Seventeen-year-old Centerville High School student Catherine Tollefson recently planted a Monarch Waystation at Holes Creek Park. She researched appropriate plants and reached out to native plant nurseries for donations, successfully garnering enough plant donations for the entire Waystation! The new…
Simran is a senior at Centerville High School. At school she participates in Science Olympiad — growing her love of science with her friends. She is also involved in Student Council and has had the opportunity to raise thousands of…
At 23, Bill Keegans left his home in Scotland and emigrated to Australia. As a software developer, Bill was working with Australia’s largest company (BHP) when he applied for a position with NCR’s Australian operation. Seven years later he was…
Julianne is in 9th grade and has been involved in park programs since kindergarten! She’s the youngest of five children in her family (all of whom have also been CWPD volunteers!) and her hobbies outside of volunteering are gymnastics, swimming…
John is a life-long resident of the Dayton area, who graduated from Fairview High School and attended Wright State University. He retired from General Motors in 2006 and began his second career as a bus driver for Centerville City Schools.…
Jeremy is an eighth grader at Magsig Middle School in Centerville. He has been enjoying park programs for many years. His favorite part about volunteering for the Park District is that he gets to help spread some of that same…
Tammi Eslinger has been a Centerville resident for nearly 25 years. The wife of an Air Force officer and a mother of four sons, she quickly learned the area by visiting parks with her sons’ various sports schedules. Tammi began…
Katie is a sophomore at Centerville High School. Volunteering with some of her closest friends, her favorite part is meeting new members of her community while being out in the parks that she grew up exploring. Along with volunteering for…
Joe first volunteered with CWPD in 2004 as a founding member of the Creating Community Connections task force. The task force planned and advocated for multi-use trail routes in the area. Joe was a bicycle commuter for many years and…
Hayley is a senior at Centerville High School. Outside of school, she spends time playing soccer and volunteering for the Centerville-Washington Park District and Dayton Children’s Hospital. Hayley has been a CWPD volunteer for two years, giving her time to…