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.
3/1 HANNAH MIRMIRAN, 3/5 MICHELLE SANDBOTHE, 3/9 BILL JETTER, 3/10 RANDY PORTER, 3/11 EDSON BRIDGES, 3/12 DENNY DUER, 3/13 ERIN STRUNK, 3/28 JOHN PHILO, 3/31 DAN FERRIS
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."
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.
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. Check the RLI Heartland website (see link above) for more information.
How to engage members . . .
Making our projects more successful . . .
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.
Our sincere sympathy to the family and friends of Terri Fitzgerald a past club member who passed away last week. Terri's father was Joe Macchietto, also a past club member. Service information from the Omaha World-Herald is below:
MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL Thursday, March 3rd at 10:30am at St. Wenceslaus Church, with Rev. Tom Bauwens and Rev. Patrick Timothy Fitzgerald (brother-in-law) concelebrating; luncheon immediately following Mass. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to Children's Respite Care Center (CRCC), 5321 S 138th Street, Omaha, NE 68137, crccomaha.org.
Please notify the office if you have news to share with club members.
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) 3/7 John Winkler - Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District; 3/14 Korea; 3/21 Angelo Passarelli - Millard Public Schools Foundation; 3/28 Brett Hoogeveen QLI
TUESDAY MORNING (Happy Hollow Country Club, 1701 S. 105th St.) 3/8 Ms. Randy Wilson, CEO of NEI Global Relocation; 3/15 Club Assembly NORTHWEST (Champions Run, 13800 Eagle Run Drive) 3/8 Matt Hanson, Fat Brain Toys; 3/15 David Mrsny, House of Trains; 3/22 Peggy Pawloski, Le Wonderment
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.) 3/9 Dave Kerber, Homeless in Omaha; 3/16 Dan Morrissey, Director, Marketing and Events College World Series of Omaha, Inc.; 3/23 Brett Hoogeveen, Director Provider Relations, Rebuilding Shattered Lives: Quality Living, Inc.; 3/30 Business Networking Day
THURSDAY COUNCIL BLUFFS NOON (The Center, 714 S. Main St.) 3/10 REbecca Losh SW Iowa Outreach Coordinator, Bib Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands; 3/17 Sarena Decas, Family, Inc.; 3/24 David Kerber, Rotarian's Homeless Experience; 3/31 Club Social Event/Membership Drive 5:30-7:30 pm, Barley's, 100 Block SUBURBAN (Anthony's, 7220 F St.) 3/3 Bi-Annual Membership Assembly; 3/10 Michael Wehling- Stephen Center; 3/17 Allen W. Batschelet, Major General Chief of Staff, USSTRATCOM; 3/24 Fundraiser Kickoff; 3/31 Sandra Reding-Children's Scholarship Fund
WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY (Elkhorn Common Ground Community Center, 1701 Veteran's Drive)
FRIDAY WEST (Champions Run, 13800 Eagle Run Drive) 3/4 Tracy Madden-McMahon, VP & Chief Develop. Officer Methodist Health System; 3/11 Lt. Col. Anthony "AJ" Anderson
Space Operations Branch Chief, Space and Missile Defense Division, US StratCom, "Space Debris"; 3/18 Gene Klein, Executive Director Project Harmony; 3/25 Karen Metzger, Sr. VP, Director Commercial Op. The Harry A. Koch Company, A Century of Service, 1916-2016
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