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Arkansas and Clark County Community Foundation staff to speak to club at Dec. 19 meeting

12/16/2014

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The Arkadelphia Rotary Club will meet at noon on Friday, December 19, 2014, at Western Sizzlin, 106 WP Malone Drive, for its weekly meeting. Mrs. Ginger Overturf and Senator David Johnson have been invited to serve as guest speakers and will speak regarding the Arkansas and Clark County Community Foundations. Rotarians and guests are invited to attend. For more information on the guest speakers, please read the brief biographies below.
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LINK to CCCF website.
David Johnson is currently serving his second term as an Arkansas State Senator for District 32 which comprises part of Pulaski County. He is a former member of the House of Representatives, having served two terms, in 2005 and 2007, representing House District 38. In addition, Senator Johnson serves as the Vice President for Community Investment of the Arkansas Community Foundation, which makes grants to improve the quality of life in our state and build local communities through philanthropy. He and his wife, Amy, have three daughters.

Ginger Overturf has served for the last six years as the Executive Director of the Arkansas Community Foundation's local affiliate, Clark County Community Foundation. Founded in 2002, Clark County Community Foundation (CCCF) helps donors invest in the future of Clark County. CCCF creates endowment funds, builds assets and awards grants to help meet the needs of the community. She is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and has lived in Arkadelphia for 20 years with her husband, Mark, and their three children. 
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Jansen to serve as Arkadelphia Rotary guest speaker, Dec. 12

12/8/2014

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The Arkadelphia Rotary Club will meet Friday, December 12, 2014, at Western Sizzlin, 106 WP Malone Drive, for its weekly meeting. Dr. Mark Jansen, who was a member of the club before moving to Little Rock, has been invited to serve as guest speaker and will present  his research titled "Is an Ounce of Prevention Really Worth a Pound of Cure? Concepts and Controversies in Preventive Health." Rotarians and guests are invited to attend. For more information on the guest speaker, please read his brief biography below. 

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MARK T. JANSEN, MD, is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Mark T. Jansen joined the faculty at UAMS in 2013. He comes from a long term private practice in the college town of Arkadelphia, Arkansas.

He is a 1981 graduate of UAMS and completed his family practice residency at the University of Oklahoma, Tulsa Medical College in 1984. Dr. Jansen provides comprehensive preventive health services and wellness care through the Executive Physical and Preventive Health program. He has a special interest in dermatology and dermatological procedures. Additionally, he has extensive experience in colonoscopy and is providing this screening service to his patients in the GI lab at UAMS.
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Junior Auxiliary to speak to Arkadelphia Rotary about Angel Tree

12/1/2014

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The Arkadelphia Rotary Club will meet Friday, December 5, 2014, at Western Sizzlin, 106 WP Malone Drive, for its weekly meeting. Nicole McGough and Robyn Godwin will speak to the club about Junior Auxiliary's efforts with Angel Tree in Clark County. Rotarians and guests are invited to attend. For more information on the guest speaker, please read his brief biography below. 
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NICOLE MCGOUGH is in her 15th year teaching math at Goza Middle School. She earned a Bachelor's of Science in Education from St. Bonaventure University in Olean, NY, and her Master's of Science in Education from Henderson State University. She is also a National Board Certified Exceptional Needs Specialist. Nicole serves as the Parent Involvement Coordinator for Goza Middle School and a representative on the Arkadelphia School District Personnel Policy Committee. Nicole is married to Cris McGough and they have two daughters, Caitlyn and Halle. Nicole has been a member of Junior Auxiliary for 4 years and has co-chaired Angel Tree each year of her membership. She also serves as the Crown Family co-chair. Nicole is in her second year as the president of the Arkadelphia Running Club. She is also in her second year as the Clark County Relay for Life chairperson. Nicole has served as a CASA volunteer for the past ten years. 

JUNIOR AUXILIARY is a service organization committed to helping children of Clark County. The members of Junior Auxiliary provide services to needy children through a variety of programs each year. Junior Auxiliary hosts Breakfast with Sana annually. This event allows families to enjoy donuts, muffins, coffee and juice with Santa along with Christmas crafts. Children can have their picture taken with Santa. This event is free despite the request of  canned food donations that are given to the local food bank. Breakfast with Santa will be this Saturday, December 6, a Perritt Primary School beginning at 9 am. Junior Auxiliary also partners with Men United each year to provide backpacks and school supplies to needy Clark County children. This event takes place annually the Friday before school starts in August. Each summer Junior Auxiliary hosts a summer camp for Clark County children as well. This camp runs for five straight evenings and has taken place both at the Camp of the Pines in Bismarck and Iron Mountain Marina. The children are bused out to the camp each evening and enjoy dinner, crafts, swimming, boating, fishing, and other traditional "camp activities." As an organization Junior Auxiliary seeks out those local children who may not traditionally get to enjoy summer camp. junior Auxiliary also awards two college scholarships annually (one to an Arkadelphia senior and one to a Gurdon senior) to applicants who have shown a desire to enter a field that will benefit children. Besides these projects Junior Auxiliary provides two more large service projects annually. First, JA chooses a Crown family each year that will be provided with additional assistance from them for one year. Traditionally this is a family that may have fallen on hard times and show a need for a little extra help. Our current family is a single mother with two children. The mother works two jobs to care and provide for her family, however one of her two children has extreme physical disabilities. This year we have helped to provide them with warm clothing, transportation to a rehabilitation center, and are assisting with their preparations to move closer to a medical facility that will help the child with physical disabilities. Finally, Junior Auxiliary's largest annual service project is Angel Tree. Angel Tree provides Christmas to families in need in Clark County. Angel Tree has been in existence for over a decade in Clark County. JA traditionally serves over 200 families, and close to 600 children, each year. Our goal is to provide each child in Clark County with a happy, fulfilled Christmas. 
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  • Home
    • Club History
    • Club Membership >
      • About Membership and Dues
      • Daniell, Gina
      • DeWitt, Terry
      • Franz, Joe
      • Graham, Eddie
      • Grant, Daniel
      • Hasley, Leah
      • Kluck, Wesley
      • Loe, Shelley
      • Lynch, Alfred B.
      • McCorkle, Ed
      • Ross, Lori
      • Schuck, Gaylen
      • Sesser, David
      • Sesser, Deborah
      • Thomas, Nikki
      • Thomson, David
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