Each year, MKP Northwest selects a man who exhibits a life of exemplary vision and service. This year’s award recipient is Jim Parker.
Jim Parker, "White Stallion"
“I LIVE A LIFE OF CONTRIBUTION MEASURED SIMPLY BY WHAT I DO AND ULTIMATELY WHAT I GIVE.”
Jim’s work in the world is being a physician. That mission of service has included 2 ½ years working and traveling in Africa and South America, courageous service to the initial AIDS patients and for decades as the AIDS physician for the County and recently in creating a free health clinic for the uninsured. Medical providers and their staffs have donated two years of their Sundays, asking only that recipients of the free care “pay it forward”; giving their time to the community.
Jim has led hundreds of volunteers for thirty years in the creation of the Mt. Shasta July 4th Walk/Run, helping raise over a million dollars to beautify downtown with trees, street lamps, mini parks, benches, and by support for youth sports.
Dr. Jim Parker is living his mission statement to live a life of contribution measured simply by what he does and ultimately what he gives. He is a courageous, committed, compassionate healer, and hundreds of his neighbors consistently follow his leadership into beautifully ambitious community service projects. Jim makes a difference with his life.
Jim was born in Louisiana, did his undergraduate work at University of Oklahoma, attended Medical School at LSU, and completed a Family Practice residency at the University of California Davis, before opening his practice in Mt. Shasta in 1979. Jim is a divorced father of two sons. Dr. Jim Parker, Sask Medical Group, 822 Pine St.Mt. Shasta, CA 96067
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