Inspiring Stories from Adaptive Sport Connection
 
Our guests today features Sharon Schrieber and Maddie Mattey from Adaptive Sports Connection as well as two board members and an inspiring spokesman, Adam Greathouse.
 
Adaptive Sports Connection is a chapter of Disabled Sports USA, and they serve disabled children, adults and veterans with a wide range of adapted sporting opportunities. They have been operating for 25 years. Examples of the opportunities that they have available with adapted equipment include Kayaking, Sailing, Paddle Boarding, Water skiing on the Scioto, as well as adaptive bicycling at Glacier Ridge Metro Park, Snowboarding or skiing at Mad River and more. 
 
Our guests shared a number of very inspiring stories about how they have positively changed the lives of many disabled individuals.  Adam Greathouse shared his own incredible story of how Adaptive Sports quite literally saved his life.
 
Check out AdaptiveSportsConnection.org to learn more about how to volunteer and support this fantastic organization.
 
Announcements:
 
Welcome and Congratulations to Joe Yersavich, our newest Dublin AM Rotarian!  We're thrilled to have Joe officially on board; he is the leader of the Dublin branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library.
 
Jim Burness made note of the interest to participate in a Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic. Please see the email that Jim sent earlier this week and reach out to him if you are interested or need more details.
 
David Bentz provided these updates:  two fundraising sub-committees have been assembled, and the Polar Bear Open committee will begin meeting the fiest Friday of each month at 7am, and the Pro Am Day committee will meet the 3rd Friday of the month.
 
Claudia Trusty announced that she is looking for a person to volunteer to be our club's liaison to the Interact Club at Dublin Jerome H.S.  Contact Claudia if you are interested.
 
Roberta announced that we need Greeters to sign up for September and October.  Please sign up via the website (search for the email from Roberta for the website link).
 
The District Fall Seminar is being held on Saturday Sept 29th in Pickerington.  Save the date if you are interested; more details to follow.
 
We need 4 more sign-ups for the Food Pantry in September.