Meeting: 1st Friday of Oct.-May, 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Worthington Municipal Building, 1st Floor Chamber Room
6550 High Street, Worthington OH 43085
Mona Deringer, Chair Dues $10 per year
Programs
2026-2027 EVENTS
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OCTOBER 2, 2026
SWACO RECYCLING, WITH
SARA GALLAGHER, FOOD WASTE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR
NOVEMBER 6, 2026
IMMIGRATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AN AFRICA IMMIGRANT
PRIMROSE IGONOR, INTERFAITH NEIGHBORS
DECEMBER 4, 2026
ACUPUNCTURE FOR PAIN AND STRESS RELIEF
STEVE DRUGER, URBAN ACUPUNCTURE
JANUARY 1, 2027
NO MEETING
FEBRUARY 5, 2027
HUNGER NETWORK IN OHIO
NICK BATES, DIRECTOR
MARCH 5, 2027
OHIO HEALTH LOSS & HEARING SERVICES
DANA BOOTH, DIRECTOR
APRIL 2, 2027
WORTHINGTON TOGETHER
R. LEE BROWN, DIRECTOR, CITY OF WORTHINGTON
PLANNING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT
MAY 7, 2027
LUNCHEON AND PLANNING MEETING
2025-2026 PAST EVENTS
May 1, 2026 – CURRENT EVENTS
Final Luncheon Meeting at Fireside Grille
Mona serving homemade bourbon balls for dessert.
April 3, 2026 – 12:30pm – CURRENT EVENTS
Worthington Municipal Building, 1st Floor Chamber Room
6550 High Street, Worthington OH 43085
Mona Deringer, Chair – Dues $10 per year
Rachael Dorothy, City Council President – Update on Worthington
March 6, 2026 – 12:30pm – CURRENT EVENTS
Worthington Municipal Building, 1st Floor Chamber Room
6550 High Street, Worthington OH 43085
Mona Deringer, Chair – Dues $10 per year
Dr. Eileen Bolton – Bee Keeping
February 6, 2026 – 12:30pm – CURRENT EVENTS
Worthington Municipal Building, 1st Floor Chamber Room
6550 High Street, Worthington OH 43085
Mona Deringer, Chair – Dues $10 per year
Amy Densborn, Outreach Programs Administrator SWACO – Recycling Programs
January 2, 2026 – No Meeting
December 5, 2025 – 12:30pm – CURRENT EVENTS
Worthington Municipal Building, 1st Floor Chamber Room
6550 High Street, Worthington OH 43085
Mona Deringer, Chair – Dues $10 per year
Officer Tammy Floyd, Community Policing – Community Police Academy and
What’s New in Worthington Police Department
Pic: Mona Deringer with Tammy Floyd
November 7, 2025 – 12:30pm – CURRENT EVENTS
Worthington Municipal Building, 1st Floor Chamber Room
6550 High Street, Worthington OH 43085
Mona Deringer, Chair – Dues $10 per year
Shiloh Todorov, Families Flourish – Building Inclusive Communities and
Empowering Families to Create a Successful Future.
October 3, 2025 – 12:30pm – CURRENT EVENTS
Worthington Municipal Building, 1st Floor Chamber Room
6550 High Street, Worthington OH 43085
Mona Deringer, Chair – Dues $10 per year
John Esterly, Executive Director, All Aboard Ohio – Future of Rail Travel in Ohio
2024-2025 EVENTS
2023-2024 EVENTS
May 2, 2025 – 12:30pm – CURRENT EVENTS – LUNCHEON MEETING
Pictured: (left to right) Kathleen Moore, Sue Sundry, Gretchen Rist,
Marsha Mueller, Loretta Strang, Linda Meckling, Paula Cross,
Judy Walker, Mona Deringer, Barbara Gill, Linda Williams,
Mary Steed-May, Dru Wielonski, Kathleen Pfendler.
April 4, 2025 – 12:30pm – CURRENT EVENTS
Worthington Municipal Building, 1st Floor Chamber Room
6550 High Street, Worthington OH 43085
Mona Deringer, Chair – Dues $10 per year
John Esterly, Executive Director, All Aboard Ohio
Future for Rail Transportation in Ohio
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March 7, 2025 – 12:30pm – CURRENT EVENTS
Worthington Municipal Building, 1st Floor Chamber Room
6550 High Street, Worthington OH 43085
Mona Deringer, Chair – Dues $10 per year
Dr. Gary Hinzman, M.D., MPH
The Pandemics of the Last Two Centuries – PART TWO
February 7, 2025 –Kate LaLonde, Executive Director Worthington Historical Society
The Underground Railroad in Worthington
January 3, 2025 – No Meeting
December 6, 2024 – 12:30pm – CURRENT EVENTS
Joe Blundo, Journalist, Dispatch, Substack
The Sort of Great Columbus Trivia Quiz
Meeting: 1st Friday of Oct.-May, 12:30pm
Worthington Municipal Building, 1st Floor Chamber Room
6550 High Street, Worthington OH 43085
Mona Deringer, Chair – Dues $10 per year
November 1, 2024 – 12:30pm – CURRENT EVENTS
Worthington Municipal Building, 1st Floor Chamber Room
6550 High Street, Worthington OH 43085
Mona Deringer, Chair – Dues $10 per year
Bre Williams
Centering Pregnancy Program at Grant Family Medicine
Mona Deringer with Bre Williams
October 4, 2024 – 12:30pm – CURRENT EVENTS
Worthington Municipal Building, 1st Floor Chamber Room
6550 High Street, Worthington OH 43085
Mona Deringer, Chair – Dues $10 per year
Dr. Gary Hinzman, M.D., MPH
The Pandemics of the Last Two Centuries
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May 3, 2024, Final Meeting/ Luncheon/ Place
April 5, 2024, David McCorkell, Asst City Manager and
Economic Development Director of Worthington
“How does Worthington attract and assist businesses, and why is it important?”
March 1, 2024, Steve Sterrett, Retired from OSU Campus Partners
“The Challenge of Consensus on a Humane, Pragmatic Policy on Drug Use.”
February 2, 2024, Jeri Diehl-Cusack, Retired Librarian, Presidential Historian
and active member of the White House Historical Association and the Ohio History Connection “8 Presidents from Ohio and the lessons they offer for 2024.”
January 2024, No Meeting
December 1, 2023, Tyler Reeve, Director of Development and Engagement
CRIS- Community Refugee and Immigration Services
Pictured: Tyler Reeve presents program CRIS program audience Dec. 1, 2023
Mona thanks Tyler Reeve
November 3, 2023, Jessica Haley – “WARM – Westerville Area Resource Ministry”
Pictured: Mona Introduces Program Presentation of Program
WARM representative Viewing Video
Mona thanks Jessica Haley
October 6, 2023, Michael Wilkos – United Way of Central Ohio
“History of Housing Development in Columbus”
