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Meet Your Neighbor: Carol Marker

It is the season of giving and that suits Carol Marker just fine.  Although currently retired as manager of the family business, Marker Boat & Mini Storage, not a day goes by that Carol doesn’t keep busy or take on a challenge to make the community a better place.  In fact, her definition of “retirement” would not be complete without tackling a problem or finding a solution to help others. 

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As a wife, mother and grandmother of four, she has been particularly interested in finding ways to help young children.  She has been involved in a variety of charitable organizations including March of Dimes. She’s also assisted at a home for unwed mothers, and has been an Association President and Troop Leader for Girl Scouts as well as a Den Mother for the Cub Scouts. Out of all the organizations to which she’s lent assistance, however, it is the Boys & Girls Clubs of Henderson (now Southern Nevada) that is closest to her heart.  Carol is a past President and Board Member and has made an indelible influence on its success through leadership. During her tenure she introduced new programs, many of which are still in practice today, and pushed forward even when things got tough for the group.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada provides a positive place for kids to go before and after school and during summer break.  The group offers affordable and fun activities for youth age 5-18.  The organization’s caring and dedicated staff provides weekly programs including activities such as sports, table games, board games, arts and crafts, technology, educational activities, field trips and more to help nurture productive, responsible young citizens.  Carol Marker talks about the Boys & Girls Club, and why giving up…on anything… is just not in her nature.

What or whom do you think inspires you to want to help others?

“My life inspiration was my mother.  She was a great lady and demanded the best from me.  She believed that the more you gave to aid the community or family, the more that would come back to you.  The last few years of her life were difficult for her, but she handled them without complaint and with dignity.  It is my hope that I reflect some of those traits as I go through life.”

You must have also inherited your mother’s will to keep pushing forward?

“I have been known to tackle any problem and work alone or with others to find and implement a solution.  I do not know how to give up on a task.”

That includes the Boys & Girls Club of Southern Nevada?  It went through a rough period at the beginning.

“I have seen the Clubs from a time of almost financial ruin to a successful, healthy organization.  At the time I was President, the Henderson organization was in jeopardy of having to put locks on the doors because of financial problems.  With the help of new Board Members and Mike Meyers we were able to put the Clubs on secure financial footing.  I was the originator of our current annual auction and have participated in the ongoing merger discussions with the Las Vegas organization.”

What are you most proud to have achieved with the Clubs?

“I am most proud of the Marker Unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada, which is still one of the year-round clubs that provides programs for young children.”

So tell us about retirement life. How is it different on a day-to-day basis?

“I can’t think of a better job than the job of retirement.  It is hard to go from the work-a-day world to days of seeming unending free time but I hope to do it well enough that I will have done and seen everything I can.”

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