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Ducky Derby 2020

Get ready for the

Rotary Club of Aspen's 29th Ducky Derby - Saturday August 8, 2020!

The Ducky Derby is our club's largest annual fundraiser! It is the sole way we raise money to fund the college scholarships, international exchange students and many non-profit organizations throughout our community and valley.

To make this event a success we need you, your business or your employer to sign up to help sponsor this important event! So mark your calendar, click to sponsor and see you there!

Click here to get sponsor forms and 2020 Ducky Derby Information.

About Our Club

Who We Are: The Rotary Club of Aspen is the Aspen chapter of Rotary International. Our active club provides members with a unique combination of meaningful service opportunities, fellowship with community and business leaders, and interesting and informative weekly speakers. The club is made up of nearly 100 members across a wide age range. Club members are actively involved in serving Aspen, the Roaring Fork Valley, and even the global community. We have many committees, each providing fun ways to get involved, contribute, learn, and enjoy fellowship with other members.

What We Do: Build relationships, engage with the community, share ideas, and impact lives.

Where and When: We meet at at the Mountain Chalet Aspen every Thursday morning from 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. to chat over coffee, enjoy a delicious buffet breakfast, and learn from speakers on a myriad of topics. We also hold special events throughout the year.

Curious? Come visit and see for yourself! Just click here to request more information or arrange a visit. Membership in the club is made through a formal nomination process led by an existing club member.

Aspen Times Page - 99 Members!

Check out the Aspen Times full page ad from Thursday (12/12/19). Our Club is 99 Members strong and growing! Click here to see the ad on page 13.

2019 Ducky Derby

The Ducky Derby is our club's largest annual fundraiser, and earlier this year, on Saturday August 10, we hosted the 28th running. A special thanks to our platinum sponsors: Clark's Market and the Mountain Chalet.

Click here to read more about this year's race.

Thank you to all of our sponsors and volunteers who made this event such a success.

The Object Of Rotary

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.

Our Four-Way Test

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