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Year: 2018

Rotary Club of Florence, Kentucky Citizen of the Year – Jackie “Mom” Kaye

Julie Pile

” order_by=”pid” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]   Written By:  Patrick Moynahan Florence, Kentucky – August 13, 2018 – Gary Griesser wondered who the woman slowing down a long line at the U.S. Post Office in Burlington with a load of packages was. “That’s Mom Kaye,” one of the postal workers…

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GO Pantry Event – Shining His Light on Childhood Hunger

Julie Pile

Join GO Pantry for their first ever fundraising event – Shine a Light on Childhood. Tickets and sponsorships purchased for this event will provide resources for the school year GO Bag program. There are hungry kids in our community who need help. Demand is increasing. GO Pantry will pack 13,000 GO Bags this school year. Your Event Donation includes one…

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Boone County Schools Aims to Reach All High School Students Through the Drug Fee Clubs of America Program

Julie Pile
Boone County Schools Executive Director of Student Services, Kathy Reutman

Boone County Schools hopes to enroll every high school student in the district this fall in a voluntary drug testing program with rewards for just saying “No.”  The district will launch Drug Free Clubs of America in all its schools this fall. The voluntary program is the latest iteration of efforts to discourage students from using drugs.  “Drug Free Clubs…

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We had a great time at the Boone County Fair!

Julie Pile

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped us take admissions at the Boone County Fair Friday night.  We received a great response to the car litter bags which we handed out.  Thank you to Rotarians Dave Wolfer for coordinating the bag purchase and Ed Massey for your sponsorship of the bags. #ServiceAboveSelf #FloRo #PeopleofAction

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Boone County Interactors have an “Amazing” experience during service trip to Dominican Republic

Julie Pile

“Amazing” is the term Interact Club students most often use to describe their experiences during a service trip to the Dominican Republic. Noah David, who went this July for a second time, was amazed at the response of kids he played with briefly a year ago. They were excited to see him.  “They remembered me … they remembered my name,”…

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