Donors of Excellence, volunteers and students recognized

On Mar 5, 2022

2021 Public Health Donors of Excellence announced

The Crawford County Board of Health recognized its 2021 Donors of Excellence — individuals and organization that donated items in 2021 to be distributed to local families in the community. CCPH was humbled as many of the donations in 2021 exceeded amounts and quantities received in past years.

Stacks of handmade baby blankets from the New Washington Community Quilters.

The following are recognized as a Donor of Excellence:

Amvets Post 27
Benton General Store
Bucyrus Dental Solutions
Crawford County Senior Fair Board
Crawford County Family & Children First Council
Dzugan Real Estate Services
Galion LLC
GE Lighting
GE IUE Local 847704
Gloria Nelson
John Roop & Family
New Washington Community Quilters
Park National Bank
Plankton United Methodist Church
Woodlawn UMC

Christmas presents provided by Galion LLC.

Many of the donated items are distributed to area families through the WIC or Help Me Grow programs at CCPH.

For more information on the WIC or Help Me Grow programs, or on how you can donate items to help local families, contact Crawford County Public Health at 419-562-5871.

Volunteers recognized for helping Galion Mobile Food Pantry events

A group of volunteers who provided more than 18 hours of service each to the monthly Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio Mobile Food Pantry events were recognized prior to the February 2022 distribution by the Galion City Schools and the City of Galion. Those recognized included, from left, Beth Ann Jones, Sheri McMullen, Jerry Myers, Cindy Wallis, Gina Redman, Adair Pittman, Lupe Campo, Heidi Wolfe (Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio) and Tim Mantey.

GALION — The Galion City Schools, in partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio and the City of Galion, recognized a group of Galion community members who have played an important role in the monthly Mobile Food Pantry program Feb. 23.

Community volunteers who contributed 18-plus hours of their time and effort to our community each received a certificate of appreciation from the school district and a specially designed T-shirt designating them as Community Champions.

Among the many volunteers who helped in 2021, eight Galion community members gave 18-plus hours each to helping with the program. These individuals included: Gina Redman (27 hours), Jerry Myers (27 hours), Beth Ann Jones (24 hours), Adair Pittman (21 hours), Lupe Campo (21 hours), Sherri McMullen (18 hours), Tim Mantey (18 hours) and Cindy Wallis (18 hours).

In Galion, between 20 and 25 volunteers are needed for optimum operation. Volunteers take different roles, including guiding traffic, registering community members and loading food.

Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio and the Galion City Schools, with financial support from the City of Galion, were able to distribute more than 341,000 pounds of food, totaling more than 122,000 meals for nearly 4,700 families in Galion and Crawford County.

Contact Violeta Chinni at 419-709-4488 or email [email protected] for more information about volunteering opportunities.

Wynford holds science fair

The Wynford Local Science Fair took place Feb. 19 in the Wynford High School cafeteria. All students who participated will have the opportunity to advance to the virtual district competition at Ohio State University-Marion in March.

Participating were: Tyler Rexroad, fifth grade; Brock Saam, eighth grade; Natalie Stover, senior; Haley Thompson, freshman; Jacob Jennings, freshman; Brennen Westrick, seventh grade; Megan Young, sixth grade; and Chase Smith, sixth grade.

Pioneer student recognized

Three Bucyrus Pioneer students have earned district recognition for finishing first place in their categories at the district DECA conference. They are Karys Boyd, Ashley Davis and Kelsey Fackler. Receiving awards for top five finishes were Katie Kuhn, Noah Burke, Braxton Lewis, Samantha Farrar, and Chris Wicker for second place. Trey Griggs, Caleb Rimmer, Mycala Lange and Brady Rankins finished in third place in their categories.

Several Pioneer students in the dental assisting lab have earned basic life support/CPR certification. Among them are Jarrett Griffith and Brooklyn O’Brien from Galion and Bayge Horner from Colonel Crawford.

Wynford FFA pays forward

Every year the Wynford FFA hosts the small animal barn at the Crawford County Fair. This past year Hord Family Farms donated two piglets to be in the small animal barn. After the fair, the FFA donates the pigs to one of the FFA families to raise and process.

This year the Ryan and Rebecca Richards family decided to raise and process a pig to donate back to the backpack program in the elementary school. From the hog, the school was able to send meat home to 40 families in the Wynford community.