Hwy 73 Wildfire Evacuation Route Mitigation Day
Wildfire Mitigation on May 29, 30 & 31
 
Please Sign Up to help:
  • May 31, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. (and a few on May 30 and June 1)
  • We need lots of people to haul branches 30 feet to the trailers. 
  • We need trucks and trailers to take branches to the slash drop-off.
  • We need volunteers for check-in and parking.
  • On Friday, May 30: We need expert sawyers to cut 4" trees that won't fall in the road the previous day. On May 29, we need to pick up and set road signs.
  • Contact information: coniferrotarywildfire@gmail.com.
 
  • If you would like to organize a wildfire evacuation route project day of your own, we'll help you.
Rotary Wildfire Safety
We Are Heading Into a Predicted Dry Summer, which means Wildfire Risk

 

Rotary has a group dedicated to helping our mountain community prepare for the possibility of a wildfire disaster, Rotary Wildfire Safety. It is a group of Rotarians and community members from Conifer, Evergreen and Bailey who have been working since 2020 on improving wildfire safety for our communities.

  • We researched risk models that insurance companies use and we found them seriously incorrect. We told legislators that it is in everyone's interest for these risk models to be accurate.
  • A major victory for Colorado homeowners. The legislature wrote and passed HB 25-1182, which requires insurance companies to prove their wildfire risk models accurate, and have them tell customers what mitigation, home hardening and fuel breaks are needed to protect their homes. This starts July 2026. 
  • We've helped arrange installation of wildfire-spotting cameras on nearby mountains
  • We've argued for more wildfire spending by the county, which may boost its wildfire staff from 1 to 36

 

Join with us to help make our communities safer from wildfire. Interested in learning more? Email  us at 

coniferrotarywildfire@gmail.com

 

We meet monthly online.  
 

Visit With Us In Conifer
Friends Helping Others

We meet In Person
Tuesdays at 8:00 a.m.
In-person and Zoom
Mountain Resource Center Address:
11030 Kitty Dr.
Conifer, CO 80433
United States of America
Our meetings are both in-person and available online, email us RotaryClub@RotaryConifer.org for the videoconference link.
 

Children who are hungry have difficulty staying focused for learning. They experience mood swings. They have trouble participating in athletics and other activities. They experience stomach aches, headaches and fatigue. Chronic hunger impacts kids for a lifetime.

One in five children in Colorado belong to families that cannot afford food or do not have regular access to food.  The 285 Backpack Project is here to help.

The 285 Backpack Project is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Conifer and the communities of Conifer and Bailey.  We help children who do not have enough food to eat at home by providing them with easy-to-prepare weekend meals and snacks throughout the school year.  By helping to sustain these children, we want to not only help meet their nutritional needs but also promote their physical, cognitive and social development, and enhance their overall sense of well-being.

  • Rotary members order the food from the Food Bank of the Rockies to fill our 285 Backpack pantry and every week during the school year, volunteers from the community meet to fill bags with a variety of easy to prepare, nutritious foods for kids to take home.  
  • The school arranges delivery of the bags to the children whose families have requested the food.  Any child is eligible.  All families are invited by letter from the principal to participate.

 

Want to make a difference?  Consider joining the Rotary Club of Conifer or by making a donation to the Conifer Rotary Foundation.

Meeting Programs
Wes Paxton
May 20, 2025
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Rotary Foundation Donations
You can help us two ways: our Conifer Rotary Foundation, and the Rotary International Foundation.
 
Our Conifer Rotary Foundation is devoted to making our local community a better place. Donate to the general fund or name a program, such as the 285 Backpack project (food for needy kids), wildfire mitigation along our roads, and others.
 
 
Our Rotary International Foundation is rated 100% by Charity Navigator. It has many national and international humanitarian programs, including eradicating Polio from the planet, clean water for the extremely poor, disaster relief, and many others.
 
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