Byesville Rotary

Meeting time: Friday 7:00 am--8:30 am.

Location: Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville .

Club officers 2023--2024

President--Chuck Fair

President Elect/Vice President--Shana Fair

Treasurer--Tanya Hitchens

Secretary--Jordi Harding

Membership Chairs--Jordi Harding, Lisa Groh

Board members:
Shana Fair--term ends June 2025
Jim Bacos--term ends June 2024
-Jan Wilson-term ends June 2026


Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Byesville Rotary Learns about Services for Autistic Children

Pictured: Mary Ann Hooper, founder of PATH, Jenny Brandt, MRDD, Tanya Hitchens, Speaker Chair, Phyliss Jeffries, Byesville Rotary President-elect.

Read the March newsletter for next meeting.

New activities on the calendar:

  • April 11, 8-11am--Breakfast and pictures with the Easter Bunny at the Stop Nine Senior Center.
  • April 24, 7-9am, 8th Annual Health Screen in co-operation with Southeastern Med at Main Avenue United Methodist Church activity building.
  • April 25, 7am--?, 1st chicken BBQ of the year.

Mary Ann Hooper, founder of PATH, a local support group for parents of autistic children, and Jenny Brandt from the MRDD discussed autism and the needs of autistic children with the Byesville Rotary. Autism is the best known of about 5 disorders that are clustered under the heading Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD). These disorders include Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, and the relatively rare Childhood Disintegrative Disorder and Rett’s Syndrome.

Children and adults with autistic or Asperger behaviors have difficultly with socialization and developing relationships with others, problems with communication, and do not develop normal behavior and play skills on their own. Minor irritations of daily life that most people would be able to ignore--like perfumes or scratchy clothing labels--can become major challenges for an autistic child.

Autism usually shows up by age 3. Diagnosis and intervention has proven effective in helping a child suffering from autism or Asperger to develop effective coping and living skills. Beginning intervention as soon as possible is best.

Autism occurs in about 1 of every 150 children born. Boys are four times more likely to be autistic than girls. Services to help autistic children and their families are hard to find in this area. For more information and support, contact May Ann Hooper at 740-439-3768 or autismgc@yahoo.com.

In other business, the club is planning an Easter Bunny Breakfast on Saturday, April 11, 8:00-11:00am, at the Stop Nine Senior Center. The breakfast is $5.00. Kids under 5 eat free. The Easter Bunny has agreed to attend the breakfast and pose with children for pictures. The club is providing a photographer and the pictures for free.

The Byesville Rotary and Southeastern Med are working together to sponsor a Health Fair on Friday, April 24. On Saturday, April 25, the club will be holding their first chicken BBQ of the year. Look for club members selling chickens at the Byesville gazebo in Byesville.

The club’s next meeting will be March 31, 7:30am, at the Rolling Hills Schools Administration Building. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Larry Miller, 740-439-2767.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

MR/DD Habilitation Center and Guernsey Industries Topics at Byesville Rotary







Pictured: Rotary President, Christina Morris, Karrie Laferre and Pat Reineccius—MR/DD staff, Tanya Hitchens, Speaker Chair for March


Reminder: Wear something green for the next meeting.


Readings for next meeting: The Rotary newsletter. Between the readings and the green, we will all probably be broke.


Pat Reineccius and Karrie Lafferre informed Byesville Rotary members how to obtain MR/DD services.


One type of service to both the community and to people with disabilities is provided by Guernsey Industries. Guernsey Industries works with local companies to custom tailor services to provide job opportunities for people with disabilities. Subcontracts with local business have provided for various packaging needs and the assembly of products such as screens for window frames, boxes/inserts for packing candles, and rake handles. Specialty items produced by Guernsey Industries include picnic tables, swings and benches.


Results of partnerships between local business and Guernsey Industries are two-fold. Local companies get a subcontract custom-tailored for their needs, and local people with disabilities get to develop work and life skills as well as become involved in community activities. Currently, about 125 people work at the sheltered workshop.


A second service provided by the MR/DD is the Habilitation Center. The staff at the Center works with adults with disabilities to develop individualized program that will encourage each person to experience a successful and fulfilling life.


Services provided at the Center include supervised Day Programming, training goals in social skills, communication, and hygiene, and daily activities such as gym and outdoor activities, group discussions of current affairs cultural diversity experiences, bell choir, and craft activities. Participants may also choose to have a hot lunch or work part of the day.


After hours activities can include field trips such as dinner and a movie or quarterly meetings to make seasonal crafts.


More information about these services is available at the Guernsey County Board of MR/DD, 740-439-4451.


Byesville Rotary’s next meeting will be March 17 at 7:30am, at the Rolling Hills Schools Administration Building. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Larry Miller, 740-439-2767.
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Saturday, March 7, 2009

Reminder for March 10th meeting

Donations for the Wright-Patterson's Fisher House (the on-base version of the Ronald McDonald House for military families) are needed by the March 10th meeting. Recommended donations include:

Paper and plastic products

  • Kleenex/Puffs--small boxes
  • Paper towels
  • Toilet paper
  • Paper/plastic plates and bowels
  • Plastic or styrofoam cups
  • Plastic bast (sandwich, quart, gallon sizes)
  • Four gallon trash bags
  • Trash/garbage bags

Personal items:

  • Disposable razors
  • Bar soap
  • Band Aids--regular and latex free
  • Travel sizes of -- shampoo, conditioner, hairspray, toothpaste, mouthwash, shaving cream
  • Small bottles of hand sanitizer

Misc:

  • Individually packaged food items (cookies, pretzels, chip, crackers,, etc.)
  • Cases of individual bottles of water
  • Coffee creamer, sugar, sweetener
  • Laundry detergent
  • Phone cards
  • Stamps
  • Boxes of note cards and thank you cards
  • Current DVD's and children's DVD's
  • Crossword puzzle books
  • Soduku puzzle books
  • Bond paper for printers