Chris Anderson introduced our guest speaker, Heath Bounday. Heath is our 16 year old Rotary youth exchange student from Tasmania, Australia. He arrived in Jamestown on January 18 and will be with us through January, 9 2026. He is attending school at Jamestown High School.  Since arriving, Heath has had the opportunity to travel to Canada and Hawaii, with an upcoming trip that includes Massachusetts, New York City, Florida, Washington, DC. And more. Heath has a deep love for friendships, music, and nature, and brings with him a thoughtful and creative spirit.

Caitlin O’Reilly introduced our speaker, Nick Weith.  Nick is originally from Arlington, Texas and moved to WNY in 2016 as part of America Corps Member teaching in Buffalo Public Schools.  He completed a Business and Culinary Arts degree in Denver, Colorado at Johnson & Wales University.  Nick taught in Buffalo for three years in special education, working with the Career and Tech Education-Horticulture Program.  He then worked for Forestville Central Schools as a nutrition educator and Farm to School Coordination, eventually as the cafeteria manager working to bring locally grown and scratch cooked meals to the district.  After a move to Ohio following the pandemic, Nick returned to the WNY area as Food Access Manager for Jamestown Public Market at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.  For eighteen months Nick, as Manager of the Jamestown Public Market has enjoyed learning and assessing the many programs included under the “Jamestown Farmers Market.”  Changes are on the horizon.