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Rotary Club of Inverness Photo Gallery


Enhancing education at all levels
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Our club meetings on March 12 and 19 demonstrate how important improving education is to our club and to Rotary International. On March 12, we honored the February Students of the month from Inverness Middle School and Citrus High School. On March 19, we recognized our two WTC scholarship winners as well as heard from our Global Scholar Abby Blocker.
Ahoy, matey, shenanigans afoot!
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Members of the Rotary Club of Inverness gathered March 17 at Lora's home to decorate our club's float in the annual Inverness St. Patrick's Day Parade. Many thanks go to Lora as well as Drew and Jen Benefield for loaning us their truck and pontoon boat and to club members who helped decorate.
Who knew conservation could be so much fun?
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Nearly 50 third-graders from Floral City Elementary School spent the morning of Feb. 5 at Whispering Pines Park learning from our club members about different ways they can help save the planet through conservation and preservation - all while having fun! From playing golf and bowling to making aluminum can towers and gently handling worms, the youngsters learned they can help Mother Nature and have fun at the same time. For more photos, visit the Rotary Club of Inverness' Facebook page.
Raise a toast to a successful Highland Craft Brew Festival!
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Hundreds of craft beer aficionados gathered around the Inverness Depot Park water tower on Feb. 24 for an evening of fun as they sampled suds from home and commercial craft beer brewers. The party was our club's seventh annual beer festival and raised much-needed funds to help make our signature project - turning Bryant Park into an all-inclusive playground - a reality.
Sure, it was a chilly morning but the Rotarians were on fire!
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Rotarians and friends of the Rotary Club bundled up Wednesday morning to help feed more than 1,000 of our neighbors at the Let's Feed Citrus food drive orchestrated by the Church Without Walls.
How Rotary goes the extra mile to help kids through Sharing Smiles
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Ruth Bowling of AdventHealth spoke to our club on Feb. 20 about the Sharing Smiles program that helps children in Latin America get the treatment they need for cleft lips and palates. Find more details in the meeting recap, by Karen Aultman, elsewhere on the site.
Sky's the limit for these students
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At our club's Feb. 13 meeting, we honored the January Students of the Month from both Inverness Middle School and Citrus High School. From IMS, we had Makalya Butler and Jett Ritli, along with liaison Allison Lambert. From CHS, we had liaison Chad Myers and Conner Peltier.
Making magic for the Craft Brew Festival
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Our club members responded to a call for help to build gift baskets for the silent auction during the upcoming Highlands Craft Brew Festival. Each of these baskets of fun will help raise needed funds for our signature project, the reimagining of Bryant Park as a playground for special needs children.
Global Scholar Abby Blocker visits
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Abby Blocker returned home to Inverness for the holidays and visited our club, bringing her usual grace and good cheer while updating us on her important work to improve health care in remote areas of South Africa.
Sharing is caring!
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Our club had another successful Sorting Saturday with Relief Share on Jan. 20! Our members, including Interact students, volunteered to help sort and pack a mountain of surplus medical supplies donated from local medical facilities and offices to be shipped to hospitals in war-torn Ukraine. Special thanks to First Presbyterian Church of Inverness for hosting the event as well as Citrus County Schools and HCA Florida Citrus Hospital for all of their support for this worthy cause.
Students of the month recognized
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On Jan. 16, our club recognized four local students for their many accomplishments as our Students of the Month.
Lighting up the holiday season!
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Our club added to the holiday cheer at Inverness' Depot District with a cleverly decorated lamppost at Liberty Park. Special thanks to Chris, Michael and everyone involved with making this otherwise ordinary lamppost shine!
The Season of Giving, Rotary-style!
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It's the holiday season, and members of the Rotary Club of Inverness are everywhere around Citrus County spreading joy and working hard to make life better for our neighbors.
Saluting remarkable students
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The Rotary Club of Inverness on Dec. 12 recognized the Students of the Month from Inverness Middle School and Citrus High School, who impressed the audience of club members, parents and school officials with their accomplishments and community spirit.
Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season - Inverness Rotary style!
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Our annual holiday party was a wonderful evening of laughter, friendship and good food! We send a special thanks to President Tom Slaymaker and wife, Kelly, for opening their lovely home to the club and for providing all of the delicious goodies for us to enjoy, and for Lace and everyone else involved in making this evening a success.
Braving the cold to learn how to save the planet, One Bag at a Time
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More than 100 students from Inverness Primary School swarmed Whispering Pines Park on Nov. 28 as part of the Rotary Club of Inverness' One Bag event, designed to teach local youngsters the value of conservation and recycling while having tons of fun!
Ringing the bells, decking the halls!
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Members of the Rotary Club of Inverness and their families rang in the holiday season over the Thanksgiving weekend by collecting donations for the Salvation Army outside of Publix in Inverness. For hours, these folks spread holiday cheers and helped raise needed funds to help others in Citrus County.
Tearing walls down to build up a community
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Members of our club joined volunteers from The Path in a demolition project on Nov. 18 in a storefront in Dunnellon, the future home of a renovated thrift store to help raise funds for the shelter.
Inspiration overload
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The latest group of Students of the Month from Inverness Middle School and Citrus High School, filled our members with pride in their accomplishments during the Nov. 14 club meeting. Their good work left us inspired and hopeful for the future.
Sending good thoughts - and desperately needed medical supplies
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Surplus medical supplies collected by the community group RELIEF SHARE from doctors' offices and medical centers in Citrus County, all coordinated by our club's Megan Carella and packaged with the help of our Rotarians, have arrived in war-ravaged Kherson, Ukraine. It's another way Rotary's global reach is making a difference in lives.
Stone crabs, cold beer, Rotary fun and fellowship!
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Members of the Rotary Club of Inverness helped fellow Rotarians from the Kings Bay club keep the good times rolling at the 16th Annual Stone Crab Jam on Nov. 4. We were selling cold beer and our stand was near the live music, so we ours was a popular stop for the crowd.
Purple passion!
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Members of the Rotary Club of Inverness donned purple clothing at a recent meeting to mark World Polio Day, recognizing the enormous work Rotarians around the world have done to eradicate this disease.
One Earth, One Bag, One Fun Day!
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Rotarians spent a recent morning at Whispering Pines Park teaching dozens of third-grade students from Pleasant Grove Elementary about conservation, recycling and other fun ways to appreciate and safeguard our world.
Celebrating tomorrow's leaders
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The Rotary Club of Inverness for many years has been honoring students of the month from Citrus High School and Inverness Middle School. We're so proud of these up-and-coming community leaders.
Work hard, play hard!
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Our club members enjoy spending time with each other away from community service projects. Our social this month was an evening of duckpin bowling and games at the Inverness Depot cafe.
Things are picking up around Cooter Pond
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Members of the Rotary Club of Inverness clean the shoreline of Cooter Pond in Inverness as part of the annual Coastal Cleanup Day during Save Our Waters Week.
Bryant Park service project
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The Rotary Club of Inverness, in partnership with the City of Inverness, recently cut the ceremonial ribbon at the completion of the Phase 2 Project at Bryant Park in Inverness. This year’s upgrades included land preparation, installation of shaded picnic furnishings, BBQ grills and trash receptacles.
Highland Craft Beer Festival
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The Highland Craft Brew Festival, hosted by the Rotary Club of Inverness, Saturday, February 2, 2019 at Rock Crusher Canyon in Lecanto. The event kicks off at 6pm and continues through 9pm. The Highland Craft Brew Festival features home brewers who compete in a People’s Choice competition, craft brewers from around the state and entertainment from popular Celtic rock band Off Kilter. New for 2019 is the addition of an Ultimate Highlander VIP scotch tasting.
Lakeside Ranches
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July 2019 "5th Tuesday" social took us all to Lakeside Ranches for a great meal, camaraderie, and a serene setting. Thanks, John & Kaley Wirthlin for such great hospitality!
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