08/21/2025
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
Aug 29th: Early Intervention Program at Pickaway Co. Board of DD
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Presiding: President Rob Radcliff
Greeter: David Crawford
Prayer: Gary Montgomery
Piano: Ellery Elick
Song Leader: Heidi White “My Bonny Lies Over the Ocean”; “Viva-La-Rotary”
Attendees: Radcliff, Ankrom, Brown, C&T Chamberlain, Crawford, Driesbach, Droste, Elick, Foster, Fountain, B&T Gibson, Hedges, Hooks, Kitchen, Lanman, Liddy, Logan, Maroscher, Mavis, McCrady, McNemar, G&S Montgomery, Neff, Nemes-Crawford, Poling, Reitano, Riegel, Robinson, Schreiner, Sneed, Spangler, B&T Tootle, I&D Webb, White, Wilson, R.Wolfe, D.Wolfe
Guests: Heidi White introduced Austin Brooks from YMCA; Casey Liddy brought RN leadership team
Visiting Rotarians: Robin Berno, Chillicothe First Capital along with Robyn Brewster & Kyle Whitean ; Ken Tennant from Sunrise;
Membership update: R.D. Saunders, President of Ohio Christian University, has been approved for membership and Norm Wilson is his sponsor.
Club Announcements:
- Root beer tub for donations is now posted on the check in table
- Bob Foster is working on t-shirts and polo shirts. Polo’s through Ink My Logo. T-shirts will be through Red Barn.
- 10th Annual Farm to Plate: will be at AmVets catered by Chef Alfonso who catered the first one. Thursday, September 4th. Bob Liggett will be the honoree. Please see Carly for sponsorships. Yourpccf.org for tickets
- Community Kitchen (fourth Monday of month) Monday, 25th. 4:00pm at Presbyterian church
- Community Cupboard has 24 cupboards around the county with 14 just in Circleville. Today our Club is proud to donate $250 for the cause and we are still collecting items.
- If anyone has left over bricks – please see Gary Montgomery. They are collecting bricks for Mt. Oval.
- PAAC – event at OCU talking about mental health. Breakout sessions will also be part of the program. Volunteers are needed – please see Michele Lanman.
- Larry Logan updates on Ted Lewis Park – all new basketball courts, all softball lights with LED, original dugouts are being replaced next week (first time in 80 years), hope is by next year will have the new shelter house with snack bar. Still $179,000 short…hint, hint… PCCF holds the funds, so please donate
SAA: Carly Neff
- Member anniversaries; wedding anniversaries; happy dollars
- National Senior Citizen Day so the game – “Back in MY day….”
Scholarship Drawing: This weeks winner is Heidi White $34 – Big Bean is growing to $1000
Program: President Robin Berno, Chillicothe First Capital
- Nightbirde Foundation was started as a tribute to Jane Marczewski – a Golden Buzzer winner on America’s Got Talent and a terminal breast cancer patient who passed away in 2022 at the age of 31
- Jane’s brother, Mitch, is the CEO of the foundation which brings hope to cancer patients with Gifts of Hope boxes and grants to help women afford care
- District Conference last year we made Gifts of Hope boxes and wanted to combine the efforts between the Circleville and Chillicothe clubs
- Planning for all four clubs to get together in October is still in the works…stay tuned. The boxes will cost between $35-$40 each.
- Donations are being collected from members – please give your money to Daryl. The club will also be making a donation.
- Berger is on board for accepting the boxes for their patients.
- https://www.nightbirdefoundation.org/
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The Presidential charity is Soldiers Monumental Society – caring for the graves of our service men and women