My name is Albany Woods the HealthPath Vista for the South West region Of Ohio. I have 9 counties (Hamilton, Butler, Warren, Clinton, Clermont, Brown, Adams, Scioto, and Highland) within my region I responsible for planning the Ohio Benefit Bank capacity building events, also known as the “Do You know Someone Who. . . ” campaign.
My first event was in Hamilton County where I worked hand-in-hand with my host site The Norwood Service League to plan a luncheon for May 24, 2010 scheduled at Xavier University's Cintas Center. Seeing that my event was going to be the first to kick off the campaign I wanted to make sure it had a great attendance rate, so I sent invitations to everyone Lupe’ Hoyt (my Site supervisor) and I could think of. By the day of the luncheon I had sent out 70 invites to Mayors, the Norwood Fire department, the Health Department, County commissioners, local business owners and even the local library.
Photo of May 24, 2010 The Ohio Benefit Bank/HealthPath luncheon event at Xavier University's Cintas Center. At the foregrounded table are Charles Barber, communications manager with the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foobanks, Martha Rose, AmeriCorps*VISTA leader with OASHF, and two community member from the Hamilton County area. Photo Credit: Jessica J. Burchard
On the day of the event we had a great turn out with a room filled with over 25 people, including the President of HealthPath Ellen Gilligan, and Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks(OASHF). The PowerPoint Presentation about The Ohio Benefit Bank (OBB) was delivered by Jason Elchert the Deputy Director of OASHF, who initiated the OBB statewide in 2006.
Jason Elchert, deputy director of the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks, presenting
information about The Ohio Benefit Bank. Elchert is credited with helping create the solid foundation that OBB has today. He and fellow AmeriCorps*VISTAs have promoted the free, internet-based program since OASHF took it over in 2006. Photo Credit: Jessica J. Burchard.
At the end of the luncheon HealthPath's Ellen Gilligan presented The Norwood Service League with a check in the amount of $2,500, which Hoyt accepted on behalf of the organization. I later found out that the one of our guests who was already an OBB site was able to receive more laptops for their site.
Over the next month I began working on my other OBB events.
My next OBB event was on July 12, 2010 in Clinton County, the host site was the Wilmington United Methodist Church. For this informational meeting, I worked closely with Annen Struckart, the churchs' AmeriCorp*VISTA and Wilmington Ohio Benefits bank Counselor, to make it a success.
Annen had many contacts within the city of Wilmington, which really came in handy when it came time for us to put our guest list together. The Wilmington United Methodist Church let us use its lovely fellowship hall for the luncheon which was just perfect. Annen and I spent many weeks trying to get the RSVPs in, which paid off in the end.
On the day of the event we had a room filled with representatives, business owners, nonprofits and government officials. Charles Barber, communications manager of OASHF, conducted the OBB presentation. Theresa Wukusick, executive director of HealthPath, presented a check for $2,500 to the Wilmington United Methodist Church to further tthe group's good works throughout the community. This luncheon gained the interest of the community and will allow Clinton County to take hold of the benefits of the Ohio Benefit Bank.
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