Our semi-annual dinner and wine tasting at the Wine Bistro on Lane Avenue will be on Wednesday, October 20 at 6:30 pm.

There is limited seating available, so get your reservation in early!  Parking is available around the Wine Bistro, behind the building (very limited), or on the street, or also across the street in the Lane Ave Shopping Center. 

The chef will provide an amazing 4-course dinner with wines paired to complement each serving. 

Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, October 13 or until we run out of seats.  Questions?  Call Mary at 614-323-5379.

Please join your Franklin County OSU Alumni Club in our fall Community Service event as we help “Keep Columbus Beautiful” by cleaning up Academy Park on Saturday, October 16 (don’t worry, football fans, this is a bye week).

We will meet at 10 am in Academy Park, 276 South Nelson Road, Columbus 43205 (just south of Broad Street, near the Franklin Park Conservatory).  All the supplies we need will be provided (bags, trash-grabbers, etc.) but you are welcome to bring your own gloves if you prefer.

After we clean up the park for a couple of hours, we’ll head just up the road to the Old Bag of Nails Pub (18 North Nelson Road) for some lunch!

Please sign up to attend by emailing your name and cell phone number to Karyn Johnson,  englanke@yahoo.com.  If weather or anything forces a change that morning, we will contact you by 9 am that day.  If you have any questions, please reach out to Karyn by email or at 614-822-1430. 

On Wednesday, Sept. 22, our alumni club will show appreciation for the OSU Police Dept by serving lunch for all the officers as well as their administrative staff. This event was extremely popular last year and the police department is glad to have us back.

We’ll be grilling and serving a “Tailgate” style lunch, so we need a few folks to help set it up, and a few to clean up after. Join us for this great opportunity to give back to those who serve and protect the students and staff of our great campus! 

We’ll have two shifts: we need some people to help set-up and serve from 12:30 to 3 pm, and some people to serve then help clean up from 3 to 5:00 pm. 

Sign up to participate by emailing us at (OSUAlumniFranklinCounty@yahoo.com) with your name, phone # and email address, and which shift you’re available for. 

Come help us say “Thank You!” to these hard-working individuals!

Football is back in the Horseshoe, and the stadium will be at full capacity this year!  We will hold our annual tailgate for the Akron game on Sept. 25, because that is also Alumni Marching Band day.  Come see 800+ TBDBITL alumni perform the quadruple Script Ohio!

Our tailgate is located on the top (6^th) floor of the Tuttle Garage (on the corner of Tuttle Park Place and Ives Drive). For only $10 / person, you can enjoy all of the food and beverages you wish. This is a family friendly event, so feel free to bring the kids.  Whether or not you are attending the game, come for the party!

GAME TICKETS:
By Athletic Dept. decision, tickets this year are all-digital; there will be nothing printed. You will need a “smart phone” to purchase them and to show them for access into the stadium.

The Driven Foundation, started by former football players Roy Hall and Antonio Smith, provides school supplies to children in need.  There are two ways to participate: you can purchase school supplies, or donate to the organization to help them buy the supplies. 

If you prefer to purchase items, here is a list of things they could use:

Spiral Ring Notebooks (wide ruled)

Composition Notebooks (wide ruled)

Folders

Glue Sticks

“Block” Erasers (rectangle pink or white)

#2 Pencils (Not Mechanical Pencils)

Pencil Sharpeners

24 Count Crayola Crayon Boxes

Packages of Colored Pencils

Loose Leaf Wide Ruled Paper

If you choose to purchase items, you are welcome to bring them to our August 11 alumni club meeting, and we will take care of delivering them.  The meeting will be at 6 pm at the MCL Cafeteria in the Kingsdale shopping center in Upper Arlington.  

Thank you for considering participation in this community service program.  DEADLINE to participate is August 11.  

Join us for an evening with the Columbus Clippers at Huntington Park in the Arena District, on Saturday August 14.  We are organizing a block of tickets and reserving a gathering table area. This is a family-friendly event, so bring the kids / grandkids! 

Let’s fill the Clippers stands with Buckeye cheer! 

We need to welcome new members to our club! Social opportunities were so limited last year, that we have not met those of you who have recently joined us. If you would like to meet some members of the club, plan to join us on Saturday, June 19 from 4 to 6 pm at a small gathering (hopefully outdoors if the weather cooperates!) in Powell.

We will have a variety of sandwiches, snacks and beverages, tailgate style!  If you want to dress up in your Buckeye gear like you’re going to the Stadium, that is totally acceptable!  Bring a lawn chair / tailgate chair if the weather is nice, so we can relax and talk and have a little fun in the sun. 

If you have joined our club within the past year, and have not yet had a chance to join us for an event or meet anyone, then we really want to encourage you to join us for this event. Come meet our leadership team, ask questions about the club, and see how much fun we are!  There is no cost to attend, simply RSVP to OSUAlumniFranklinCounty@yahoo.com!  Tell us your name, phone number, and how many people are coming. This is a family-friendly event, so feel free to bring yours!  We will send you a map / directions when we reply to confirm. Questions?  Call Leyla at 614-893-0559. 

The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio is also home to the Black College Hall of Fame, and is proud to host the Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic Game between Grambling St. University and Tennessee St. University.  The game will take place on Sunday, September 5^th at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.  This will be the first game for Heisman Trophy-winning Buckeye Eddie George as Head Coach of the Tennessee State University Tigers.

This presents a unique opportunity for Buckeye Alums to welcome Coach George back to Ohio and pack Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.

Tickets for the game start at $29 and Premium Seats and Suites are available for those interested in attending.

Below is a link to purchase tickets to the game. 

Black College Hall of Fame Classic

It would be great to fill the stadium with a strong Buckeye contingent! 

Please consider joining us on as we celebrate the re-opening of the National Veterans Memorial and Museum. We will be organizing a guided tour on Saturday, May 22, at 1:00 pm.  This amazing facility is a national monument, on par with the ones you may have visited in Washington DC.  It was the dream of our late Senator and astronaut John Glenn, for this museum to be built here in Ohio.

The tour guides will break us into small groups to maintain social distancing, and you are also welcome to walk thru the exhibits on your own, if you don’t want to stay with the group. There are displays, videos, interactive presentations, and so much else to see and do!  If you want to learn more about the museum, their website is NationalVMM.org.

We are co-hosting this event with the USG Alumni Society, so if you were involved with student government while you were a student at OSU, you may run into some old friends! 

Discounted tickets are sold out, but you are welcome to join the group with regular admission at the door.

If you would like to send a check (make it payable to “Franklin County OSU Alumni Club”) mail to Leyla Hawkins, 1149 Tillicum Drive, Worthington, OH 43085. Group Discount Rate: $12 for Adults, $8 for Children 6-17, and Veterans are FREE. Please include your name, phone number, and email address (and the number of people you’re bringing) with your check payment, so that we can contact you to confirm.

Questions?  Contact Leyla at 614-893-0559 or Leyla_Hawkins@yahoo.com. 

ou are invited to participate in a very special virtual event on Tuesday, May 18, at 5:30 pm. Coach Ryan Day will be discussing what he finds compelling about managing our team during the Covid crisis, and the challenges and opportunities of the upcoming season.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.  Please use this link to sign up:

https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_POWGybGiSG-K2Qe-ZbXWWA?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=aa_alumni-newsletter_fy21_virtual-digest-427&sfmc_id=00460216

Signing up is quick and easy, but do it soon before they run out of space! This event is sponsored by the Varsity O Alumni Society and the OSU Alumni Association.