President Uriah Anderson welcomed everyone to the Centerville Rotary Club and led reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Brian Hayes provided the prayer. As this was the first meeting of the month, the Club sang “God Bless America”.
July Theme: Maternal and Child Health Month: Focus is to reduce maternal and child mortality by expanding access to essential medical care, supplying immunizations, and empowering local communities with sustainable healthcare training.
Today’s quote provided by Don Overly: If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." - Booker T. Washington.
Today’s Announcements:
- Thank you to our greeters today: Gina Smith and Chuck King
- Introduce Guests: Tom Achor (pending member), and Arnie Biondo’s son Peter
- Thank you to everyone that came out to the Monday evening social at Fairy Godmother’s Cottage.
- Saturday, August 8th is the District 6670 Dayton Dragons Fundraiser. Tickets cost $15 and 50% of the ticket price goes to the District. They can be purchased online and Uriah can share the link if you need it. (https://www.gofevo.com/event/Rotaryclubs2026)
- This Saturday is Americana. If you would like to ride on the firetruck with Uriah, please see Lee.
- Sofie shared a volunteer opportunity. The Keep Centerville Beautiful Community Clean-Up is on July 18th from 8:00 am to 11:00 am. The City is requesting volunteers sign up online by July 12. We can share the link to anyone interested.
- Ron H. congratulated David Williamson for becoming a PHS member
- Sofie mentioned that an exchange student will be coming from Italy. Brad Huffman’s family will be the first family hosting the student.
Happy Bucks recipient this quarter will be voted on at the next Board meeting on 7/20/26.
Pat Beckel was our Sergeant at Arms with assistance by Brian Hayes.
Happy Bucks were generously given for:
- Tom A – glad that Carrier invented air conditioning in 1902
- Jake H – Stop by the Park District activity park for fun & refreshments
- Uriah A – Just got back from Minnesota where he visited his parents
- Bill M. - Enjoying the World Cup, except for the officiating
- Kristin H – Happy to be back. Her youngest child is now walking/running!
- Adam M – Eagerly awaiting both Uriah’s presentation and the “Farm Report”
- Lee H – Noted that an American flag had been painted on a concrete silo in Ohio. It‘s the second largest one in the USA. 85’ tall and 65’ wide.
- Don O. - His 92nd birthday is on July 3rd. Everyone wished him well.
- Harvey S– Congratulated Don on his birthday and his contributions to RI.
- Elda GG – Glad to be back. Her allergies are now under control.
- Don S. - He and his wife Terri celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary.
- Dale B – Best of Dayton recognized Vince’s physical therapy business as the best!
- Mark K – Had a great family vacation and congratulated the US soccer team on their win.
- David W. - Glad that Elda is back with us and is feeling better.
- Boyd P – Congratulated Adam for his year as President, wished Uriah well for his year as President, and suggested that we rename the Farm report to “Things that only interest Lee”.
- Chuck K - Congratulated Adam for his year as President and wished Uriah well for his year as President.
- Gina S – Just happy. Stop by to see her at the Americana Festival, where her husband will be serving as a “Beer maid”.
- Arnie B – Centerville inherited the exchange student from Italy when another club forgot about their commitment and Centerville stepped up and saved the day.
- Dan S - He is celebrating his 49th wedding anniversary.
- Sofie A – Wishing Uriah well. Her daughter has completed her Master’s degree and will be returning to Belgium to work there.
- Lisa GM – Stop by her office during the festival for AC and water. Sign up for the raffle there.... they’re giving away seven (7) nice coolers.
Our program today was President Anderson sharing his thoughts for the 2026-27 Rotary Year.
Uriah thanked the members of the club and looks forward to serving as club President. He thanked Adam Manning for his efforts and guidance during the past Rotary year.
Uriah said to make his year as President a great one, he needs everyone's help. He asked all members to put "Service above Self" by supporting club projects, recruiting your friends, and supporting the Rotary Foundation.
Uriah noted that the new Rotary International President's slogan is "Create Lasting Impact".
He said he wants to set goals that create impactful projects. Uriah noted Centerville Rotary did a great job at that and used "Operation Warm" as an example. If you have an idea for a project, please speak up.
Uriah then reviewed the 2026-27 club goals. Our club does an excellent job of both setting goals and meeting them. 13 clubs in the District don't set any goals. Uriah kept many of the goals the same as the previous year.
One goal Uriah added was related to "Polio Plus". The goal is to have an aggregate contribution from all members that totals $1000.00.
Uriah ended his presentation by reiterating that he needs everyone's support to make the 2026-2027 Rotary year a big success. Please volunteer where you can and let him know if you are interested in joining the Centerville Rotary Board of Directors.
