Rotary Club of Central Citrus County has distributed 375 dictionaries to the
3rd grade classes of Central Citrus Elementary, Citrus Springs Elementary
& Hernando Elementary. It is a wonderful experience to see how excited
the 3rd graders are when getting their own dictionary. All 6 Rotary clubs
in the county are involved with distributing dictionaries to the 3rd graders.
Club members involved this year were Vera Swade, Mike Busler, Hazel
Carlson & Roger Carlson. Below are some of the thank you notes from the
students. Click note to view better.

Katie Neely Co-Founder & Program Manager of Aspire gave an excellent
presentation updating the Club on Aspire – home of the River Project.
Her message to the Club was about “Healthy relationships create healthy
families which are the backbone of a healthy community”. She had the
the Aspire Mascot: Etch-a-Sketch with her to demonstrate it’s never too
late to shake it up and start with a new slate.

Ken Swade & Katie Neely

Speakers for the meeting from Big Brothers/Big Sister: Darlene Carlson &
Sheri Chancey.They gave an inspiring talk about the children who need a role
model t o help them develop and a friend who is there when they need advice
and help. The commitment to the children is for one on one over at least a year
or longer. They meet once a week for an hour or more which involve serious
and many fun activities. Couples can be both supporting the same child.
At the meeting they had 10 children needing Big Brothers or Big Sisters
from ages 6 to 15. You can contact them at:
Darlene Carlson  352-464-4470  [email protected]
Sheri Chancey  352-410-4442   sheric@bbbstampabay
website: bbbstampabay.org

Roger, Darlene & Sheri

There was a large turnout of eager volunteers at the Crystal River High School
to do their part to “Stop Hunger Now”. Over 36,000 packets of food were filled.
A lot of fun was had by all and there was  real competition between the 3 teams.
Several of our Club members were helping make it a success to eliminate hunger
in the world: John Clardy, Eric Hoyer, Anthony Kopka, Mike Busler, Lis Busler,
Lou Newman, Roger Carlson and Lovisa Hansson.