Southeast Messenger - May 20th 2018

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Memorial Day Section
Nine years ago, we at Dwayne R. Spence
Funeral Home decided we wanted to give back to
the community of Pickerington, so we designed a
Shred Day event to do just that.
This allows the community to get rid of old,
outdated documents for free.
But, we wanted to go further and add some
charities to our event.
We have the Lion’s Club collecting used glasses,
St. Vincent De Paul accepting clothing and
household item, the Pickerington Food Pantry
accepts staple food items and cash donations and
we have added electronics recycling again at no
charge to the community.
We are fortunate to have the continued service
of Boy Scout Troup 256 with us since the beginning.
We are very grateful on Shred Day that the
Scouts and their leaders show up in force to help
unload the documents from the cars and place
them in the shredding containers.
This makes it really convenient as those dropping
off don’t have to get out of their vehicle. No
Heavy Lifting!
One of our Directors, a Boy Scout in Troop
256, many years ago, discovered a merit badge
“Pulp and Paper” that the boys can earn with their
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Pickerington
service. With the co-operation of Royal
Document Destruction, we are able to provide the
requirements for the Scouts to achieve this merit
badge.
Our event has grown each year, from 230 vehicles
the first year to over 900 now. The Food
Pantry collects nearly 2,000 food items plus donations
of over $1000. The Lions Club collects over
400 pairs of used glasses. St. Vincent DePaul
Society collects 1-2 box trucks full of clothing &
household items.
Royal Document Destruction shreds nearly 17
tons of paper, which equates to saving: 288 trees,
118,510 gallons of water, 85 cubic yards of landfill
space, 69,413 kilowatt hours of energy, 1,016
pounds of pollutants kept from the atmosphere.
T.D.R. LLC Electronic Recyclers Processes,
recycles, destroys or displaces in an environmentally
correct manner 5,377 pounds of electronic
equipment.
As soon as this year’s Shred Day event, June 9
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. is over, the planning will start for
next year and next year will be extra special, as it
will be the 10th annual Shred Day and the 50th
anniversary of Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Home.
SHRED DAY AND ELECTRONICS RECYCLING
DWAYNE R. SPENCE FUNERAL HOME
550 Hill Rd. North Pickerington, OH
SATURDAY, June 9, 2018 • 9:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
Bring your documents for free on site shredding
Electronics being collected by T.D.R.LLC RECYCLERS
Bring anything with a wire, plug or cable
TV’s a charge of $1.00 per inch.
Remembering the fallen
Memorial Day is a time of remembrance
for our fallen veterans.
The veterans of Robert Dutro Post 486,
American Legion, Groveport, are honored
to announce the Memorial Day ceremonies
for Hamilton and Madison townships as
and the parade and ceremony in Groveport.
Ceremonies will be held May 28.
•9 a.m. - Asbury Cemetery, 4760
Winchester Pike. Parking at Fellowship
Baptist Church located next door.
•10:30 a.m. - Fernwood Cemetery, 460
Rowe Road, Lockbourne. Parking available
in the cemetery.
•Groveport parade and ceremony:
Parade staging starts at 12:30 p.m. and the
parade begins at 1:15 p.m. The ceremony in
the Groveport Cemetery begins at 1:30
p.m. Parking available in the community
parking lots as well as Groveport
Elementary and Middle School Central on
Main Street. The staging area for the
parade is Front Street beside Groveport
Town Hall, 648 Main St.
The goal is to recognize as many veterans
as possible and all veterans and their
families are encouraged to join in the
parade. For older or mobile restricted veterans,
there will be military vehicles available
to ride in, courtesy of Motts Military
Museum.
The parade will proceed west on Main
Street and then south on College Street
ending at the Groveport Cemetery on Wirt
Road where the ceremony will be conducted
by members of the Groveport American
Legion Post 486. Music will be provided by
the Groveport Madison High School
Cruiser Marching Band.
Following the ceremony an open house
will be held at Motts Military Museum,
5075 South Hamilton Road, Groveport.
The Groveport American Legion Post
486 is named after local resident, Private
Robert Dutro, who in 1917 at age 15 joined
the 6th Marine Regiment during World
War I. He would later die in France on July
19, 1918 during the Aisne-Marne offensive.
The Post was established in 1924 and
meets the first Thursday of the month at
the Madison Township Administrative
Offices, 4757 Madison Lane, Groveport.
The Post can be followed on Facebook @
groveportamerican legion. For information
contact Rick Compton at 614-208-6963.
Pelotonia will be onsite accepting donations for the OSU
Comprehensive Cancer Research Center
Bring your used eyeglasses to donate to the Lions Club
The St.Vincent de Paul Society will be collecting clothing and
household items.
Pickerington Food Pantry will be collecting non-perishable food
items.
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