Peak to Peak Rotary Club

“Service above Self,” the Rotary motto, guides our thoughts and actions as we strive to provide support and education of lasting value; working to include a hand up rather than just a hand out. Peace and conflict prevention and resolution is a key focus of our work in the world. We endorse the guiding principles of Rotary International which include monitoring what we think, say or do so that these reflect the truth, are fair to all concerned, build good will and better friendships and are beneficial to all concerned.

Although compassion may motivate us to make donations, to award scholarships or to help fund and participate in humanitarian projects in a distant land, it goes a great deal deeper. It springs from the recognition of our connectedness, our interdependence and the understanding that, except for different parents, there are we.

Thus, with compassion and understanding we work give material, educational and spiritual support to others now that we have needed in the past and may need again someday.

The Peak to Peak Rotary Club is part of Rotary International and District 5450, typically thought of as the Denver area, stretching from Breckenridge to the Kansas border. We serve the towns of  Black Hawk, Central City, Nederland and Rollinsville of Gilpin and Boulder Counties along the Peak to Peak Scenic Byway.

We have 23 members — community, government and business leaders committed to creating sustainable service projects internationally and locally.  And we’re growing with a new satellite club forming in the town of Nederland. Interested? Then contact us.

Our focus has been serving the youth of our local communities with scholarships, leadership development (through Rocky Mountain RYLA) and local Interact youth service club.  We also support other charitable causes in our local community.

Internationally, we support Shelterbox which supplies shelter, food and warmth to people in areas experiencing natural and human inflicted disasters. Shelterbox often has relief on the ground withing 48-72 hours — days and even months before governments respond.

Peak to Peak Rotary, in cooperation with the Peace Corps and the people being served, installed 100 latrines for an indigenous people in Panama in 2012-13. We are now raising funds for a large, potable water project in Panama.