Community Roundup: Agencies honor veterans in Ottawa County
Ottawa County agencies honor area veterans
OAK HARBOR - The Ottawa County Veterans Service Office, Stein Hospice and Ottawa County Senior Resources honored veterans recently with their annual Veterans Pinning Program.
Ceremonies were held at the Danbury Senior Center in Marblehead; the Port Clinton Senior Center in Port Clinton, and the Genoa American Legion Post 324 in Genoa. Veterans and their spouses along with other senior community members, village and county dignitaries were invited to celebrate Ottawa County veterans. Each veteran received a certificate and pin from the Ottawa County Service Office Director, Sara Toris, signifying appreciation for their service to our country.
Stein Hospice’s Laura Seikel led the program where participants listened to poems and readings, sang a song highlighting each branch of service, and received a letter during mail call.
Toledo bishop named chairman-elect for Pro-Life Activities
TOLEDO - The Diocese of Toledo announced that Bishop Daniel E. Thomas has been elected as chairman-elect of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). He currently serves as a member of this committee.
Thomas will serve for one year as chairman-elect of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities before beginning a three-year term as chairman of the committee at the conclusion of the Fall Plenary Assembly in November 2024.
Thomas noted, “I am humbled that my brother bishops have elected me to serve as chairman-elect on this committee and our National Conference of Bishops. I strongly believe that to be Catholic is to be pro-life, from conception to natural death. This is an issue I am passionate about and am honored to promote the message of the Gospel of Life in this national capacity.”
This new position is in addition to his duties as Bishop of the Diocese of Toledo, which spans 19 counties including Sandusky and Ottawa counties.
ProMedica appoints new board members
TOLEDO – ProMedica announced the appointment of three members to its board of trustees, bringing the total number of board members to 15.
The new board members are Michael (Mike) Bauer, James Bingle, M.D., and Darrell Campbell, Jr., M.D., who will all serve as at-large members.
Bauer serves as chief executive officer at Libbey Inc. He joined Libbey in 2019 from Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., where he spent 21 years, serving most recently as president of the Master Lock Company.
Bingle is a board-certified cardiologist with ProMedica Physicians Cardiology, where he has practiced for 37 years.
Campbell serves as professor of surgery, emeritus, Department of Surgery at Michigan Medicine and associate director at Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative.
United Way holds Day of Caring in Sandusky County
FREMONT - Volunteers were out in full force on Nov. 3 for the first United Way of Sandusky County Day of Caring event.
This year’s Day of Caring saw volunteers paired with Fremont area seniors in need of assistance to have their yards raked. In a single day, 34 volunteers came out and raked yards for 16 Fremont area seniors, giving a total of 106 hours worked.
Volunteers signed up for either a two-hour or four-hour shift and were divided into groups and assigned yards. Several area businesses were represented with volunteers including Croghan Colonial Bank, First National Bank of Bellevue, and the Rehmann Financial Group.
Students from the Fremont Ross Teen Leadership Corps took advantage of their day off school and decided to make a difference by volunteering for several hours in the morning.
Rachel McCoy, marketing and events coordinator at United Way, spoke to seniors as they called in to register and knew right away this project was going to make a difference. “It was so rewarding getting to speak with these seniors and their family members and hear just how grateful they were. Many expressed that without the help of volunteers they weren’t sure how or if the leaves would get raked” McCoy said.
Volunteering wasn’t the only way to participate in United Way’s Day of Caring. Biggby Coffee–Fremont offered the community another way to give back to the community by hosting a fundraiser for United Way during the same week as Day of Caring.
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