Leadership UA

Award Nominations

Andrew Miller — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:22:17 +0000

Seeking Award Nominations

The Leadership UA board is seeking nominations for the Margine Moul and Service to Youth awards. Please return your nomination before the January 27 cut-off. Click the links below to download the nomination forms.

Award Nomination – Margine Moul Award

Award Nomination – Service to Youth Award

Here’s a list of past year’s award recipients:

Margine Moul Award Recipients:

2011, Linda Readey

2010, Jane and Don Leach

2009, UA Fire Chief Mitch Ross & UA Police Chief Brian Quinn

Gloria Heydlauff

Paula Brooks

Dr. William Schaefer

Priscilla Mead

Ed & Marcie Seidel

Earl Sala

Yvonne Simon

Mary Ann Krauss

Richard King

Virginia Barney

Margine Moul

Service to Youth Award Recipient:

2011, Michael Borders

2010, Bill Snellgrove

2009, Dr. Debora Binkley

Hayley Head

Joe Valentino

Once again, we wish you and your’s the very best this holiday season! Thank you for your continuing support of Leadership UA.

Holiday 2011 Newsletter

Andrew Miller — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:34:49 +0000

Holiday 2011 Leadership Newsletter

Greetings Leadership UA members and supporters!

The holidays are upon us and Leadership UA wants to wish you the very best and invite you to celebrate with us!

The annual Alumni Holiday Party will once again take place at board member Helena Anderson’s home on December 1, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Please contact us here to RSVP and please consider a donation to Leadership UA to help us continue to provide leadership courses, programming and fun networking events such as this.

The Leadership UA board is also seeking nominations for the Margine Moul and Service to Youth awards. Please return your nomination before the January 27 cut-off. Click the links below to download the nomination forms.

Award Nomination – Margine Moul Award

Award Nomination – Service to Youth Award

Here’s a list of past year’s award recipients:

Margine Moul Award Recipients:

2011, Linda Readey

2010, Jane and Don Leach

2009, UA Fire Chief Mitch Ross & UA Police Chief Brian Quinn

Gloria Heydlauff

Paula Brooks

Dr. William Schaefer

Priscilla Mead

Ed & Marcie Seidel

Earl Sala

Yvonne Simon

Mary Ann Krauss

Richard King

Virginia Barney

Margine Moul

Service to Youth Award Recipient:

2011, Michael Borders

2010, Bill Snellgrove

2009, Dr. Debora Binkley

Hayley Head

Joe Valentino

Once again, we wish you and your’s the very best this holiday season! Thank you for your continuing support of Leadership UA.

June 2011 Newsletter

Andrew Miller — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:49:50 +0000

June 2011 Leadership Newsletter

Greetings Leadership UA members and supporters!

Leadership UA had a very busy spring. Over one hundred of you joined us at our annual Awards and Graduation event at Scioto Country Club in May. Thank you for celebrating with us the graduation of our latest class of adult leaders. And thank you for joining with us to honor Mike Borders with his much deserved “Service to Youth” award and joining with us to honor Linda Readey with her much deserved “Margine Moul Leadership Award.”

Our Adult Class of fifteen amazing leaders wrapped up their class project on June 11th by participating in a “Senior Service Saturday.” On a Senior Service Saturday, volunteers assist at the homes of seniors in UA who need a little help around their homes. On our Saturday, the class spread mulch, cleaned out garages, weeded, and trimmed bushes. As the Class project was to assist the Commission on Aging in coordinating monthly Senior Service Saturdays, our Class of leaders developed and printed pamphlets, service request postcards, and guidelines for service providers. Also, Class members were able to connect with community groups and schedule volunteers for the entire next year. The Commission on Aging will now be able to continue with this project and was thrilled with the support from our Adult Class.

Our Youth Class of 34 High School freshmen also had a busy spring. For their class project, they held two fundraisers and organized two collections. Through their two fundraisers, a carwash and a bake sale, they raised $2,126.33 for the American Red Cross for Tsunami Relief. Our youth also coordinated a month long book drive at the UA elementary schools and collected over 2,000 books to give to Nationwide Children’s Hospital. That’s not all; they also collected gently used sports equipment to donate to the Boys and Girls Club! We celebrated their leadership graduation with a Bowling Party at TenPinAlley.

Hard to believe this year’s leadership program is already over and it is time to start all over again!

This is where you as alumni and friends come in, RECRUITMENT! Please put on your LUA hat for a moment and let us know of potential adult class members. The program’s success is all about the strength of its participants.

A class calendar and application are available at www.leadershipua.org

Or contact us at info@leadershipua.org

Thanks for all of your support!
If you have any questions or comments, contact me at anytime.
Mary Ellen Hatch
Leadership UA Executive Director

Leadership UA honors contributions of Readey, Borders

Andrew Miller — Thu, 05 May 2011 13:09:37 +0000

Leadership UA honors contributions of Readey, Borders

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 01:02 AM

By MICHAEL J. MAURER

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By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek

Mike Borders (left) and Linda Readey were honored during the Leadership UA graduation program May 3 at Scioto Country Club. Borders received the Youth Service Award, and Readey received the Margine Moul Leadership Award.
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Leadership UA graduated the Class of 2011 and honored two local leaders at its annual awards event May 3 at Scioto Country Club.

Linda Readey, who recently stepped down as executive director of the Upper Arlington Community Foundation, received the Margine Moul Award. The program’s Service to Youth Award went to Mike Borders for his years of work with local Special Olympics teams.

Along with Moul, Readey was one of the first volunteers when Leadership UA was founded in the late 1980s.

Readey said she has attended many Leadership UA celebrations, but this is the first time she has been herself recognized.

“It’s kind of surreal,” Readey said. “I did not ever expect to be honored, and it’s nice to have that recognition. I have volunteered my whole life, 30 years in Arlington. Now I live about 500 feet outside Upper Arlington, but I still feel affiliated with this community.”

Readey is particularly happy with the completion of the Amelita Mirolo Barn in Sunny 95 Park, which became the signature project of the community foundation.

“It’s just nice to have people think about what it means to volunteer,” Readey said. “The barn is a very tangible example of what I like about living here and being able to do things that help. It will be here long after I am, and it feels good to feel you had a hand in something that will endure.”

Margine Moul introduced Readey.

“The woman never stops,” Moul said.

Readey especially thanked her husband of 42 years, Jim Readey.

“It makes it easier to say yes when you know you will receive support at home,” Readey said.

Dr. Debora Binkley, associate superintendent of Upper Arlington City Schools, presented the Service to Youth award to volunteer Special Olympics coach Mike Borders.

“We’re here because 19 years ago Mike was invited to help with Special Olympics,” Binkley said. “The acceptance of that invitation was life changing.”

A longtime employee of the school district in the maintenance department, Borders has volunteered in soccer, track, softball and basketball and has mentored hundreds of athletes and coaches.

“It is evident that Coach Mike loves what he does,” Binkley said. “He volunteers hundreds of hours each year to working with students. He takes time to learn about each person and know what their potential is. He is able to put everyone at ease so they can focus on the fun of playing the sport.”

In 2006, Borders’ team won the state basketball championship.

Josh Valentino, 21, said he began in Special Olympics when he was 8.

“Mike’s a nice guy, a good sports guy,” Valentino said. “He loves sports and I really appreciate that. He deserved to be honored tonight. I can feel it right now.”

Valentino’s mother Peggy said Borders has a knack for individual attention.

“He’s not just a coach who says, ‘Stay inside the line’,” Peggy Valentino said. “He says, ‘This is how you behave. Did you say thank you?’ It’s beyond the structure of athletics to the character of the kids, and that’s impressive.”

Binkley said the students have also recognized Borders.

“Special Olympics has a float each year and Mike can be seen walking beside it,” Binkley said. “One year the theme of the float was ‘Be like Mike’.”

Meet emerging young Leaders in Upper Arlington this Sunday

Andrew Miller — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:17:46 +0000

Meet emerging young Leaders in UA this Sunday

Youth leadership program fundraiser

Leadership UA continued its successful youth leadership program with a full class of 35 Ninth graders from UA High School and Wellington this year.

For their class project, our young leaders are holding a car wash and all proceeds will go to the Red Cross to aid in support of the Tsunami victims in Japan.

When: 1 – 5 p.m. Sunday, May 1st

Where: Tremont Center (behind Monroe Auto – 2845 Tremont Rd)

Price: $7.00 per car

PreSale: $5.00 per car

Pray for a beautiful day!!!!

In addition to their car wash, these Ninth Graders are organizing a book drive for Nationwide Children’s Hospital and they are organizing a sports equipment drive to benefit The Boys and Girls Club of Columbus.

If you have questions or want to help with either drive, contact Mary Ellen Hatch at meh309@yahoo.com or info@leadershipua.org

Don’t miss your chance to help our Youth Leaders this year!