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FORT JENNINGS — Ohio Child Conservation League (OCCL) Dimples and Grins Mother’s Club held their first meeting in 1976 in the home of Pat Grothause. What started out as a Service League following an Achievement 10 Programming for mothers of younger children, has since evolved into a club geared toward home life and grandchildren.

The OCCL was organized in 1918 as a non-profit, non-sectarian, educational organization interested in child conservation by enabling parents to teach their children to be stable, thinking citizens of tomorrow through spiritual, mental, physical, and moral development while promoting family solidarity through participation in local civic or philanthropic work, attending meetings to encourage family interest in OCCL, to engage children and promote fellowship among members and friends.

In the past, the club members have sponsored a wealth of activities for their children focusing on the four developmental areas including; Breakfast with Santa, Mad River canoeing & camping trips, Ice Capades at the Holidome, Halloween hayride party and Splash parties at the Y.M.C.A.