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Around District 6690

The Chillicothe Rotary Club distributes Buzz “Roundtown” (Circleville Sunrise) Rotarians Raising $1900, Lancaster Rotary was the top
Knoles Scholarships to Junior Achievement. participate in the Buck Fifty Race supporting fundraising team for the 2019 Big Brothers
the Drug Free America Program in Ross and Big Sisters of Fairfield County’s Bowl for
County. Kid’s Sake event.

The Olentangy & Delaware Rotary Clubs The Rotary Club of Zanesville Daybreak Grove City Rotarians build a fence for a
jointly sponsor a room at New Turning Point partners with the American Red Cross for the deployed hero and his family.
Shelter in Delaware for victims of domestic Sound Alarm Project. 106 smoke alarms were
violence. installed in one weekend.

Rotarian Spotlight: Theodore Dillon “T.D.” Griley, II

NEWARK ROTARY CLUB

Theodore Dillon Griley, II is known When did T.D. realize that Rotary had him for life? T.D.
the world over simply as “T.D.” says he was “bitten by the Rotary bug” when he helped
Yet there is nothing abbreviated orchestrate the purchase of sickle cell equipment from
about this Rotarian’s international OSU and had the privilege of delivering it to a Nigerian
impact or his local legacy. District Governor at the Rotary International Assembly
For starters, T.D. embodies in Nashville, TN.
commitment with over 61 years
of Rotary membership – and with “That transaction had a profound impact on me because
perfect attendance. Just imagine I saw how this one act could benefit so many others
that. halfway around the world.”

But lest you think T.D.is T.D. still keeps up with his worldwide network of friends
motivated only by lunches, let’s also look at his and mentees such as Holger Knaack who will be
service. In six decades, T.D. has served as the Newark installed in 2021 as Rotary International President.
Rotary President, Chairman of Rotaract, District
669 Governor (76-77), Rotary International Director, But he’s also keeping it local - working with his Newark
Rotary Foundation Trustee and Aide to two Rotary Rotary Club on “Strategic Vision 2021” to align club
International Presidents: Frank Devlin and Sakuji Tanaka. efforts with community needs. Now retired, T.D. once
owned and managed 4 daily and 50 weekly newspapers
When asked to describe his Rotary highlights, T.D. in the central U.S. He and his wife Dori raised six children
reminisced about serving the then 32 Rotary clubs and now have 16 grandchildren.
as 669 District Governor. He was installed in 1976,
during the nation’s Bicentennial year, and worked That’s T.D. Griley - nothing short of amazing.
with Governor Rhodes at the time to spark economic
development in Southeast and Central Ohio.