Community Service

The Rotary Club of Golden began to focus on the issue of hunger and started the Golden Backpack Program in 2008 under the guidance of Peggy Halderman. Although this program is now offered through BeGoldN, we continue to support these efforts.  The club also organizes an annual holiday food box program to support the needs Learn More

Several years ago, the club recognized the need for youth mental health awareness and education, partly as a result of the record number of suicides among kids and teens in our community. Our efforts have continued to expand and we now offer community workshops and funding for counseling services for Golden High School students. 

The Miracle Shop, a project of the Rotary Club of Golden, is an annual holiday popup store in Golden, Colorado.  This store allows financially struggling parents the ability to shop for new and quality toys at garage sale prices.  In fact, each shopper decides what he/she can afford to pay.  Over five-hundred children receive holiday Learn More

Each year we support the Neighbor Rehab Project by being both a financial supporter and providing volunteer services for their Be A Tool Days, addressing warm, dry and safe needs for families and individual homes. Neighborhood Rehab Project

The club also financially supports the Golden Civic Foundation and does a monthly South Golden Road Clean Up Day focusing on the section from Golden High School to the King Soopers shopping center.  In 2021 we volunteered our services to rebuild the Courage Garden located near the Jefferson County Admin/courts building.  The garden had been Learn More