Dublin AM Rotary Zoom Meeting 6/12/20
The Ohio Youth Livestock Expo
 

Dublin AM Rotary Zoom Meeting 6/12/20
The Ohio Youth Livestock Expo
Megan Wendt and Marlene Eick
 
Announcements
  • Next Week’s meeting will include the Zoom format with David Bentz live at the TCC meeting location. Plan on joining to hear about his year and goals with our club. There might be a possibility for a few in person attendees, look for more emails through the week.
  • 6/26 there will be the Board installation in person with masks and appropriate social distancing.
  • Watch emails from Claudia for the sign up in July to help our local elderly that are food insecure, there are 3 dates for to staff for drive through food box distribution volunteers.
  • Mask design with Rotary fabric is in motion, please expect news about available masks once they are in production.
  • David Lundergan announced that the fund raising efforts continue to adapt. From Pro Am to Drive In movies, it appears the City has planned a similar event so our fundraising will continue with the Silent Auction as planned 7/15 with more details around this as it is finalized.
  • Please keep 2 special gentlemen in our thoughts and prayers:
    • Rick Schwieterman is being treated at The James and even though the serious nature of this disease makes for a long fight, treatment is being successful and very positive
    • Chris Curry updates from Sharon Kendall share that Chris is showing neurological improvements and further improvements are expected, this is good news and continuing positive energy is welcome. 
 
The Ohio Youth Livestock Event is new this year due the State Fair cancellation. It is an event founded by the parents of the youth that have put so much into raising and grooming their livestock for exhibition. The Wendt family as an organizing focus has been joined by Marlene Eick as volunteer Marketing effort and hundreds of families are now participating along with previous State Fair sponsors, donors and a few traditions brought in as well.
 
From start to event, in less than 60 days this event has 2 major locations, a 17 day exhibit planned with over 3,000 animals and 1,500 exhibitors! Ohio Youth Livestock Expo  (OYLE) has been born.
The Ohio State Fair has only been cancelled 1 other instance, during WW2  since it’s founding in 1850. This transition to the Ohio Youth Livestock Expo  private event has been quickly successful in establishing fundraising and donations as well as a Livestreaming portion for other family embers to attend safely.
 
The attributes of the fine youth involved include:
  • Children demonstrating learned work ethics and task management.
  • Knowledge learned in terms of animal care, science in real live animal breeding and care.
  • Accountability to a budget- the family bears all the costs in hopes of a sale of the livestock after the show
  • Family connections and teamwork are a tremendous outcome of the work with family and  friends side by side from early hours till late nights at times.
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