Donna Jones & Bill Stanley (20599) | flstatedirectors@gmail.com
We moved to Ocala, FL from Alabama in 2010 after retirement from our jobs in county government. I worked in administration and finance and Bill worked in engineering after having his own successful farm operation for 20 years.
We purchased our first RV, a Roadtrek in 2013. It didn’t take long to realize this class B was too small for us. Our next purchase was a Winnebago Navion. We traveled one summer in this class C and realized again, we needed for room if we were going to take longer trips. Our third RV was a Newmar 4369, which we purchased in 2015. That was the beginning of our being involved with the Newmar Kountry Klub.
The first International Rally we attended was in Lewisburg, WV in September 2015 and we were asked if we wanted to volunteer to drive a golf cart to shuttle people to different locations on the rally grounds. We agreed to volunteer and have volunteered every year through 2019. In 2019 we volunteered for Region 5 to set up the new motorhomes.
We have hosted and co-hosted several state and chapter rallies. I have been a chapter officer from 2016-2023. I volunteered to be an officer in the Peach State Krackers while Jim & Barb Watson served as Mid South Tri State Directors and President and Secretary/Treasurer of the Peach State Krackers. Bill and I volunteered to start up the Alabama Dixie Aires Chapter in May 2022, after it had been disbanded for many years. I served as president for 2 years and Bill served as treasurer for two years.
The NKK and the rally lifestyle is very enjoyable to us. Every year our travel is in the direction of the International Rally. There are also other rallies that we attend along the way to the International Rally.
We have truly been blessed to be able to travel around this beautiful county with our Newmar and Newmar Family and hope we can continue to travel and continue to support the NKK for many years to come.
Florida Chapters
Manatees
Laura Baker (19643) | bakers@nkkflmanatees.com
Pelicans
Jim & Mary Kennedy (22618) | jimk293@comcast.net
Sea Turtles
John Pietri (23329) | president.flseaturtles@gmail.com