CWPD youth volunteer with four children at camp

Simran Surana

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…

CWPD volunteer Bill Keegans

Bill Keegans

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…

CWPD volunteer Julianne Gonzalez

Julianne Gonzalez

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…

CWPD volunteer John Kennard at fall birding program

John Kennard

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.…

CWPD volunteer Jeremy Eatough at park headquarters

Jeremy Eatough

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…

volunteer showing pelt to student

Tammi Eslinger

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…

CWPD volunteer Katie Kress

Katie Kress

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…

CWPD volunteer Joe DiMisa

Joe DiMisa

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…

Centerville-Washington Park District volunteer Hayley Zimbric

Hayley Zimbric

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…

Centerville-Washington Park District volunteer Tom Conway

Tom Conway

Tom’s love of nature started developing when his parents bought a 245-acre dairy farm. Tom and his brother worked side by side with their dad for 20 years. What a life — working hard, going fishing and exploring the woods!…