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The Rotary Club of Crossett is an affiliate of Rotary International, an organization of business and professional leaders.

The Rotary Club of Crossett is an affiliate of Rotary International, an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

10/23/2026

The Rotary Club of Crossett met on Thursday, October 22, 2026 at the Library.

Our Rotarian of the Day, Yolanda Johnson-Martin, LCSW, shared the heart behind Divine Alignment Wellness and her commitment to caring for the whole person: mind, body, spirit, and purpose.

Known for her leadership at Resolutions Behavioral Health Services, Yolanda pursued additional training to expand how she supports emotional well-being. Her faith and dedication to helping others inspired the creation of Divine Alignment Wellness.

Divine Alignment Wellness offers private and group sound baths, Usui Reiki sessions, and Human Design sessions for personal reflection. Yolanda holds Level II certifications in Usui Reiki and Human Design and is working toward Human Design Therapist Certification.

Her vision includes supporting accomplished women navigating anxiety, depression, self-doubt, and burnout, while helping children and teens develop emotional regulation skills. In her clinical work, she plans to thoughtfully combine cognitive behavioral therapy with breathwork, sound-based relaxation, and movement, including trauma-focused yoga when appropriate. She gave a demonstration of sound-based relaxation using crystal singing bowls as you can see in the attached photo.

These wellness experiences offer opportunities for rest and self-awareness and may be chosen independently or alongside therapy. They support well-being and do not replace needed mental health or medical treatment.

Thank you, Yolanda, for sharing your vision and reminding us that caring for our community also means making room to care for ourselves. It was very interesting and informative.

Wellness by Design. Purpose by God.

10/15/2026

The Crossett Rotary Club met on Thursday, October 8th at 12:00 noon in the Crossett Library. The program was given by DaVonda Brown and Rebekah Collins. DeVonda is the CASA Executive Director in the 10th Judicial District.. Rebekah is the CASA Recruiter Coordinator.

Their mission is to recruit and support Child Advocates. A Child Advocate is the one constant in a child's life. In order to recruit volunteers, they need to make CASA known throughout the community. They visit church and civic organizations. They go to career fairs, they have raffles on Facebook, etc.

They also need board members.

DaVonda told about two success stories in her experience. She gets to see the good side of people. Part of their responsibilites is to train new volunteers. Volunteers go through 30 hours of training over three days. Their office funding recently was cut by $108,000. Since they are a non-profit organization, they are finding creative ways of raising money.

Their goal is to keep families together. Every child deserves - stability, safety, a permanent home and someone in their corner.

Thanks Rebecca and DaVonda for an interesting and informative presentation.

09/30/2026

Thankyou note from the recipient of the Rotary 2026 scholarship: Joel Pippin

09/24/2026

The Rotary Club of Crossett met on Thursday, September 24, 2026 at the Crossett library. Phil Gilmore was the Rotarian of the day and his guest was Dr. Darren Sommer, CEO of Innovator Health.

Phil described the challenges of bringing medical services to the hospital because our hospital is a small, rural hospital. One of the solutions he is implementing is telehealth supplied by a company called Innovator Health. Dr. Sommer brough a telehealth station and demonstrated it to us. It can be described as a digital exam room. The station consists of a large LED monitor with a camera that nearly duplicates an in-person doctor office visit. It has diagnostic instruments that allows the remote doctor to inspect the eyes, ears, and other areas just as if he were present. It also has a stethoscope that is even better than being there. It allows the rural hospitals to provide the services of medical specialists on site that would otherwise not be available at the hospital. This is especially helpful to patients to avoid long trips usually required to go see the specialists.

Dr Sommer then conducted a simulated exam using the equipment. In the picture below, you can see Dr. Sommer along with the telehealth station. Phil Gilmore is also in the picture. The person on the monitor was live and was smiling at the camera for us.

For more information, please visit their website: https://www.innovatorhealth.com/
Thanks Dr. Sommer for and informative and interesting presentation.

09/24/2026

The Crossett Rotary Club met on Thursday, September 17, 2026 at the Crossett library. Amanda Friedman was the Rotarian of the Day and her guest was Mike Neal, the Project Director of the Drug Free Ashley County Coalition.

Mike described his efforts, and the efforts of the Drug Free Ashley County Coalition to provide training to youth, and to those teaching the youth, on the reasons to avoid drugs. He used the analogy of standing by a raging river and seeing someone caught in the current. It is better to keep them from falling in than trying to rescue them after they become involved.

He warned us that even though we might not see a drug problem in Ashley County, it is there. We have a problem and we ignore it. A focus of his work is to get people involved. He quoted a statistic that 70% of violent crimes nation wide involve either drugs and/or Alcohol. It is a huge problem but there is not solution. Individuals must be helped and mentored one at a time. He asked us to pray for the community, have meetings with the kids, love the kids ... just do something. It affects all of us.

Thanks Mike for an interesting and informative presentation.

09/24/2026

The Crossett Rotary Club met on Thursday, September 8, 2026 at the public library. David Anderson was the Rotarian of the day and he gave the presentation. His presentation was on some of the services the library offers:
- Southeast Arkansas Community Action Corporation's summer utility bill assistance is at the library every Monday accepting applications.
- State Police driver testing, both written and driving is given at the library.
- American Heart Health Association has provided blood testing equipment at the library and also has provided six portable blood pressure cuffs for lending out. They can be checked out for 3 weeks.
- Summer reading program. The library is encouraging more participation.
- Picnic with the Arts. There was strong attendance this year.
- Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. He brought several books as examples.

He reported on the state of the building. It is not a new building anymore. It was completed 24 years ago. There are ongoing maintenance needs, such as a fire suppression sprinkler system that needs to be repaired. They have lost one half of their state funding so they are looking for savings and additional funding.

David has been at the library for 21 years.

Thanks David for an interesting and informative presentation.

09/24/2026

The Crossett Rotary Club met on Thursday, August 27, 2026, at noon in the Crossett Library. Mickey Cathey was the Rotarian of the Day and his guest was Rollin Alford.

Rollin spoke on three issues he is involved in: National Wild Turkey Foundation (NWTF), Ashley County Shooting Sports and Whitetails Unlimited conservation efforts. He described conversation efforts state wide and at the local level. There are 97,000 acres in Arkansas devoted to habitat conservation. The NWTF has purchase land and donated it to the Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge. They also do wild turkey research across the nation, including Hawaii.

He is involved in 4H shooting sports in Asley County. He described the awards they have won and the scholarships available. The goal is to get youth involved in the outdoors and get them out in the woods.

Thanks Rollin for an interesting and informative presentation.

07/31/2026

The Crossett Rotary Club met at noon on Thursday, July 30, 2026, at the Crossett public library. We were honored to have the leadership from the Rotary District 6170 visit us:
- District Governor, Shawnee Cooper
- Dennis Cooper, New club development and past president
- David Carlson, Assistant Governor

Shawnee Cooper spoke to us and told us about some of the exciting things going on in the District. She also shared with us some of the challenges we are facing.

- New Rotary club in White Hall
- Rotary means business. Business owners get together and share ideas. New entrepreneurs who are "Hungry for Help" can find experiences businessmen to help them.
- Community initiatives from other clubs in the District:
- Story telling along a walk in the park
- Providing sewing machines to Mexico
- Providing English Spanish disctionaries
- Awnings at pregnancy center

Fundraising ideas: Car Wash night with hot dogs, Kickball tournament, Bingo nights.

Membership is a challenge. The district goal is increasing membership by 10% per year over the next 3 to 5 years.

In the photo: Crossett Club President Risa Lowry, District Governor Shawnee Cooper, David Carlson, and Dennis Cooper.

And much more. Thanks Governor Shawnee for an interesting, motivating and enjoyable presentation.

07/27/2026

The Crossett Rotary Club met Thursday, July 23, 2026 at the Crossett public library. Venda White was the Rotarian of the Day. Her guest was Coach Chase Carlson, who coached the Crossett 9U All Star team to a Rec All Star world series championship. He told us a little bit about his history in the sport. He reported on the time-line this year on the games and events leading up to the championship. They had an anxious couple of weeks between taking the state championship and fund raising to go to the world series. He reviewed some of the exciting games and experiences on their way to the world series championship. The attached picture shows Coach Chase Carlson. Team players: Akari Jordan, Tucker Mondragon, Connor Carlson.

All the Coaches: Chase Carlson, Napoleon Brown, Dustin Walker, John Hughes.

All the players in addition to those listed above: Abel McDonald, Barrett Hughes, Jace Walker, Josiah Holyfield, Kash Farmer, Kobe Conley, Zach Brown.

Thanks coach for an informative and interesting presentation.

07/26/2026

The Crossett Rotary Club met Thursday, July 16, 2026 at the public library. Our meeting started at noon.

Our incomming president, Maurisa Lowry, presented the outgoing president, Gavin Shepherd, with a plaque recognizing his contribution as president for the 2025-2026 club year.

Diane Rutledge introduced her brother, Robert Grinley, to the club. Robert has been a missionary in Botswana, Africa, for the last 30 years. He reported on a local Rotary Club there helping out a 13 year old youth that had never walked. The Rotary Club helped by purchasing him a wheel chair. Robert also reported on other conditions, such as unreliable electricity, shortage of education, and the use of solar light bulbs to help students study.

Crystal Marshall was the Rotarian of the Day. Her guest was Brian Ray, assistant Crossett City fire chief. He told us a little bit about his job, how he loves the fire department and how he loves Crossett. He described some of the capabilities they have, including the EMT staff and high angle rescue. He warned us about the effects of extreme heat on the body. He cautioned us about swimming pool safety. Plus much more.

Thanks Brian for an interesting and informative presentation.

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Crossett, AR
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