The Rotary Club of Aspen is the local chapter of the international Rotary Organization. It provides members with the unique combination of meaningful service opportunities, fellowship with community and business leaders, and interesting and informative weekly speakers. The Club is comprised of nearly 100 members ranging in age from 30 to 94. Club members are actively involved in serving the Roaring Fork Valley as well as the global community. We have more than two-dozen committees, each providing unique and fun ways to get involved, contribute, learn, and enjoy fellowship with other members. We meet every Thursday at 7:00 a.m. for an interesting program and a delicious buffet breakfast at the Mt. Chalet hotel in Aspen. Membership in the Aspen Rotary Club is made through a formal nomination process, led by an existing Club Member.
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:- FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
- SECOND: High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
- THIRD: The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;
- FOURTH: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships. The test has been translated into more than 100 languages, and Rotarians recite it at club meetings:Of the things we think, say or do
- Is it the TRUTH?
- Is it FAIR to all concerned?
- Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
