08-10-2023

Maggie Simmons from PAAC shares results of survey taken by 7th, 9th, 11th graders in two county schools.

Pres. Warren Spangler, Maggie Simmons, Ty Ankrom

08/10/2023

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

August Calendar – Ty Ankrom, Program Chair

Aug 17: Dan Gilbert – Baseball

Aug 24: Steve Helwagen – OSU Football

Aug 28: *Community Kitchen

Aug 31: Jennifer Lloyd – Recovery Ohio

*extra events

September Calendar – Michelle Blanton, Program Chair

Sept 7 – Ohio Christian University

Sept 11: *Bonus Community Kitchen. Presbyterian Church 3:30pm

Sept 14: Ohio Health, Casey Liddy

Sept 21: Community Cupboards, Kenneth Tennant

Sept 25: *Community Kitchen. Presbyterian Church 4:00pm

Sept 28: ArtsAround, Dale Herron

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  • Presiding:  President Warren Spangler
  • Prayer: Joe McNemar
  • Piano: Ellery Elick
  • Song Leader:  John Lambert “Sing Rotarians”, “You’re a Grand Old Flag”
  • Attending: (Drexel has official list)  45 today – Spangler, Poling, Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Fouts, Wilson, Lambert, Canfield, Riegel, T.Tootle, R.Wolfe, McCrady, Searls, Ankrom, K.Neff, Palm, Ellis, C.Chamberlain, Duvall, Sneed, C.Mullins, Schreiner, Rothe, Dailey, D.Wolfe, Reitano, Simmons, McNemar, Montgomery, Elick, Horning, Droste, Young, I.Webb, Rawlins, D.Webb, Fountian, C.Neff, Justinger, Brown, White, Radcliff, Koch, T.Chamberlain, Kramer
  • Visiting Rotarian: John Lambert introduced from Jackson, Brandon McGee
  • Guests: Ty Ankrom introduced Carly Brewster, Pastor at Emmitt Chapel Church; Karlyn Neff introduced Carl Messy, intern from OSU Pharmacy school at Schieber’s.

Announcements

  • Rob Radcliff – sign-up for Pumpkin Show Booth has already started! It’s our biggest fundraiser of the year, please help out. You can help prep or clean up afterward too!
  • Inspiration Station Thank you note – less than $100,000 to their goal so they can start construction. If you know of anyone interested in donating to help make the goal – contact PCCF
  • Aug. 15th – board mtg
  • Jayme Fountain – Foundation goal this year $6,300. We are already 12% there. Don’t forget the 125 club, donating $100 to the foundation and $25 to polio plus.

SAA: Bob Sneed. “I’m Bob doing Bob Things” – without his hat 🙁

  • Birthdays/Anniversaries
  • Aug 10th. National Book Lovers Day and National Lazy Day
  • Dispatch reported: people in a good mood are willing to donate. Are you in a good mood today?!
  • High School sports – anyone who played pay $1. Time goes by fast.

Scholarship Drawing: Warren Spangler was the winner of $20+. The jackpot is $1,700+ and it continues!

 Program: Maggie Simmons – Pickaway Addiction Action Coalition (PAAC)

  • Maggie is returning to the State House next week and leaving PAAC
  • Two schools took survey for grades 7th, 9th, 11th
  • Self reported and sent to Parent Student Institute to analyze the data to find those results that should be kicked out
  • Can compare to numbers from 2019
  • Core Measures
    • Past 30 day use of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, RX drugs
    • Perception of risk using the above
    • Perception of parental disapproval
    • Perception of peer disapproval
  • Did you smoke/drink/use marijuana/prescription drug in past 30 days?
    • 3.6% cigarettes; 16% alcohol ; 7.7% marijuana; 1.7% prescription drugs
  • 12.5% using nicotine vaping
  • Teens think vaping is safer than cigarettes and don’t feel parental disapproval to stop
  • Perception of peer disapproval is 82.6% of RX 
  • Used nicotine vaping over three times the rate that they smoked cigarettes and felt vaping was less harmful
  • Wright State did a national comparison – with our local data compared to city’s similar to us
    • Our teen’s alcohol use is almost doubled the national average
  • Schools do have their results

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In appreciation for the speaker today, a donation will be made to the Foster Care Program of Pickaway County through Jobs and Family Services