Families and community members are welcome to share information about local
youth-friendly activities and organizations (e.g. sports activities or other extracurricular activities) with business manager Julie Barrett for possible inclusion on this page.
Events
Third Saturday of every month: VFW Post 12009 Monthly Breakfast at Beaver Ranch, Conifer Community Park - all you can eat homemade breakfast served from 7:30 to 11:30 to benefit services for our area veterans.
Last Saturday in February: 285 Winterfest, a free festival featuring a snow tubing competition, snowman carving competition, and a family movie at StageDoor Theatre.
Mid-March: Conifer Rotary St. Patrick's Day Party, a dinner event with live music and a silent auction (Conifer Rotary sponsors our Interact Club).
Late April: Mountain Area Home and Garden Show, which benefits community organizations through grants disbursed by the Evergreen and Conifer Rotary Foundations.
Last weekend in July: Elevation Celebration, a free festival with music, vendors, food, games, and more; it includes the the Elevation Run/Walk, which benefits the Conifer Lobos Unified Boosters and Conifer Community Trails.
Late August: Conifer Rotary Conifer Fest music festival at Beaver Ranch Park
Late September: Conifer OctoBEERfest, which benefits Conifer High School DECA.
Early November: Conifer Newcomers and Neighbors Holiday Boutique, which benefits community organizations through grants.
First weekend in December: Christmas in Conifer parade and festivities.
Ongoing Activities
After-School Programs
DEC Tech - Colorado School of Mines offers four-week long programs in STEM topics; Discover Tech for girls in grades 3-6, and Explore Tech for 7th and 8th grade girls.
Sports
Theatre
StageDoor - StageDoor's Junior Company (6th-8th grade) will have a triple feature production of Cousin Amy's Diner, You're Driving Me Crazy, and How to Mess Up Pretty Much Anything in fall 2022, and a production of Bugsy Malone JR. in spring 2023.
The Venue - Venue's Middle School Company will have a production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown in fall 2022.
Youth Organizations
Boy Scouts of America
Troops that meet in the mountain area for boys (and girls where noted) ages 11 – 17:
- Troop 238 - Thursdays in Bailey
- Troop 400 - Mondays in Conifer
- Troop 737 - Mondays in Evergreen (73 above the s-curves) - girls meet separately at same time
- Troop 818 - Wednesdays in Evergreen (Buffalo Park Road) for girls
- Troop 888 - Tuesdays in Evergreen (Meadow Drive) - girls meet separately at same time
- Troop 1776 - Wednesdays in Evergreen (Buffalo Park Road)
Girl Scouts of the USA
Cadettes are the Girl Scout program level for girls in 6th through 8th grade. Troops are selected from the Opportunity Catalog after registering a girl in the program; please contact Girl Scouts of Colorado at 877-404-5708, e-mail [email protected], or use their web contact form to obtain more information.
4-H
Jefferson County 4-H groups in the Conifer area include the Pleasant Park Shooting Stars and Traildusters.