On behalf of our club President, Garrett Adkins, and Ed Wilsek, the chairman of the Stone Crab Jam Music Festival Organizing Committee, we want to thank the City of Crystal River and the 300 volunteers who helped Kings Bay Rotary with our Annual Fund Raiser in November – The Stone Crab Jam Festival Music Festival. […]

Allison and Gerry spoke about the purpose of the “Crystal River Main Street” group and their efforts to ensure our downtown area is beautiful and bustling. They shared that “Main Street” is a National Organization that works to fulfill this mission in downtown communities around the country. They also spoke about the efforts to diversify […]

Dr. Abhi spoke to us on Wednesday, October 16th, about his employer, ClearSky Health and Rehabilitation of Lecanto. They have been a part of the local area for about a year or so and have done a great deal in that time. He shared that they offer an interesting take on rehabilitation, with a whole […]

Thomas Kennedy was our guest speaker last Wednesday. He provided a phenomenal presentation on various career and technical pathways offered through various academies within the county’s High Schools. These include: NJROTC, Construction, Computer Science, FFA, CTE courses for jobs acting as course credit, and more. Being that we are in Crystal River, Thomas honed in on one […]

Troy Slattery, was our guest speaker for the day. He provided some information on his personal experience in the varied departments and positions of which he has worked over the years, and brought us insight as to what projects are of the highest priority as of the current moment. Chief among them is the City Riverwalk project. […]

Thank you, Cregg Dalton, for speaking to us last Wednesday. Cregg provided a great update on the state of the county from his perspective, some information on the best way to make your tax frustrations heard, and how our county is handling growth in 2024 and beyond. It was a very interesting presentation.

Nichelle Mohre-Cassidy, our guest speaker for the day from YaYAS. YaYAS stands for “Youth and Young Adults Shelter” of Citrus county and is our first and currently only youth and young adult shelter in the county. They, though new, are doing a great deal to combat an often unseen issue in the local community, teen […]

Robert spoke to our club last August 14th about his agency, Family and Friends Reaching for Abilities (FFRA). He shared that FFRA is a group dedicated to helping those with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live more fulfilling lives. He and Bruce shared that they achieve this largely through a couple of their annual programs, […]

We had a few very special guests in attendance today: Maria Luiza “Malu” Franchini, who is visiting us from Brazil as an exchange student sponsored by the Rotary Club of Sao Caetano do Sul in District 4220. Chun-Ni “Jennie” Wu, who is visiting us from Taiwan as an exchange student sponsored by Taichung Culture Education […]

Thank you, Sonja McCaughey, for sharing a little bit about Nature Coast Ministries and what they do in the community. Nature Coast Ministries provides much needed dental care to those in need. Running a dental clinic is very expensive. Sonja even shared that some dental tools are $1,100 each. She let us all know that […]