Highlands Ranch Sunrise and Littleton prepared for the shopping to begin.
September 2022 SPEAKERS
 
9/6 - No Meeting - Labor Day Break
9/13 - Kelly Crettol - Cochlear
9/20 - City of Centennial representative discussing the City’s affordable housing initiatives 
9/27 - Jamie Gehring - Growing up as the neighbor to Ted
Kaczynski
 
Upcoming Events
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Jack Tate Updates The Club
Jack Tate, former Colorado State Senator and now CEO of the Colorado Imagination Library updated the club on the progress of the Imagination Library at our March 29th meeting.