Shoals Dragon Boat Festival - September 27, 2025


Join us for a day filled with competition, food, vendors and family fun on the Tennessee River as we present the Shoals Dragon Boat Festival.  This event is free to the public.  Come see the tradition of Asian dragon boats as they compete for this year's festival trophies.  In addition, there will be a kids' zone, lots of arts/crafts vendors and food trucks featuring some dishes with Asian flair.
The festival kicks off at 9:00 and usually wraps up by 3:00.  Paddles Up!
For more information or registration, click HERE.

2025 Shoals Student of the Year - Ava Risner

​Congratulations to Ava Risner, a senior at Central High School who was named the 2025 Shoals Student of the Year on April 17.
Ava will travel to the Shoals Area this year and promote our mission.  She will visit many of our fantastic sponsors and will also be speaking at community and civic events.
​If you would like to book Ava to help or speak at your events, contact us at [email protected]
We are so excited to work with Ava as we promote Shoals Scholar Dollars.

​In 2011, the Shoals community, headed by the Florence and Greater Shoals Rotary Clubs, decided that education was the most important gift we could give our children. Because education is the underpinning for success in every endeavor, the Shoals community banded together to give every student from the 17 local high schools in Colbert and Lauderdale Counties the opportunity to continue their education after graduation. The rules are simple. If you are a student who has maintained a C average in high school, has a good attendance record, has no behavioral incidents, and is a U.S. citizen, you will have earned a two year scholarship to Northwest Shoals Community College. To make this possible, the community has raised approximately $3 million since our inception. However, the amount needed annually is $400,000 to fully fund those students attending both Northwest Shoals and then transferring to the University of North Alabama. It is a challenge to the community and a challenge to the student, but it’s a challenge that has great rewards.  Whether you are a student, a parent, or simply a member of the Shoals community, participation in this program will provide a lifetime of rewards.
​ Click through the pages of this website to learn more.

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Shoals Scholar Dollars is a 501(c)3 organization and your contributions are tax deductible - EIN#27-4752544

Website Sponsor
Jeremy Goss and John Dupuis

The Shoals Scholar Dollars initiative was developed and implemented by the Rotary Clubs of Florence and Greater Shoals in Northwest Alabama.
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