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Spring Break at the Parker Fieldhouse
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Parker Fieldhouse Parker Colorado
Parker Fieldhouse Parker Colorado
The Parker Fieldhouse staff has coordinated specific drop-in hours for Spring Break play throughout the week of March 22 to 26.
The inline rink hours:
Monday, March 22 and Tuesday, March 23 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Wednesday, March 24 and Thursday, March 25 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Friday, March 26 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Open hours on the turf:
Monday through Friday 7:00 to 9:00 a.m.
Tuesday 3:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday 3:00 to 5 p.m.
Thursday 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Parker Colorado Teen Court
Posted by: | CommentsTeen Court Orientation to be Held on Feb. 24
Have you heard about Parker’s Teen Court? This exciting program has been serving the Parker community for five years. An orientation for the Teen Court program will be held on Feb. 24 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Interested teens are encouraged to attend and parents are welcome! The orientation will be held at Parker Town Hall, 20120 E. Mainstreet. Teen Court applications are available online at www.parkeronline.org.
Teen Court provides Parker youth with an opportunity to get involved with the court system and earn community service hours. The Parker Teen Court was started in an effort to involve youth in Parker in the judicial process while offering appropriate sentencing for juvenile offenders. This community-based program was designed to hold first-time juvenile misdemeanor offenders accountable, while also providing a positive and educational experience through peer mentoring.
The program is currently accepting youth who are interested in volunteering to serve as jurors, bailiffs and attorneys. To serve as a teen attorney for the program, you must be at least 14 years old. All other positions are open to youth 12 to 17 years old. Teens can use time volunteered in Court toward mandatory community service hours for graduation, honor societies, a job resume or a college application.
Teen Court sessions are generally held Wednesday or Thursday evenings during the year. The time commitment is as little as one evening per month. Training sessions are held twice a year with additional advanced training sessions held throughout the year to improve performance.
The cases heard in Teen Court are real. Some of the charges that participants may hear include: assault, destruction of property, disorderly conduct, fireworks, littering, petty theft, possession of alcohol, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and shoplifting. Teen Court does not consider traffic offenses.
Please contact Sandra Gutierrez with additional questions at sgutierrez@parkeronline.org or 303.805.3171.
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Register NOW for Spring Youth Sports Leagues at the Parker Rec Parker Colorado
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Spring Volleyball
registration for youth opens online on Feb. 2 at www.ParkerRec.com. The volleyball program is coed for youth in grades four to 12. Grades four to six practice and play games in Parker. Grades seven to 12 practice in Parker and play games in Aurora. The season will run from March 1 to May 20.
Outdoor boys’ and girls’ soccer leagues are just around the corner! Registration opens online at www.ParkerRec.com on Tuesday, Feb. 9. This league will begin March 15 and run eight weeks with one practice and one game per week.
Mini Mite soccer is the perfect introduction for you three year old tyke. This once per week program introduces your child to the sport of soccer in a relaxed, fun setting on the indoor turf at the Parker Fieldhouse. A spring league will begin in March on Friday evenings or Saturday mornings.
A Kinder outdoor soccer season will begin March 17 with registration also opening online on Feb. 9. The Kinder league, for children age four to six years, is coed and focuses on building skills, learning to work as a team and having fun. Six-year-olds in kindergarten may play in either the Kinder or Youth league. This Kinder league meets once per week on Wednesday, Friday or Saturday for one hour on the outdoor fields at Auburn Hills Community Park.
Register your child for spring indoor or outdoor inline hockey at this same time. Leagues for youth in grades one to four will play outdoors at the Parker Recreation Center’s outdoor rinks from March 15 to May 15 and youth in grades 5 to 8 will play indoors at the Parker Fieldhouse during the same timeframe. If you have a young tot, ages four to six years old, wanting to learn how to play inline hockey our Mighty Mite program is just for you! This program takes place outdoors.
New for spring is a coed flag football league for youth in grades one to four. This eight-week league also begins March 15 and will end May 15.
Volunteer coaches make our Youth and Kinder programs possible! Our online system will ask you to indicate whether you are willing to coach your child’s team. If you do not hear from a sports staff member within 48 hours of submitting your offer to coach, please do not hesitate to call us at 303.805.6313.
With registration opening online at www.ParkerRec.com at 6 a.m. on Feb. 2 for volleyball and on Feb.9 for the remainder of the spring leagues, you may select your team preference by practice time, location and coach. Registration forms will also be accepted at the Parker Fieldhouse, 18700 E. Plaza Dr. and the Parker Recreation Center at 17301 Lincoln Ave. Be sure to register early as leagues fill quickly on a first-come, first-served basis! For more information, contact league coordinators Kiha Sutta at 303.805.6313 or Ryan Daberkow at 303.805.6314.
Emily Hall
Recreation Marketing Coordinator
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Colorado Uplift introduction to hockey at the Parker Fieldhouse Parker CO
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On Tuesday, Jan. 26 the Colorado Elite Inline Hockey Federation (CEIHF) and the elite Rocky Mountain Talons inline hockey team program partnered with Denver inner-city youth programs to host a learn-to-play hockey festival at the Parker Fieldhouse. Led by director Mike Magera, the Hockey without Boundaries initiative and Talons players taught 80 inner-city at-risk children in the Colorado Uplift program the benefits of health and fitness through floor hockey participation
Parker Mayor David Casiano welcomed the youth and encouraged them to stay active. The event included inline hockey exhibitions, skills demonstrations and hands-on lesson instruction from the Talons designed to encourage youngsters to learn to play the sport of hockey.
As a special treat, Colorado Avalanche player Wojtek Wolski
spoke to the youth about the importance of hockey, signed autographs and assisted during lessons giving face-to-face attention to such a noteworthy event.
The Hockey without Boundaries program uses floor hockey and inline hockey clinics to introduce the sport to youth of all ages and backgrounds.
The Colorado Avalanche
has supported the program by donating several sets of hockey equipment to be distributed throughout the Town of Parker recreation programs, elementary schools and inner-city programs as part of the CEIHF youth hockey initiatives. In addition, Colorado Avalanche alumni and current players have donated their time to this very important cause by
assisting CEIHF toward reaching out to Denver’s inner-city youth community.
The Rocky Mountain Talons Elite Inline Hockey team’s home rink is the Parker Fieldhouse. For more information on the Hockey without Boundaries program and CEIHF visit www.ceihf.org or contact Eddie Delgado at 720.257.3813.
Colorado UpLift is a youth program serving over 3,000 inner-city youth. For more information on Colorado UpLift visit www.coloradouplift.org.
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Emily Hall
Recreation Marketing Coordinator
Town of Parker
20120 E. Mainstreet
Parker, CO 80138
Direct: 303.805.3263
Fax: 303.805.3123
Horse Drawn Carraige Rides on Mainstreet Parker Colorado
Posted by: | CommentsIn it’s second year, the Parker Downtown Development Council (DDC) is once again running carriage rides in downtown Parker Friday and Saturday nights through the New Years Eve.
This is a new family tradition that fits in so well with the quaint downtown area that Parker residents have come to love and enjoy with their own families as well as visiting relatives for the Christmas holidays.
Your ride includes a trip throughout the historic scenic downtown area with stops along the way. Each stop offers a variety of entertainment from caroling groups, other live music, arts and crafts at Santa’s Workshop, Christmas story time for children of all ages facilitated by the Douglas County library and an appearance by Old St. Nick himself.
Dates:
Friday’s and Saturdays
December 11, 12, 18, 19
Thursday December 24, and Saturday December 26th.
Cost: $5/person
Tickets can be purchased prior to the even or the night of your ride at various businesses located in downtown Parker, CO.
“The Parker DDC is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to increase the quality of Parker’s historic downtown area. They accomplish this by bringing local businesses, landowners, and the Town of Parker together to provide a more enjoyable, vibrant, and viable downtown for the Parker citizens, community, and businesses. Several other events they put on include the Smokin’ Brew BBQ, CarFest, Wine Walks, and ParkerFest.”
If you’d like more information or want to contact the Parker DDC, please call at 303-841-8155, or e-mail at parkerddc@gmail.com.
