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SUMMARY:2026 Members Meeting
DESCRIPTION:We will be hav­ing our annu­al mem­bers meet­ing on October 7th via Zoom. This is the time when the Board presents the group’s finan­cial pic­ture and plans for the upcom­ing year. We can also vote on any pro­posed Bylaw changes or any oth­er issues the mem­ber­ship wish­es to bring up. The Board can also answer ques­tions. \n\n\n\nHere is the Zoom link for the meet­ing: \n\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87268306499?pwd=ACjUGuImbfpmVISU3mWCHLitCVN8Ar.1 \n\n\n\nMeeting Agenda \n\n\n\nBoard Nominations \n\n\n\nThe Secular Humanists of Western Lake Erie is a demo­c­ra­t­ic mem­ber run group based on a set of Bylaws. Those bylaws\, and the state of Ohio\, require we have a Board of Directors to han­dle the day-to-day oper­a­tion of the group. This includes set­ting pol­i­cy\, pro­gram­ing for meet­ings and events\, and main­tain­ing the finan­cial health of the group. \n\n\n\nThere is no pre­vi­ous expe­ri­ence need­ed to serve on the Board. The only require­ment is you have to be a vot­ing mem­ber — that is you have paid dues. We meet for no more than hour every oth­er month or more often if need­ed\, usu­al­ly online using Zoom. And we do ask you to attend at least one meet­ing or event each month and make a dona­tion or two if you can. (Donation of time or in-kind goods counts). \n\n\n\nThe offi­cers of the group are select­ed by the Board from the mem­bers of the Board. Other duties of the Board is explained in the SHoWLE Bylaws. We do ask peo­ple to serve two year terms but after each year you do have the option to rotate off the Board if you wish to do so. \n\n\n\nThe Board is the main body charged in the day to day oper­a­tion of the group and if you would like to influ­ence the direc­tion or pro­gram­ing of the group\, join­ing the board is one way to do it. \n\n\n\nYou can indi­cate your inter­est by fill­ing out the form at this link: \n\n\n\nhttps://humanistswle.org/showle-board-of-directors-interest-form \n\n\n\nOr reach out to our President Douglas \n\n\n\nNominations will close dur­ing the mem­bers meet­ing on October 7th \n\n\n\nCurrent Board mem­bers Anne E. and Derek W. are up for reelec­tion for anoth­er two year term. For bio info check out their entries on our Board page \n\n\n\nhttps://humanistswle.org/board
URL:https://humanistswle.org/event/2026-members-meeting
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Postcards to Voting
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the American Humanist Association\, we will hav­ing a post­card par­ty on October 5th at 6 PM at the Sanger Branch Library Community Room B. \n\n\n\nWe will be writ­ing and address­ing get-out-the-vote post­cards to poten­tial vot­ers in the state of Virigina. They have an impor­tant repro­duc­tive rights mea­sure on the bal­lot in November. \n\n\n\nIf you joined us the last time we had a post­card par­ty\, you know we did­n’t take the entire 2 hours of time to com­plete it. So arrive on time if you want to help out. \n\n\n\nWe will be in Community Room B
URL:https://humanistswle.org/event/postcards-to-voting
LOCATION:Sanger Library Branch\, 3030 Central Ave\, Toledo\, OH\, 43606\, United States
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SUMMARY:Humanist Happy Time: September 2026
DESCRIPTION:Our Humanist Happy Time is a quar­ter­ly din­ner date at the Fortune Inn restau­rant. Join us at the big table for great Chinese food and mer­ri­ment. RSVP below just to let us know you plan to attend. \n\n\n\nHere is a link to find the restau­ran­t’s menu: \n\n\n\nhttps://fortuneinnrestaurant.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPreview
URL:https://humanistswle.org/event/humanist-happy-time-september-2026
LOCATION:Fortune Inn Restaurant\, 6725 Central Ave.\, Toledo\, Ohio\, 43617\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
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SUMMARY:An Afternoon with Fish Stark
DESCRIPTION:Come out Sunday after­noon and meet Fish Stark\, the Executive Director of the American Humanist Association. He will talk to us about the prob­lem of Christian Nationalism and what we can do to address it in our com­mu­ni­ty. He will also men­tion some the plans for the orga­ni­za­tion and projects they are work­ing on. This will be fol­lowed by some ques­tions and answers. We will have light refresh­ments. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFish Stark\n\n\n\nFish Stark is an orga­niz­er\, edu­ca­tor\, social entre­pre­neur\, and life­long human­ist. Fish has spent his career turn­ing big ideas into bold action in ser­vice of belong­ing\, flour­ish­ing\, and social jus­tice for all peo­ple. \n\n\n\nPrior to join­ing the AHA as Executive Director\, Fish was the Head of Program + Curriculum at Legends\, an edu­ca­tion­al tech­nol­o­gy start­up\, where he led research and imple­men­ta­tion teams to cre­ate prod­ucts that helped chil­dren build self-confidence\, pos­i­tive men­tal health\, and crit­i­cal think­ing skills. \n\n\n\nPreviously\, Fish served as the Director of Programs at Peace First\, a glob­al non­prof­it that pro­vides train­ing and fund­ing to youth social jus­tice activists\, where he led a glob­al team of orga­niz­ers who empow­ered thou­sands of youth grantees in 140+ coun­tries to make last­ing change in their com­mu­ni­ties\, and worked with orga­ni­za­tions such as the Red Cross and Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation to devel­op youth lead­er­ship pro­grams. \n\n\n\nFish’s oth­er pro­fes­sion­al expe­ri­ences include man­ag­ing pro­gres­sive polit­i­cal cam­paigns\, lead­ing a men­tor­ship pro­gram in the West Virginia coal­fields with the American Friends Service Committee\, build­ing a nation­al­ly rec­og­nized peer-to-peer bul­ly­ing pre­ven­tion pro­gram\, and teach­ing stu­dents from pre-school to high school. \n\n\n\nA self-proclaimed devel­op­men­tal psy­chol­o­gy nerd who is pas­sion­ate about giv­ing every­one the tools to live lives of mean­ing\, ser­vice\, and self-determination\, Fish holds a Master’s in Education with a con­cen­tra­tion in child devel­op­ment and psy­chol­o­gy from Harvard University\, and a Bachelor’s from Yale University with a cer­tifi­cate in Education Studies. While at Yale\, Fish served as a stu­dent board mem­ber of the Yale Humanist Community and received a Dean’s Prize for his work to build a stronger rela­tion­ship between Yale and New Haven. \n\n\n\nFish lives in Annapolis\, Maryland\, where he is President of the Speaker Mike Busch District 30 Democratic Club\, is a mem­ber of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis\, and serves on sev­er­al non­prof­it boards. He moon­lights as an award-winning stand-up come­di­an and has per­formed in 13 states. \n\n\n\nThis event is FREE and open to the pub­lic. We will pass a hat for dona­tions to sup­port SHoWLE and you will have to oppor­tu­ni­ty to join our group. \n\n\n\nYager Center at Swan Creek Metropark loca­tion of our event\n\n\n\nLocation of the Yager Center at Swan Creek Metropark off Airport Highway Toledo
URL:https://humanistswle.org/event/an-afternoon-with-fish-stark
LOCATION:Yager Center at Swan Creek Metropark\, 4349 Airport Hwy\, Toledo\, Ohio\, 43615\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Social
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SUMMARY:SHoWLE Late Summer Bonfire
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a late sum­mer social event as we have a bon­fire at the Farnesworth Metropark. Bring a camp chair or oth­er seat and bring snacks or treats you would like to share. \n\n\n\nThere is no for­mal pro­gram. This is just a time to relax and enjoy a social activ­i­ty out in the coun­try. \n\n\n\nFarnsworth is south of Waterville on S. River Rd. Enter at the Farnesworth Boat Launch dri­ve and jog to the right. We will be at Group Campsite #1 \n\n\n\nFREE and open to the pub­lic. This event is weath­er depen­dent so if it rains we may have to can­cel.
URL:https://humanistswle.org/event/showle-late-summer-bonfire
LOCATION:Farnesworth Metropark\, 8801 S. River Rd.\, Waterville\, Ohio\, 43566\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260725T140000
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SUMMARY:Kids Movie: Super Mario Galaxy
DESCRIPTION:We return to the West Toledo Library Branch Auditorium for a kids movie and FREE PIZZA and oth­er snacks. \n\n\n\nThis free event is aimed at kids but we wel­come fam­i­lies and care givers to join us as well. \n\n\n\nThe audi­to­ri­um is in the base­ment.
URL:https://humanistswle.org/event/kids-movie-super-mario-galaxy
LOCATION:West Toledo Branch Library\, 1320 W. Sylvania Ave\, Toledo\, Ohio\, 43612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260711T130000
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SUMMARY:50 Kits\, One Community\, Endless Impact - Part 2
DESCRIPTION:On May 2nd about a dozen of us met at Sanger Library and put togeth­er 50 meal kits to donate to a local food bank. Our orig­i­nal goal was to make 100 kits but due to logis­ti­cal con­traints we were able to do 50 kits. \n\n\n\nOn Saturday July 11 we will gath­er at Bev’s House to com­plete the oth­er 50 kits. \n\n\n\nIf you helped on May 2nd and wish to help again feel free to show up and if you had want­ed to help then but weren’t able then please come by July 11th. \n\n\n\nWe’re excit­ed to announce that we par­tic­i­pat­ed in the American Empathy Project on May 2nd! Led by the American Humanist Association\, the American Empathy Project has fund­ed 101 ser­vice projects nation­wide that will empow­er com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers to com­bat our country’s cri­sis of cru­el­ty. One day of action — one uni­fied push to fight for empa­thy! \n\n\n\nThe food and sup­plies for the kits were paid for by a grant from the American Humanist Association. \n\n\n\nWe will be cre­at­ing at 50 addi­tion­al shelf-stable meal kits to donate to a food pantry in the Greater Toledo Area. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis event is open to the pub­lic so if you would like to vol­un­teer reach out to us or use the RSVP on our event page. You don’t need to be a mem­ber to help out.
URL:https://humanistswle.org/event/50-kits-one-community-endless-impact-part-2
LOCATION:Bev’s House\, 2133 Copley Dr.\, Toledo\, Ohio\, 43613\, United States
CATEGORIES:Outreach
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