The Westward Ho! (Apr 01, 2016)

Senior Recognition Day

Champions Run

Apr 29, 2016
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Apr 08, 2016
Larry Zier, Pediatric Therapist
Emotional Intelligence - Mindfulness for a More Interesting Life

Apr 29, 2016
Dr. Fred Ohles, President NE Wesleyan University
Senior Recognition Day

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OMAHA WEST ROTARY OFFICE

Posted by Vickie Backman

Rotary Club of Omaha West
4205 North 101st Street
Omaha, NE 68134
402.937.8654
info@omahawestrotary.org

Weekly Meetings: Friday at noon at Champions Run, 13800 Eagle Run Drive, Omaha, Nebraska.

WEEKLY PROGRAMS

Posted by Vickie Backman

April 1, 2016

The Amazing Arthur

"A Little Fun for April Fools Day - Juggler, Magician, Entertainer"

CLUB SERVICE

Invocation:

Greeters:

Cashier: Tim Neal

Sgt. at Arms: Randy Kathol

April 8, 2016

Larry Zier, Pediatric Therapist

"Emotional Intelligence - Mindfulness for a More Interesting Life"

APRIL BIRTHDAYS

Posted by Vickie Backman

Happy Birthday!

4/5 RANDY PARKS; 4/6 RANDY KATHOL; 4/7 RICHARD DIAMOND; 4/8 MARTIE CORDARO; 4/11 RODGE BICKERSTAFF; 4/17 RON NIEDERHAUS; 4/21 BOB WALKER; 4/29 BRAD WILLADSEN

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."

DRIVE FOR DRIVES FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2016

Posted by Vickie Backman

"DRIVE FOR DRIVES"

West Rotary in cooperation with KFAB has scheduled a computer recycling event. This recycling event will be held Friday, May 13, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. You can bring your old household computers, monitors and miscellaneous computer equipment to the west Hy-Vee parking lot, at 156th and Maple. Tell your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers about this great opportunity to recycle your household computers that are taking up space at home. Sign-up at the noon Rotary meetings or email Vickie at vbackman@cox.net .

Volunteers:

10:00 - 12:00 -

12:00 - 2:00 -

2:00 - 4:00 -

4:00 - 6:00 -

Corporate & Family Membership Program

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.

Other Club Events

BRAN 36: Open Spaces....Prairie Wind Tour

June 5 - 11, 2016

Registration Open

Registration information is available on the BRAN Website (www.bran-inc.org). The ride will start in Grant, Nebraska on Sunday, June 5th. The other overnight towns are North Platte, Broken Bow, Loup City, Central City, Humphrey, David City and ending in Wahoo, Nebraska with the Northwest Rotary rider reception on June 11th. BRAN 36 : Open Spaces....Prairie Wind Tour will be the 36th annual Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska organized by the Rotary Club of Omaha Northwest in cooperation with the Omaha Pedalers Bicycle Club.

DISTRICT EVENTS

District Training Assembly

Saturday, April 2
8 AM to 4:30 PM
Nebraska Innovation Campus
2021 Transformation Dr
Lincoln, NE

Parking Information - click here for map.

Register online

District Training Assembly is where club officers, chairs, and emerging leaders can learn more about what Rotary has to offer. We do this by offering different training tracks — so you can pick and choose which topics you want to learn more about. Stick with one track or get a taste of more than one. Plan on attending if you are a ~ Club President-elect ~ Club Secretary-elect, ~ Chair (or future chair) of the following committees:

o Membership

o RI Foundation

o Community Service

o Youth Exchange

o Public Relations

o Social Media

~ If you are interested in Grants management certification or Strategic Planning for your club (especially from clubs that have already been through the District Visioning program)

Rotary Leadership Institute

Next Session:
Saturday, April 23, 2016
8:00 – 3:30 PM
Dundee Presbyterian Church – Omaha, Nebraska

Cost: $85

For details about RLI and to register, visit www.rli-heartland.org or click here.

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.

West Rotary Wingding

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.

Rotary Readers - Volunteer Opportunity

Posted on Mar 02, 2016

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.

Schedule A Vocational Talk

Posted by Vickie Backman

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.

AMONG OURSELVES

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Please notify the office if you have news to share with club members.

DISTRICT WEBSITE

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To see what's happening in the District and what other clubs are doing click here for the District website.

MAKE-UPS RECEIVED

NORTHWEST 3/22 Dennis Hein, Denny Duer; 3/29 Dennis Hein; MORNING 3/22 Jim Hedgpeth; MILLARD 3/21 Denny Duer

NEED A MAKE-UP?

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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) 4/4 Leah Lindell w/ Nebraska Children's Home- Sand in the City; 4/11 Club Assembly

TUESDAY
MORNING (Happy Hollow Country Club, 1701 S. 105th St.) 4/5 Bill Williams, Gold Star Kids Honor Flights and NE Vietnam Combat Veterans Flight; 4/12 Michael Dixon, PhD, Pres. & CEO UNMC, “Developing Innovations to Improve Healthcare”; 4/19 Global Grant Team Visiting from Naivasha
NORTHWEST (Champions Run, 13800 Eagle Run Drive) 4/5 Chris Hochstetler, The Kaneko; 4/12 Dave Kerber, "Living as Homeless Person for a Week in Omaha"

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.) 4/6 Gary Green, The Business of Baseball: Minor…; 4/13 Dr. Jeff Gold (UNMC), Building a healthier future

THURSDAY
COUNCIL BLUFFS NOON (The Center, 714 S. Main St.)
SUBURBAN (Anthony's, 7220 F St.) 4/7 Chris Stratman, Keep Omaha Beautiful; 4/14 Annual Scholarship Luncheon

WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY (Elkhorn Common Ground Community Center, 1701 Veteran's Drive)

FRIDAY
WEST (Champions Run, 13800 Eagle Run Drive) 4/1 "Amazing Arthur - A Little Fun for April Fools Day - Juggler, Magician, Entertainer"

Programs available have been listed

District Training Assembly

Saturday, April 2 8 AM to 4:30 PM Nebraska Innovation Campus 2021 Transformation Dr Lincoln, NE

Parking Information - click here for map. Register online

Saturday, April 2
8 AM to 4:30 PM
Nebraska Innovation Campus
2021 Transformation Dr
Lincoln, NE

Parking Information - click here for map.

Register online