About Us

The Elizabethtown Rotary Club is part of ROTARY International, which is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace throughout the world.

Rotary was founded in 1905 in Chicago and has since become a leading public service organization with over 1,200,000 Rotarians belonging to over 32,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. The motto "Service Above Self" expresses the aim of Rotary members.

The Elizabethtown Rotary Club was chartered February 23, 1935 . The Club had 15 charter members and today has 111 professional businessmen and women as members. The Elizabethtown Club was sponsored by the Lebanon Rotary Club (chartered November 18, 1923 ).

Rotary meetings are held each Tuesday at 12:00 noon and finish promptly at 1:00 pm. The meetings are held at the Country Hearth Inn and Suites located at the intersection of I-65 (exit 94) and Bardstown Road (US 62 East).

•  Developed by local community leaders including Rotary member Dr. Bill Handley
•  In 2003 Elizabethtown Rotary decided to support the Health Clinic as a major Community Service Project
•  All proceeds from the Rotary Fish Fry during the Heartland Festival goes to the Health Clinic
      2003 - $6000
      2004 - $7000

Kentucky Harvest Backpack Program

•  Developed by local community leaders including Rotary member James Doughty.
•  In 2008 Elizabethtown Rotary decided to support the Backpack Program as a major Community Service Project
•  2008 Contribution - $6,500

Each year the club awards several scholarships to local students to help them further their education at a post-secondary school. The scholarships given are:

Scholarship Title	Target Group or School	Amount
GED	GED graduate who will attend ECC or ETC	$1000
Hays/Murray	Graduating Senior at Central Hardin High School	$1000
Interact	Interact Student at Elizabethtown High School	$500
Jim Owen	Graduating Senior at Elizabethtown High School who will attend ECC	$1000
Stone/Taylor	Graduating Senior at Elizabethtown High School	$1000
Technical/Vocational	Student to attend Elizabethtown Technical College	$500

Elizabethtown Rotary supports many other community organizations each year through donations.

•  Helping Hand
•  Boy Scouts
•  United Way of Central KY
•  Hospice
•  Greenspace
•  Big Brothers Big Sisters
•  State Theatre
•  Vaughn Reno Starks Program
•  Project Graduation at Central, John Hardin, & Elizabethtown High Schools
•  Junior Achievement
•  Youth Leadership Club