CNO 2.0 met at North Sea Brewing to hear Dayton native and retired nurse Tamara Gonzalez Oberbeck tell how she has traveled solo through 43 countries with one backpack, a string of working gigs, and a budget of about $40 a day.
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CNO traded Yankee Trace for the A-frame at the RecPlex for Club Day and the annual picnic, where Washington Township’s Director of Recreation, Mark Metzger, shared how the fishing dock CNO funded fits into a park makeover that will wrap up by 2030.
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Brandon Barrett, Vice President of the Heart of Centerville & Washington Township, traced the Heart’s journey from a 2003 shop-local dream to 275 member organizations today, and President-Elect Jessica Olson shared what comes next.
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Tina Rezash Rogal, Chief Development Officer at Daybreak, shared how the region’s only emergency shelter for youth experiencing homelessness cares for about 120 kids a day, and how CNO’s hygiene kits and basketball court donation are helping.
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Kathy DeBos, Crisis Intervention Team Co-Responder, and Deputy Chris Kidwell, Community Oriented Policing Deputy, showed us how the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office pairs behavioral health professionals with deputies and builds relationships across Washington Township through training, crime prevention, and community events.
Gary Smiga presented the 2026 Memorial Educational Assistance Awards, honoring six first-year winners and three renewal recipients. These awards, given in memory of deceased club members, recognize graduating seniors from Centerville or Washington Township who show a strong record of community service and financial need.
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Jaida Anderson, Volunteer Coordinator at Crayons to Classrooms, told CNO 2.0 how the Dayton nonprofit has distributed more than $40 million in free school supplies to teachers in under-resourced schools since 2009, and will serve 150 schools and 10 childcare centers this coming school year. Members spent the rest of the evening at Rumbleseat Wine assembling journals for students.
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Michelle Oxrider, a District Coordinator for Destination Imagination, showed the Centerville Noon Optimist Club how the 100 percent student-led STEAM program builds creative problem solving, teamwork, and lasting life skills, including a “Special Stars” team for students with higher needs that the program has run for more than a decade. Two students from a Centerville team that placed first at the 2025 Global Finals shared what the program has meant to them.
University of Dayton women’s basketball head coach Tamika Williams-Jeter, a two-time national champion and Dayton native, shared her WIN philosophy of Work Hard, Integrity, and No Excuses, and the lessons in leadership that brought her home to coach the Flyers. The club also presented a $50,000 donation to the Washington-Centerville Public Library.
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Superintendent Jon Wesney and the SHP Design Team walked the club through Centerville City Schools’ Facilities master plan. With 13 buildings averaging 61 years old, the district has launched Build Elk Strong, a community engagement effort, and is asking residents to take the survey and help shape the plan.
