Omaha West Rotary will cancel the noon Rotary luncheon meeting when the Omaha Public School District cancels school due to weather conditions. This policy has been implemented for your safety and early notification. Note: If you plan to attend another club for a make-up the following clubs have cancellation policies as noted: Northwest, Downtown, North and Morning will cancel if Omaha Public Schools cancel; Millard will cancel if Millard Public Schools cancel; and Suburban cancels if the University of Nebraska Omaha cancels.
Thank you to the west Rotarians that helped with the meal packaging project on Saturday, February 20th. Volunteers included Richard Diamond, Bob Fell, Laura Iliff, Kim Kuhle and family, Don Otis, John Philo and family, Gretchen Radler, Michelle Sandbothe, Susan Thomas and family, Denny Duer, Manny Paz, Matt McKeever and Brett Wawers. West Rotary donated their portion of the meals packaged to the Siena Francis House. See images below.
The West Rotary Board approved a Corporate & Family Membership program. An Active Primary club member can propose a qualified family member or a qualified business co-worker for membership. The membership proposal has information in regard to membership qualifications on the form. The new corporate or family member joining will pay dues of $125 with no admission fee. If the primary member resigns one of the corporate or family members will become the primary member and pay the appropriate primary membership fee. The reduced dues rate of $125.00 will be effective the first three years of membership. Click here to see the membership proposal form and flyer for the new program. The information can also be found on the left side of the club website homepage under Site Pages/Joining Rotary. Members, if you have a qualified family member or co-worker please invite them to Rotary for lunch so they can consider joining West Rotary.
The following Membership Proposals have been approved for publication by the Omaha West Rotary Board Members. Any comments, in writing, must be sent to the Rotary office within 7 days.
LUKE V. MCNEESE - Boy Scouts of America, District Director; Classification is Non-profit Administration; sponsored by John Fettig
RYAN SNOWDON - Attention to Detail, owner; Classification is Car Detailing; sponsored by Suzan Rohrig
BRADLEY ROHRIG - Cartridge World, owner; Classification is Office Supplies; sponsored by Suzan Rohrig
MATTHEW MOLETTIERE - Legacy Design Strategies, Attorney; Classification is Law, Estate Planning; sponsored by Suzan Rohrig
A family fun event will be held on Thursday, June 9th at Jim Bachman's business location. A baseball field is available on site and other fun, games, etc. will be planned. Mark you calendars now. Additional details will be published when available.
The next Wingding will be held July 7th at the home of Trudy Bredthauer.
The Club’s award-winning Rotary Readers program is in action again. That’s the program where members give an hour a week to help develop reading skills with grade school students one-on-one. You are invited to become a Rotary Reader. Why? Three quick reasons: you will enjoy meeting and working with a couple of kids who need your help; studies show children who can’t read well in second grade will almost certainly drop out of school and cost you a lot of tax dollars, and Skinner Magnet Center is our adopt-a-school partner and they are looking for help and support from our club.
Interested? Contact Bob Fell (robertfell68@gmail.com) or Vickie Backman (vbackman@cox.net) and we will set up contact with the school. Typically, readers spend an hour and work with two students each visit. The visits can be weekly or bi-weekly (or whatever your schedule allows), typically on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays during school hours.
Reading with the 2nd and 3rd students is a great volunteer opportunity. Don Otis is reading at the school twice a week and would be happy to introduce a new volunteer to the project and the teachers at the school.
Don Otis and students in the Rotary Reader's program.
A change to note - the Heartland USA Division is now going to serve District 5650 and District 6000 in Iowa. Additional dates and locations will be added to the schedule of sessions - Feb. 27, 2016 Iowa City, IA; Apr. 23, 201 Omaha; June 11, 2016 Des Moines, IA. The March 12, 2016 RLI session previously scheduled has been cancelled with this change. Check the RLI Heartland website (see link above) for more information.
How to engage members . . .
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Understanding the value of The Rotary Foundation . . .
When asked what participants want to get out of Rotary training and meetings, we hear things like the statements above. Meeting all of those needs is a challenge - but there is an answer – the Rotary Leadership Institute. Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) was designed to provide discussion and activity-based programs. There is time to go into detail on many topics. It is not focused on a particular Rotary position but allows an opportunity for participants to truly discover Rotary. RLI is a three-part program. Each RLI participant attends three one-day sessions. Sessions are offered a number of times during the year. All Rotary members benefit from the RLI experience. Rotary Club leadership can be more effective because of their expanded knowledge and connections made during RLI sessions.
Gretchen Radler, Vocational Service Committee Chair, will be contacting members to schedule a vocational talk. We would like to schedule two vocational talks each month. Your talk should be 2-3 minutes in length and will give you an opportunity to share information about your profession, yourself and your family. Please say yes when asked to schedule your vocational talk. We look forward to learning more about our fellow Rotarians.
2/1 WAYNE LALLMAN, GAIL VEITZER; 2/3 LARRY MCCHESNEY; 2/4 BONNIE GILL; 2/12 JIM COE; 2/17 JOE FINNEGAN; 2/25 DEB NEARY
POLIO ERADICATION – We are asking you to donate $32 during the month your birthday is recognized. The District has set $32 per person as a giving goal for PolioPlus. Your donation will be given to The Rotary Foundation in your name for PolioPlus. Rotary has led the private sector in the global effort to rid the world of polio for over 30 years. The PolioPlus program helps Rotary fund operational costs, such as transportation, vaccine delivery, social mobilization, and training of health workers, and support surveillance activities. Your donation can help "End Polio Now."
Metro Area Rotary Club weekly programs available are listed here.
MONDAY BELLEVUE (DJ's Dugout, 10308 S. 23rd St.) NORTH (Omaha Eppley Airport Conference Room) MILLARD (German American Society, 3717 South 120th Street) 2/29 Mayor Jean Stothert; 3/7 John Winkler - Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District
TUESDAY MORNING (Happy Hollow Country Club, 1701 S. 105th St.) 3/1 Cindy Berkland - Updates on the Naivasha Kenya Global Grant Project NORTHWEST (Champions Run, 13800 Eagle Run Drive) 3/1 Amy Coacher, Learning HQ SOUTHWEST NIGHT (DJ's Dugout at 17666 Welch Plaza, northeast corner of 180th & Q streets)
WEDNESDAY COUNCIL BLUFFS CENTENNIAL (Hy-Vee in Mall of the Bluffs, I-80 Exit 5) DOWNTOWN (Field Club, 3615 Woolworth Ave.) 2/24 Club Assembly
THURSDAY COUNCIL BLUFFS NOON (The Center, 714 S. Main St.) SUBURBAN (Anthony's, 7220 F St.) 2/25 Cindi Jasa, The Power of a Dream
WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY (Elkhorn Common Ground Community Center, 1701 Veteran's Drive)
FRIDAY WEST (Champions Run, 13800 Eagle Run Drive) 2/26 Regan Anson, Executive Director of Nebraska 150
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