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The Kilmarnock-Irvington-White Stone Rotary Club

Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. There are approximately 1.2 million Rotarians, members of more than 31,000 Rotary clubs in 167 countries.

The Kilmarnock-Irvington-White Stone (KIWS) Rotary Club was founded in 1929 and currently has 50+ members. Our goal is to provide humanitarian service to the Northern Neck of Virginia and beyond.

The KIWS Rotary Club annual fundraiser, The Bay Seafood Festival, A tradition for 20 years, the KIWS Rotary Club organizes the Bay Sefood Festival and executes this all-you-can-eat buffet, including numerous varieties of seafood side dishes and beverages, as well as live dance music. Over 2,000 people attended the Bay Seafood Festival in 2009. The proceeds from the festival benefit local charitable organizations such as the Northern Neck Free Health Clinic, Boy Scouts, Jacob's Ladder, The Haven, Hospice and other community groups. Proceeds have exceeded $330,000.

THE 20TH ANNUAL BAY SEAFOOD FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD AT BELLE ISLE STATE PARK ON 10 SEPTEMBER 2010. TICKETS ARE G-O-N-E,

TICKETS ARE 100% SOLD OUT

We thank everyone who bought tickets to make this another successful Seafood Festival!

Some of our other recent projects have included:

The Dictionary Project. For the past six years, the KIWS Rotary Club has given dictionaries to all of the third-grade students in Lancaster and Northumberland County schools.

Books for the Library. In honor of the guest speaker at each weekly KIWS Rotary Club meeting, a book is donated to the public library in Kilmarnock.

The KIWS Rotary Club also has scholarship programs and supports a wide variety of local and international charitable organizations.

The KIWS Rotary Club meets for lunch every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury. For more information, please send an e-mail via this link:

Interested in finding out more about Rotary International? Please click on this link for additional information. Interested in becoming a Rotarian? You are invited to fill out a Contact Form and we will have a representative get in touch with you.

"Service Above Self." --motto of Rotary International.