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Clothing designer & Stylist
Mary Anne Vaccaro
 
 
 
 
 

Mary Anne Vaccaro is an award winning, internationally recognized clothing designer and stylist. She has designed and created everything from christening gowns for babies to Coronation Ball gowns for hundreds of SOCIALLY PROMINENT WOMEN, PROFESSIONALS and celebrities who cared about a quality image for all areas of their lives

Mary Anne has been recognized in Town & Country Magazine, Brides, Marie Claire, and Metropolitan Woman. The Durham Museum honored the artistry of her designs with an exhibit of her gowns in 2009. The University of Nebraska did retrospective shows of her work in 2009 and 2016. Other Midwest and East Coast galleries have also exhibited her work. She costumed the opera Don Giovanni for Keith Warner, the Director of London’s Royal Opera. She is known in the Bridal industry as the first designer to create bridal and bridesmaids separates in the 1980s for Bill Levkoff, New York. In the early 90s she sold her designs nationally from her showroom in New York. All of her close to 40,000 designs were created in her Omaha studio.

Mary Anne also worked as a fashion illustrator and copywriter and ran a Fashion Advertising business for 50 stores in 5 states for several years. She is the designer of The Back CareMaster and Invisible Apron.

As an image consultant she became a national top seller for the upscale clothing lines Worth and Carlisle New York.

Mary Anne has a BFA in Studio Art. Her love for family, beauty, quality and integrity influences all that she does and was inspiration for her memoir WHAT I DID 4 LOVE to be released when God decides the time is right….

 
 
 
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Summer Feeding Program
We are serving meals with the Salvation Army beginning on June 2nd and continuing through August 1st on Wednesdays & Fridays! 2 people are needed each Wednesday & Friday beginning June 4th from 5:15pm - 7:45pm. Meeting place is the Salvation Army Center on Burt.
 
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Extension Meeting
Please note future extension club meetings will take place at 30Hop starting May 13th at 5:30pm. 114 N 145th St, Omaha, NE 68154
Omaha West Rotary Apparel Store
Omaha West Rotary Apparel Store is officially OPEN!! Show your Omaha West pride with a variety of options and colors! Click the link to purchase!
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Rotary maintains 10 libraries in North Omaha filling them every 4-6 weeks.  If you have any used books or want to volunteer to stock them, contact Bonnie Gill.
 
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Extension Club Meeting
30Hop
May 13, 2025
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
 
Board Meeting
Charlie's on the Lake
May 14, 2025
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
 
Extension Club Meeting
30Hop
May 27, 2025
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
 
Rotary Fan Club at the Stormchasers
Werner Park
May 29, 2025
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
 
West Foundation Trustee Meeting
May 30, 2025
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
 
Extension Club Meeting
30Hop
Jun. 10, 2025
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
 
Board Meeting
Charlie's on the Lake
Jun. 11, 2025
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
 
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May 12
 
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May 15
 
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May 21