Citizen of the Year awards recognize one student from each elementary school in Alachua County. At the end of the school year, each school picks a Citizen of the Year. This award by their teachers and peers is based upon their scholastic standing, attitude, conduct, their contribution to the community (for example, 4H, Scouts, church) and their extracurricular activities. The Kiwanis Club wishes to thank its partners and supporters in this program:

• The Alachua County School District
• Kiwanis Club of Gainesville
• Children's Trust of Alachua County
• MainStreet Daily News
• SouthState Bank
• Cade Museum
• Huntington Learning Center
• Gator Domino’s Pizza
• PDQ Chicken
• Nothing Bundt Cakes
• 4 Rivers Smokehouse
  
• Rock'n Roll Sushi
• Tropical Smoothie Cafe
• Santa Fe College
• Campus USA
• IQ Fiber
• Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
• Alachua County Library District

For each month's awardees, see the featured month below and previous month's in the right column, on MainStreet's website at https://www.mainstreetdailynews.com/education/citizens-of-the-month or on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmainstreetgainesville%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02UB3GwdmMaPG2P3hb49XNgtJvADgvBppQcPmXWpVh9zCa8ESDdv6Wa384QA9wtDUPl