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Year: 2020

Rotary Club of Florence Scholarship Recipients Share their Experiences as Students During the Pandemic

Julie Pile
Autumn Jones, Boone County High School Alumni

Rotary Club of Florence Scholarship Recipients Share their Experiences as Students During the Pandemic   Written By:  Autumn Ray  Florence, Kentucky – December 18, 2020 The Rotary Club of Florence Scholarship Program awards multiple scholarships to students at each of the county’s high schools (both public and private) each year. Two of these students attended the Rotary Club of Florence’s virtual…

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Scholarship Recipients Share Impact & Time for Some Laughs!

Julie Pile
2020-12-14 Scholarship Recipients Visit and Drawful

What impact does receiving a scholarship from the Rotary Club of Florence have on a student?  Find out as two recipients return to give an update on their educational journeys.  Autumn Jones of Boone County High School and Aneliese Rodriquez of St. Henry District High School will be joining the club on Monday, December 14th. Following Autumn and Aneleise’s chat…

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Founder and CEO of New Riff Distilling, Ken Lewis. Mr. Lewis will be talking about “Northern Kentucky–The Best Place in Kentucky to make whiskey??!! We’ve got the water (more on that!) but we’ve also got the community!”

Julie Pile
2020-12-07 New Riff Distilling - Ken Lewis

On Monday, December 7th, the Rotary Club of Florence will be joined by the Founder and CEO of New Riff Distilling, Ken Lewis.  Mr. Lewis will be talking about “Northern Kentucky–The Best Place in Kentucky to make whiskey??!! We’ve got the water (more on that!) but we’ve also got the community!”   Ken Lewis was teaching high school English when his…

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Rotary Club of Florence joins Steinford Toy Foundation To Bring a Merry Christmas to Thousands of NKY Children

Julie Pile

The Rotary Club of Florence and Steinford Toy Foundation have joined forces again in 2020 in order to bring joy this holiday season to thousands of children in Northern Kentucky.   Donations of unwrapped new or gently used toys are being received at the locations listed below.  Donations will be accepted through Monday, December 7th. “Our community cares and Christmas joy…

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Teacher of the Year Celebration to be held Monday, November 16th

Julie Pile
2020-11-16 Teacher of the Year Celebration

On Monday, November 16th, the Rotary Club of Florence will have the honor of celebrating the 2019-2020 Teachers of the Year.   The recipients of the award this year are: Erin Core-Stine, Drama, Music, Chorus, Video Production Teacher at Walton-Verona High School Pat Morgan, 2nd Grade Teacher at Mann Elementary School Jamie Hubbard, Freshman Math Teacher at Conner High School Stacey…

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“The Invisible Justice Problem” Legal Aid of the Bluegrass Executive Director to present to Rotary Club of Florence on November 9th

Julie Pile
2020-11-09 Legal Aid of the Bluegrass - Joshua Crabtree

On Monday, November 9th, the Rotary Club of Florence will have the honor of hearing from Joshua Crabtree, Executive Director of the Legal Aid of the Bluegrass.  He will be talking about “The Invisible Justice Problem.” Joshua Crabtree is the Executive Director of Legal Aid of the Bluegrass. Joshua’s scholarly work focuses on ethics and the rights of children. Joshua…

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