Jonna Buck
Club President
2020-2021
Welcome to November, Rotarians!
Election day is finally here, and I couldn’t be happier! I know we will not know the results for some time, but we should see an end to the barrage of political commercials.
I also am happy that the 2020 ice storm is past and hopefully, everyone has their power and Internet restored or will in the next day or two.
Our Program
This week our speaker will be Donald Pyeatt who serves as the executive director of Full Circle Adult Day Center.
The mission of Full Circle Adult Day Center is to provide day services that optimize the cognitive and physical abilities of seniors and adults with disabilities so they can remain as independent as possible in their homes.
Donald has spent twenty years working in the not-for-profit arena. After graduate school he worked in community mental health for four years working with adult 
males diagnosed with schizophrenia and providing school-based services for children and adolescents. He then moved onto an administrative position where he supervised mental health services in two counties.
males diagnosed with schizophrenia and providing school-based services for children and adolescents. He then moved onto an administrative position where he supervised mental health services in two counties.Donald then moved onto an executive director position for a developmental disabilities sheltered workshop and activity center. The organization provided employment for those with developmental disabilities and job coaching and community-based activities. The organization also had a team that competed in the Special Olympics with Donald as the coach. During this time he worked with HUD to build a housing project for developmentally disabled community members.
An opportunity came up to be a coordinator for a state grant so Donald worked with low-income families to teach health and safety to parents with children newborn to age six. With this grant and other funding a program was developed to provide infant and toddler car seats and car seat safety to these families. During this period, over 500 car seats were provided to families in need.
Donald began as director of Full Circle Adult Day Center in December of 2017.
I hope to see everyone on Tuesday for this informative program about services here in our community.
Look for the Zoom meeting link in your email.
Yours in service,
Jonna
P.S. Many thanks to those who have signed up as club duty volunteers! More are always needed. You can find the club duties spreadsheet by clicking on this link: Sooner Rotary Club Duties. Please fill up the open slots only for leading the prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance and 4-Way Test while we continue to meet online. If you have difficulty access this document, feel free to email me which club meeting(s) you want to volunteer to fill. Thank you!