The Florida Airboat Association and the Kissimmee River Valley Sportsman Association are offering summer camp scholarships to 10 Florida youths, ages 8 to 16. The scholarships will cover the full registration fee for a week-long residential summer camp at either the Everglades Youth Conservation Center in West Palm Beach or the Ocala Outdoor Adventure Camp in Ocala.
The camps focus on outdoor skills, conservation education, and recreational activities such as fishing, wildlife viewing, and safe firearm handling.
The application deadline is April 30, and the selected participants will also be invited to participate in a youth hunt with the Youth Hunting Program of Florida.
For more information, visit https://floridaairboat.org.
Teens Night Out is back! All local teens in sixth to 10th grades are invited to the Depot Pavilion on Thursday, April 17, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Enjoy music, face painting, games, and more.
The Depot Pavilion is located at 300 N. Apopka Ave, Inverness. For additional information, call 352-726-3913.
Citrus Springs Library will have its book sale fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, April 25, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday April 26.
Everyone is invited to come and support the library in its efforts.
Citrus Springs Library is at 1826 W Country Club Blvd, Citrus Springs; phone 352-489-2313.
If you’re a graduating high school senior or you know one, and you paint, tap dance, play the flugelhorn or write sonnets, the Rainbow Springs Art in Dunnellon gallery may be able to help you pursue your creative passion in college.
The gallery is the only area art gallery sponsoring scholarships for area students who want to study the creative arts in college – visual art, music, dance, writing, theater, or even such things as culinary arts. Two $1,500 scholarships are available.
You’ll need to show you’ve been accepted by a college, have a letter of recommendation from your arts teacher or counselor, and meet some other requirements as listed on the gallery’s website, www.rainbowspringsart.com. Deadline is April 30.
The application is on the website and at the gallery, 20804 W. Pennsylvania Ave. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 352-445-8547.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Citrus County will have its inaugural Fishing for Futures Youth Tournament on April 25 and 26 at MacRae’s of Homosassa.
The Captains Dinner will be at 6 p.m. Friday, April 25. The tourney begins Saturday at 6 a.m. and goes until 4 p.m. with weigh-ins closing at 4 p.m.
Registration includes a goodie bucket, fishing pole, T-shirt, pizza party, education stations and games. Take a chance to win a boat. Cash prizes are $100 for first, $50 for second and $25 for third. Smallest fish gets $25.
Entry fee for nonmembers is $35 and for members is $30. Ages 3-15 may compete. All anglers must be accompanied by an adult.
Different levels of sponsorship for the tourney are available. For more information or to register, call 352-621-9225 or visit www.bgccitrus.org/events-tickets. Email to info@bgccitrus.org.
The Friends of the Homosassa Library will hold their annual Spring book sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 10, and Friday, April 11; and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at the library, 4100 S. Grandmarch Ave., the corner of Grandmarch Avenue and Grover Cleveland Boulevard.
On sale will be thousands of paperback and hardcover books, CDs, DVDs, jigsaw puzzles and games. Paperbacks cost 50 cents each, hardcovers cost $2 and $3 each. Teens and children’s books, as well as large print editions of novels in both paperback and hardcover are also available. All proceeds benefit the library.
Young men and women in their junior year of high school are invited to apply for Boys State and Girls State.
Both programs are a weeklong, all-expenses-paid trip to Tallahassee for an intense study of government. College scholarship opportunities will also be available.
For those interested in Boys State or Girls State, qualifications are:
Interested juniors can contact their guidance counselor for an application and additional information.
For Girls State, you can also contact Elfi Baker, Girls State chairperson of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 155, at 352-564-2548 or rbaker699@tampabay.rr.com.
For Boys State, you can also contact Richard “Gunner” Jordan, Boys State chairperson for American Legion Post 155, at 941-704-0151 or richardj18rj@gmail.com.
Applications should be submitted as soon as possible.
Visit girlsstate@alafl.org for Girls State and http://www.floridalegion.org for Boys State.
Take Stock in Children is pleased to announce that they have been awarded six, four-year tuition scholarships for Citrus County students in the ninth grade who meet the eligibility requirements and have a dream of attending a college or a university in Florida.
The eligibility criteria include meeting the financial requirements, having a reference form completed by a teacher, maintaining good grades and having a good behavior record.
Students must apply and be accepted into the program before the end of the first semester. For more information about this scholarship opportunity, call the Take Stock office at 352-344-0855.
Take Stock in Children’s scholarships are provided through their partnership with the Florida Prepaid Foundation.
English as a Second Language (ESL) meets at North Oak Church at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays. Anyone is welcome to come and spend the evening with trained instructors who will help in all levels of English-speaking.
On Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., an evening of games and fun helps to practice what you have learned.
North Oak, 9324 N. Elkcam Blvd., Citrus Springs, is at the corner of North Elkcam and North Citrus Springs boulevards. Call 352-489-1688 for information.
The Citrus County Education Foundation is currently recruiting volunteers to share books, engage in conversation and play games focusing on concepts like letters and colors to help local pre-kindergarten students develop reading readiness skills during the 2024-25 school year.
You can greatly impact the lives of two young children in our community by volunteering just one hour a week at a local school.
If this sounds like something you, or someone you know, would be interested in, log on to the CCEF website www.citruseducation.org for more information or to sign up.
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