Each year, the Rotary Club of Upper Arlington recognizes and honors women in the northwest area who are improving the community through their significant volunteer service.
Continuing the 38 year tradition, the Upper Arlington Rotary Club honored six women during a luncheon ceremony that was held on Tuesday May 17th.
Women receiving the award are nominated by others in the community. Nominees are asked to submit a vitae of their volunteer service during the past ten years. A panel of judges then selects the top 5-6 candidates based upon the number of volunteer service hours of each candidate and the positive impact those service hours have made in the community.
To nominate someone for the Northwest Women of the Year award, complete a nomination form and return it to Tina Redman. Deadline for submission is February 3, 2012.
The Rotary Club of Upper Arlington applauds the 2011 Northwest Women of the Year Award winners and their outstanding volunteer service.
Debora Binkley
Debora, an Upper Arlington resident, has held many volunteer leadership positions during the past ten years. She has been a member and served on various committees of the Tri-Village Rotary Club for the past 7 years and is the current Tri-Village Rotary president. She has served on the Northwest Counseling Services Board for the past six years and was the Board chair during 2009-2010. From 2004-2207, she served as a board member and Executive Committee Secretary of Leadership UA. She was also a teacher of religious education for handicapped children and secretary for the Parish Council of St. Joseph Parish.
Corinne Kauffman Garvey
Corinne resides in Upper Arlington and has devoted many volunteer hours as a longtime service board member to raise funds for the OSU medical center. She is now the Service Board’s president. Corinne has also devoted many hours as an event volunteer for the OSU STAR (Volunteer, Stress, Trauma and Resilience) Program. Corinne currently serves on the boards of Dublin-Worthington Rotary Club and the Friends of Harding Hospital. For many years, Corinne has been an active supporter of the Buckeye Boys Ranch serving on the Ranch Board and Service Board. She is a supporter and a sustaining member of the Junior League of Columbus.
Nancy Kaufmann
Nancy, an Upper Arlington resident, has devoted many volunteer hours raising funds for Multiple Myeloma Research. She is the co-founder and president of Multiple Myeloma Opportunities for Research and Education and has organized and participated in many fund raising events on behalf of this organization during the past three years. She also served as a Board member of Wickliffe Progressive Community School and as a Board of Trustees member of Upper Arlington Public Library.
Deborah Kelley
Deborah who lives in Upper Arlington, has devoted a significant amount of time during the past ten years supporting the Franklin Park Conservatory. She is currently a Women’s Board member and has worked on numerous educational and fund raising events for the Franklin Park Conservatory. Deborah has also spent an equal amount of time as a member of the Upper Arlington Women’s Club. She is currently a board member and has served on numerous Women’s Club committees during the past eight years. Deborah is an Executive Committee Co-chair of the Culver Club of Columbus and actively organizes alumnae events. She also serves as Director of the Culver Summer School Alumnae Association. Deborah is a longtime advocate of watershed protection and as a projects committee chair of the Little Garden Club of Columbus provides financial aid for protection of Darby creek. During the past 4 years, she has made more than 16 quilts for Hospice patients.
Jane Leach
Jane, an Upper Arlington resident, has devoted many volunteer hours during the past ten years to spearhead the development of Hilltop Preschool, a preschool for the Hilltop area of Columbus. Her volunteer efforts in the Hilltop began in 2002, when she became a mentor for a Hilltop resident. She later became an advisor in the establishment and operation of Hilltop Prime Time, an Elementary After- School program. She also served for two years as an art teacher at Hilltop Prime Time. During this time, Jane realized the need for a preschool in the hilltop area. During the last four years, she has been spearheading the development, raising funds and most recently, chairing the Hilltop Preschool Advisory team. Jane is also an active supporter of Upper Arlington Lutheran Church and assists in various church based initiatives including serving on the church council. In the first half of the decade, Jane spent many hours volunteering to support Upper Arlington schools. Her numerous school based activities included vocal music booster, High School Crew Team parent, Greensview Mother-Daughter Book Club and Girl Scout Leader. In 2006/2007, Jane raised money and worked with the UA High School principal to establish an American Sign Language Class for high school students.
Molly Miely
During the past ten years, Molly has worked tirelessly to educate Upper Arlington students about the importance of volunteering and organizes and facilitates many volunteer opportunities for Upper Arlington students. She is currently working 80 hours a month for several organizations including: planning team member and mentor teacher for Americorps, service learning leader for UA schools service learning program, chairperson for the Jones Middle School service learning committee, math volunteer for the Peace Corps Coverdell World Wise Schools program, Project Coordinator for the Pasture Valley Orphanage Swaziland Africa project, and organizing Co-Chair of the First Community Church “Streets Mission” project, program supervisor of the Nationwide Hospital Ronald McDonald House fund raising efforts, and volunteer chairperson for the Susan G, Koman Foundation “Race for the Cure” at Jones Middle School.
Molly wrote complete interdisciplinary plans for high quality service learning projects and guided the development of the UA schools Service Learning Program. During the past decade, she has organized UA student volunteer participation in various donation drives, including Nationwide Children’s Hospital “Race for the Kids”, Multiple Myeloma Foundation 5K race, Physicians for Peace and RandomKid.org for Haiti relief, and Hastings Middle School Tsunami relief. Molly has also involved students as volunteers at local shelters and food pantries, and collected toys, clothing and backpacks for Broadleigh Elementary students. In addition, Molly spends many hours assisting at First Community Church, Upper Arlington Lutheran Church, Covenant Presbyterian Church, and supporting the UA Swimming, Diving, Tennis and Baseball teams.
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