Jenny Stotts, Membership Chair Rotary District 6690







Jenny Stotts, Membership Chair Rotary District 6690Jenny Stotts curren ![]() Synopsis of todays presentation: Jenny Stotts shared some updates and resources from the District Membership Team as well as share a little on her perspective of membership engagement and sustainable growth , Which she fondly calls "Rotary Happy". To view the video from today's intereresting, motivational and informative presentation, click here. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Dr. Elaine Mardis, Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital.Dr. E ![]() Dr. Mardis provided a comprehensive overview of the past, present, and future of genomic medicine for treating cancers in adults. This background served as a foundation for describing the program she and others developed for The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine (IGM) at Nationwide Children's Hospital to advance research and treatments for pediatric cancers. The human genome is the collection of genes that comprise all humans. This mapping of the human genome, first completed in 2003, established the baseline. By comparing this baseline with the genes in cancer cells, researchers can isolate the differences and develop targeted drug therapies. She went on to talk about some of the challenges unique to pediatric cancer research, including obtaining FDA approval, clinical trials often exclude pediatric patients, the rarity of certain pediatric cancers. More importantly, while long-term survival has improved, adult survivors of pediatric cancer remain at risk for a shortened life span, including a secondary cancer diagnosis. IGM studies are committed to changing this reality. She concluded her presentation by talking about what's next. This research holds promise for improving health outcomes in other areas, including behavioral health, epilepsy, immune response, and infectious diseases. If you were unable to join the club meeting presentation, this is one you won't want to miss! Click here to view the presentation on our YouTube Channel. ![]() ![]() ![]() ******************************************************************************************************************* |
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Dublin Chief of Police Justin Paez![]() See more photos from the meeting on our Flickr website, including some of the presentation and screenshots of our group! To see the video of this meeting, click here to go to our YouTube Channel. Our Guest Speaker- Dublin Police Chief Justin Paez Announcements: Use the Club Runner App on your phone -fast & easy Polar Bear was a great success again! Special Recognition Pete Fuhlbrigge and Sinan Yaykin and all the members that contributed to a great Event. Sunny Street Café again had a terrific breakfast for our 77 golfers and see all the pictures on Flickr. A few are below on our website. Our sponsors make it all worthwhile: Event Sponsor Andy Keeler with Keeler & Nadler Todd Beckett – VCA Calvin Gebhart – First Citizens National Bank 2021 Goal: Critical incident response and preparedness
2021 Goal: Enhance and demonstrate our ability to effectively address issues of significant community concern
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![]() While the crime rates are low in Dublin, as you can see on this visual slide, the message is clear: ALWAYS TAKE YOUR CAR KEYS WITH YOU!! *************************************************************************************************************************************************************** |
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Polar Bear Golf Open - February 6, 2021The 24th Annual Dublin AM Rotary Polar Bear Golf Open was on Saturday, February 6th. - Photos from the event are now on our Flickr website: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmUcqrNv ![]() Thank you to Pete Fuhlbrigge and Sinan Yaykin for leading a successful 24th Annual Polar Bear Golf Outing. What did our success look like?
The Polar Bear Golf Outing raised over $ 9,500. A special thank you to our Sponsors: Major Sponsors were: Keeler & Nadler Family Wealth Planning – Andy Keeler - Title Sponsor - $2500 and Veterinary Centers of America – Tod Beckett - Penguin Sponsor - $2500 Sunny Street Café and Catering – Aschraf Mikhail, $500 in kind First Citizens Bank – Calvin Gebhart, $500 Embroidery Design Group – Jim Bandeen Jeff Schoener – Golf Clubs and Pull Cart - $100 Subsidy Steve Newell – Guest Sponsor, $100 Faye Herriott – OSU Grey foursome top prize, $320 24 Golf Hole Sponsors, $2400 Thank you to our Volunteers: Bruce Andrews Joel Campbell Amy Barnhart Rich Weber Roberta Kayne Andy Keeler Allen and Victoria (Rotaract) Raffle Winners were: Golf Clubs: Teresa Russell Pull Cart: John Thompson Overall Golf Outing Winners: 1st Place: Jonathon Peirson, Jon Vulgmore, Lucas Thornton, Matt Duer 2nd Place: Matt Williams, Ryan Westman, David Boone, Eric Dawson 3rd Place: Keith Larmi, Zach Shenk, Evan Wilcox, Phil Lowden Photos from the event are now on our Flickr website: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmUcqrNv **************************************************************************************************** |
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Brent Crawford - Bridge Park Development UpdateBrent Crawford, Crawford Hoying Development - Bridge Park Update ![]() ![]() Recording Link Here for those missing the meeting: You can see the video of our meeting here; Brent Crawford was introduced by our member Sue Burness. To see more screenshots, go to our Flickr page. Announcements: *Our Polar Bear fundraiser continues strong! Tomorrow February 6th we have 77 golfers, 5 foursomes from Mike Isler’s guests alone and super event sponsor Andy Keeler and participating Sponsor VCA and Todd Beckett and First Citizen’s sponsorship Calvin Gephardt. We also have several Hole Sponsors that continued from last year’s Polar Bear event. *Thank you to the many guests attending this morning’s meeting, please come visit again. *Welcome to our newest member Stephanie Murrow, glad Dwight sponsored you and you will be in our Club. *Two board seats are now vacant with the move of Jim and Sue Burness to new community and career opportunity in Florida. Please see David Bentz or Mike Isler if you would like to discuss a role. *Tom Kleven joined the meeting this morning to announce our club won 3 awards for our contributions to the District and national level programs and a Special Award was given to Claudia Trusty for her work and diligence for the district and Rotary. *Sue Robenalt congratulated Paul Harris contributors : Laurie Reinbolt Page Vornbrock Ramona Penland Coyle Dwight Seeley Our very own Susan Burness introduced our guest speaker today: Brent Crawford has guided the vision of Crawford Hoying since 1994, in which he has grown a single investment property into one of the largest real estate firms in Columbus, Ohio. Brent Crawford has spoken at many events as a guest speaker covering topics on current real estate trends, multi-family markets and development growth in Central Ohio. Brent Crawford serves on the Boards of Sophisticated Systems and The Ohio State Sports Medicine Center, Cameron Mitchell Restaurants and is the current President of the Center for Real Estate at The Ohio State University . Brent Crawford is a 1995 graduate of The Ohio State University holding a Bachelor's Degree in Communications . Brent Crawford shared the status of residential, hotel and retail property occupancies and how well Bridge Park is doing in the current environment. Bridge Park development is continuing to expand and grow and we heard about Block G activities in the future. ******************************************************************************************* |
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Anita Zucker, Leadership & Resilience
Anita is past President of the Charleston Rotary club and the Chairman and CEO of The Intertech Group. She is an education activist and philanthropist who supports and serves on the board of numerous non-profits and institutions in the Charleston region and nationally. Anita said in her family resilience was taught by her mother. Though she was small in stature with humble demeanor, Rose had the heart of lioness. When the Germans invaded her Polish village, Jews were sent to live in ghettos. Over the next year, the Germans conducted several actions against the Jews in the ghetto, killing many, including Rose’s father, brother, and other family members. Rose hid her family in multiple places she called “living graves”: underground, under barns, and other places. She saved her mother, 2 younger brothers and a baby niece. When she returned to Ludmir in 1945, there were only 125 surviving Jews from what was a population of over 25,000. Anita spoke of the leadership qualities of Women. Women tend to view work more holistically, as a component of their life than men. They value meaning, purpose, and connection with co-workers. They are great listeners, motivated by challenge, multi-taskers, and have high emotional intelligence. Thanks to values and perseverance of late husband Jerry Zucker when the time came for her to step forward and lead, Anita was ready to put her own strengths into action. She said they had a wonderful team in place and no leader can accomplish great things without talented and gifted individuals who support them. Her company has adopted a strategic approach to make a profit and give back. Their mission statement: Invest profitably in a diverse global group of business while retaining our core values and providing for our employees, communities, and world at large. They strive to be good stewards in companies in which they invest. Anita feels that great achievements are made by leading by example and inspiration rather than dictation. She said one of the major realizations she had as a leader was recognizing the power of her voice. No matter what our position or role in life, each of us was placed here for a reason, and we all need to speak up for a greater good. Anita said that 2020 has challenged us to be resilient, but life and healing must go on. We have to be aware of the impact of our actions and the legacy that we leave. Legacies are not just about oneself, they are about other people and what they gain as a result of interacting with us. The key question we must consider is: How am I making a difference? She fights hard for racial equity, social justice, diversity, and inclusion and educating people about these issues. She is using her voice to fight for hate crimes legislation in South Carolina. *********************************************************************************************
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Providence Theraputic Equestrian CenterProvidence Therapeutic Equestrian Center Thank you to a number of guests today:
Announcements – Happy Birthday this week - Lou Charobee Polar Bear guarantees a snowy day and we are only 15 days away! Ben Shinaberry joined the meeting to share a big Thank You for the contribution to the Arts focused school and the good work they were able to share because of the Dublin AM Rotary donation. Jim Burness shared and introduced Ben. An interesting and impressive presentation on Equine Therapies by Dr. Lori Kepford Many different programs are helping many different young people: Tjeraputic Riding Equine Assisted Therapy/Counseling Equine Assisted Learning 1. Respect for self and others 2. Improved Communications and Counseling 3. Boundary Setting 4. Empathy towards others PTEC programs Pony Pals Funding Sources are community clubs and organizations, individua donors and the founder herself. ****************************************************************************************************************** |
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The Story of Connected Dublin - Doug McCollough, CIO - 1-15-21Doug McCollough, the Chief Information Officer of the City of Dublin for the past five years, provided an overview of the journey the City has taken to reach the goal of pursuing to make Dublin “The Most Connected City in the World”. DublinAM Rotary Presentation January 15, 2021 ![]() Our Assistant District Governor, Tom Kleven, recognized the participation of the DublinAM Rotary members in the 125 club this year. Peter Fuhlbrigge provided an update on the Polar Bear. Keeler&Nadler is the event sponsor, with proceeds from the event to the Dublin Food Pantry. While this year's event will be different, probably limited to golf, outdoor drinks, and two raffle items, this is an essential fundraiser for the club. There are still hole sponsorship opportunities and plenty of room for more golfers! See https://www.dublinam.org/sitepage/polar-bear-golf-open for registration details. ![]() Doug McCollough has been the Chief Information Officer of the City of Dublin for the past five years. As CIO of the City of Dublin, Ohio, Doug McCollough has embraced the rich community of innovation that is Central Ohio. Through collaborations and partnerships he has worked to connect people to opportunities, remove barriers, and promote change in initiatives ranging from Smart and Connected Cities, IT Workforce Development, expanding broadband access, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, and Blockchain in Government. He has spoken as a Subject Matter Expert and advocate on technical subjects, diversity and inclusion, and using technology for community development. Prior to joining the Dublin team, Doug held positions within the State of Ohio Departments of Public Safety, Commerce, Industrial Commission, and Medicaid. He served as the Director of Information Technology for the City of Richmond, Virginia, and as a Project Manager at Nationwide Insurance and Alcatel-Lucent. He is on the boards of Per Scholas Columbus, TECH CORPS, Black Tech Columbus, and Jewish Family Services of Columbus. Doug earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toledo in Information Systems and Operations Management and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame. He is a 2019 Top Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers Honoree, and 2018 Ohio Public Sector CIO Academy Municipality CIO of the Year. Doug provided an overview of the journey the City has taken to reach the goal of pursuing to make Dublin “The Most Connected City in the World”. Some of the completed and on-going projects are listed below.
Doug described the journey that began with the Dublink fiber project which led to the Smart City and Mobility project. The Smart Mobility project was instrumental in the 33 Smart Mobility Corridor project. Dublin is also pursuing a smart parking initiative that will eventually allow Dubliners to know where parking is available. Currently there is a pilot with the Darby parking lot. Internal initiatives include the GoDublin App for service requests, a QR code initiative and a Dublin Chat Bot. External initiatives include a 100 gig project to enhance our economic development activities and a residential broadband initiative. Doug wants to continue the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF Institute) which Dublin has won seven times. Some ongoing projects include the Aging In Place, continuing the Connected Roads initiative and working with MORPC on a Hyperloop initiative. For more photos/screenshots from the meeting, go to our Flickr page. ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** |
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Dublin Schools - Emerald Campus Update 1-8-21![]() David Bentz led the invocation, followed by the pledge led by Dave Williams. David led the club in a moment of silence for our friend and fellow Rotarian, Mohan Viddam. Mohan offered his talents in service to the club for more than ten years. He was passionate about providing water purification plants in India, free IT training for veterans, and retaining jobs in America. David committed to continuing stewardship for the water purification project through the club and the district. Julie Rinaldi, CEO at Syntero, introduced Sara Hinson-Mills, Chief Clinical Officer. Sara talked about recognizing and dealing with grief and loss and reminded us that we are not alone, and there are resources available to help us cope. You can watch this segment in the video starting at 4:05. Announcements: Polar Bear: Peter Fuhlbrigge provided an update on the Polar Bear. Keeler&Nadler is the event sponsor, with proceeds from the event to the Dublin Food Pantry. While this year's event will be different, probably limited to golf, outdoor drinks, and two raffle items, this is an essential fundraiser for the club. There are still hole sponsorship opportunities and plenty of room for more golfers! See https://www.dublinam.org/sitepage/polar-bear-golf-open for registration details. Scholarships: Gene Oliver solicited volunteers to review and score scholarship applications; this is work worth doing. You will find it rewarding or double your money back! Thanks to everyone who volunteered during the meeting. Given the volume of applicants, we still need more volunteers. Please email geneoliver@gmail.com with any questions or to volunteer. ![]() Our next meeting will feature Doug McCollough, CIO for the city of Dublin. We hope you can join! Stay safe - stay well! ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ |
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Dublin AM Rotary Mourns the Loss of Mohan Viddam 1-8-21![]() "Husband, father, uncle, brother, friend, businessman and philanthropist, Madan Mohan R. Viddam touched the lives of hundreds of people. Although we are saddened of his passing on January 02, 2021 from COVID-19, his spirit is alive through our shared memories. He is survived by his wife, Geeta Viddam, and daughters Megana Veeranki & Anjana Viddam. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, January 06, 2021 between 11am to 1pm EST (9:30pm - 11pm India Time). Due to COVID-19 restrictions and for the safety of everyone, there was no in-person attendance except for immediate family, however, the video is available to view. The eulogies in English begin at 52:50 in the video. Link to view the video: https://pixelrainbowphotog.wixsite.com/mohanviddam Those who were lucky to have met him know how incredibly passionate, kind, and giving he was throughout his lifetime. Therefore, to commemorate his memory we have set up a donation link to the “Friends of the Homeless” shelter where he cooked and served meals every month for over 15 years. Link to donate: http://gf.me/u/zfgrkt Lastly, we are awed by the sheer number of people who admired and loved our father dearly and have reached out to us in support. We wish to hear your personal stories and memories to preserve the legacy of our father and his accomplishments throughout his life. If you would like to share a video or letter, please email anjana.viddam@gmail.com or text/WhatsApp to (614)-634-2962 with your name and relationship to Madan Mohan. Our family truly wishes to thank you for your support and prayers. ૐ From, The Viddam family" ![]() ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ |
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The Alpha Group - 12/18/20 Meeting![]() ![]() Elliott Castello -Community Services Director- The Alpha Group - presented to Dublin AM Rotary on Friday, 12/18/20. To view the meeting, click here. Elliott is a 2004 graduate of The Ohio State University who began his professional career as a Group Leader and Clinician at Starr Columbus. In 2009 he entered vocational rehabilitation field as a Job Developer in Columbus. In 2014 the opportunity expanded into and to provide additional services as Director of Community Services at The Alpha Group. Alpha Group is committed to the belief that people with disabilities have the same rights and responsibilities as all people . The distinct service areas are : community development - integrated adult day services-support living-transportation - work training. ![]() ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* |
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Dave Williamson Awarded the Holliday/Williams Leadership Award 12-18-20C ![]() Notes from members posted on Facebook: Congratulations!! Congratulations, Dave! Well deserved! I am glad that I was able to be part of the surprise! Congratulations, Dave Williamson!!! Congrats adage - to a great role model for all Congratulations Dave! Well deserved. So happy we were able to surprise you this morning. A great asset to Rotary, Dublin and all he encounters! Congratulations Dave, on a well deserved recognition of your dedication and service! Congratulations Dave ![]() ![]() ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** |
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Local Scouting and Scouting Today - 12/11/20 MeetingView the recording hereAnnouncements:Thank you shoppers! The club surpassed its goal and raised $3,550 for our adopted families this year. The shopping trip was successful and all families are getting everything they asked for. District Veterans Committee: Thank you to Dwight Seeley and Dave Williamson for their work in establishing the new District veterans' committee, and their leadership on the committee going forward. Tom McGloshen highlighted an article about Barrow, Alaska, provided some insight from his time spent there, and shared the message that across locations and cultures, we are all more alike than we are different. Today's Presentation:Jensen Hykes is a local representative for Boy Scouts of America. Jensen is a product of the Girl Scouts program, having earned her Gold Award. From a scouting family in Northern Ohio, she went on to earn a Bachelor's Degree at Kent State University and now serves as Senior District Executive for Boy Scouts of America. Dublin is home to 12 Cub Scout packs (grades K-5) and 6 Boy Scouts of America troops (grades 6-12), including one troop of girls. Girls were admitted to Boy Scouts of America beginning in 2019. Local scouts have met the challenges of 2020 by hosting socially distant and virtual meetings. Programs such as the merit badge and camps were also done virtually. BSA has focused on mental health awareness this year, including leader training. The scouts have shown that they are more committed than ever to community service during these difficult times. The future of scouting depends on the support of the community. You can help by volunteering as an adult leader, and financial contributions are always needed. Reach out to Jensen at Jensen.Hykes@scouting,org, or visit www.skcscouts.org/donate. Thanks to Jensen for a great presentation. View the recording here Join us next week on Zoom to hear from Alpha Group.
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Library Services During a Pandemic - 12/4/20 MeetingLibrary Services During a Pandemic - Joe Yersavich, Dublin Branch ManagerView the recording hereAnnouncements: Adopt a Family Shoppers - December 5: It's not too late to help the club reach its goal of raising $3,000 to support families in need. Look for the email from Mike Isler for details. Shoppers will be busy the morning of December 5 followed by wrapping and delivery. Please reach out to Susan Robenalt to join in the fun! Red Kettle Bell Ringing - December 5 and 12: Come and say hello to your fellow club members at the Kroger on Bridge Street or Perimeter Loop as we raise awareness and much-needed cash. And look for emails from Bruce and Claudia for volunteer opportunities. Polar Bear Open - February 6: To learn more about how to become a hole sponsor and to register a foursome, click here. Holiday Zoom Party: Claudia is seeking suggestions for how to do this virtually while still connecting with one another in a meaningful and fun way! Club Election of Officers - 2021-2022: The proposed slate of officers was introduced. Please see the email from Claudia with details and to register your vote. The deadline to vote is December 5, 2020. Today's Presentation:
The library faces many challenges keeping patrons and staff safe while sustaining core services, including story-time, homework help, public access to computers, job search assistance, reference and research, and access to collections. The library met those challenges with solutions focused on health (masks, social distancing, health checks), enhancing access to staff (screen sharing and Zoom) and resources online, quarantine protocols for loaned physical materials (96 hours), and curbside delivery for physical materials. A presentation wouldn't be complete without a Top Ten List - see the full list and presentation here. One key takeaway: If you are not already a member, you can apply for a library card online here. You get the card at home and use it at home to gain access to an extensive collection of physical and e-materials, including books, magazines, databases, and audiobooks. Thanks to Joe for an engaging presentation and his work in service to an organization that is such a vital part of the community. ![]() ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** |
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Mike Schoedinger - "How do you support the bereaved"Announcements Red Kettle Bell ringing is happening on the first 2 Saturdays of December, sign up for your time slot and location now! Check your email from Bruce and Claudia please. We are all happy to hear that President David Bentz is recovering well with his new bionic hip! December 5th Adopt a Family Shoppers will be organizing at Kohl’s- please see your Handbid link in email to pass the hat for this long standing holiday Rotary tradition and call Susan Robenalt to join in the shopping, wrapping and driving. ![]() Today's Presentation: Michael Schoedinger is President of Schoedinger Funeral and Cremation Service in Columbus, Ohio. Mike is the 6th generation owner of the firm. Todays presentation: Mr. Schoedinger presented facts about Schoedinger Funeral Home and " How do you support the bereaved " , "The Do's and Don'ts of advance funeral planning ", and shared pictures of the new funeral home on Perimeter Drive in Dublin. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Polio Will be the Second Human Disease to be Eradicated!David UHL District 6690 Polio Plus Program Leader Hybrid Meeting November 6, 2020 ![]() Announcements Susan Robenalt is welcoming shoppers again for the Adopt a Family buying event at Kohl’s 12/5 on Sawmill Road. We will be shopping for 3 Salvation Army families and a similar number of Syntero families. Please contact Susan if you can help shop, wrap or transport the gifts. Handbid has been set up again by Mike Isler to use as our “Pass the Hat” equivalent for the Adopt a Family donations since we are not at our usual meetings. See emails with the links please! 12/5 is also one of the 2 Saturdays for our Red Kettle Bell Ringing at our 2 Kroger locations. Please see your email from Bruce Andrews for the signup. Pete announced that Polar Bear Golf fundraising is on again this year, in the snow and with fun outdoor times. Possibly a raffle will take place and sponsors, hole sponsors and donations accepted – please book February 6, 2021 for this event at the Safari Golf course for an 8 am shotgun start. Roberta was pleased to donate the calendar proceeds to the club and raised $400 for our club to support our programs. Dennis Muchnicki shared concerns about the new North Market not observing safety guidelines or perhaps the patrons were now. He is interested to hear if others experience the same issue. (Word has it that a certain Rotary member familiar with the Dublin City officials took action and we could notice changes?) Peter Georgiton commented on a news editorial by David Brooks commenting on the decline in socially responsive services clubs including Rotary, known for our generous members, among others. Peter was brilliant at reminding us how we have kept members, done so much needed work in our community and continue to contribute our time, talent and treasure to global needs. Perfect transition to David Uhl’s talk about the Polio Plus Program! Susan West introduced David Uhl, Chair of the District Polio Plus program for our District 6690. David has an excellent presentation about Keeping Our Promise to the Children of the World to eradicate polio. A few interesting facts:
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City of Dublin & Pickaway County Economic Development![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ryan Scribner from Pickaway Progress Partners and Colleen Gilger, City of Dublin Economic Development Director, discussed the two communities' approach to economic development on Friday, 10/30. |
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Goodwill Industries Speaks at Rotary Hybrid MeetingGoodwill Speaking At Dublin AM Rotary Hybrid Meeting October 16,2020 Please enjoy the recording of the meeting here: ![]() Susan West Announced good news that Africa is now Polio free and that we are down to only 2 countries now with Polio! Roberta announced that the coat collection started today will continue- please bring to David Bentz porch or make arrangeements with Roberta. ![]() Mike Close collected used flags for proper disposal. If you have one please contact Mike, he makes sure it is appropriately handled. We Have a New Member that was welcomed officially today - please Meet Kurt Brown Goodwill is more than a retail store! Their mission is Building Lives that work. Today's presentation highlighted the information about their mission , retail stores, and program and services. Michelle Roberts walked us through the lifecycle of a donation and exactly how that donation impacts our community. All of Goodwill consumers have one thing in common, and that is some type of barrier to employment. Goodwill programs address these barriers and prepare individuals for work. ![]() Michelle L. Roberts - has been employed with Marion Goodwill Industries for 12 years as its Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Mission Services. Michelle Roberts accomplished her Master in Business Administration from Franklin University . Michelle has applied, awarded, managed and developed over 26 programs/grants totaling over 1.2 million dollars . Justin Vanderhoff - Justin is the Mission Service Development Director . He has worked at Goodwill since January 2017 . Justin develops new partnerships with community businesses, specializing in community collaboration. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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A Visit with our District Governor and Leadership Team
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Dwight Seeley, David Williamson and Skylar Burgess share the VetWorks strategy and plan![]() Dublin AM Rotary Zoom Meeting Friday, October 2, 2020 Dublin AM Rotary Dwight Seeley, David Williamson and Skylar Burgess share the VetWorks strategy and plan Meeting Recording Link for 10/2/ 20: Share recording with viewers: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/mXogVOIz5MZkbw7P-FJwC373vAk8V-bhl9MEU4tqi0j0PVMgywJgThGX7_h_jz82.Ht7EM2cX8_p18gyX Announcements
This morning, Roberta announced that we are once again collecting toiletries or taxes for the Dublin Food Pantry. You may drop your donations in the box on my front porch for the next several days. My address is 9080 Moors PL N, Dublin 43017 in The Moors section of Muirfield Village.
Julie Erwin Rinaldi CEO of Syntero. Syntero is a long standing contract agency of the Franklin County ADAMH Board shared information about Issue 24 - Franklin County ADAMH levy ballot for this November 3rd , 2020.
Dwight Seeley, David Williamson, and Skylar Burgess presented the Rotary 6690 research and community focus they advocate in the strategy and plan VetWorks. ![]() Our very own Dwight Seeley has over 30 years of employee benefits management experience in a variety of industries , including professional services , healthcare , insurance , and manufacturing. Our member David Williamson has had a career that provided a wealth of leadership and administrative experience. David attended Ohio University and upon graduation was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the U S Air Force, and after servicing on active duty for 28 years and completing service with the rank of Colonel. Mr. J. Skylar Burgess is managing Director of Strategic Clients for Deloitte. He has over 35 years of experience in consulting , sales , sales management and business development. During Dwight presentation the following content was discussed. Please see the pdf or recorded meeting to see the entire presentation.
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Trent Smith - Franklinton Board of TradeDublin AM Rotary Zoom Meeting Friday, September 25, 2020 Dublin AM Rotary Trent Smith, Executive Director of about the Franklinton Board of Trade - A Chamber of Commerce and 501 C3 Organization caring for development and people and community. Meeting Recording Link for 9/25/20: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/Sm6DIwps7i-0hbgEWbs7Tf7uvLFCfFT4Xwu0h3mC5E8DzkH1R--tQ_dT63ils_V4.8uv5Ou_Q5dPSeIP8Announcements ![]() Claudia shared a shredding event will be hosted by the city and happening 11/7 from 9-12 here in Dublin at the Rec center parking lot and she will share logistics and more details in an upcoming email. Calvin introduced our speaker Trent E. Smith and a former banker, now the Executve Director at the Franklinton Board of Trade. Trent@franklintonbot.org www.franklintonbot.org 614-746-0287 Our speaker today at our Dublin AM Rotary meeting (9/25) was Trent Smith w ![]() Very interesting development was shared: the 775 West Broad Fortuity Calling doing call center work and will be doing workforce development. The Harley Davidson oldest dealership in the country and a major rennovation has been committed to for this area. Cover My Meds Campus is the other big development news in Franklinton area. Very exciting expansion in this Opportunity Zone area. It is also amazing to hear that 2,000 employees are planned for this HQ building! The Carol Stewart Village helps At Risk Youth and is a significantly improved area now. Idea Foundry is also a strong contributor to the access small companies need. The idea of gentrification without population displacement was a central theme this morning. Of course the beer must be mentioned as well and Land Grant and Brew Dog come recommended for a game day beverage. We would have discussed more about the Sciota Peninsula and the development in process but maybe next meeting :) |
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Neighborhood Bridges- Dublin and our kind community of neighborsDublin AM Rotary Zoom Meeting 9/18/20 Neighborhood Bridges- Dublin and our kind community of neighbors Enjoy hearing and seeing our meeting with Dublin Bridges at this meeting Recording Link for 9/18/20: Calvin’s email and Susan West’s Biography Notes for our 2 speakers today: Jill Kranstuber , Area Director : Jill is a New Jersey native who moved to Ohio over 30 years ago to attend The Ohio State University. Jill and her husband Chuck have 7 children , all whom attend Dublin City Schools . Jill is an active volunteer in the schools and the community. ![]() Sarah Savage , Area Director : Sarah has been a Dublin resident for over 15 years . She received her undergraduate degree in Education and Counselling Psychology from Vanderbilt University and her master’s degree in clinical counselling from The Ohio State University. Sarah and her husband Brian have 3 children. Sarah is thrilled to promote kindness in our amazing community through Dublin Bridges. Jill Kranstuber and Sarah Savage, Area Directors for Dublin Bridges , will be sharing the successes and struggles of this relatively new 501(c)(3) organization. Dublin Bridges takes advantage of technology and social media to identify needs in the Dublin Community . Then solves them ! They bridge needs to existing services whenever possible. "Everyone is welcome on our Bridge" Their attached presentation highlights: Two truths driving neighborhood bridges…
to help us fill these needs J The rise of poverty in suburban America in this century has been swift and dramatic More Americans now live in poverty in rural/suburban communities than in large urban centers. ![]() Neighborhood bridges takes advantage of technology & social media to:
a few examples of kindness…
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https://youtu.be/rMbXIjwxcKU Neighborhood Bridges Dublin Video shown during meeting ![]() |
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Dublin AM Rotary Remembers
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Raffle Winners and Dan Sullivan sharing the Memorial Planning and Execution in 2020![]() Dublin AM Rotary Zoom Meeting 8/28/20 Raffle Winners and Dan Sullivan sharing the Memorial Planning and Execution in 2020 ![]() Meeting replay of our raffle drawing and Dan Sullivan’s Talk – hear the recording here: We welcomed guest Kurt Brown and District executives Tom Clevins and Steve Heiser. DRUM ROLL - John and David picked the winning raffle tickets and paddle #125 David Bentz won the Ladies Golf Clubs and #127 Barb Bartholomew won the Mens Golf Club prize!! Announcements The auction on Handbid is still live till Friday at 5 and you can bid on the packages for your golf, dining or entertainment here: John Susie provided an update on our fundraising success so far: We have much to be grateful for, in spite of the changing formats the handbill auction has great packages, our members have been generous sponsors and our members and guests have purchased 100+ raffle tickets. Please keep bidding till tonight! David Bentz added his thanks to Co-Chairs John Susie and David Lundergan, Mike Isler for setting up the Handbid, Page Vornbrock and Susan West for the great job facilitating our event, Sponsors and Sponsor organizers, Roberta for her art donation and the entire Committee. Claudia asked committee chairs to send her updates. Julie Rinaldi will be in touch with the Literacy committee. ![]() Sue Burness introduced our keynote speaker Daniel Power Sullivan. Dan is president and managing partner of HNS Sports Group, a golf management company based in Dublin, Ohio specializing in event management, hospitality management, sponsorship and contract representation. Sullivan is also the executive director of The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, Jack Nicklaus hosted PGA TOUR, directing all business, marketing, community, philanthropic and operational aspects associated with the world-class tournament. Sullivan leads a HNS organization through management, operations and consulting relationships which includes over 25 professional, corporate and charity events conducted domestically and internationally including AT&T Pebble Beach, Zurich Classic and A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier on the PGA TOUR. In Columbus, Sullivan and HNS have led the 2013 Presidents Cup, the 2016 U.S. Senior Open, the annual Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour in addition to the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. Sullivan holds a seat on the boards of Tourism Ohio, Greater Columbus Sports Commission (Chair), Nationwide Children’s Hospital, St. Charles Preparatory School and First Tee of central Ohio. Sullivan holds a bachelor of science (business marketing) degree from Miami University. Sullivan lives in Marble Cliff with his wife, Alyson, and their four (4) children. About The Memorial Tournament The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance is held annually at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. The Tournament, which was founded and is hosted by Jack Nicklaus, is conducted each year with three goals in mind: to honor the memory of individuals living and deceased who have distinguished themselves in the game of golf; to showcase the world’s best golfers competing on one of the most challenging venues in the world for the enjoyment of spectators; and to benefit charitable organizations in central Ohio. Dan shared interesting stories about the pandemic’s impact on preparations, changing focus from spectators to a non spectator event, the insurance coverage for major events and the safety procedures for both tournaments this year. The positive economic impact of the 2 Tournaments include:
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Fundraising Event of the Year for Dublin AM!![]() Fundraising Event of the Year for Dublin AM! Enjoy the meeting replay of our annual fundraising event “Reacting to crisis in our community” and hear the good work our speakers shared on the recording here Announcements The auction on Handbid is still live and you can donate to the Dublin Food bank, buy a raffle ticket and check out the packages to bid on for your golf, dining or entertainment. Congratulations to Co–Chairs John Susie, Dave Lundergan, and Virtual fundraising committee contributors Rotary VP Mike Isler, Claudia Trusty, Wolf Lant and the entire fundraising committee. Congratulations to The Masters of Ceremony- Page Vornbrock and Susan West for their outstanding job facilitating our Virtual event. Thank you to our sponsors
Celebrating 30 years of Giving to our community -please thank our interesting speakers:
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Stacy James – Motivational Speaker- timely for this special group of Rotarian Members!
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Dublin AM Rotary Auction for Covid-19 ReliefCountdown - 2 days to go!! Dublin AM Rotary's Online Silent Auction & Raffle to benefit our Covid19 Community Response is going live on Friday, August 14. Please share! Some of our auction items pictured below: Two sets of Callaway Irons with bags will be raffled off. See photos below! Tickets are only $25. We hope you buy at least one. You can purchase those tickets right now. Go to www.tinyurl.com/dublinamauction then register and buy your tickets. ![]() ![]() $110 Value Gift Basket and Energy Combo from The Reiki Center in Grandview $50 Gift Card from The Woodhouse Day Spa in Dublin. 1 Foursome for 18-hold Rounds of Golf at The Country Club at Muirfield Village $100 Gift Card from Polaris Grill in Powell. 3 framed photos by Roberta Kayne! See photos below. We have lots of other exciting items to bid on including: Get ready to bid!! Register to bid at www.tinyurl.com/DublinAMauction and click on REGISTER. All proceeds benefit our community COVID-19 response including support for Dublin Food Pantry, Dublin Bridges & Welcome Warehouse, and our ongoing support for Veterans Services. Dublin AM Rotary Charitable Foundation is a 501(c)3. Also, the Dublin Food Pantry needs our help. Donate through this auction and the Dublin AM Rotary Charitable Foundation will match all donations up to $3000! Auction Opens on August 14, 2020 at 8am. Auction Closes on August 28, 2020 at 5pm Register to bid at www.tinyurl.com/DublinAMauction This annual fundraiser was supposed to take place in person at The Memorial Tournament which was closed to the public. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Meet our Scholarship Winners from Dublin Schools – Great Video!
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Dublin AM Rotary In person & Zoom Dual Format Meeting 7/17/20It’s Our Committees! David Bentz introduces our committee board members and we share our vision and purpose Enjoy the meeting replay at the recording link here: ![]() Announcements John Susie announced that since our fundraising event has changed to a Silent Auction and event August 21st we need to raise Silent Auction items. Please book this event on your calendar! John Susie, Dave Lundergan and the rest of our committee will appreciate donated items you can help us secure for this silent auction. We will bundle donations into nice packages and all members are asked to reach out with contribution items to John or David or consider making a cash donation in lieu of Pro - Am tickets. Lou Charobee announced that our Dublin AM Rotary Auto Show has been deferred till next year after many discussions and considerations were made. Roberta announced a new toiletries collection effort at the Dublin Chamber front door where the box is now located for distribution to Dublin school kids in need. David introduced each of the committees for your volunteer role opportunities: Membership - Laurie Reinbolt Engagement with current members and new member recruiting Community Services - Sharon Kendall Outreach in our community and many member driven areas for support Veterans Affairs - David Williamson Supportive liaisons, programs and next steps for our veterans initiative International Services – Jim Burness Mission trip 2021, Kenya Life & Land donation and other international programs Youth Services – Sinan Yaykin 4 areas: Interact Club, Rotaract Club, Youth Exchange, ROYA Educational Services – see David Bentz Vocational services like Robotics, Scholarship and Literacy programs Communications Committee – Ingrid Fields New committee members requested for occasional weekly reporting and special Passion project communications- please email Ingrid at ingridsvirtualdesk@gmail.com President Elect Mike Isler also shared the need for additional fundraising volunteers given the opportunities for new fundraising events for our club and methods in a social distancing environment. Please see Susan West. |
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Dustin Snow Owner of Coast Wine House discussing his journey to small business ownershipDublin AM Rotary Zoom Meeting 7/10/20 Enjoy the meeting with Dustin Snow at this meeting Recording Link for 7/10/20: Announcements
Dustin Snow owner of Coast Wine House ![]() Power of the Brand and attention to details were important learnings while in the career in corporate retail with A&F. Dustin then decided to be an entrepreneur and engaged in his business planning. Core principals and Dustin’s pillars: Ethics, Evidence (Fact Based Decision making) and Empathy Passionate Power of Empathy was central to Dustin’s talk about his journey on hospitality and sharing the founding of Coast in historic Dublin. Leading with authenticity humbling making sure guests are served well. Dustin shared his thoughts on purpose-based leadership and business (in a Venn diagram of course!). We touched on the COVID impact and the fast and flexible business model requirements to survive the changing daily impacts. We enjoyed some live participants and some Zoom participants for this first hybrid meeting format. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Installation Meeting!!As Kent started the Installa ![]() As he shared his advice cards, he also had humor in his heart and received the gratitude of all the members for a successful and enjoyable year that marked many outstanding events, service delivery and true community action! ![]() ![]() Naming our Rotarian of The Year- Lou Charobee! Another highlight of our Installation Meeting today! Congratulations all around were cheered! A few words that were said about Lou by a board member: "Lou was like a dog with a bone when leading the car show...passionate and tenacious. He delivered a professional first show that made Rotary and the City of Dublin proud. With that success, Lou set the stage for a long-term source of funds and exposure for our club. Lou is ever-present in every fundraising effort, including the Irish Festival, Pro-Am, and now an alternative Covid-19 [silent auction] fundraiser. Friendly and sincere, Lou is a prized contributor to our club." Visiting Dignitaries like Steve Heiser, our District Governor Elect, were there to perform the official ceremonies And a New Year with Presid ![]() Two Announcements: No Meeting Friday, July 3rd Attend the Rotary International Convention closing days and recorded breakouts at www.riconvention.org, the sessions have been great and more details in a newsletter to come soon! If you missed our 6-26-20 Installation Meeting with the installation of our new Board and David Bentz as our new President, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaoRbT7d32U&t=13s Thanks to Ron Morgan for his tech skills in getting this uploaded to our youtube channel! ![]() |
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President Elect David Bentz shares his VisionPresident Elect David Bentz shares his Vision for Rotary 2020-2021 Kent and David discuss moving forward ![]() https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/3MdlJrzC-TJIbonI7FjGBP57FaH0X6a8hyUX__VZzhzqsN38--YnHTarDvnM9U70 Announcements
President Elect David Bentz shared slides summarizing his vision for this next Rotary year. Rotary Opens Opportunities is our theme this year and David shared his stories of joining Rotary and how it still provides these opportunities: Friendships Community Connections for Service Professional Networking Fun! Member Engagement is the central focus for 20/21 and $20,000 has been allocated in the budget for member projects. David shared the process for members to request project funding. The 1 page form was shared. Also some structural board roles was discussed:
The Rotary Convention is all on line and free and we can join selected sessions. Roberta also has joined the Convention Walk Challenge and welcomes more walkers. Significant Comments, Thanks and Praise from the 43 attendees was appropriately directed to Kent Underwood for his gracious transitions to Zoom meetings during this time and his whole tenure of leadership and calm progress for this Rotary club! ![]() ![]() |
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Dublin AM Rotary Zoom Meeting 6/12/20
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David Austin DDS, MS Sitting is the new smoking!
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Tom McGloshen- Dealing with Friends that are Seriously illIf you missed this great presentation, catch the recording here: Announcements
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Another approach you can take is to use empathetic guessing. An example may be; “If you want to talk, I am here”. It is a great way to show someone you care. The key is that we listen very carefully as the person struggling will tell you what to say next. Dealing with loss and illness is never easy. The most important thing you can do to support a friend, or loved one is to be there for them. If you are someone you know is struggling, please leverage your club and community resources.
To view the complete text of Tom's presentation along with the what to and not to say, click here Dealing with Friends who are Seriously Ill Dublin A.M. Rotary May 22, 2020 The Rev. Thomas H. McGloshen, Ph.D. In dealing with friends who are seriously ill, we often don’t know what to say. We do a dance of approach and avoidance. We’re interested. We care. And, we want to communicate all of that—without being intrusive or insensitive—but we’re not sure how to make that connection appropriately. ![]() ![]() |
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COSI President and CEO Dr. Frederic Bertley ~
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Sustaining Well-being & Resilience During Stressful Times![]() Dublin AM Rotary Zoom Meeting 5/8/20 Syntero CEO Julie Erwin Rinaldi and Chief Clinical Officer Sara Harrison Mills Sustaining Well-being & Resilience During Stressful Times By Julie Erwin Rinaldi and Sara Harrison Mills Meeting Recording Link 5/08/20: Announcements: John Coyle Battelle Channel 10 Story: https://www.10tv.com/article/battelle-brings-game-changer-mask-sanitizing-technology-cities-across-country-2020-may Chris Humphrey has safely arrived home from his Rotary exchange experience in France. It was great to see you on the Zoom meeting in this time zone, Chris! Our Rotary Club has now contributed over 55 lbs. of food this week putting our contributions well over 150 lbs. of food and over 50 lbs. of toiletries. There is a Pro AM committee meeting over Zoom at 5 pm Monday. Dave and John are preparing alternative fundraising venues, there is still a lot to plan whether the fan participation portion happens or not for the Tournament. Sue Burness shared City of Dublin and Columbus thoughts for July 4th and alternatives to Red, White and Boom and our Dublin fireworks. The City of Dublin Development offices are moving during this quiet time and we hope they inhabit these offices in good health soon. The Irish festival decisions could be discussed around June 1st. Thank you to Julie Rinaldi - Julie interviewed her Chief Clinical Officer and raised several examples of care and support we can do for our selves and our loved ones to handle the collective stress that is naturally part of our life and ever present now. Please see the pdf attached and in email for their Syntero talk: |
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Mike Rankin- Transportation Research Center & Ohio Compliance Drivers license updatesA special thanks to Mike R The Ohio Compliance License update has been extended until October 2021. To get your new license, you will need to provide: 1. Either your birth certificate, or passport 2. SSN and address (W-2) 3. Written proof of where you reside Just a reminder after October 2021, you will need either a compliance license, or a passport to fly.
Transportation Research Center Self -Driving cars continue to be a major trend in the Automotive industry with many advantages. Safety is one of the biggest advantages, due to the removal of human error. Self-driving cars will also lead to greater productivity and allowing elderly and handicap individuals experience greater mobility. Additional advantages we could see is reduction in costs for insurance and the potential for fractional car ownership. If you have additional questions, please feel free to reach out to Mike at mike.rankin1953@gmail.com. The virtual meeting recording can be accessed at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/_OhPFOz-329IGNLsxVPcUIs5G8fpT6a81CBM-vtYzUf7ZPec-IzzJl8tPRaQr-JV |
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Interact Advisors and Officers Present Today![]() Dublin AM Rotary Zoom Meeting 4/24/20 with Interact Advisors and Student Officers See the Interact Clubs' PowerPoint Presentation Here: https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2furldefense.proofpoint.com%2fv2%2furl%3fu%3dhttps-3A__drive.google.com_file_d_1LFfmBtgaZfu3vLfR7TtaZreA2vqEgUkm_view-3Fusp-3Dsharing%26d%3dDwMFaQ%26c%3d5qaU24Emulp-fzgwXAWUyHfhV6KzVMOip5exfSC7BVM%26r%3duLful6XLFE3234wF_nQbwILySs50yxtGSg9Hn7QgTRsCci7G2qU5caXscfVjRo3w%26m%3dKy3uP8i-7dPGGYw4Uy9jiSpqMO1Kfp5oMLQK_DRq0G0%26s%3dg_4wA0qusXfSuXQNPAyBZfDUsC4OrrzT19wCDabKwVs%26e%3d&c=E,1,Ty5q1Vk-JPFhVBG-J3qdg23vnNG0G2XyisCf0HdvCQ0JkFnSs-5mIntY4Dv7O0jmhb4YiJqEbL--gO4wIvhZIcTlkBwsQhks9T9EFH2ngH_ZZuHh8lnqzDlAz-E,&typo=1 NO Recording Link today Congratulations on a great Interact year Cap, Claudia, Sinan, Andy and Ash were thanked for their leadership by our Interact Advisors and Interact Clubs Announcements today: We will be meeting virtually through May 8th, stay tuned for further announcements. Our Interact club Summary today: Jerome High School Advisor Matt Williams and Interact Officers
Scioto High School Advisor John Witt
Coffman High School Advisor Karen Brothers
Davis Middle School Advisor Susan Jacoby and Emily Temple
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Tom Reiland, General Manager of WOSU - Zoom MeetingDublin AM Rotary Zoom Meeting Recording Link 4/17/20: https://zoom.us/rec/share/2eVbP6r52lhJQIHP6UL-Rr8wGN7iX6a80XQf__ZcxU6ZG1LGYMw6t_OnOd26NCaU?startTime=1587123171000![]() Thanks to Tom Reiland, General Manager of WOSU, for his great presentation on the history of radio and WOSU. Also Huge Thanks and Recognition to WOSU for their Corona Coverage and Public Service Communications Commitments through these trying times. Enjoy Screenshots of Dublin AM Rotary's Zoom meeting today and please check out our Facebook page or our Flickr page for more photos. Reverend Steve Smith led our invocation and Colonel Dave Williamson led our pledge Friday morning as we conducted another terrific meeting while being socially distant and responsible. Announcements today: Pro Am is looking more feasible since recent announcements indicate the Memorial Tournament is now scheduled for July 16th! John Susie reminded us that the announcements cannot be made yet about spectators and fans but we are all pleased for the dates. Next committee meeting is 7/27/20 at 5, thanks to Wolf for the Zoom support. A donation of $1,000 has been made to the District 6690 fund contributing to 3 Food Banks. Kate reminded us about the Rotaract grocery delivery service for members and non-members -please see more details further down on this website. Good to see Victoria Hardesty and Allan joining the meeting. Tom is President of the Ohio PBS Stations and on the board of the United Way and the Gateway Film Center. He is also the author of Sparks Flew WOSU’s Century on the Air. Tom’s talk shared much of the historical background associated with WOSU and the Radio Wireless Transmission Innovations:
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Dr. Todd Hoadley- Update on the state of Dublin City Schools amid the Covid- 19 PandemicClub Updates:
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Rotaract Club Offering Grocery Pickups & DeliveriesROTARACT CLUB of DUBLIN, OH - ANNOUNCEMENT Look no further than Rotaract! For we ACT We will be doing grocery pickups / deliveries from the Kroger's/Giant Eagle curbside pickup. & then delivering those products to you! What is awesome about picking up curbside at Krogers or Giant Eagle?! They sanitize every product before that product goes in the bags. We will wear gloves during pickup and delivery if there's anything else that you need us to pick up while we're out we will do that! Medicine picking up business mail if it's not at your location...we will not go inside the house. We will call / text you when we've arrived to let you know your bags are on your front porch. There will be no delivery fee for Rotarians! This service is considered a foundation service so we ask for "donation tips" whatever you can give to our Rotaract Foundation to help our club grow and our community grow! This is how it works Pre pay for your groceries through the Kroger's/Giant Eagle curbside pickup. If there are other places that are offering curbside pickup, we can curbside pick up for you! Just prepay ahead of time, say that Rotaract will be picking up! Thank you Contact our lead Rotaractor to sign up for this service! When you call / text that number, our lead Rotaractor will ask you for a pickup location and a 3 hr timeframe (we may be picking up other orders as well) pick a time that best suits your needs...we can go to multiple locations! Stay safe and healthy ! |
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Dublin AM Rotary Connecting - First Virtual Meeting via ZoomSee our meeting recording for Friday March 27, 2020 here: ![]() ![]() Special Thanks to Wolf for editing the meeting and moderating our first remotely enabled Friday session. Kent also spent hours for rehearsals with our first remote speaker, Craig Truax, Mid-Ohio Food Bank. Claudia provided extra communication all week on what to expect and how we could click the links or dial the audio numbers. Our own tech members offered input and Wolf leveraged district programs. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Our Rotary meetings are indeed Connecting Our World in an unprecedented time. Just as our work and family communications, our shopping and entertainment are all changing, our Dublin AM Rotary is leading the access for our members. With leadership, patience and endurance, we are staying at each other' sides- even from separate houses. Announcements: Special Thoughts and Prayers- Ramona and Barry’s son Jonathan is one of the Battelle engineers going to New York City then Seattle with new technology to sterilize protective equipment like N95 masks for health care workers in the highest crush of demand in the country. Catch a replay of Governor DeWine’s briefing Saturday at 2 pm March 28, 2020 discussing the Battelle innovation. It will mean extra distance and separation for Jonathon and this team when they return to family and friends and we all appreciate the knowledge and risk-taking efforts to do this work. Our First Two Grants this last week: Claudia worked with City of Dublin teams and our Dublin AM Board and Susan Robenalt for our Foundation to grant a $5,000 contribution to Dublin Bridges and a $5,000 Grant to the Dublin Food Pantry. More discussion to follow at the next Board meeting. Toiletries and cash -Roberta is asking for the donations to be placed on Kent’s front porch -see the emails this week for address and requested contributions. Sue Burness asked us to remind families and individuals of the need for social distancing. As we all want to enjoy a nice spring day, too many are not observing the guidelines on the new Dublin bridge, in parks or in playgrounds. Parental control of their families in these public places will make everyone safer. Mid-Ohio Food Bank Craig Truax delivered a fact filled and interesting talk about the Mid-Ohio Food Bank and the 15 associated organizations here in Franklin County making available 66,990,011 pounds of food, 151,000 meals every day helping t end hunger through the Fod Bank, MOFB Farm Farmacy, Kitchen and Market. Volunteers and donations work with over 700 agencies here in Ohio. |
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Club Get Together VirtuallyWe are ready to kick off Dublin AM Rotary's Friday Club Meeting, teleconference style! Wolf Lant and a group of semi-techies worked over the past weekend to test out how a virtual meeting might work...and it did. Well, to be honest, it worked most of the time! Wolf setup a club meeting via an app called Zoom that will begin at 7:45am each Friday and last for about 45 minutes. Not familiar with Zoom or web conferencing? Now is a great time to learn more about it! Not interested in learning more? That's okay, you can join the meeting via phone...just no pictures of your Rotary friends. Here are the details: Join Zoom Meeting via your computer, laptop or notebook That's easy. Click on the link below to access Zoom. If you are a new user you will be asked to download and install the app, or enter a url into your browser. For the first meeting plan to do this around 7:30am on Friday. https://zoom.us/j/8910091468 Meeting ID: 891 009 1468 (you will be prompted to enter this in order to join the meeting) Join Zoom Meeting via mobile phone +1 646 558 8656 8910091468# (this is the Meeting ID and you will be prompted to enter this in order to join the meeting) Join Zoom Meeting via other phone Dial by your location (any of these should work) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US +1 301 715 8592 US Meeting ID: 891 009 1468 (you will be prompted to enter this in order to join the meeting) Learn more about Zoom Meetings One of our Rotary friends put together a tutorial for another club and graciously shared it with us. Check out this very helpful YouTube video for lots of information about the app. If you do need help, maybe someone to help you setup the app, we are here for you. Please email Ingrid or Mike who are our team experts! Not interested but still want all the news Okay, so you're enjoying your respite from meetings, and don't want to get up that early. Not a problem. Zoom can video our meetings and we will add that link to our website home page each week along with key announcements. This will be a learning experience for all of us, so expect some glitches, some laughs and, maybe, a little bit of frustration. On the very huge upside, we can be together again! Hope you join us on Friday. |
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Suspension of Club ActivitiesDear Dublin AM Rotary, The Club’s board of directors has made the decision to suspend all regular club meetings and other activities of the club until Sunday, April 5th. As of last evening (Sunday 3/15/20) the CDC has made the recommendation to curtail any events with 50+ people for 8 weeks..which is May 10th. While at first blush, this seems excessive, it's the current recommendation and these recommendations may actually become mandates. I'm prepared to extend the suspension, if necessary for the health and well-being of our Club members and community. My ask is: PLEASE STAY UP WITH YOUR EMAILS. Important club information will be shared as appropriate. So what can we do during this period?
And what will club leaders be doing to find ways to continue our momentum and commitment to service?
These are certainly unsettling and unusual times. There is no "playbook" on how to deal and manage with situations like this and these decisions are not easy and certainly not perfect. Hopefully, what we're facing will be resolved expeditiously and we can resume club activities and our 'normal lives' soon. If you have concerns about the action the board has taken or suggestions on how we proceed, please let me know. Thank you so much for your understanding and patience and, again, please stay attentive to your email for updates. Yours in Service, Kent Underwood
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David Williamson - Veterans Affairs Committee Update |
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Colonel Richard Fambro - Ohio Highway PatrolANNOUNCEMENTS
![]() Richard has over 30 years of service in the Ohio State Highway Patrol. His distinguished career as resulted in his holding the prestigious position of Colonel. Richard’s message covered two topics: Pursuits and Distracted Driving. Every day in Ohio, three to five criminal suspects flee the scene of a crime. A pursuit of a suspect in an automobile, while exciting and almost common in movies and on television, is a dangerous endeavor. So, most municipalities ban the active pursuit of a suspect. In Ohio, the Ohio Highway Patrol is one of only a few law enforcement agencies that has the discretion to decide whether or not to engage in a suspect pursuit. During a pursuit, public safety is the number one concern. To protect the public, our Highway Patrol uses 13 airplanes, 2 helicopters and 1 air van (high altitude aircraft) to reduce the “on-the-ground” risks. Another epidemic that Ohio drivers face as a daily driving danger is distracted driving. This isn’t just with cell phones but could include watching mobile televisions, putting on makeup and, as Richard showed is in a real incident video, getting dressed for church. Since today distracted driving is a secondary offense, in order for a person to be charged with distracted driving, that person has to be pulled over for some other driving offense, such as weaving or turning without a signal. Then that person has to admit that he or she was distracted. There is proposed legislation being worked in Ohio that will allow distracted driving to be a primary offense. If this legislation becomes law, the act of being distracted will be enough for an officer to pull you over. |
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Alan Miller - Dispatch Media![]() Alan Miller, Dispatch Media Group, speaking to Dublin AM on Friday, 2/14/20, also pictured with Tom McGloshen and a journalist student. |
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Tom Strickrath - Director Ohio Public SafetyANNOUNCEMENTS
GUEST SPEAKER: Tom Stickrath - Director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety ![]() Even while Ohio’s prison populations grew 625% (from 8,000 inmates to 50,000 inmates), using processes improvement methods like LEAN Six Sigma, Tom oversaw meaningful enhancements in:
Additionally, he helped drive more effective employment practices such as increased diversity and increased academic standards for personnel. Near term public safety focuses in Ohio include finding solutions to problems including:
It is also important to note that big changes are happening in and around the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Ohioans can register online at several BMV locations and reduce their wait times. In fact, online users of this tool cut wait times from an average of 26 minutes to an average of 3 minutes. Further, Tom reminded Rotarians that 10/1/2020 is when new identification requirements will be implemented. After that date a “Real ID” will be required to enter federal buildings and to board flights. NOTE: The requirements for obtaining the Real ID at your local BMV can be found on the Ohio BMV website. |
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Rotaract takes over Dublin AM Rotary 1-24-20![]() |
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Tim Petska, The Joseph Group - Economic OutloookRECOGNITION Thomas Kleven, Rotary Assistant District Governor recognized our club's twenty winners of the 125 Club member pins. To become a 125 Club member, Rotarians must contribute at least $100 to the Rotary Foundation’s Annual Fund and at least $25 to the global PolioPlus effort. The recognition goes to:
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GUEST SPEAKER: Tim Petska with the Joseph Group discussed the Economic Outlook for 2020. Tim made no recommendations for stock or bond purchases, but rather discussed ways of thinking about this year. ![]() 1.) A wise investor focuses on scenarios, not forecasts or predictions 2.) It may be a good idea to consider Small caps, value style and foreign stocks when making 2020 investment decisions because they are relatively discounted compared to other stocks trading at 20X PE 3.) In an election year, the Fed is not as likely to modify interest rates. This belief is driven from the thinking that the Fed may not want to appear politically motivated in making monetary decisions 4.) Bond performance varies inversely with interest rates. Interest rates are at very low levels currently 5.) Investment considerations should include factual, macro level policy decisions and not one’s own political preferences or fears Tim explained that a good amount of the equity growth in 2019 was a likely a result of stocks trading at higher PE ratios. Further, for continued sustainable growth, it is likely that strong 2020 corporate earnings are needed for continued equity appreciation. |
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Aaron Greene - College LiftoffClub Announcements – There's So Much Happening With Dublin AM!
Our Speaker – Aaron Greene, Founder of College Liftoff![]() College Liftoff wants to ensure parents and prospective college students think of college expense as an investment.This thinking is akin to how one thinks of a home purchase or retirement saving. |
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Holiday Message from the Rev Steve Smith![]() This morning's meeting continued our Holiday Tradition of the Rev Steve Smith spreading the message of the true meaning of Holidays and the importance of story telling. In addition to hearing a great message of hope and joy, Lara our exchange student also spread the holiday spirit with homemade cookies. On behalf of Dublin AM, wishing all a safe and joyous Holiday season with Friends and Family! Announcements:
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Dublin AM Rotary December 13, 2019 Meeting
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Annual Meeting, Paul Harris Awards, New Members![]() Bruce Andrews and his annual bell-ringing workshop with Cindy Groeniger, Tim Redman and Jim Warburton. (above) Below: Kent Underwood with Rotaractors Susan Robenalt awarding Paul Harris Fellow Awards to Tim Redman and Calvin Gebhart Interactors selling home baked dog biscuits Annual Meeting - David Bentz introducing the 2020-21 Board and Committee Chairs. Kent Underwood & Cindy Groeniger with new members Trevor Donaldson, Craig Truax and Linda Cochran ![]() |
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Price Finley - Rotary Foundation Chair 11-22-19![]() District 6690 Foundation Chair, Price Finley, was our speaker this past Friday. He gave us an update on The Rotary Foundation and how we can all support The Foundation. November is "Foundation Month" |
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Guest Speakers- Craig Krenzel & Ryan Miller![]() We had the honor to get an update on the state of the 2019 Buckeye Football Team from Ohio State greats Craig Krenzel and Ryan Miller. For the Rotarians in the crowd who are Buckeye fans the news was overwhelming GREAT! Craig and Ryan were very excited about the job Ryan Day is doing in his first year at the helm. They feel he is doing a great job building a special culture, recruiting the best players in the country, in addition they view him as one of the best coaches for his game day strategy. They were also very excited about the talent and the results they have seen on defense, offense and special teams this year. In addition to providing great insight on the game, Ryan and Craig have also done a great job supporting the Dublin community and beyond. They are both active in the 2nd and 7th foundation, a community outreach program geared at promoting literacy and providing positive role models for children. To see how you can get involved go to https://www.secondandseven.com/donate/donate-online/ to help with this great cause! Announcements:
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Bourbon Tasting - Perfect Party Photos |
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Our guest speaker focus today was our Dublin Rotary Foreign Exchange Student “Inbound to America” Lara Kranke with a guest appearance from France- our “Outbound” Chris Humphrey.
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Lucas Bauer, Principal, Daniel Wright Elementary School![]() Announcements:
![]() Lucas Bauer, Principal of Daniel Wright Elementary School, presenting to Dublin AM Rotary this morning. Group photo includes Dr. Todd Hoadley, Superintendent of Dublin Schools, Kent Underwood and other administrators of Dublin Schools. Thanks to Kaitlyn Gushue for taking the group photo today, Roberta Kayne for taking pictures and posting and Shannon Stover for writing! |
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New Generations Service Exchange PhotosPhotos of the New Generations Service Exchange visitors from Romania. Thank you to Sharon Kendall for hosting them and submitting the photos ![]() |
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Our guest speaker Leigh Burnside The Wendy’s Corporation Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer
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Past District Governor Craig Maxey![]() ![]() Past District Governor Craig Maxey speaking to Dublin AM on Friday, 10/18, about Polio Plus - End Polio. Guest Speaker- Craig Maxey, World Polio Day- Oct 24th
Announcements Mark your calendar for all these upcoming events
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Polio Plus Fundraiser with City BBQ![]() All we have to do is present the attached coupon to the cashier and they will scan the barcode at the register. The coupons can be printed and presented or simply scanned off of our phones.… no printing required. The two participating locations are in Powell (3758 W Powell Rd) and Upper Arlington (2111 W Henderson Rd). But why dine alone? Let's take this opportunity to dine for a cause together! Come to City BBQ on Powell Rd. anytime from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm and we can share in great fellowship and great food. Please share this email and information with your friends, families and co-workers. Working together we can finally wipe Polio from the face of the earth while enjoying the some of the best barbecue around! This generous offer from City BBQ is valid October 24th only and please reach out to me if you have any questions. |
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Dublin AM Rotary October 4th, 2019 Meeting
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Veteran’s History ProjectVeteran’s History Project - Eric Rood
If you would like to watch some of the great interviews Eric has created you can go to YouTube under “timeless voices of aviation”, or if you have a Veteran who would like to tell their story, Eric can be contacted at rood.eric@gmail.com. Thanks to Eric for everything he is doing to honor the sacrifice of our Veterans.
The Ohio Veterans Oral History Project is an ongoing initiative of the Ohio History Connection to collect and preserve the stories of Ohio’s veterans. The Ohio History Connection believes that every veteran’s story is important and shows different aspects of military service and sacrifice. They are collecting veterans’ stories of their military experiences to make them available for future generations. They have partnered with the National Veterans Memorial and Museum and Honor Flight Columbus to locate veterans interested in participating in the project. These histories help inform designers working for the Ohio Veterans Memorial and Museum and some will be used in the memorial and museum itself.
Announcements -September 28th the Perfect party starts @ 6:00 at Andy & JJ Keeler’s -Oct 8th @PMI credit Union you can meet the candidates- doors open @ 6:00pm- come and support Andy Keeler in his candidacy bid. -Oct 24th World Polio Day- Dine at City BBQ where a portion of the proceeds will go to ending Polio |
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Welcome our new Police Chief - Chief Páez
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Moises Sifren, Dominican Republic MissionMoises Sifren speaking to Dublin AM Rotary this morning about the volunteering needs in the Dominican Republic. ![]() ![]() |
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Nancy L. Sponseller, Attorney on Collaborative Divorce![]() Nancy Sponseller, Divorce Attorney, speaking to Dublin AM Rotary about Collaborative Divorce. |
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Bill Easdale 40th Year Anniversary
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Celebrate Your Rotary Achievements
![]() CELEBRATE YOUR ROTARY ACHIEVEMENTS !! Our District Governor Gary Vaughan referred to this theme as he shared great hapenings in Rotary across the district and across the globe. Gary discussed Vision 2020 and regognized Jim Bandeen, Pete Fuhlbrigge, Andy Keeler, Mike Isler and Ingrid Fields ![]() Annoucements: Come and volunteer Setember 1st Rotary Car Show August 22 at Fado restaurant in Historic Dublin 7-9 RotoAct Young Professionals District Assembly August 24th and Student Exchange, Host Famly Training August 24th Hold September 28th for our Progressive Perfect Party at 6 pm October 12th Unicef Fundraiser Drive in Movie Night |
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Roland Pagniano's Mission Trip to Dominican Republic![]() ![]() Rotary Meeting 8/9/19 Presentation: Roland Pagniano’s Dental Mission Trip to La Romana, Dominican Republic Worked with World Mission Partners |
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Rotary Sponsored Exchange Student returns from Slovakia
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Our speaker Dr. Michael Suplicki, DC, The Winchester Institute of Chiropractic Health & Wellness discussing Ergonomics
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Our speaker “Dinky” Denise Youngsteadt Parrish, Executive Director, joined us from the Dublin Food Bank. We heard stories and used Play- Doh!![]() Our speaker was “Dinky” Denise Youngsteadt Parrish, the new Executive Director of one of our favorite local organizations, The Dublin Food Pantry. We heard stories and used Play- Doh! The Impact of Trauma on our brain was a very passionate talk. Denise shared not only who has food insecurity and hunger but the bigger picture of the impact of trauma on our brain. Operating since 1978, Dublin Food Pantry has been serving our community. Denise shared that it is a need still growing. Over 60% of the Dublin elementary school students qualify for the national free lunch program so even a wonderful area like Dublin has residents and families in need. Denise “Dinky” also used Play-Doh to demonstrate the impact that trauma has on the human brain and how that relates to life circumstances that cause food and shelter insecurities. Other discussion included that the problem with being poor is that it takes all your time. Kent summarized it well when he said it was a passionate and compassionate talk that Denise shared. Jack Curtis discussed the First Monday of every Month is our volunteer time and the whole family is now welcome to help. Announcements: Wine Not Wednesdays at Tucci’s was a great success. Thanks to our social committee! We spent time getting to know a few of our newer members and welcomed Betty Isaac who sends her regards and affection to all Dublin AM. Join the next one in August at Tucci’s. 9/1- Put the Rotary Car Show on your calendar for Sunday, September 1st. Lou Charobee will be recruiting volunteers to share flyers, work the registration and logistics the day of the event too. Dublin Irish Festival- Andy has 25 Slots to Fill. If you need assistance, email andy.keeler@keelernadler.com or call Andy at (614)402-3765.
Calvin has vintage cars and the lobster food truck today at First Citizens Bank in Powell. Claudia, Kent and many will be attending the August 24th District conference, carpooling is suggested. |
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July 12th Dublin AM Rotary Meeting Scott Dysart Presenting SIL Asian Language Learning![]() Today’s Meeting focused on the International literacy and language learning that is the mission of SIL -Presented by Scott Dysart ![]() Scott shared the organization’s founder and mission in 1914, the Summer Institute in Linguistics by William Cameron Townsend, shares many literacy goals with Rotary. Scott shared the many benefits of education in the home country language and the additional learning accomplished when students have a multi-lingual approach. Scott also shared details and a video of live classroom interactions that demonstrate the Thai school approach and shared interviews of family members. The observations shared were very interesting to educators and parents alike. Links to free book templates were shared for our members to use: http:BloomLibrary.Org http:BloomLibrary.Org/ArtofReading Announcements: Wednesday 7/17 Our social committee has fun things in store for Rotary this year! We are also bringing back our monthly event with a new name - Wine Not Wednesdays! Starting Wednesday, July 17, 5:30 pm, we will have a monthly gathering at a favorite Dublin restaurant/bar with our favorite people - our fellow Rotarians. The first three months will be at Tucci's. 9/1- Put the Rotary Car Show on your calendar for Sunday, September 1st for this inaugural event. Contributors already include Steve Gunder, Andy Keeler and Fields Auto Works. Dublin Irish Festival- Sign up on the Dublin Irish festival site- see Andy’s email for instructions. Andy sent around the clipboard, there are still a few desirable shifts to be covered by our club. District Digni ![]() A H ![]() |
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Board Installation and Scholarship WinnersToday’s Busy Meeting featured our Scholarship Winners, our new President and the Board Installation. Announcements: 6/29 Dalma’s Farewell – 4-6 pm at PINS Bridge Park Area to say farewell and safe travels to Dalma 9/1- Put the Rotary Car Show on your calendar for September 1st and share our Facebook and web postings for this inaugural event. Dublin Irish Festival- Sign up on the Dublin Irish festival site- see Andy’s email for instructions Pete - needs a few more Parade Marshalling volunteers for July 4th Sinan thanked Wolf and Bonnie for all they have done for Dalma. We do have a 3rd host family slot open for our new Exchange Student Laura coming from Germany. Ingrid to be her Rotary counselor. We thanked Steve Heiser for his 3 years as our District AG and we met Gary Vaughn who recognized Claudia Trusty for her InterAct work . July 12 &13th District Leader training. Congratulations to our Scholarship Winners- Amazing young talent and promise: ![]()
The Celebration – The Installation of the new President and Board ![]() Recognition of the Outgoing Board Service - Comments from Dwight Seeley and Kent Underwood Susan Robenalt had Foundation announcements and Jim Listebarger was recognized for his Paul Harris Claudia Trusty was recognized by Gary Vaughn for her Interact work Dwight thanked his board, Kent invited his new board to join in the picture taking and Roberta and Bonnie organized and accomplished the board pictures. |
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Dublin AM Rotary June 14, 2019 MeetingToday’s Meeting was held at our new Dublin Library building with a tour from our own Joe Yersavich!
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The 2019 Miracle League Season is underway!
The Miracle League of Central Ohio was formed in 2004 with the Mission of raising funds to build a unique baseball experience for children with mental and physical challenges in the Central Ohio area. Dublin AM will once again be sponsoring the Dodgers Team and we are looking for Buddies to assist at the games. Games are held on Saturday’s at Darree Fields in Dublin and the time to volunteer as a buddy for the games is only about 1 hour, but the impact is ongoing. To get involved in volunteering for this great cause, go to the Miracle League website and sign-up as a Dodgers volunteer. Each week the buddy coordinator will email you for your availability, so you can help as your schedule allows. Please contact Laurie Reinbolt with any questions. Thank you and go Dodgers!!!
http://www.ohiomiracleleague.org/volunteer/index.html- Sign-up link
http://www.ohiomiracleleague.org/forms/2019-saturday-league-game-schedule.pdf- Dodgers schedule |
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Today’s Speaker – Franklin County Children Services Joy Xaybandith MBA, LSW
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Today’s Speaker - Dublin Public Works Megan O’Callaghan PE
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Meeting Notes for May 3, 2019To purchase tickets for the Pro-Am Day, click here or click below: Announcements: Ingrid Fields shared information about our May 29th fundraiser, the Dublin AM Memorial Tournament Pro-Am Event. If you have not registered for your two tickets, please do that today. If you have any problems with that, contact Claudia Trusty. We need volunteers to man the registration desk and drive the shuttle bus that day. Contact Ingrid for more information. Sharon Kendall is again heading up our Group Study Exchange and is looking for home hosts for the team traveling to our area from Romania. They are all professional adults, and will be here August 24 - 28. Today's Speaker: Dan returns as a speaker to Dublin AM to update our members about the Muirfield Memorial Golf Tournament. |
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Ohio's Climate ChangeDublin AM Rotary April 26, 2019 Meeting ![]() Ohio’s Climate Change and the Global Warming Impact Dr. Stuart Ludsin Associate Professor The Ohio State University Dept. of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology Aquatic Ecology Laboratory Dr. Ludsin gave a very informative talk about:
Dr. Ludsin made excellent points about our future and the quality of life we enjoy and want to share with our kids and the next generation. He also shared flyers about the Aquatic Ecology Laboratory (AEL) and the work happening right here on Kinnear Road at OSU. Today’s Announcements: Pro Am day ticket sales- we have an immediate need for your help to raise the funds for our Club. Mike Isler shared an update of the members visiting other clubs to drive attendance at the Pro Am fundraiser. Please see Mike’s message and forward the Pro AM Eventbrite link to your friends and colleagues! Don’t forget to register yourself and a guest on the Club runner link for your tickets too! 17! We have 17 members that received 125 Club pins today for their generous contributions to Rotary and the Polio initiative. In alphabetical order the members recognized by our Assistant Governor Steve Heiser: Jack Curtis, Steve Gunder, Faye Herriott, Mike Isler, Wolf Lant, David Lundregan, Deb Lutz, Tom McGloshen, Ron Morgan, Laurie Reinbolt, Susan Robenalt, Dwight Seeley, Kent Underwood, Page Vornbrock, Jim Warburton, Rich Weber and Phil Yoder. ![]() A well deserved recognition was awarded to Bonnie for the positive community impact that she achieved through her leadership as President of our Rotary Club. Bonnie accepted the plaque and acknowledged our members. Susan announced the fundraising event at the Dublin Event Center Friday evening for Nationwide Childrens Hospital. |
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Cap Clegg and the Interact Groups for all 3 Dublin High Schools and Davis Middle School
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Calvin Gebhart Presenting Check to Dublin AM Rotary![]() Calvin Gebhart presenting a check from First Citizens National Bank to Ingrid Fields, Dwight W. Seeley and Mike Isler to sponsor the 2019 Memorial Tournament Pro-Am Day Fundraiser to benefit Dublin AM Rotary Foundation. |
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Interact Clubs of Dublin Scioto, Dublin Coffman, Dublin Jerome & Davis Middle School |
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Dublin City Manager Speaking on our Connected City here in Dublin!
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Literacy Committee Project Updates![]() Literacy Committee Having Another Impactful Year! Our club has supported local, national and international projects that promote literacy. The Dublin A.M. Rotary’s Literacy Committee supported the following literacy initiatives this Rotary year:
If you would like to join us, please contact Julie Erwin Rinaldi. |
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Dublin Development -Our Connected City![]() Dublin AM Rotary March 22, 2019 Meeting Dublin Development: Significant Projects and Events Be in the know on hot happenings at home Today’s Announcements: Recognition of Calvin Gebhart and the Gold sponsorship for the Pro Am Day contributed by First Citizens National Bank . Mike and Ingrid shared the details on Pro Am day tickets and the Clubrunner registration process and the day's schedule to relax and enjoy the social setting with good food and beverages in a private hospitality house and The Memorial at Muirfield. Dublin Food Pantry volunteers are needed and Dave sent a sign up sheet around at the meeting. Volunteers work the first Monday of every month. Please reach out to David Lundregan to schedule yourself. Our exchange student, Chris Humphrey, is going to France in August and expressed his appreciation to our club. He also shared the event that Dalma shared: a Youth fundraiser happening April 6th at St. Patrick’s that will raise money to fight Polio through Rotary. Please save the date and look at https://rotary6690.org/training-events/calendar/ for more details. Sue Burness introduced today’s speaker and colleague at the City of Dublin, Donna Goss, Ph.D. Director of Development. |
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February 22nd Meeting - Dublin Methodist Hospital![]() Womens Health Center Taking Shape at Dublin Methodist Hospital Our guests today were Dr. Shannon Ho, Internal Fetal Medicine Specialist and Sherry Valentine, Director of Womens Health, from Dublin Methodist Hospital. Page Vornbrook introduced our guests and explained that the growth in the hospital since it opened 10 years ago has far exceeded expectations. Last year, 2,800 babies were born at Dublin Methodist, and over 14,000 babies have been born there overall. It's projected that in the coming years, more than 4,000 babies will be born each year! A 30,000 square foot addition is underway at the hospital to address the expanded requirements. As part of this expansion, a Womens Health Center is being opened. Our own Bonnie Coley-Malir is chairing the committee that is raising awareness/funding for this center. The new center will offer outpatient services for women. Dr. Ho explained to us that pregnancy can create long-term risks to the health of the mother, leading to cardiovascular, diabetes and other long-term risks. |
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Ryan Blackburn, Regional Workforce Consultant for the Ohio Department of Veteran Services.Ryan Blackburn, Regional Workforce Consultant for the Ohio Department of Veteran Services speaking to Dublin AM Rotary. Ryan Keenan getting his red "New Member" badge taken off. Guests Nicole Nitti, Marketing Consultant at ABC6 and Megan Whitt, Executive Director, of 3rd & Goal Foundation |
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Working and Living in Bridge Park Dublin![]() Dublin AM Rotary February 8, 2019 Meeting Working and Living in Bridge Park Dublin! A Busy day with over 12 guests and an interesting Panel Today’s Announcements: Recognition of the VCA Donation to Polar Bear and the Pro Am with Tod Beckett and his work also securing University of Findlay’s sponsorship and Governor DeWine’s participation on May 29th. David Bentz recognized the diligent work of Jim Listebarger and Bob Rosenberg for the over 50 raffle contributions that have been donated for Polar Bear. Sinan and Jim Bandeen remind you that TOMORROW is the big day of fun at the Polar Bear. Dublin Food Pantry volunteers needed now and the first Monday of every month. Please reach out to David Lundregan and serve our community. Dalma shared a Youth fundraiser happening April 6th at St. Patrick’s that will raise money to fight Polio through Rotary. Please save the date and look for more details here and at the meetings. Elli Santala, visiting Youth Exchange from Finland was visiting from another Rotary club and she will be visiting again and would love to get engagement with our club and will need transportation from Powell/Lewis Center area. BIG Dublin Library Openings to be announced next week, we received a preview that the Library Opening will June 6th and there is a Hard Hat Tour we can reserve a spot in – reach out to Joe Yersavich for this Tour on March 12th |
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Dublin AM Rotary February 1, 2019 Meeting
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Fitness and Diet Routines that Work!![]() Dublin AM Rotary January 23, 2019 Meeting Nate Traucht, Founder of The Fitness Advantage, spoke about Exercise, Nutrition and The Myths Today’s Announcements: Kent Underwood requested the remaining members who have not completed the Survey Monkey to complete the survey and let their voices be heard. The link is in his email and Kent reiterated the importance of your input. Progressive dinner format was described by Claudia and it sounds like a good time will be had by all! One more host house is needed for the Progressive dinner. Contact Claudia or Peter please - February 23th 2019 is the date. Jim Bandeen is being interviewed Live! about the Polar Bear on Channel 10 at 7 am Saturday February 2. Listen in and enjoy The Dublin Am Rotary fame as Jim describes one of our key events. Dwight shared that 3rd and Goal has an event May 3rd called Heroes in the Hanger and we will be hearing more about that over the next several weeks. |
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January 18th Meeting NotesAnnouncements Here's the big news: Susan Robenalt won the big pot! See, it really does pay to come to our Friday morning meetings! In other news...
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C. Matthew Curtin, Founder of Interhack, The Threat, The Response and Our Responsibility
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Rich Weber and Committee Leader Programs
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Nov. 30th Meeting NotesDublin AM Rotary Foundation Annual Report Susan Robenalt provided an annual update on our club's charitable foundation. Founded in 1999, the foundation endowment has increased to a healthy balance due to great fundraising activities over many years and a prudent investment strategy. With a separate board of directors, the Foundation is designed to serve the charitable giving goals of Dublin AM while remaining an independent entity. Susan encouraged our members to continue to consider Paul Harris Fellow contributions as well as to bring forward ideas for charitable giving either through the foundation or through grants available via Rotary International. Announcements Holiday Party Dec. 7th - sign up is still open. Polar Bear Open is Feb. 9th - mark your calendar. Dec. 7th is the financial review of our club finances. Dec. 8th - 8AM at Kohl's - Let Susan R. know if you'd like to help with shopping for the Salvation Army and Syntero family Christmas adoptions. Collections will be requested at the Dec. 7th meeting and at the holiday party. Dec. 14th we will vote for next years officers. The 125 Club whiskey raffle awards for the Worl Polio Day fundraiser will be delivered at the holiday party. Contact Dwight f you are not able to attend the party. Thank You to the members who helped sell cider at the Dublin holiday tree lighting on Thursday evening. Proceeds benefit the Dublin Historical Society. |
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Wreaths Across America for Dublin Memorial CemeteryIf you're interested in participating in Wreaths Across America by contributing a donation for wreaths in the Dublin Memorial Cemetery, please go to the following link and be sure to enter code OH0183 to designate the cemetery in Dublin: |
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November 16th Meeting NotesGuest Speaker, Nate Green, The Montrose Group Top 4 Trends in Economic Development Nate discussed the 4 Factors driving Economic Development across the country and in our community; Automation/Artificial Intelligence, Re-urbanization, Age of energy and the Skilled Labor Crisis. 1.Automation and Artificial Intelligence The driving force is technology and the impact the internet has made across all industries and in all communities. 2. Re-Urbanization A trend driven by the millennials is seeing a 12% increase of individuals moving back into urban centers, while non-urban areas are growing at 8% The Bridge Park project was a great example of Dublin city proactively putting a plan in place to attract individuals that may have chosen to move into urban centers vs. the suburbs. 3. Age of Energy We now live in a country where we are becoming more and more independent for our energy sources. We have more and more sources for oil and Natural Gas which has played a major role in reducing our dependency of other countries for energy sources. 4. Skilled Labor Crisis This crisis is being felt multiple industries; construction, electrical, and even in IT we are seeing a shortage in skilled workers. This is being driven by low unemployment and in addition it is impacted by the opioid crisis. There is a strong need to get more students engaged earlier, specifically in technical and trade schools. Announcements:
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Order Your 2019 CalendarAs we all know, Roberta Kayne is an amazing photographer who travels the world, bringing gorgeous images back with her. Oh, and she is one of our Dublin AM photographers, too! Roberta has created three calendars for 2019 that feature her work. One is images of flowers, one from her time in Cuba, and the third shows bears in Alaska. You can purchase any of her calendars online here or email Roberta directly. Cost is $20 and all proceeds benefit our Dublin AM Rotary foundation. Thanks, Roberta! |
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Dublin AM Rotary November 9th ,2018 meeting
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November 2nd Meeting NotesFormer OSU QBs Discuss Buckeye Football and Literacy Former Ohio State QBs, Craig Krenzel and Justin Zwick were our guest speakers. This is an annual club favorite, and Craig and Justin did not disappoint. Their lighthearted storytelling from their playing days - in addition to insights into the current, confounding Buckeye Football team - kept the club members interested until after our regular scheduled end time. Unfortunately, they had no good answers or optimism to share about the recent challenges with this year's edition of the gridiron Bucks. More important to our Rotary charter, Craig also provided an update on behalf of the 2nd and 7 Foundation which was founded by Ryan Miller who was traveling and unable to join us on Friday morning as he normally does. Founded in 1999, 2nd and 7 has football players in college and high school read to 2nd grade students and donate books - all of course to encourage literacy. Currently, 2nd and 7 operates in 26 states, with 47 colleges and university football teams participating in the program. More than 67,000 books have been donated, and the foundation has published its 13th original book. Announcements - Holiday Party is December 7th at 6:30 in our meeting room at TCC. - November 17th Perfect Party at Peter Georgiton's home - email to follow soon. - Dec. 1st and 15th Bell Ringing at the Bridge Street and Perimeter Kroger stores - Bill Andrews circulating the sign up sheet. - Dec 8th shopping @ Kohl's for the Salvation Army Christmas Drive - our club's annual family adoption will be funded by donations made at the Holiday Party and most likely at one of our Friday meetings - contact Susan Robenalt if you're interested in helping with the shopping. - Polar Bear sponsorships are needed. Contact Jim Bandeen - reminder to mark your calendar for Feb. 9th for the Polar Bear Open. - Dublin Scioto H.S. - 5th Annual Veterans Story Event is Thursday Nov. 8th - 3:30-6:00 - students, staff and community members will be honoring the service of over 225 veterans and military through musical performances, speeches and student presentations. |
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October 26th Meeting NotesLife in the Fast Lane with Bob Fields of Fields Auto Works Dublin's own Bob Fields (spouse to Dublin AM member, Ingrid Fields) provided a fascinating presentation on his vision for Fields Auto Works, a local start-up business that designs and builds cars for track driving. Bob explained that Track Day events are becoming increasingly popular for driving enthusiasts. With the direction of autonomous cars and smart roadways, it is expected that more and more track driving hobbyists will emerge. The clientele that Fields serves is the driving enthusiast who wants to hone their driving skills and be able to drive fast but not necessarily have interest in racing. We learned that to convert a street car into a track track ready car is very expensive. Fields' approach is to design the car from the chassis up and provide better vehicles at similar prices to those that are converted to track cars. Many of the components that his company uses are sourced locally. Bob also talked about the plentiful resources and expertise that are available to him and his associates in the Central Ohio area, from the Transportation Research Center to Ohio State, Battelle, Honda, TrueSports and Rahal. His aim is to get student apprentices and build interest in local vocational schools as well. There were many questions that followed Bob's presentation; clearly our club has quite a few car enthusiasts! Announcements Upcoming social activities to mark on your calendar include a Perfect Party on Nov. 10th, Holiday Party on Dec. 7th and Dublin Holiday Tree Lighting on Nov. 29th. Watch for upcoming emails on these events. Also watch for an upcoming email from Jim Burness about meetings scheduled for the Mission Trip that is planned for early Spring. The Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix collection continues on Nov. 2nd for the Thanksgiving Food Drive. World Polio Day raffle continues until Nov. 2nd. Please reference the email from Dwight and contact Dwight or Rich if you want to participate in the $125 Club. City Barbeque's Columbus Area stores are donating 25% of proceeds on Nov. 5th toward efforts to eradicate Polio. See the email from Dwight with the coupon. |
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October 19th Meeting NotesOctober 19th Announcements - Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix Collection October 26th and November 2nd for the Thanksgiving food drive. - Holiday Party is December 7th - Mark Your Calendar - More Details to Come - World Polio Day Challenge - watch for an email with details - collections at the meetings October 26th and November 2nd - we will have a raffle to win whiskey and all donations will contribute to the eradication of polio. Guest Speaker Notes Ryan Scribner, Economic Director of PPP, Pickaway Progress Partnership, of Pickaway County was our guest speaker Friday morning. He spoke of the strong manufacturing base in Pickaway County that become challenged over the past several years dating back to before the Great Recession; in Chillicothe, the town of 12,000 lost 3,000 jobs in a couple years. PPP is a public-private, non-profit partnership that is having success bringing in new manufacturing, logistics and other businesses with many new jobs. Dupont cited its reason for selecting Chillicothe as the lack of political headwinds it encountered because of the cooperation of the PPP. With $1billion in new investment and 2,500 new jobs and counting, Pickaway County is close to covering the job losses. In the Rickenbacker area, the warehousing and logistics growth is excellent. A big reason for the success that the PPP is having is due to its embrace of Regionalism, such as being active in Columbus 2020 and creating a joint economic development district with Columbus in the Rickenbacker area. |
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October 5th Meeting NotesLearning About Del-Co and The History of Water Management Our guest today was Glenn Marzluf, CEO of Del-Co. Marzluf provided some interesting information about Del-Co, including; 1) It was founded in 1974 and includes 1800 miles of water pipeline in 7 counties covering 800 square miles, 2) Del-Co is a customer-owned cooperative that services 140,000 customers. The Duott Reservoir currently holds more than 3 billion gallons of water. What was more interesting was the history of water management that he provided us. Beginning with the Roman Empire's aqueduct system, water management and waste-water management has certainly evolved; however, today's systems use the same principles of pressure created by gravity. Our above-ground storage takes use the effects of gravity to create the water pressure in our homes and businesses. The New York City metro areas are served by aqueducts from up-state New York with the longest reaching 129 miles. In Chicago, pumps reserve 1 billion gallons of water daily from Lake Michigan to change the flow of the Chicago River. Announcements On Oct. 17th, the American Lung Association is hosting a Better Breathers Club gathering at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 6PM in Metro Center. Cindy shared that persons with chronic lung diseases including CPOD, pulmonary fibrosis, Asthma and lung cancer should consider joining in this event to learn better breathing techniques using yoga. The 2019 Polar Bear Open is set for Saturday, Feb 29th. If you are able to assist in gathering sponsors, please reach out to Ingrid Fields or Susan Robenalt. Sinan is looking for students interested in being exchange students in the next school year. The international Rotary convention is scheduled for June in Hamburg. If you're interested, consider registering before the Dec. price increases. |
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Warrior Foundation Freedom Center![]() Dublin AM Rotary September 28,2018 meeting We provide a hand up, not a hand out through the Freedom Station, a place where veteran injured warriors go to receive housing, care, and assimilation to make the critical transition from military service to civilian life. Today’s Speaker Vic Tambone, Colonel, USAF (Ret.) is a member of the Board of Directors of the Warrior Foundation, a non-profit veteran help organization that established the Warrior Foundation Freedom Station. Our announcements:
Today’s meeting hosted several guests to hear our keynote speaker, Vic Tambone, Colonel, USAF (Ret.). Vic shared the founding of the Warrior Foundation Freedom Center in San Diego and the passion and drive of the all-volunteer organization that we will pattern for the Freedom Station Ohio. Vic is a lifetime appointed board member of the Freedom Center San Diego and with his distinguished service in Washington DC to President Bush, Henry Kissinger and to our nation with his service. |
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September 21st Meeting NotesClarence Mingo, Franklin County Auditor, Talks of Unprecedented Growth Our guest today was Clarence Mingo, Franklin County Auditor. Mingo is a native of Canton and holds undergrad and law degrees from OSU and is an Army veteran who served in the Persian Gulf War. He has volunteered his legal services to indigent citizens through the Legal Aid Society. According to the Auditor, Franklin County is in a period of unprecedented growth which is evident in the growth in property values. Post-Great Recession, we experience modest growth in the 2011-2014 period, but in the pervasive property value assessment that was completed in 2017, property values were up 10-60% since 2011. In 2017, a home sold every 30 minutes, and so far in 2018, a home has sold every 56 minutes in the county. Per Mingo, Franklin County is becoming the "jewel of the Midwest" and has the highest bod rating possible and an excellent cash and liquidity position. With all of this prosperity, it was especially sobering but important to be reminded that 32% of citizens in Franklin can't afford a 2-bedroom apartment, 25% of children live in food insecurity, 28% of Ohioans don't have a bank account, and due to stagnant wages, the working class ($80K per year income) cannot afford to own a $150K home (and our county increasingly does not have homes available in this price range). Announcement Reminders The Memorial Tournament Pro Am Day fundraising committee met on Friday and will meet every 3rd Friday of the month at 7AM. We welcome any interested members to join. |
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Emerald Campus Meeting and School Tour September 14, 2018
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September 7th Meeting Notes"A really small country with really nice people." This quote is from Dalma Kiss, the exchange student from Budapest, Hungary that our club is sponsoring this year. We are lucky to clearly have one of the nicest Hungarians in Dalma! She did an incredible presentation for us today followed by an extended Q&A which provided us with great insights into her home country and city. Hungary, with a population of 9.8M people is smaller in size than New York State with just a fraction of the people. The language is quite difficult to learn, given the alphabet has 44 letters. Hungarians invented Vitamin C, the ballpoint pen, Rubic's Cube and matches among other things. Lake Balaton is there and is the largest lake in Central Europe. Hungary is part of the European Union. Dalma described different cuisines - all of which look and sounds delicious. Budapest, her home city, has 2.5M people. In addition to educating us about Hungary, Dalma shared that she has two sisters, one older and one younger, and she enjoys playing and watching basketball, listening to music, including TwentyOne Pilots, and she is an excellent artist. Thank You, Dalma, for your very poised and well-prepared presentation. Announcements Reminder that the fall district meeting, Ro Talks, is being held in Pickerington on Sept. 29th. Contact Kent Underwood for more information, Polar Bear Open raffle items are needed. If you are interested, please contact Jim Bandeen. Veterans Affairs committee is meeting at 6:45AM SHARP on Sept. 21st. to prepare for the presentation to the club on Sept. 28th and discuss plans for the Freedom Center. Contact Dave Williamson with interest. |
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August 24th Meeting NotesInspiring 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. |
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August 3rd Meeting Notes"Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others can't help buy to enjoy it themselves." ![]() ![]() This quote from ![]() Lifetown serves 50-70 school aged children every day - requiring 20 volunteers daily, or 1,300 through the school year. The children visit Lifetown 4-6 times per year for each school year - K-12. Lifetown has developed a curriculum called Stop to Live to focus on stemming the tide of opiate addiction as these children become teens and adults. Visit www.lifetown.org for more information and to seek volunteer opportunities. Announcements: Irish Festival this weekend: Contact Andy Keeler is you can help out with shifts - 8pm Friday, Saturday 4pm, 8pm and Sunday 8am. Dublin Food Pantry - we need a couple of volunteers for this Monday evening, 8/6. School Supplies or Cash Donations - next week is the last week for collections by Claudia. Congratulations to Dave Lundregan who had his red New Member sticker removed! Perfect Party Aug. 18th at 6:30 at Andy Keeler's home to welcome our new exchange student from Hungary. She arrives August 8th. |
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July 27th Meeting NotesCuba, Slovakia, a Library CEO and More... Robert ![]() Gretchen Spears, a student at Dublin Coffman, provided us a terrific presentation about the history and culture of Slovakia. Gretchen will be traveling there this coming school year as an exchange student sponsored by our club. ![]() ![]() Pat Losinski, CEO of Columbus Metropolitan Library, joined us to deliver his personal thanks for the donation that we have pledged to the new library branch under contsruction in Dublin. Announcements Dublin Irish Festival - shifts are still needing filled - particularly Saturday morning and on Sunday. Contact Andy Keeler. Also, for training on the inventory control application on the iPads, please stay after next Friday morning's meeting or arrive 10-15 minutes early for your shift. Fundraising - David Bentz announced that the two main fundraisers this year are the Memorial Tournament Pro Am Day and the Polar Bear Open. August 18th Perfect Party - mark your calendars for 6>30pm on Aug 18th for a perfect party at Andy Keeler's home. Watch for more details coming via email. August 10th - Emerald Campus Grand Opening - if you are interested, please sign up. Contact Peter Georgiton for details. |
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July 20: Announcements & Meeting NotesAnnouncements:
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July 13th Meeting Story and announcementsDublin AM Rotary July 13,2018 meeting We had an engaging Main Speaker today, Bradley Frick sharing “Constitution 230”. But first our announcements: Bob Rosenberg was recognized “Rotarian of the Year” in this 20th year of his membership and some of his contributions were announced. Best wishes also to Bob and Irene for their 46th wedding anniversary this weekend. We had visitors from Taiwan Rotary 3461 and 3462. Sharon Kendall and The GSE Taiwan Director introduced the students and professionals visiting the area and reviewed some of the highlights of their trip. Andy reminded us that there are still vital volunteer opportunities for our Irish Festival and the signup link is right here for you to use now: Registration Site: Click on the “Sharing o’ the Green” button at DublinIrishFestival.org If you did serve for an organization in the past please sign into your account OR enter your username, click on the Forgot Your Password? link. Note: if you forgot your username, the group leader will have access to that information. Please DO NOT create a new account if you have served in the past • A new page will open, reenter your username in the space provided and click Continue • An email will be sent to your e-mail account prompting you to reset your password. Follow the instructions provided in the email and choose a password that you can remember for the rest of the season! If you did not serve for an organization in the past please click the Create New Account.
Wolf talked about our exchange student and her upcoming arrival August 8th and a possible Perfect Party around August 11th. Cindy has graciously volunteered if no other hosts anxiously steps in. Dwight won the big pot and donated $1,000 to the veteran’s committee fund. |
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June 22nd Meeting NotesDublin Arts Council - Updates and Trends Our guest speakers today were Dr. David Guion, Executive Director, and Janet Cooper, Director of Engagement, from the Dublin Arts Council. David and Janet walked our members through 8 Trends and discussed how the DAC is responding to those trends. The presentation was very informative and affirmed Dublin's rising national and international acclaim for our the arts in our city. The Trends that DAC is Responding To: 1) Using Technology to Engage and Measure 2) Community Artmaking 3) Equity, Inclusion, Diversity - Example is the B.R.E.A.D Festival which this year is Oct. 14th at Coffman Park. 4) The Participatory Museum 5) Multi-faceted Experiences - Example is Sundays @ Scioto which is in its 35th Year 6) Social Justice Focused Programming 7) Understanding Relevance - Example is the Riverboxes project 8) Creative Placemaking Announcements: Last Call for confirming attendance at the June 29th Installation Dinner - contact Kent Irish Festival Sign Up - only 15% of shifts filled - contact Andy Dublin Food Pantry - volunteers needed 1st Monday of July or August 5:30-7:30 -contact Jack Parade marshaling July 4th - need a few more volunteers - contact Dwight August 13th - 8th Annual Blue Jackets Outing - volunteers needed to assist during this outing which benefits the 3rd and Goal foundation (Brady Quinn) which re-habs housing for veterans - contact Dwight |
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June 15th Meeting AnnouncementsJuly 15th Meeting Announcements Independence Day Parade Marshals Needed - We need volunteers to serve as marshals during the parade on July 4th. See email from Dwight. Dublin Food Pantry Volunteers Needed - July 2nd shift has no volunteers - register via our website or contact Dave Lundegran (davelundegran@gmail.com) to sign up. Host Family Needed July 10-13th for Taiwan Exchange - contact Sharon Kendall skendall@healthy-goals.com if you would like to host. June 29th Installation Dinner - See Kent's email and register for the Installation Dinner Party at Bonnie and Rick's party barn. |
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Register for Irish Festival Volunteer Shifts!It's time to register to volunteer for the Irish Festival beverage inventory control service that our club provides each year. See the email that Andy Keeler sent out. Registration instructions below: Registration Site: Click on the “Sharing o’ the Green” button at DublinIrishFestival.org If you did serve for an organization in the past please sign into your account OR enter your username, click on the Forgot Your Password? link. Note: if you forgot your username, the group leader will have access to that information. Please DO NOT create a new account if you have served in the past • A new page will open, reenter your username in the space provided and click Continue • An email will be sent to your e-mail account prompting you to reset your password. Follow the instructions provided in the email and choose a password that you can remember for the rest of the season! If you did not serve for an organization in the past please click the Create New Account.
IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, YOU CAN CONTACT BONNIE COLEY-MALIR AT BONNIE.COLEY@ME.COM OR 614-330-6540, OR ANDY KEELER AT ANDY.KEELER@KEELERNADLER.COM OR 614-402-3765 |
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Dublin AM Rotary Meeting Notes Friday, June 8, 2018
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May 25, 2018 - Lawyers for American VetsKrista Weida and Heidi Hrabcak, Lawyers for American Vets, speaking to Dublin AM Rotary today about assistance for disabled veterans. Photos by Mohan Viddam ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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May 18 - Dr. William Burke, Ohio University Heritage College DublinDr. William Burke, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dublin |
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May 11, 2018 - COSI![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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May 4, 2018 Dr David Boehmer, Ohio Health![]() ![]() ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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April 27th Meeting NotesMany Visitors From Our Interact Clubs at the Dublin High Schools! ![]() It was a great meeting today, as we had many visitors from our 3 Dublin high schools as well as several educators visit to provide updated in the Interact Clubs. We also had 4 additional students from Dublin Coffman who came to speak about their Ted-x Innovation Drive initiative. Each of the clubs provided inspiring lists of great service activities which they have already completed as well as planned activities. It is great to see these young people so committed to service to others, and we hope they all become future Rotarians. Here are examples from each presentation: Coffman - St. Jude Walk, Dog Biscuits sold to raise money for guide/assist dogs, and St. Jude Really all completed and plans for a Mongolian Pen Pal project Scioto - Hurricane Relief through Goodwill clothing drive, Donations for Honor Flight, Thanksgiving Dinner donations, Toys for Tots collections completed Jerome - Project Linus with 22 blankets made and donated, Cookies for the Convalarium, sold Paper Hearts for Valentines Day to raise money to combat childhood cancers completed and plans for flower pots for Mothers Day to residents at Convalarium. ![]() Ted-x Innovation Drive Four very industrious students from Coffman visited to share the initiative they are executing to bring a Ted-x event to Dublin. On July 7th, the first independently organized Ted event will occur in Dublin with the topic being "Challenging the Status Quo" with 7 planned speakers talking about Innovation. These students are seeking volunteers to assist at the July 7th event. Announcements: May10th-12th - Our Washington Township FD is selling hangining baskets for $15.00 at Station 91 on Shier Rings and Station 92 on Hard Rd. All proceeds benefit Honor Flight. The Rotary exchange student program is having a dinner at St. Patricks on May 12th to raise money for a service project which is designed to aid Shelter Box. Also looking for one of our Rotary families to host the incoming exchange student from Budapest for one month of the stay. Contact Sinan. The District Meeting is on May 19th. Also on May 19th at Otterbein is the All State Robotics competition. Contact Wolf if you could volunteer to help with set up or tear down. |
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April 20th Meeting Notes![]() Pat Losinski who leads the Columbus Metropolitan Library system and Nikki Scarpitti who is acting development leader visited our Club this morning and provided an update on the new Dublin branch of the library that has construction underway. A scale model of the new library enabled our members to visualize the impressive architectural plan for the library itself and the surrounding grounds. The architectural firm nbb,j which is a globally recognized firm, is involved in the design and construction plan. The presentation provide imagery of the inside of the new library which will feature public meeting rooms, study rooms, naturally lighted spaces, a cafe, outdoor community plaza and other features that the previous library did not have. The new library will increase the space for children to over 5,000 square feet from less than 1,000, will increase overall square footage to over 40,000 on 2.5 floors up from from 20,000, and the adjacent parking structure will include 200 spaces reserved for library patrons during operating hours. The Dublin branch had 333,000 visitors, a circulation of 1.5M books, and 186,000 audio book downloads. The new library construction budget is $21.1M, with $2.8M to be raised through private donations. The new library is planned to open in May 2019. ![]() ![]() ![]() Announcements Perfect Party tomorrow night beginning at 6pm at Sarah Richardson's home. If you are interested in leaning more about hosting an exchange student. reach out to Sinan. Strides for Sobriety 5K raised over $11K! Congrats to Jack, Ramona, Laurie, Dave and all who helped planned and participated! Rotary Business Cards are available each Friday at the sign-in table and should be used to invite prospective members to join a Friday morning meeting and have breakfast on the Club's dime to learn more about Rotary and DublinAM. ======================================== |
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April 13th Meeting Notes - Merry Korn, CEO, Pearl InteractiveCreating a Social Enterprise ![]() Our guest speaker today was Merry Korn, President/CEO of Pearl Interactive (website is pinsourcing.com). Merry spoke about her personal journey with Pearl as an example of how to cultivate a Social Enterprise, i.e., a for-profit business that serves a social mission. At Pearl, they have focused on hiring disabled individuals, including disabled veterans, retired veterans, military spouses and other disenfranchised workers. She told some amazing stories of how they have enabled their workers to change their lives using technologies that allow remote contact center work. In addition to the good that they do through hiring the workers that they do, Pearl also has honed its mission to a social mission - remote health monitoring of those with chronic health issues. Because of the attraction of both Enterprise and Government entities to Pearl's mission to hire disenfranchised workers, it is aiding them in growing the business profitably. Federal Government contracts have increased in particular because of the veterans they employ. ![]() ![]() ![]() Announcements
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Friday, March 23rd Steve Bunyard Dublin Methodist President speakingDublin AM Rotary March 23rd meeting Our Main Speaker was Steve Bunyard, President Dublin Methodist Hospital We had visitors from Dublin Coffman High School Water Club, Brad Rasberry and Sri Varre looking for support for their Water Walk April 7th 9-11 to raise funds for water filtration systems and help with access to safe and clean water. Frank D. committed $50 from the Hilliard club to the Water Club. This of course stimulated great competitive pressures with Dave Williams and our sergeant at arms today, Lee Beall, and we collected a matching amount from the pot for these fine young folks and their cause Announcements: Rev. Steve Smith announced tonight is Fish Friday at St. Patrick’s tonight at 6 pm. Heartland High School lunch volunteers will be working Saturday. Dwight Seeley announced that we will be covering the financials and Blarney Bash contributions at an upcoming meeting. Jack Curtis welcomes more sponsorship, walkers and runners and company giveaways for the gift bags at the Stride for Sobriety event coming soon. Our Guest Speaker- Steve Bunyard is here to commemorate the first 10 years of the Dublin Methodist Hospital and the care they bring to our community. Joining Steve was Athena Sidenstricker and Betsy Ralley. |
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March 3, 2018 Meeting Notes![]() ![]() ![]() Terry Lyden, founder of The Miracle League of Central Ohio, and supporter of Canine Collective, speaking to Dublin AM Rotary today about Miracle League and Canine Collective. Jean Lally, owner and founder of Canine Collective. Canine Collective rescues dogs from kill shelters and from abusive and neglected situations and finds them good homes. |
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February 23rd Meeting NotesJoin the Dublin Bridges! ![]() ![]() ![]() Go to dublinbridges.org and enroll to assist others in need. Our guest speakers today were Rick Bannister, who founded Westerville Bridges just over a year ago and has expanded that to Neighborhood Bridges. In addition, Jill Kranstuber, co-director of Dublin Bridges joined our meeting. What began with Rick's simple idea has become a huge success in connecting advocates for those in need in our suburban Columbus communities to volunteers in the community who can fill the needs. Using email and social media to connect advocates to volunteers, the Neighborhood Bridge has connected over 500 advocates to fulfill over 8,000 needs in the first 400 days. As Rotarians, we can be both volunteers - of goods, services or financial assistance - and we can be advocates. Dublin Bridge has a 100% success rate in fulfilling the requests for assistance that advocates have brought forward. Many of these are coming from advocates within the Dublin City Schools. Other advocates include Washington Township Fire, Dublin Police, Syntero, Welcome Warehouse, and the Dublin Food Pantry. Rick, who is a member of the Westerville Rotary and Westerville School Board, explained that since 2000, the percentage of those in the U.S. living below the poverty line in the suburbs has grown to exceed that of the inner cities. Jill and Rick shared several heartwarming stories about how moving the kindness of the community has been to readily fulfill a wide range of needs to others in their community. More than 15 of our Dublin AM Club members took the challenge and signed up during the meeting and hopefully many more will do the same! Announcements: Blarney Bash is March 10th - Go to the Blarney Bash website dublinblarneybash.com/volunteer to sign up for a volunteer shift. Remember that you'll be required to attend Alcohol Server Training if you are signing up to volunteer for beverage serving. Congratulations to the Polar Bear committee (Sinan and Pete especially) for a record-breaking fundraising year ~$8,800! Watch for an email from Bonnie about a program on March 8th at 5PM with the District Governor and a discussion about giving to Rotary. March 16th is the tour of Tolles and Luncheon. If interested, reach out to Claudia. |
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Rotary February 16, 2018 meeting notes
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Meeting Notes – February 9thAnnouncements: • Paul Harris and 125 Club- Ramona Please contact Ramona to sign up for these important giving opportunities • Tour & Lunch of Tolls March 16th, 11:30 $8.50 Per person Contact Claudia to sign-up • Honor Flight April Timeframe Dave is looking at pulling together a honor flight for 5-6 Veterans in the April timeframe, more details to follow • Heartland Recovery High School Fundraiser March 24th 12-14 Volunteers needed Contact Jack to sign-up • Strides for Sobriety April 15th, more details to follow • Blarney Bash March 10th- 30 days away and we are still in need of sponsors Please contact Dwight or Alan for more details We have a need to have the ability to broadcast the Big 10 tournament in the tent- if you have any resources or ideas please contact Dwight • Wine Wednesday Moved to Feb 21st at the Village Wine Shop due to Valentine’s day Today's Speaker: We had the privilege of welcoming food critic Steve Stover to discuss some of his top food picks for Central Ohio dining and trends he is seeing in dining. We have a wide variety of foods to discover everything from Vegetarian, Japanese, Thai, and Vietnamese in Central Ohio. Now is a great time to get out of your comfort zone and try some of the new and exciting dining options! |
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Groundhog Day 2018 Meeting NotesWelcome our newest Dublin AM Rotary Club members announced today: Dave Lundregan and Ryan Keenan! Dave is a long time Dublin resident and a VP at Park National Bank. He has raised 4 daughters and has dedicated his community service interests toward education initiatives. Ryan is also a Dublin native - a DCHS grad and Miami U alum - and grew up knowing Rotary through his Dad's participation in our club. Ryan works in the family's insurance business. Announcements: Don't forget Feb. 3rd (tomorrow night) is the Progressive Dinner starting at the McKee's. Polar Bear Open is February 10th and sign ups are going great (70+ golfers) and gift baskets to be auctioned also are going great. Get registered and register your friends and family. Contact Pete F. or Sinan with questions. Blarney Bash is just 5 weeks away! March 10th. We are still short of the fundraising goal but with some good prospects according to Alan. Contact Alan with opportunities for sponsors. Dwight updated on the family activities planned for the afternoon following the parade. There is a fantastic line up of activities and entertainment. Wolf updated the the Best Legs in a Kilt contest has already signed up some key participants including Dana McDaniel, Mayor Greg Peterson and our own Superintendent Todd Hoadley. Dwight announced that we will be participating in an opportunity to donate children's picture books that will be translated and provided to communities in need. Watch for future emails from Dwight about this endeavor. Curling Presentation! Thank You to Stephen and Jan Smith for providing a very entertaining and interesting presentation on the sport of curling. With the Olympics about to kick off, it was great to understand all of the details (the stone is made of a unique granite and way around 42 pounds), the methods (the broom sweeping actually speeds up the stone by heating the ice), the history and the rules! |
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January 26th Meeting NotesDublin City Schools Emerald Campus Update Today's presentation featured Kristy Venne, Director of the Emerald Campus, and our club's own Dr. Todd Hoadley, Superintendent of Dublin City Schools. We also welcomed numerous guests to the meeting from Dublin Schools and the Board of Education, Tolles, Dublin City Council and the Dublin Schools Business Advisory Council. Dr. Hoadley shared some facts about our schools; 16,300 students speaking 61 languages and coming from over 100 countries. Enrollment has grown 20% in the past decade and 40% of students live in the City of Columbus limits. The Emerald Campus is located in the former Verizon Wireless building on Emerald Parkway across from Dublin Coffman High School. Instead of investing to build a traditional 4th high school, our schools leadership elected to pursue an innovative approach with a flexible space geared to innovative programming. At the heart of this decision is the need to address the changing workforce and changing economy that is requiring new approaches to educational opportunities for our kids. Financially, a traditional 4th high school would cost taxpayers ~$100M, while the Emerald Campus facility will be 20% of that cost. Ms. Venne discussed the various academies and programming that is available and will be available in the future at Emerald Campus. With a focus on a non-traditional, problem-based experiential learning approach, the academies include Engineering, Dublin Teachers, Young Professionals, Biomedical, and IT. The school board is also considering a proposal to relocate the Central Office to the 4th floor of the Emerald Campus building and convert the current Central Office location to a preschool center to free up space in the elementary schools. For more detailed information about the Emerald Campus programs visit www.dublinschools.net/emeraldcampus Dublin is fortunate to have excellent schools with innovative leadership! Announcements Progressive Dinner - Feb 3rd - Need an additional host home. Contact Sarah. Blarney Bash - Mar 10th - over halfway to sponsorship goal and still need large sponsors of $20K (1), $10K (2). Contact Alan or Dwight. Polar Bear Open - Feb 10 - Registrations are going great. Be sure to get registered via the website. Contact Sinan with questions. Curling Event - Registrations limited. if interested, register asap. Contact Sarah with questions. |
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Meeting Notes – January 19Announcements:
Our Speaker ![]() We were very fortunate to have Dana McDaniel, Dublin City Mgr, share 2018 updates with our club. In fact, Dana share so much information that it would be impossible to capture it all here. Sue Burness made the PowerPoint presentation available to our members as well as a video that shows how the Bridge Street project a will look when completed. Please review them all and share with friends and family. It is a very exciting time in Dublin! |
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Meeting Notes – January 12Exciting and Busy Friday Meeting today! Focus on Education in Mongolia and in our Community in Ohio. With many visitors from Tolles and the focus on the Technical and Career Guidance we are fortunate to have for our Dublin students and 6 other communities served by Tolles, we also had the opportunity to hear from Ari Khurelbaatar, Past President of the Narlag Ulaanbaatar Rotary Club visiting with David Hansen and David Kittredge of the Hosting Dublin Worthington Rotary Club. Announcements: • Peter Georgiton shared February 3rd is the date of the Progressive dinner, Sarah Richardson is sharing her home and has the details! • Peter Fuhlbrigge shared that the Polar Bear Open is up to 40 golfers on February 10th, more are welcome. A good crowd is expected for sure. • A reminder that our major fundraising event is March 10th this year and Blarney Bash can use more sponsors, Allan will be sharing more on this. We will be getting a volunteer opportunity for sign ups as well from Cindy Groeniger. Volunteers will be appreciated during the event, before for set up and the day after for take down activities. • Jack Curtis is still asking volunteers to contact him for the March 24th fund raising lunch event benefiting Heartland High School. • A new date, April 15th, the Strides for Sobriety 5K event and more details to follow. Visitors from Mongolia ![]() |
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Meeting Notes January 5, 2018Welcome to our first Rotary meeting in 2018! Meeting was run by Dwight, Get Well wishes go out to Bonnie Announcements: • Jack Curtis announced a new Recovery High School has been announced in Columbus and our Rotary has been asked for Volunteers to staff their fund-raising event 3/24/2018 around 11:30 am. Jack will welcome all volunteers now and look for follow up on that request. • Claudia Trusty is encouraging our creative skills -please use your smart phones to take pictures at our meetings and events. The Communications Committee needs more photographers and reporters and the sign-up email will be coming out. Please join in this method of club support. • The Polar Bear Open happening February 10th needs an attendance push, please socialize this among your community friends and family. Contact Sinan Yaykin for more information. • Wine Down Wednesday is coming up this week. Join fellow Rotarians around 5:30 in the Shawnee Hills Wine shop for a comfortable, casual glass and fellowship. • Roberta Kayne expressed her appreciation for our support of her Global Volunteers efforts and the imminent trip to Cuba with school supplies. She will have photos and a good experience to report when she returns soon. Our Main Speaker was Nate Traucht, founder of The Fitness Edge Company. ![]() Nate also shared the priorities he recommends based on his own success and the successful work with his practice:
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Project Dictionary 2018Our Literacy Committee had a great time with 3rd graders at Olde Sawmill Elementary, one of 5 Dublin City Schools receiving dictionaries this year. Jack Curtis, Bob Rosenberg, Todd Hoadley & Claudia Trusty were treated to a special performance the kids wrote and performed, highlighting why dictionaries are important. Just one more way Dublin AM partners with Dublin City Schools to make a difference in the lives of students in our community. ![]() |
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December 8th Meeting NotesStephen Smith's Annual Holiday Inspiration Our speaker this week was our own Stephen Smith of St. Patrick's Episcopal. Bonnie shared some facts about Stephen. Did you know that he has been leading St. Patrick's since 2003, is a tri-athlete and an author? Stephen shared Christmas inspiration he has gained from comic strips and Charlie Brown's Christmas. He talked about how we are all flawed and in some way each of us is a mess and needs a divine presence in our lives. The straightforward message is this: we work Christmas so hard, but Christmas is supposed to work us. Announcements No meetings Dec. 22nd or Dec. 29th due to the holidays Blarney Bash Sponsorships have increased to $9,750. The goal is $60,000 |
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Meeting Notes: December 1Julie Rinaldi offered the opening prayer on kindness & Dave Williamson led the pledge. Announcements: • Dwight Seeley said they still need Blarney Bash sponsors • Paige Vornbrock announced that Dec. 15th we will honor two Dublin citizens: Judge Clayton Rose and Chai Weber • Peter Fuhlbrigge provided an update on the Polar Bear Golf Open event being held on February10th. • Jack Curtis announced their need for more Food Pantry volunteers on Mondays 5:00 to 7:00 • Rich Weber announced a Christmas event at Coffman High School • Dave Williamson needs sergeant-at-arms volunteers for January through June. • Susan West sent around sign up sheets for speaker suggestions • Sarah Richardson reminded members of the Holiday Party Friday, December 8 at Muirfield Country Club starting at 6:00 • Susan Robenalt needs shoppers for Saturday December 9th meeting at Kohl's on Sawmill at 9:00. Money for the families will be collected at Friday meeting on Dec. 8th as well as at the Holiday Party that evening • Claudia Trusty was Sergeant-at-arms – She opened with riddles which nobody got but were good for laughs • Guests were introduced: Frank from Hilliard, Dave Lundergan with Park National Bank guest of Ramona, Steve Heiser Asst. District Governor (Area 2) |
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Dublin AM Helps Shawnee Hills ParkGetting our name out in the community! Stop by and enjoy the park and all it facilities! ![]() |
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Nov. 17th Meeting NotesVeterans Day Remembrance Thank you, Dave Williamson, for sharing your presentation today and reminding all of us of the meaning and purpose of Veterans Day. Happy Veterans Day to all of our club members those family members and friends who are veterans. Dave explained that Veterans Day was originally Armistice Day, commemorating the end of WW1. Veterans Days is celebrated on Nov. 11th because it was 11am, on 11/11 in 1918 that the armistice was executed to end WW1. While Memorial Day honors the veterans who died in active combat, Veterans Day honors all Veterans - living and passed. Veterans are defined as those in Active Duty, Reserved Forces and National Guard. Honoring our veterans is something that dates back to George Washington who spoke about the importance of our country holding veterans in high esteem. There are ~22M living veterans. When you add those living veterans to active duty military, this represents just 7.3% of the U.S. population. Announcements No Meeting on November 24th due to the Thanksgiving holiday. December 8th is the Holiday Party - watch for the upcoming invitation email. Dec. 4th 5:30-7:30 is our next shift at the Dublin Food Pantry to assist shoppers. Sign up on Club Runner or reach out to Jack Curtis. The Polar Bear Open date has been changed to February 10th. |
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11-10-17 Sarah Nerad Speaking about Drug Addiction
Sarah Nerad, Program Manager for the Ohio State University Collegiate Recovery Community in Columbus, Ohio and the Director of Recovery for the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention in Recovery, speaking to Dublin A.M. Rotary on Friday, November 10. Below is a story from an interview with Sarah which you can listen to at https://cover2.org/ep-61-building-student-peer-recovery-communities-sarah-nerad-osu-collegiate-recovery-community/ Sarah is in recovery herself, after struggling with addiction since the age of 15. She discussed her substance abuse disorder and how community aided her recovery. “I felt very limited and trapped…But I’m really grateful that my high school community in Houston, Texas had a really strong youth recovery community and continuum of care. I never stopped receiving services, and that’s what made it so successful for me,” says Sarah. |
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Nov. 3rd Meeting Notes![]() Welcome Maurie Donnelly and Sam Laufersweiler - our newly inducted Dublin AM Rotary Club members!! Announcements: -First Monday of the Month (including this Monday, Nov. 6th) - our club volunteers to assist at the Dublin Food Pantry helping shoppers. Please contact Jack Curtis to sign up. -Slots remain for Bell Ringing at the Dublin Kroger stores on Dec. 2nd and Dec. 16th. Contact Bruce Andrews. -Greeters needed to sign up for December. See email from Roberta, and please sign up. -Save the Date for the Polar Bear Open on Feb. 4th. - Remember to join the "dublin a.m. rotary club" Facebook Group. Speaker Notes: Today's discussion was all about the 2018 Blarney Bash. March 10th, 2018 is the day! Save the date and plan to volunteer. Please Like and Share the Blarney Bash Facebook Page to being spreading the word. Help is needed to drive sponsorships to the $65,000 goal. Sponsorships range from $250 to $20,000. Reach out to Wolf, Dwight or Alan. There are some key changes planned for this year's Blarney Bash; The afternoon, post-parade activities will continue to be family focused with a number of enhancements including magicians, Boy Scout and Lego League activities, performance by the Dublin Cornet Band, and the Wee Folk Crafts area. Everything will occur in a single tent this year, and we will reconfigure the tent between the afternoon and evening activities. 'Ol Bag of Nails will be serving food this year, instead of the food trucks. The big change for the evening activities is the addition of the "Best Legs in a Kilt" Contest which will be advertised in advance and will draw interest and participation in the evening portion of the Bash. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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October 27th Meeting Notes![]() |
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9-22-17 Meeting Notes - Opioid Epidemic Part 2 |
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9-15 Meeting Notes: Jon Coyle & Maria Krantz - STEM & OSU Robotics![]() Jon Coyle & Maria Krantz speaking about STEM & OSU Robotics |
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Delivering School Supplies to Daniel Wright Elementary SchoolClaudia Trusty and David Bentz at Daniel Wright Elementary delivering school supplies from Dublin AM Rotary. We heard from a reliable source that the much needed supplies were "grabbed up" quickly by the teachers and were greatly appreciated! ![]() |
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August 25th Meeting NotesDistrict Governor Shane Pyle - Even Ordinary Rotarians are Extraordinary This week's speaker was our District Governor, Shane Pyle. His presentation was part performance art, part stand-up comedy routine and part serious reminder of the purpose of Rotary. The main themes of his talk were about how even ordinary Rotarians do extraordinary things. He shared a story about how Rotary International's Polio Plus effort to eradicate polio worldwide began with an average Rotarian, an M.D. who convinced his local club to contribute to a service project to provide the polio vaccine to villages in need. Shane also spoke about how we need to balance the traditions or Rotary with the changing times. Our traditions can't be more important than our membership. He also invited our club members to participate in the district conference - Zanesville 360 - May 19-20th at the Zane State campus. Pyle is a third-generation Rotarian. He was born in 1964, the year his grandfather James Pyle was president of the Coshocton Rotary Club. His mother, Sandy Pyle, was club president in 2002-03, and his father Kevin Pyle was president-elect when he died in 2005. Shane served as club president in 2003-04, while his stepfather, Roger Viers, of the Gahanna Rotary Club, was District Governor of District 6690 in 2000-01. Shane joined the Coshocton Rotary Club in 1998, and became very involved in district – level activities in Rotary, having served as assistant district governor, Rotary Youth Exchange, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), and district legislation. At the club level, Shane is involved with Youth Exchange, Rotary Foundation, Group Study Exchange, Kick Cancer, African Water Well projects and mosquito netting projects, and newsletter/social media editor. |
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August 18th, 2017 Meeting NotesSpeaker Notes: ![]() Our speaker today was Dr. Lisa Hinkelman and the topic, "What’s Going on For Girls and How Can We Help Them?”. This was a fascinating, concerning but hopeful discussion about how our society needs to improve experiences for girls in grades 5-12 to ensure they are happy, safe and able to realize all of their potential. Dr. Lisa Hinkelman is the Founder and Director of Ruling Our eXperiences, an evidence-based empowerment program for girls that focuses on equipping girls with skills to effectively negotiate the challenges of adolescence. Started in 2006 in Columbus, Ohio, ROX has grown to a nationally operated program with thousands of participants in urban, suburban, and rural schools. Hinkelman has spent years working with girls, parents, and educators in both educational and counseling settings and has been aggressively researching the experiences of diverse girls for the past ten years. Dr. Hinkelman's presentation from today: The life of an adolescent girl can be hard: dealing with friendships and girl drama, navigating dating relationships and sexual pressure, battling concerns with weight and body image, and coping with stress and pressure. All of these issues are currently influencing the lives of girls. Add to this the constant usage of technology and social media, and these struggles are significantly amplified. Technology is more present than ever, and the temptation to engage frequently with social media can be challenging for girls to manage. These factors make middle and high school years challenging for many students— and particularly difficult for girls. Girls often report feelings of isolation, self-consciousness, and sadness and even experience depression and anxiety—at twice the rate of boys. The reality is that there is relevant and important local and national data that we will share on how girls are feeling, experiencing themselves and other girls, what they think about their options and futures, and what they want and need from the adults in their lives. Announcements: On August 25th, please bring school supplies (or cash for purchase of school supplies) to donate to students in need at Riverside, Daniel Wright and Chapman elementary schools. Supplies needed: Supplies requested: 5th grade: colored pencils, composition noteboooks, binders and hand sanitizer 3rd grade: #2 pencils, clorox wipes, gallon and quart bags, plastic school boxes, 2nd grade: pencils, crayons, tissues 1st grade: fat markers, clorox wipes, dry erase markers, glue sticks Special education: hand sanitizers, tissues, 3 ring binders, notebooks, glue sticks ELL teachers: crayons |
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August 11, 2017 - Mohan Viddam on Global Grant for Water Purificaiton![]() ![]() ![]() August 11, 2017 Announcements: Clippers Game this coming Sunday August 20th spearheaded by Pete Georgiton Go to Club Runner to sign up. Tickets are $14 and game starts at 5:05. Rotarians had a successful Wine Wednesday this past week. There will be a Wine Wednesday on the 2nd Wednesday of each Month at The Village Wine Shop, 9280 Dublin Rd., Powell. Next two Fridays we Roberta Kayne will be collecting electronics of all kinds to benefit MCS at T.O.U.C.H. Next two Fridays Claudia Trusty will be collecting school supplies or money for school supplies. This coming Tuesday there will be a marketing planning meeting at Wolf Lant’s office to come up with Blarney Bash marketing strategies. Cindy Groeniger thanked everyone particularly Andy Keeler for their help at Irish Festival. All who participated had a great time and Andy did a great job organizing again this year. Dave Williams was Sargent- at-Arms: Guests: Price Finley District Rotary Foundation Chair John Mederos District Global Grant Chair Brad Reinbolt Steve Heiser Asst. Governor Frank Dilenschneider Rotarian Guest Hilliard Club Nick Glimsdahl , Chair of the International Committee, introduced Mohan Viddam to present an update on the Global Grant for Water Purification project to provide water purification equipment to villages in cooperation with Community Pure Water (CPW) organization in the parts of India. Mohan gave an impressive presentation of how the purification system actually works and how it is introduced to and set up in communities along with the corresponding commitment that needs to be made by the village and CPW. A big part of this is educating the villagers on the benefits of clean water and presenting it in a way to show the economic benefit to them and their families. |
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August 4th Meeting NotesDublin Irish Festival Weekend! Big thanks to Andy Keeler for once again coordinating our club's volunteer participation this year - the 30th Annual Dublin Irish Festival. We have many club members volunteering time for beverage inventory control - ensuring that the adult festival goers are able to celebrate responsibly once again this year. Numerous club members have volunteered for more than one 4-hour shift. Andy will personally log about 40 hours Fri-Sun! |
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Highlights from Rotary International Convention 7-28-17![]() ![]() ![]() Announcements: Don't throw out those unused, broken or outdated electronics. Roberta Kayne is organizing a drive to collect items for T.O.U.C.H., a group that helps previously incarcerated people learn new job skills by repairing broken electronics. Roberta says "if it plugs in, bring it!" Collection day is being planned but will probably be in September. Presentation: Today's speakers are well-known to us all: Bonnie Coley-Malir, Dwight Seeley and Wolf Lant. Today they shared some of their experiences at the 108th Rotary International Convention in Atlanta. Over 33,000 attendees from 174 countries traveled to the convention to learn more about RI's efforts and plans for the 2017 - 218 Rotary year. |
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Miracle League 2017The 2017 Miracle League season was another great volunteer experience for many Dublin A.M. Rotarians and their family and friends! Our season ended on July 15th and we are already looking forward to next year! A special thank you to the following Dublin AM members and their family and friends who volunteered this summer: Cap Clegg Mark Brubaker and his son Jack and friend Matt Page Vornbrock and his daughter Kristin and grandson Beau Grace Gushue Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher Ron Morgan and his wife Janis Julie and David Rinaldi and their grandson Briden Julie Rinaldi's brother-in-law Jon and nephew C.J. Bill Rish David Bentz Dave Williamson Joanne McGinty Jim Warburton and his friend Ken Gene Oliver
Go Dodgers!!!
Julie
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Speaker 7/21 Lilly ByrneSpeakers Lilly Byrne and Matt Byrne ![]() Our guest speaker today was a very impressive 12-yr. old young lady, Lilly Byrne, who was introduced by her Dad, Matt. Lilly is a rising 7th grader at Weaver Middle School in the Hilliard district. Lilly's extra-curricular interests include Entrepreneurship and Synchronized Swimming. In swimming, Lilly's team made it to the Junior Olympics and placed 8th in the U.S.! But, the main focus of Lilly's visit with our Club was her impressive entrepreneurial pursuits. Lilly participated in the Young Entrepreneurs Academy which is a 30-week program designed to enable and empower children in grades 6-12 to identify their passions and transform their ideas into fully formed business or social movements. Lilly's passion is to ensure that people have ready access to healthy food and snack alternative instead of unhealthy junk or fast foods. Lilly developed her idea for a healthy snack vending operation called Love to go to Lilly's (www.lovetogotolillys.com). Lilly developed a business plan and a sales pitch and competed "Shark Tank" style with 1,500 other participants across the U.S. She was one of 100 finalists and finished 7th in the U.S.! She has launched 2 vending machines and is looking to expand through a franchisee program. She hoped to empower other young woman in a "Girl Powered" business. She intends to sell 5,000 healthy snacks by the end of this year, and she would like to have over $100K in franchise revenue in 10 years. Lilly's passion is for healthy food alternatives and choices for a healthy lifestyle. She intends to donate a portion of her franchisee profits to local childrens' hospital nutrition programs. Lilly is an inspiration, and we were privileged to have her speak to our club. ![]() |
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July 21st Meeting NotesAnnouncements: Welcome, Laurie Reinbolt , who was announced as our club's newest member. Laurie and her husband are proud parents of a young son and daughter. Laurie's reasons for joining Rotary are to get involved and give back to the community. Laurie will definitely help keep our club great! Irish Festival Volunteers - we still need to fill approx. 40% of our Irish Festival volunteer spots. Please refer to the email sent by Bonnie previously, or reach out to Andy Keeler (andy.keeler@keelernadler.com), who will help you get signed up for a shift. The festival is in 2 weeks, so please sign up soon! August 20th 5:30pm Columbus Clippers Outing - please mark your calendars for this upcoming social event. More details forthcoming. |
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Meeting Notes for July 14![]() ![]() Announcements Today:
Guests at our meeting Friday July 14th: Chris Amorose Groomes City of Dublin City Council Dana McDaniel City of Dublin City Manager Greg Peterson City of Dublin Mayor Heinz von Eckartsberg City of Dublin Chief of Police Tim Lecklider City of Dublin City Council Lynn May Dublin Board of Education President Stu Harris Dublin Board of Education Dr. Todd Hoadley Dublin Board of Education Superintendent of Schools (and Dublin AM Rotary member) Our Meeting today was facilitated by our new President Bonnie Coley-Malir as she creates a greater understanding of the Opioid Epidemic in our community. We were fortunate to have our past President Ramona Penland-Coyle and Julie Erwin-Rinaldi as our speakers as each have been affected by the challenge of Opiate dependency and are working in our community to conquer the epidemic’s effects on our loved ones and our community and our State. A few facts that were shared with us:
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Dublin A.M. Rotary Board of Directors for 2017-18![]() |
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June 23 Meeting Notes & Photos COLUMBUS ZOO VISITORSThis morning we enjoyed a wonderful presentation from the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium. Melissa and Ashton brought four of their animal ambassadors so we could learn more about them and see close up how beautiful the animals are. Quite amazing! What a great way to start the day. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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June 16 - Meeting NotesAnnouncements:
![]() Wolf Lant introduced Lena Sloutsky with T.O.U.C.H., Teaching Opportunity Unity by Connecting Hearts. As Board President for the group, Wolf knows first hand the work they do to help and support ex-offenders and at-risk men and women in Central Ohio. |
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May 26th Meeting NotesAnnouncements: Happy Memorial Day, everyone! - We will not have meeting on Friday, June 2nd due to The Memorial Tournament. - June 23rd is the Installation Dinner celebration at Bonnie's home. Please see the registration email from Dwight and RSVP. - Our Dublin AM Rotary Foundation Board is seeking a new member to replace Dave Holliday, whose term is coming to an end July 1st. Please reach out to Susan Robenalt if you are interested. - June 9th Meeting will involve our Club's Communications tools and capabilities. |
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May 19th Meeting NotesAnnouncements: Welcome to our two newest club members, Kaitlyn Gushue and Steve Schmidt! Kaitlyn is a small business owner focused on children's parties and corporate events and is the daughter of our own Grace Gushue. Steven is retired from Battelle but continues work there occasionally and is an active volunteer. We are trilled to have both of you as members of Dublin AM Rotary! The principal and librarian from Daniel Wright Elementary School received a $500 donation from our Club. They reminded us of the unique needs of the school, which has more than half of the 700 student population on free or reduced lunch, 37 different countries of heritage and more than 20 primary languages that are spoken with English being learned as a second language. The annual installation dinner will be held on Friday evening, June 23rd, at the home of Bonnie and Rick Malir. David Bentz would like any family volunteers to contact him if they are interested in hosting an 18 year old exchange student from Thailand during the weeks of June 19th and June 26th. Julie Rinaldi reminded us that there is a Miracle League league game tomorrow that will include a balloon launch to honor one of the past participants who recently passed away. Those members who can volunteer as buddies for tomorrow's game should arrive around 12:00. The Interact Club at Dublin Coffman High School is hosting its Drive in Movie on Saturday evening - featuring Back to The Future. Proceeds support Strides for Sobriety. |
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May 12 – Meeting NotesAnnouncements: Friday meeting breakfast options are increasing in price. Some new choices are available and coffee will continue to be one of the options. John Susie let us know that Sarah Richardson was recently recognized by the professional health insurance underwriters association of which they are both members. Bob Heatherington and the Interact Club are looking for volunteers and ticket buyers for the drive-in movie coming up this weekend. Dave Williamson is recruiting for Sargent at Arms for all interested in this club role. Jack Curtis and Dave Williamson endorsed the experience of being a Miracle League player buddy. Julie Erwin Rinaldi announced that the next game for our Miracle League Dodgers is Saturday, May 20, 12:15pm; we have a big team and buddies are always needed. Claudia Trusty reminded committee chairpersons to submit all outstanding touchpoints as this Rotary year is drawing to a close. |
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Meeting Notes – April 28![]() As part of their studies these students, along with Coffman students Abby Vollmer & Kylie Young, created a public service announcement video which was later entered into a competition sponsored by the Business Professional of America. Their video, Tire Safety, was entered into regional competition. The all girl team won first prize and will be competing at a national competition in May! |
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Meeting Notes - April 14, 2017Announcements:
Guest Speaker: Pat Losinski, CEO, Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) ![]()
In the near future, a development campaign will be communicated. Funds raised will address the gap in costs from original estimates to what it will take in today's market. Early corporate and community interest is very promising for a successful campaign. For comments and questions, you can e-mail newdublinbranch@columbuslibrary.org. For more information and details, go to http://bridgestreet.dublinohiousa.gov/dublin-branch-of-the-columbus-metropolitan-library/ |
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Two New Members Join Dublin AMPete Cushnie introduced two new Rotarians and their sponsors. Susan Robenalt sponsored Bob Heatherington and Rich Weber sponsored Brian Hill. Welcome to Dublin AM! ![]() ![]() |
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Meeting Notes April 7, 2017Cap Clegg opened the meeting with a devotional, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Jeff Schoener was Sargent of Arms. Guests were: BJ Stone from Dublin/Worthington selling 50/50 tickets, Frank Dilenschnieder from Hilliard promoting the Great Comedic Debate between OSU and Michigan, Interact Students from Coffman, Jerome and Scioto High Schools. Announcements: Jim Listebarger announced 2 Robotic Competitions May 27th at Otterbein and June 24th at Coffman HS. Wolf Lant announce they are looking for two sponsors for local Metro HS Team going to Nationals in St. Louis. Sadly, we must say goodbye to Sara Ott’s, who is heading to Aspen as their new Assistant City Manager. Presentaton: Dublin AM Interact committee chair, Cap Clegg, introduced each high school's faculty advisosrs: Jill Harris from Jerome, John Witt from Scioto, and Megan Burton and Karen Brothers from Coffman. Our club committee includes Asch Mikhail, Claudia Trusty and Raj Hora. Students from each High School talked about the projects Interact had done at each of their respective schools. Read More |
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Welcome, Joe Evans![]() Dublin AM Rotary is very happy to welcome our newest member, Joe Evans. His sponsor, Dave McKee, introduced Joe to the club. Joe may be new to our club but he is definitely not new to Rotary. Joe is a Past President of the New Albany club. We look forward to getting to know you better, Joe! |
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March 24 Meeting Notes![]()
Featured Speakers: Mike Close and McGee Isaacs A Talk About The Supreme Court Out of the 104 Million cases filed with the state and federal courts, only 80 cases will have permission to have The Supreme Court hear the case. We are fortunate to have 2 members that have been heard in the US Supreme Court. READ MORE |
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Dublin AM Meeting Featured in District NewsletterOn February 10, 2017, Dublin AM hosted a Rotary Conversation about technology and the impact on ourcivilization. The hope was that we could bring an important social issue to Dublin AM and invite the club to engage in a stimulating and awareness-building conversation. Ann Ralston, with the support of Gene Oliver and our table technology translators, curated a conversation seeded by a TED Talk called "How Do We Fix Civilization?” by Salim Ismail. Steve Sandbo, District Governor, attended our meeting and asked Ann to submit an article about the meeting, which was published this week in the District 6690 Newsletter. Read it here. |
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March 10 Meeting NotesAnnouncements for upcoming events/activities and more than you ever know about Bats - Be Afraid! ![]() Bonnie Miles - Guest Speaker |
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March 3rd Meeting Notes![]() Speaker Price Finley, our District Foundation Chair and Ramona Penland, Dublin AM Rotary's 2016-17 President
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February 24 Meeting NotesAnnouncements
It's all about the Blarney Bash! We need everyone to volunteer on March 18 to support our biggest fundraiser. Ask friends, family, co-workers to join you. It's fun and a great community event. Signup HERE.
![]() Our Speaker: Ryan McCarty
Without a doubt, Ryan's message reached every member, and reflected what Rotary is all about, too. Ryan spoke about creating a Culture of Good with business leaders to energize, empower and engage employees. He is completing a 2 month bus tour, taking his message across the country. Imagine what could happen, he said, if all employees of all businesses were given the permission to care about not just their job but also their fellow employees, customers & causes they were passionate about.
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2017 Dublin Blarney BashIt's all about the Dublin Blarney Bash! Our meeting was led by co-chair Raj Hora (his co-chair is Cindy Groeniger) who shared news & updates about the Blarney Bash, scheduled for March 18, and there was a lot to share!
Raj asked all members to volunteer for at least one shift during the Bash. It is our biggest fundraiser and needs the support of all our Rotarians. It is easy to volunteer with the new online signup. Why come alone? Ask family, friends and co-workers to join the fun!
Just go to here to register.
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January 27th Meeting NotesAnnouncements:
The Polar Bear Open is Saturday, February 4th! Club members are encouraged to register to golf and raffle prizes are still wanted. Contact Sinan Yaykin if you can offer raffle items. Sara Richardson acknowledged several club members whose companies have signed on as sponsors for The Blarney Bash. Sponsors are still wanted, so please keep recruiting. Dave Williamson spoke about an enhancement to this year's Blarney Bash. There will be two tents this year to allow for more focus on children's activities in one area and expanded fundraising opportunities in the main tent. This will result in an increased need for members to volunteer to help with the expanded logistics. Guest Speaker Notes: Brian has made his presentation slides available here.
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January 20, 2017 Meeting NotesFollowing the Prayer/Pledge opening several “Thank You” letters received from Dublin 3rd graders to whom the Club had given dictionaries were read by a variety of members.
The program was conducted by club member retired Air Force Colonel Dave Williamson who presented a multiple slide program depicting the 8th club sponsored “Veterans Honor Flight” to Washington D.C.
This year’s flight was hosted by Rick Malir and his wife Club President-Elect Bonnie Coley-Malir, who arraigned transportation for the six veteran honorees, from Net Jet Air.
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January 6th Meeting NotesJanuary 6th Meeting Notes:
Announcements and Club News:
We welcomed Ingrid Fields as our newest Dublin AM Rotary member. Ingrid is a Strategic Solutions Director for VMware, a cloud computing software company. Ingrid and her husband, Bob, reside in Muirfield Village and have two sons who have recently completed college and started their careers.
Bruce Andrews shared that the Red Kettle campaign made over $8,000 during the weekend collections that our club members participated in!! With the additional donations from our Club members to the family gifts adoption program, over $10,000 was donated to those in need during the holiday season.
Tomorrow, Saturday, January 7th, at Dublin Jerome High School, there is a Robotics competition. Volunteer judges are still needed (report time 7:30AM). If you can't volunteer, please join as a spectator during the day.
On Friday, Jan. 13th, a performance - A Celtic Evening - at Abbey Theatre featuring the Richens Timm irish dancing troupe is planned. Complimentary tickets can be obtained for our club members and their guests by contacting Dwight Seeley.
Our Communications Committee will be meeting at 7:00AM on Friday the 13th and additional club members are being welcomed to the committee.
The Progressive Dinner is planned for January 28th. Cindy Groeniger is looking for volunteers to host homes and to help deliver food items to the host homes on the day of the event.
The Polar Bear Open is planned for February 4th. Please signed up for golf and encourage your friends and neighbors to join in as well. Please reach out to Sinan Yaykin or David Bentz with raffle items or to donate as a hole sponsor. The Polar Bear committee is meeting each Friday at 7:15AM weekly until the event.
Guest Speaker Notes:
JL Holdsworth, Founder and Head Performance Coach of The Spot Athletics provided us a very insightful talk with tips on "training for a pain free body".
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Easy Way to Support Our ClubDo you grocery shop at Kroger? If so, you can now designate Dublin AM Rotary Charitable Foundation to get a portion of your grocery bill - at no additional cost to you. All you need to do is register your Kroger Plus card identifying our foundation as your Kroger Community Rewards partner. Register online at krogercommunityrewards.com. Be sure to have your Kroger Plus card handy or simply login to your existing Kroger account. Our NPO number is 37564 or you can search by simply entering Dublin (I just did it - super easy!!). |
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Meeting Notes - December 9, 2016Announcements:
Guests:
Our speaker this week had to cancel, but thanks to some quick thinking by Ramona, we got a glimpse into one of her family's holiday traditions called "Whatzit?". The meeting was divided into table teams and we worked together to guess what item might be enclosed within the giftwrap. It was harder than you might think and it was another opportunity to get to know some fellow Rotarians just a little bit better.
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3rd Graders Receive DictionariesThe 3rd grade classes at Olde Sawmill Elementary School received their dictionaries November 22! Everyone was very excited and thankful! Rotarians and Literacy Committee members Dr. Todd Hoadley, Claudia Trusty and Julie Erwin Rinaldi represented our Club today!
In addition to words, these books share amazing facts, maps and fun factoids that inform and entertain. Dublin AM has donated dictionaries to every 3rd grader in the Dublin School District for 11 years. Thanks to our club members, over 13,200 children have enjoyed the books. We hope they all become life-long learners.
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Project Dictionary 2016Rotarians & District Staff Working Together on Project Dictionary
Dublin AM Rotary supports Dublin Schools in many ways. One of our favorites is Project Dictionary, and Literacy Chair Julie Erwin Rinaldi championed the effort again this year. Each year we purchase a teacher-chosen dictionary for every third grader in the district. That's about 1300 dictionaries every year! Rotarians join district staff and Central Office to place a book plate in each book. For some children, this may be the first book they have owned. For others, it is a right of passage to get their very own dictionary.
According to teachers and Supt. Toad Hoadley, a Dublin AM member, the books serve a critical link for students. While digital tools and the Internet are far more progressive than a paperback dictionary, the books help students connect their imagination to learning and exploring.
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December 2nd Meeting NotesAnnouncements:
- The holiday party is in one week - December 9th - at Tartan Fields. See the invite in your email and R.S.V.P
-Susan Robenalt spoke about the shopping and gift wrapping that members of our club are doing on December 3rd. With donations from our members. we have adopted families through the Salvation Army and Syntero.
- No meetings December 23rd and 30th due to the holidays.
- Sarah Richardson reminded everyone to review and respond to the Blarney Bash Sponsorship request (see emails from Sarah).
- Bruce Andrews reminded us that Salvation Army Bell Ringing begins this weekend. Please remember your shifts! Thank You, Bruce, for reminding us all of the importance of proper, constant ringing of the bell, maintaining a clear "vortex" surrounding the kettle for maximum donations, and being overall exemplary "Ringmen" and "Bell Buddies".
Guest Speaker:
![]() Our speaker this week was Kamal Boulos, owner of the very popular Refectory Restaurant and Bistro. Kamal provided us with a fascinating glimpse into the approach and values that have elevated The Refectory to elite status in the 40 years that he has been its leader.
Rather than discussing the details of great food preparation, menu choices, ambiance, etc, Kamal talked about the values and leadership principles that propel his success. Relentless focus on increasing knowledge and applying that knowledge is one of his keys to success. Another key is aligned values across all of the restaurant staff; for example, focusing equally on the quality of experience of every diner and not focusing more on those who happen to be spending more. Another key to success that aligns closely to our Rotary values is the focus on giving to the community. The Refectory - even in tough economic times - has continually increased their community involvement. In particular, they are taking a comprehensive approach to supporting the Arts community in Central Ohio.
Kamal graciously offered an opportunity for our club members to attend an upcoming Music Series dinner event with a waiver of the $20 cover charge. Email kamal@refectory.com to participate.
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Meeting Notes - Nov. 4th 2016November 4th Meeting Minutes
Announcements:
- Sarah Richardson announced that over $700 was raised today in addition to donations of boxes of stuffing in the first week of our Club's support of the
Dublin Food Pantry (DFP) and their 2017 Harvest of Hope event. Each year, DFP provides families the opportunity to have a Thanksgiving meal, and we are collecting boxes of Thanksgiving stuffing/dressing and/or monetary donations again next Friday, 11/11.
- Claudia Trusty announced that the Literacy Committee is planning to meet at 10:00 AM on the 14th at the Dublin Schools Administration building on Coffman Rd. to apply labels to the dictionaries to be donated. Any Club member who is available is welcome to join in.
- Bruce Andrews passed the clipboard for the first time to generate sign-ups for Salvation Army Bell Ringing on Dec. 3rd and 17th
- Susan Robenalt announced that the shopping at Kohl's for 22 people is planned on Saturday, Dec. 3rd beginning at 9:00. We are adopting families through the Salvation Army and Syntero. Please email Susan if you can help with the shopping.
- On Friday the 18th, a perfect party is being planned at Mohan Viddam's house, and attendees will get to see pictures from Mohan's India trip and Roberta Kayne's Italy trip. More details to come.
- Dave Williamson reminded everyone about the Nov. 19th scheduled tour of the Mott's Military Museum beginning at 9:30. Warren Motts, who was our speaker at last Friday's meeting, will be our tour guide. Cost is $8 per adult and $5 per child. Check your email for a message from Cindy with the registration link.
Notes from our our Guest Speaker, Molly Arbogast, Executive Director of the Dublin Food Pantry:
The Dublin Food Pantry (DFP) was started in the Dublin Community Church in the 1970s and has grown significantly since then and was officially incorporated as a non-profit entity. This is a "Choice Pantry" which is set up like a grocery store where volunteers assist patrons in selecting food items that they know how to use and prepare. This ensures that the food items that are donated to no go to waste and are utilities once brought home.
DFP has ~100 weekly volunteers and ~500 one-time event volunteers during the year. The pantry serves residents of the City of Dublin or those with the Dublin City Schools boundaries. 49% of the patrons have children under 18, while over 50% have a household member over the age of 60. 36% are of Middle East/North African origin, and 32% are of Asian origin. It's important for the DFP staff to be able to adapt to the changing origins of its patrons to ensure that the food items offered are appropriate.
Food insecurity is a growing concern, and suburban food insecurity in communities like Dublin is often a hidden need. Ohio ranks 3rd highest in the U.S. in 2015 in food insecurity. The food insecurity problem impacts performance in school, job performance, short and long term memory issues and other health issues, including mental health concerns.
In 2015, DFP provided ~130,000 meals for ~9,000 families. In addition to providing the food items and hygiene items, DFP serves as a point of referral to other services that these residents may need (e.g., Welcome Warehouse, Syntero, etc).
Over 260,000 pounds of food were donated to DFP in 2015. Donations can be made between 8am-8pm daily. Specific food items requested include Dried Beans, Rice, Peanut Butter, Baking Items like Sugar, Flour, Baking Soda, etc., and Condiments. Toiletry items including Toilet Paper and Feminine Hygiene items are also of particular need.
This year, in addition to our Club's current collections in support of Harvest of Hope and our ongoing collection of toiletry items monthly, we will also be including DFP in The Blarney Bash.
More information about the pantry can be found at dublinfoodpantry.org.
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Irish Fest a Success!Announcements:
Our Speaker
Page Vornbrock and Dr. Todd Hoadley introduced our speaker, Ryan Prestel, CEO, JadeTrack, as they have gotten to know him through his work with the Dublin Schools Business Advisory Council. Todd noted that Ryan has saved the Dublin school district $3.7 mm through his work on sustainability. Ryan is a 2002 graduate of the Dublin school system and is an exemplary example of our school system and the impact being made in our own community.
Ryan began by providing a description of what is meant by sustainability, including what it means to different people and varying perspectives. He created JadeTrack which provides technology-enabled energy and sustainability solutions. Through a combination of software, data, and analytical tools, organizations can improve their energy management, carbon management, building analytics, and sustainable surveys. To highlight the importance of this, Ryan noted that companies are utilizing JadeTrack's tools for ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) reporting to meet regulatory requirements and the needs of a variety of stakeholders who monitor corporate social responsibility. Examples of what has been done with the Wendy's Corporation and Dublin City Schools were highlighted. The company currently has 7 employees and is expected to grow to 10 before the end of the year. To learn more, check out the JadeTrack website (www.jadetrack.com).
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Meeting Minutes – Mark Deans, SequentClub Announcements
Clipper’s Game Outing – Jim Warburton announced that an outing to take in some baseball and socialize with Rotary friends and family is planned for Huntington Park on Sunday August 28th – 4:05PM. Sign up on the website is forthcoming or see Jim or another member of the Social Committee to sign up. The tickets are $20, or $17 for Seniors and Kids, and it includes a $10 food/beverage voucher.
Chris Curry announced a Celebration of Life party to honor our departed friend and Rotarian, Paul Buchanan. It is being held at Cedarbrook Nursery on Friday, August 12th, 6-9pm. Attendees can bring a side dish to share. David Bentz announced that our Tuesday fellowship will be held this coming Tuesday at Le Chatelain on Bridge St. beginning at 5:30. Please stop by after work for some fellowship on the patio! Ramona Penland-Coyle presented a Paul Harris Fellow to her friend and co-worker of 16 years, Dr. Bob Derick. Ramona chose to honor his many contributions to charitable activities local and internationally. Dr. Derick has arranged financing for doctors to travel to third world countries to perform surgeries to the disadvantaged in those countries, he has been on a number of mission trips and gives generously to a number of charities. Ramona reminded us that while Bob is not a Rotarian himself, he lives in our spirit of Service Above Self. Our Speaker
As explained by Mark, Change Management is involved in initiatives that significantly reshape a company or organization. Organization Change Management (OCM) is the practice of managing this change across the organization through effective planning, deployment and sustainability. The need for OCM is evident in the research which shows that 17% of projects fail so badly that they put company’s at risk. Also, on average, key project investments only deliver 56%, on average, of their predicted value. There are a variety of causes for these failures, which can be avoided through an effective OCM process. Whether fuzzy business objectives or lack of executive support and leadership, there are pitfalls that Mark talked about avoiding through a methodic OCM approach. For example, executive leadership must set the tone and vision and hold the organization accountable for the change on a sustained basis. |
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Meeting Minutes - Small Business AdministrationPhotos by Mohan Viddam - Flickr album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dublinam/albums/72157671713950155 July 29, 2016 Meeting – 49 Rotarians and 6 Guests in Attendance Andy Keller reminded that there are still shifts unfilled for the Irish Festival next weekend. Please consider filling one of the open shifts. Bonnie Coley-Malir offered to help sign up anyone who is interested in volunteering. Please email Bonnie at bcoleymalir@yahoo.com. Dave Williamson reminded everyone that there is an upcoming Veterans Honor Flight on October 2nd with an invitation to fly World War 2, Korean War and Vietnam Veterans to our nation’s capital to visit the monuments honoring their service to our country. Information and registration can be linked to from the link on our club’s website. Steve Osbourne introduced four young women who participated this in the Youth Exchange that Dublin AM has sponsored. The Spears sisters introduced their exchange “sisters”, Antonia from Austria and Elena from Barcelona. Antonia and Elena have enjoyed their time so far in Dublin with the Spears family and have visited Niagra Falls, Clipper and Crew games, a performance of Tecumseh, Cedar Point and the State Fair. Martin Golden, District Director from the U.S. Small Business Administration, was our guest speaker. The SBA was formed by President Eisenhower in 1953, and it has been elevated to cabinet-level status to reflect the importance of small businesses in driving our country’s economy. While the agency has just 1,500 employees, it’s supported more than 28 million small businesses. The categorization and definition of “small business” varies by industry, but roughly any company with less than 500 employees is in this classification. The SBA does not lend money but, instead, guarantees loans made by banks to small businesses. A variety of different loan options exist, some of which include SBA service fees. Those service fees allow the loan guarantees to not require taxpayer subsidization. Loans of up to $5M can be obtained at Prime + 2.75% up to 6% and loans under $150K can be obtained with no fees. There are also options for Fixed Asset Loans at higher amounts for manufacturing, heavy equipment, real-estate, etc. which can be obtained with requirements for job creation and retention. Micro-loans are available at higher interest rates than be used for a very wide variety of small business needs, which is an attractive option to consider instead of credit card use. Marty noted that Huntington Bank is the top lender of small business loans in Ohio. Marty noted that the lending guarantees and loan options are only a portion of the SBA’s responsibility. The SBA also runs a contracting business development program which enables qualifying small businesses to participate in the Federal Government’s $90B worth of product and service purchasing. These programs ensure that Minority, Disadvantaged, Veteran owned and other qualifying businesses act as suppliers to our government. The SBA also does a considerable amount of Counseling and Education to small business owners and entrepreneurs. |
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Meeting Minutes – Speaker Martin Golden, USBA49 Rotarians and 6 Guests in Attendance
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Meeting Minutes - Steve SandboPhotos by Bonnie Coley-Malir Following the standard meeting opening Dave Holliday, President of the Dublin A.M. Foundation was recognized to request additional Paul Harris Fellows to complete a 4X4 begun by Mike Isler and Roberta Kayne. Susan Robenalt and Tricia Arndt volunteered. Cindy Groeniger offered to form a new PH 4X4 in recognition of recent deceased club member Paul Buchanan and was joined by Betty and McGehee Isaacs and Debbie Lutz. Following announcements concerning the need for Greeters, Salvation Army workers, and volunteers and sign-ups for the Irish Festival – Assistant District Governor Steve Heiser introduced the main speaker from the Upper Arlington Rotary Club and this year’s District Governor Steve Sandbo. Sandbo’s presentation centered on the decision by Rotary International to give greater flexibility to local clubs to achieve more relevancy in today’s environment, particularly with Millennials whom he mentioned several times. He quoted Rotary International President John Germ as having told a gathering of District Governors to “Throw out the rule book and be free to do what is best for their Clubs.” In the absence of such a move Rotary’s survival could be in question without operational change . Sandbo also cited Michael McQueen observing – Survival for clubs like rotary is not based on how large you are, but how you adapt to changing times. As two examples – RI is telling local clubs they have the choice of meeting only twice a month if they so desire and attendance requirements are, in Sandbo’s word “gone”. He listed three goals to grow Rotary this year;
On the subject of the RI Foundation, Sandbo urged members to attend the 100th anniversary of the Foundation at Atlanta in August. Sandbo also asked each Rotarian to do three things this year;
Sandbo also took time to ask continued support for Polio Plus – a program which began to 1984-85 to eradicate Polio. 2.7 Billion Children have been vaccinated. Know cases have been reduced to 19 this year – but there is more to be done. He described his role as DG to share with the clubs in District 6690 – “What works.” After the quote for the day, President Ramona Penland adjourned the meeting.
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In recognition of Paul BuchananDave Holliday opened the meeting with a very thoughtful invocation. President Ramona Penland-Coyle followed with her thoughts on Paul Buchanan’s impact on us as people and Rotarians. His spirit of fun and service to others were highlighted. Reverend Steven Smith offered comments about tragic loss of those close to us and the importance of being patient and letting the grief happen. Several members shared perspective and stories of Paul and his example of how he lived life to the fullest and served others. Paul, you will be dearly missed, but never forgotten. |
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Meeting Minutes - Tantrum TheaterPhoto by Roberta Kayne PRESENTATION Speaker: Ian Wolfgang Hinz, Tantrum Theatre Producing Director The Tantrum Theatre is a professional theatre group, made possible by a partnership between Ohio University, the city of Dublin and the Dublin Arts Council. The mission of Tantrum Theatre is to connect and impact the Dublin and Athens communities through educational outreach and culturally diverse innovative programming that encompasses multiple theatrical disciplines, as well as to develop new work and offer new points of view on classic stories that have contemporary relevance, and offer opportunities for intercultural exchange. Performances are currently held at the Abbey Theatre (Dublin Community Recreation Center) and will move to a permanent home in The Bridge Street District. The theatre expects to make an economic and educational impact on the city and enhance the quality of life for the community. To learn more about the Tantrum Theatre and performance schedule, visit tantrumtheatre.org ANNOUNCEMENTS (with name of presenter in italics)
MEETING ATTENDANCE: Provided by Rich Weber 57 Total (54 Dublin AM Members, 1 Visiting Rotarian and 2 Guests) |
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Ramona Penland-Coyle President Installation Party!Pics of the evening can be found here:
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Tantrum Theater Ticket Offer![]() Hope you enjoyed this morning's speaker Ian Hinz and his presentation on the Tantrum Theater. As he mentioned - he is offering our members comp tickets to Tammy Faye's Final Audition.
Enjoy! TAKE A TIME OUT! We invite you to be our guest at several performances of Tantrum Theater’s production of Tammy Faye’s Final Audition! Tammy Faye’s Final Audition · A New Play by Merri Biechler · Directed by Dennis Delaney Reveal yourself. Tammy Faye Bakker was the sweetheart of Christian television in the 1980s until fraud and sex scandals brought her world crashing down. In this fevered dream at the end of her life, Tammy Faye enlists the men she loved to help her get back on TV and tape one last media extravaganza. Merri Biechler’s new play wipes clean the mascara and tears to make known the naked truth, and ask: to whom, and for what, do we so desperately devote ourselves? To reserve your complimentary tickets, please email Ledger Free at free@ohio.edu with your name and performance of your choice (see list below of available dates)and how many tickets you’d like. We can offer up to 4 tickets a person. Tickets will be available on a first come first serve basis. We ask that if you cannot use the tickets you sign up for, please do let Ledger know so that they can go to someone else. Friday, July 8th at 8PM Saturday, July 9th at 8PM Sunday, July 10th at 2PM Wednesday, July 13th at 8PM Thursday, July 14th at 8PM All performances are at the Abbey Theater in Dublin’s Rec Center—5600 Post Road, Dublin, OH, and your reserved tickets will be waiting at the box office when you arrive for the show. Tantrum Theater is a new professional theater in Dublin, Ohio. Read more at tantrumtheater.org. We hope to see you at the theater! |
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Project Dictionary 2015F
At Indian Run Elementary, Dr. Todd Hoadley, Supt. of Schools, joined fellow Dublin AM members in distributing the books. In return, the students gave an excellent skit on how valuable the dictionaries will be for them.
"We believe Project Dictionary supports the RI focus on literacy in a real and meaningful way," said Julie Erwin Rinaldi, the club's Literacy Committee chair.
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Club Meeting RecapThe 55 Rotarians, 3 Rotaract members and 3 guests heard Steve Stover discuss restaurants and food in Central Ohio.Stover began by lamenting the loss in the past few years of several fine dinning restaurants including Hanke’s Cuisine, Rosendale’s and Grisby’s. This is partially due to the reduction in what Stover called “fine dinning” facilities as well as a trend toward smaller Chef owned places. “Fine Dinning” facilities simply can’t make it on their own.
Other trends he mentioned included young entrepreneurs opening eateries and what have been food truck moving to brick and mortar establishments.
Stover said there are still “fine dinning” establishments available – places like the Refrectory – but it seems people just do not want to get dressed up and get serious about dining out. In country clubs and the downtown clubs the dress codes have changed as a further sign of this trend. Further evidence that this trend is not confined to Ohio, what Stover described a one of the “finest restaurants” in the world, located in New York City, has opened a casual section where the entrees are $10 to $15 dollars.
His list of new restaurants opening included the Guild House (Cameron Mitchell), Los Alamos, Angry Bear (which, he said, not everyone likes due to it’s edginess), and Wolf Creek.
Speaking of trends Stover said “fried chicken is back” , plus egg and noodle places as well as ethnic and international cuisines. Stover had praise for local entrepreneurs who are expanding their brands such as City Barbeque, operating now with some 24 locations in four states and Cameron Mitchell who is now operating in Beverly Hills, Boston and Manhattan.
In response to a question about family dining he listed the Refrectory, Worthington Inn, Guild House, Ms, Lindys and G Michaels. Stover mentioned several other eating establishments and said for a review of many of those places go to WOSU.org. At the end of the meeting Stover passed out a 5 page list of eateries in various parts of the area.
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Thanks and Farewell![]() This is your humble editor's last Reveille. Thank you for putting up with my often infelicitous prose and occasionally elephantine sense of humor. I wish I could have delighted you with the style of a Jane Austen, the insight of a Proust, the energy of a Dickens, the vision of a Shakespeare. Such excellence is, alas, beyond my abilities. I did the best I could.
All best in life to all of you: love, joy, health, wealth, and wisdom. Thanks for the chance to serve you and to join an international organization that I hope to contribute to for the rest of my life.
Yours in Rotary Fellowship,
Michael
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Recent Speakers: Diverse and EntertainingThis past month has seen the Speaker's Committee extend themselves to give us reason (other than fine fellowship and a chance to win the Big POt) to wake up early on Fridays.
Walt Dennis explained how Scioto County Club is going to be a fantastic venue for a fantastic tournament, the 2016 U.S. Senior Open. A field with many champions will contend to win this senior Major Tournament, as Walt tells us here.
Self-described political "wonk" Mike Close displayed his usual acumen in explaining the complexities of three proposed amendments to the Ohio Constitution, bringing far more clarity to the issues than we likely would have had in a debate from proponents and opponents. Good job, Mike! Watch him here.
The six candidates for the three vacant Dublin City Council seats displayed a pleasing civility and respect for each other and the political process as they made their cases for election. Would that some national level political forums be run with such enviable grace and lack of ego. Watch them here.
Brandon Lewis made an elegant case for helping the work of the Columbus Community Hunger Project. According to Brandon, "the Columbus Community Hunger Project is focused on combating food insecurity in Ohio. Additionally we seek to set an example for our children of giving back to those in need. We are blessed to be a blessing." Watch Brandon, with an able assist from our own Todd Hoadley, here.
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Getting to Know You: Rotary Spotlight on Greg and NickRecently two of our younger and active and dynamic members, Greg Gleaves and Nick Glimsdahl, were recently in the Rotary spotlight. Let's learn more about them here.
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Save the Night(s): Halloween Perfect Party and Holiday Party![]() Put on a costume (optional) and
ride your broomstick (not optional) over to the Burness Haunted House for a SPOOK-TACULAR PERFECT PARTY!
Saturday, October 31 - 7:00 pm until the witching hour
The Burness Haunted House
A perfect party is the perfect way to get together.
This one just offers a little extra SPOOK! Bring a bottle of wine (or beverage of choice) and either an appetizer or a dessert. Last names beginning with A-L - you are bringing a dessert. Last names beginning with M-Z - you are bringing an appetizer. We are hoping for a beautiful but scary fall evening so that we can tell ghost stories by the fire!
So dress for the weather! ![]() The Holiday Party will be December 11th, from 6 to 11 pm, at Tartan Fields County Club.
Expect lots of holiday cheer, great food, and great company!
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Honor Flight Coming Up![]() We are still accepting applications for the upcoming Honor Flight. Veterans of the all services during the World War II, Korean, and Vietnam conflicts are eligible (need not have seen shots fired in anger). For more information, please contact Dave Williamson. For an application, look for "Honor Flight 2015" under "Download Rotary Forms" on the right of our homepage.
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Recent Speakers: 3 LeviesThree speakers recently spoke in favor of levies that will be on the ballot this fall. Because no organized opposition to the levies has emerged, Rotary did not, as it typically would, bring in opposing viewpoints. Let's listen to their presentations and make up our own minds:
David Royer, CEO of ADAMH (Alcohol, Drugs,and Mental Health), spoke of that organization's renewal levy:
Tom Stalf, CEO of Columbus Zoo, discussed that institution's plans if voters renew its levy:
Chief Alec O'Connell spoke about Washington Township Fire Department's Renewal Levy:
All presented eloquent cases for the services their organziations provide. Now the decision is in your hands.
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Recent Speakers: Dublin A.M.'s International Services ComitteeThe International Services Committee recently gave an overview of their many activities, bringing literacy, clean water, health assistance, and Rotary's hopes for peace and understanding literally all over the world. Click here to see their inspiring presentation.
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Member Spotlight on . . .Amy Snow and Ron MorganIn this segment of the member spotlight, we hear from Amy Snow and Ron Morgan. Amy and Ron, thanks for sharing! Click here to see their presentation and find out whose fault it is that Amy has come to Dublin to hate teh Buckeyes.
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New Member Checklist Updated![]() Thanks to Kent Underwood for updating our New Member Checklist for this Rotary year. Our new members may visit the "New Member" site on our page to get a handy checklist of the landmarks to become a fully fledged Rotarian. The list is also on the home page under "Download Rotary Forms" (look to the right and lower on the page).
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Paul Harris Fellowships![]() In 1905 Paul Harris and three of his business associates formed a club and began meeting for business networking purposes, camaraderie and friendship. They called their club “Rotary” because they rotated the meetings between each of their businesses. It soon became clear to these Rotary members that they could and should expand their purpose to include public works. Their first project was building public toilets in their hometown of Chicago.
As more Rotary clubs were established and grew, so did their public service projects based on the Rotary motto “Service Above Self” and as a way to promote, fund and recognize those who participated in such projects, the “Paul Harris Fellowship” program was established.
The Fellowship program now provides funds for District and Global Grants to local clubs, including Dublin A.M., as well as educational opportunities, food, potable water, health care, immunizations and shelter for millions of people around the world.
Over the years Dublin A.M. has received many Grants from the Paul Harris program – to mention only two - our Dictionary Project, providing dictionaries to all 3rd graders in Dublin and to our International Committee providing a library for a school in Turkey. There are, of course, others.
Over the next weeks you will have the opportunity to join 77 Dublin A.M. members to become a Paul Harris fellow or as many have done – to become a multiple Paul Harris Fellow.
It takes a commitment of $200 in each of four years to become a Paul Harris Fellow. At the end of your commitment the Club will add $200 for a total of $1,000. That money is forwarded to Rotary International which invests it for three year at the end of which 50% of the accumulated funds are returned to our District 6690 to fund District Funds, such as those mention above, and Global Grants. The other 50% is used by Rotary International to fund larger worldwide projects.
As a bonus, for every Paul Harris Fellowship you achieve Rotary will provide an additional Fellowship for you award to anyone you designate – such as Ron Morgan recently gave to Cindy Groeniger in honor of her work on Rotary projects or the three Susan Robenalt awarded to Dwight Seeley, Wolf Lant and Sue Burness for their work on the Blarney Bash. Such awards can be given by you to anyone, not just fellow Rotarians – a spouse, a friend or any one you feel exemplifies the Rotary Motto of ‘Service Above Self.”
I hope you will consider becoming a Paul Harris Fellow or a multiple Paul Harris Fellow and uphold the tradition of Rotary and most of all help those in need at home and around the world. Thank you for your consideration.
Dave Holliday – President – Dublin A.M. Charitable Foundation.
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Annual Scioto River Cleanup is Saturday, 8/15Sorry about the late notice. The Clean-up on Saturday, August 15 AT SCIOTO PARK this year (that's where the Leatherlips sculpture is: 7377 Riverside Dr ). Breakfast with Dublin's new Nature Education Coordinator, Barbara Ray at 8:30 AM. Clean Up at 9:00 AM. Dublin Arts Council will also be on site to celebrate Riverboxes--the geocaching project that celebrates our waterways. |
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Thanks, Rotary, for Helping Make the Miracle HappenThanks for a great Miracle League season!!!!
Although we had many cancellations due to the rainy summer, we had a wonderful 2015 Miracle League season! Thanks to the following Rotarians and their family members for volunteering this summer:
Cap Clegg
Dave Williamson
Brian Briggs
Grace Gushue
Bill Rish
Jim Warburton
Dave Holliday
Ramona Penland-Coyle
Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher
Todd Hoadley and his family
Julie Rinaldi and her husband David
Ron Morgan and his wife Janis
David Bentz and his wife Joanna
The miracle is helping kids who would not otherwise get to feel the crack of bat on ball.
The miracle is creating a sense of teamwork, of family, and of belonging.
The miracle is joy . . . an you created it.
Looking forward to seeing everyone out on the field again in 2016 for another UNDEFEATED season! Go Dodgers!
With gratitude-
Julie Erwin Rinaldi
Todd Hoadley and his family
![]() William and Service Dog Tanis
![]() Paul and his buddies! This is Paul’s 10th year with Miracle League! We have watched him grow up!
![]() Sara and her buddies. Grace Gushue horsing around with her!
![]() Brynn and her buddy Marilee!
![]() Max and his buddy Jim Warburton!
![]() Charlie and his buddy C.J.!!!
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The Dublin Irish Festival: Green in So Many Ways![]() After a summer filled with rain, Dublin's Irish eyes were smiling under perfect weather for the Irish Festival. Dublin A.M. was on hand to do our part for the city and perhaps a hundred thousand guest and, of course, to earn a little green to continue our work in the community. We worked hard but had a great time and impressed our city contacts, who said we have the beverage delivery and control system "totally wired." A special thanks to Bonnie Coley-Malir for her volunteer coordination, to the redoubtable Andy Keeler--a great combination of project manager, forklift, cheerleader, and chef--and to the dozens of Rotarians who gave of their time, sweat, and good humor to help the Club.
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