Last week, President Jill Slupe presided along with Secretary Nick Rosenberry. Russ Iwan gave the Invocation and Greg Key served as Cashier. Bob Lovgren was Sgt. at Arms. Mark Ellsworth and Laura Thomas served as greeters. District Governor Julie O'Hara was in attendance. We had several announcements and presentations. Susan Thomas introduced Jesse Bell who talked about how climate change is affecting Nebraska.
Omaha West Rotary Club Secretary Report for April 5, 2019:
This past Friday, we had two visiting Rotarians including Julie O’Hara, our District Governor. We also had Mark Taylor from Suburban. For guests, Del Toebben brought his wife Phyllis and Kim Kuhle invited Blaine Hellman.
April Birthdays include Randy Parks (5), Randy Kathol (6), Richard Diamond (7), Martie Cordaro (8), and Brad Rohrig (9), Rodge Bickerstaff (11), Ron Niederhaus (17), Bob Walker (21), and Laura Thomas (30).
For good news, Dick Lerner is helping local churches with clothing donations for those effected by the flooding. If you would like to donate some gently used clothing, please drop it off at Belair Fashions and Dick will see that it gets to those who need it. Ben Kratz’s company, McCarthy’s One Hour Heating and Air, is also helping those effected by the flooding by offering free inspections and 10% of proceeds to charity. Rebecca Miller’s company, Fix-Lexia will be donating $25 for each referral to charity. Martie Cordaro said that the Omaha Potholes night is set for April 24th. The Storm Chasers will be donating some of the proceeds to DC West, Bellevue, and Fremont to help rebuild ball fields.
Nick closed with a joke and wished everyone a good week.
to Del and and Phyllis Toebben who were recognized as Major Donors to the Intl. Rotary Foundation by District Governor Julie O'Hara. Major Donors have contributed $10,000 to the Rotary Foundation which supports projects around the world to promote education, literacy, and disease eradication. Thank you for your generosity and congratulations!
Through the generosity of donors and Evan Olson's family, his memorials to Rotary were donated to sponsor 10 students to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp last weekend. Here are comments from a student (names removed for privacy) who attended last weekend:
Hello!
I just wanted to let you all know that________________came into my office at 7:30 AM today with the most positive outlook on life. Her words: "Mrs._____________, I just had the most amazing weekend of my life" She went on to tell me how she has never had such an impactful and meaningful experience. She was so very grateful and super excited about everything she learned and experienced. ____________hasn't always had the easiest life growing up and in fact, many would be in disbelief of some of the barriers she has overcome because she hasn't let it get in the way of her success. I just want to say thank you to all of you involved for providing this amazing opportunity for our youth. Summer definitely had an outstanding experience, and I believe this was a pivotal point in her life. Thank you and God Bless all that you do for our youth.
President Jill talked to Bob Fell on Saturday and he is feeling better. He thinks he will be in the hospital a while longer and is getting better. He is not accepting visitors at this time and will let us know when he is. He appreciates the cards, positive thoughts, and prayers. He sounded perky and on the mend. If you would like to send Bob a card, please direct it to his home at: 11308 Pine Plaza, Omaha, NE 68144
Please consider being part of the Omaha West Rotary Task Force meeting on April 24th at Champions Run from 12-1 to look into the future and brainstorm about future projects the club can develop and execute to make Omaha a better place. The Board would like this Task Force to identify projects, needs, volunteers and resources. We want your ideas, passions, and support. Cost is $16 for lunch. Please click HERE to register.
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To find out about speakers at other Rotary Clubs in the area, you can conveniently see the list of Club websites here. Then click on the home icon to the left of the club name. The list of speakers are listed on their Homepage.
Please note changes to the SW Rotary Night Club:
We are now known as the Omaha Rotary Night Club! Our meeting time has also changed, we now meet the first, third, and fifth Tuesdays of the month at 5:30 pm at DJ's Dugout at 176th & Q. Starting April 2, 2019, we will be changing all future meetings to Vincenzo's, 15701 Pacific St.
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