Events

Set up Banners, Table Tops, Technology for our weekly meetings.

Greet Fellow Rotarians and Guests and sell tickets for the weekly lotto.  

Deliver the invocation at our weekly meeting. 

The Hot Meal Program & Food Pantry has been established for 2 years now and is entirely funded by members and friends of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church (from donations to The Greek Festival). 

The Hot Meal Program & Food Pantry is held the last Tuesday of the month with food service between 5pm and 6:30pm. 

Set up starts same day at 3pm.  Set up consists of setting up groceries and rolling out our clothing donations. 

IMPACT

205 to go meals

100 meals eaten in house

133 people enter the hall to shop for groceries.

150 visitors in total (approximately) 

Meals are served sit down and not a buffet out of respect for the client.   

These events are like the Thanksgiving Event with fewer visitors.  At Thanksgiving, 5x the meals are served. 

Ideal Rotary participation would be 3-6 people. 

Akron Rotary volunteers for Open M's Feed Kids Backpack Program which provides supplemental food for students attending Innes Middle School.  On Wednesdays from 3-4 pm, four (4) Rotarians will pack food sacks at Open M.

This project last throughout the school year (September 2025 to June 2026.)

Nathan began serving as the Executive Director of the Autism Society of Greater Akron in 2024, bringing nearly 20 years of experience working with, advocating for and supporting the Autism community. His career spans roles as a direct support professional working with adults on the spectrum, as an administrator directing residential and day programs for developmentally disabled people, and as an executive dedicated to lowering barriers to access to a sense of belonging for members of the Autism community by creating meaningful quality-of-life opportunities.

Nathan’s dedication to service leadership was shaped by both his parents as well as his service in the New York State Air National Guard during 9/11 and the War on Terror. It was further developed through his academic pursuits. Nathan holds an Executive MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, a Master of Public Administration (Health Care) from Marist College, and a Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education (English) from SUNY New Paltz.

As the second Executive Director in ASGA’s history, Nathan is proud to build on the sound foundation already in place through the dedication and passion of the ASGA staff and Board of Directors. In collaboration with them and the Northeast Ohio community, Nathan continuously seeks even more effective, efficient, economical ways to continue advancing the mission of creating connections that empower everyone in the Autism community with the resources needed to live fully.

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Nancy Ellis McClenaghan (Nan) is the President and CEO of The Goodwill Industries of Akron, Ohio, Inc. For over 98 years, Goodwill has been a leader in workforce development serving Summit, Portage, Medina, Ashland and Richland Counties. Its mission is to help individuals prepare for, find and retain employment. It serves more than 15,000 individuals annually through the direct and indirect efforts of over 450 employees in its workforce development, retail (donated goods) operations, business services and administrative areas. With a focus on strengthening the region’s work force, Goodwill prepares citizens for work and empowers people to live independent, productive lives. Services are available for anyone unemployed, underemployed, downsized, dislocated or new to the workforce as well as those with physical, mental, emotional or background barriers to employment. In late 2020, Goodwill was honored to receive its largest grant ever, a $5 million unrestricted gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott which is being utilized to help reduce transportation barriers in its region!

Nan assumed Goodwill’s leadership role in July 2003 after eighteen months of very early retirement from Dominion Resources. Just before leaving Dominion, she had served as its Vice President, Mass Market and just after Dominion’s January 2000 merger with Consolidated Natural Gas (CNG), Nan had also been the Vice President, Billing & Credit. Her nineteen years of utility experience began with CNG and its subsidiary, The East Ohio Gas Company (EOG), and included Customer Services, Operations, Rates and Treasury roles which, at times, included operations in up to four states. Her utility experience includes customer services and operations, product and market development, cost accounting and pricing activities (rate making), gas supply and operations planning, gas measurement strategy, complaint mediation, and rate case, labor and gas supply negotiations.

Prior to joining EOG, Nan spent two years with Touche Ross & Company (now Deloitte Touche) in Akron. She acquired her Ohio public accounting license while in that capacity and she maintains her registration as an inactive CPA. She holds a Masters of Taxation from the University of Akron (UA) and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Ohio University. During high school, she achieved the First Class Award in Girl Scouting (equivalent of the Eagle Award). She has achieved numerous awards over her career, and most recently, a 2014 Frank L. Simonetti Distinguished Business Alumni Award from UA’s College of Business Administration and the 2013 Women’s Network Founders’ Award for Community Progress for Women. She serves on ACRT’s Board as its Governance Committee Chair. Nan is the Treasurer/Trustee of the American Cancer Society’s Joseph S. & Jeannette M. Silber Foundation and a Reworks’ Trustee (Summit Akron Solid Waste Management Authority). As a member of the Summit County Social Services Advisory Board, she chairs its Income, Education & Workforce Development Committee. She resides in Akron with her husband and several rescued golden retrievers. Her childhood home was in Struthers, Ohio.

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February 7, 2026

Hale Farm & Village

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Sarah Vojtek serves as the President & CEO of Stewart’s Caring Place, bringing a unique perspective to the role as a cancer survivor herself. Her personal journey provides her with a profound understanding of the essential support the organization offers. Sarah is committed to advancing the organization through strategic funding, sustainability initiatives, and operational excellence. Under her leadership, Stewart’s Caring Place recently merged with Aunt Susie's Cancer Wellness Center, establishing a second physical location for the organization, which serves Stark County and beyond.

Prior to her current role, Sarah dedicated a decade to the Greater Akron Chamber, progressing from Events and Program Manager to Director of Member Services. She holds an MBA and began her career in development at the University of Akron's Athletic Department, where she worked in donor relations and event management.

Sarah’s blend of personal resilience and professional expertise drives her success. Outside of work, she enjoys an energetic family life with her husband and their two daughters. Whether supporting her daughters' interests, traveling with family, or spending time with loved ones, Sarah embraces each moment life offers.

Leianne Neff Heppner has been with The Summit County Historical Society of Akron, Ohio since 1999 first serving as curator and government records consultant to the County of Summit.  Leianne was named the head of the organization in 2010 and was proud to serve during its 90th anniversary in 2014. She assisted the City of Akron in its Akron History Exhibit for over a decade at Lock 3 (that project is now in a new space and will reopen in the future) and has prepared numerous changing exhibits for the County of Summit.  Leianne is an ArtsNow board member and has served on the Interpretation Subcommittee for the Ohio & Erie Canalway Association along with a variety of historically linked committees and collaborative projects. She has been a speaker at the Ohio Museums Association annual meeting and the Ohio Local History Alliance (under the Ohio History Connection in Columbus) at its regional and annual meetings and is a past board member of that agency as well as the Akron Area Arts Alliance and the Friends of the Main Library.

Leianne’s past positions include volunteer and internship coordinator at the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio; interim director and assistant director of The Castle, an historic house museum in Marietta, Ohio; and intern at Zoar Village State Memorial, an Ohio Historical Society site featuring a communal society in Zoar, Ohio. Leianne holds a Master of Arts in Public History from Kent State University and a Bachelor of Science in Historic Preservation from Southeast Missouri State University. Leianne is a transplant moving here in the late 1990s from southeast Ohio. She and her family are rehabbing a HUD foreclosure home in Fairlawn Heights and enjoy living in Akron where life is good.