The Westward Ho! (Sep 16, 2016)

West 'Draw for Foundation Programs'

$265.00 FRIDAY, September 16, 2016

Sep 23, 2016

Amy Richardson, Executive Director WCA

"Victory Over Violence"

Sep 30, 2016

Rita Rocker

Crucial Connections: Techniques for the Polished, Professional Communicator

Oct 07, 2016

Clete Blakeman

Omaha Attorney & NFL Referee

Oct 14, 2016

TBA

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OMAHA WEST ROTARY OFFICE

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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.

THIS WEEK AT ROTARY

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September 16, 2016

Suzi Heffernan

"Young Professionals Project"

CLUB SERVICE SCHEDULE

September 16, 2016

Greeters - Suzan Rohrig & Jill Slupe

Invocation - Kendall Scheer

Cashier - Greg Key

Sgt. at Arms - Brad Rohrig

NEXT WEEK AT ROTARY

September 23, 2016

Amy Richardson, Executive Director WCA

"Victory Over Violence"

9th Annual Golf Fundraiser - Sponsor Thank You & Raffle Prizes

The Ninth Annual West Rotary Golf Fundraiser was held Thursday, August 18, 2016 at the Indian Creek Golf Course, 3825 North 202nd Street, Omaha, Nebraska.

We want to thank our sponsors donors and participants.

Raffle drawing will be held Friday, September 16!

Purchase Raffle Tickets - $5/Ticket (tickets available at Rotary luncheon meeting until drawing on September 16th)

RAFFLE PRIZES - (prizes still being accepted)
- Omaha Storm Chasers (Martie Cordaro) - 1 Salvador Perez (KC Royals all-star catcher) autographed MLB baseball; 4 club seats plus 1 VIP parking pass - Omaha Storm Chasers vs OKC Dodgers (Triple LA Dodgers) Fri. Sept 2nd, 7:05 p.m. at Werner Park with post-game fireworks; promo item (1 Werner Park replica stadium)
- Gundersons (Michelle Sandbothe) - Beautiful Birds-eye maple humidor ($600.00 value)
- Champions Run - Dinner for four and a Brunch for four
- Rodge Bickerstaff - custom made wooden pens
- Walker's Inc. - four golf shirts
- CBSHOME Real Estate (JR Kammandel) - Black and red golf bag
- Lueder Construction Company (Greg Key) - miscellaneous golf items
- Dennis Hein - four bottles of wine
- Bank of Nebraska (Tim Riewer) - box of golf balls
- X-EQT LLC (Kent Templien) - Lazlo's gift card ($75 value)
- Morey-Voorhees Financial Services (John V. Morey) - Berkshire Hathaway Class B Stock - 2 share
- Cartridge World (Brad Rohrig) - Gift certificates (2 @ $25 ea.)
- Attention to Detail ( Ryan Snowdon) - Gift Certificate (1 @ $25)

Thank you for supporting our annual fundraiser!

CAREER DAY AT SKINNER MAGNET CENTER

The Community Service Committee has scheduled a Career Day at Skinner Magnet Center Elementary School on Wednesday, October 26th. The committee is seeking volunteers from all professions. Volunteers will be asked to attend a brief informational meeting at Rotary and will visit with small groups of 5th grade students for short sessions from 12:30 - 3:00 p.m. on October 26th. Sign-up sheets will be available at noon Rotary meetings.

Victory Over Violence - Joint District 550 Grant

Omaha West Rotary and Omaha Downtown Rotary are working together on a Joint District Grant - 'Victory Over Violence'. The grant funds will be used to create an information center (website and landing pages) for people who need to know more about sexual and domestic abuse in the greater Omaha area. Last year the WCA delivered over 22,000 services related to domestic abuse.

A launch party is planned to celebrate the 'Victory Over Violence' and to unveil eight new landing pages for the WCA. The pages will impact thousands of individuals searching for information about physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Click here for information about the launch party event.

SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS

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Happy Birthday!

9/1 BILL CUTLER. 9/5 RICH HURLEY, 9/12 MARK MANHART, 9/15 DWAYNE BROWN, 9/16 TIM NEAL, 9/20 SUSAN THOMAS, 9/25 KEITH RALL, 9/28 JEFF ZIEMBA

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."

Omaha West Rotary Club 2021 - Visioning

A group of West Rotary Club members met with trained District Team to work through a Visioning process for the club in 2021. Below is a summary of the outcome of 2021 Visioning for the Omaha West Rotary Club.

We are a club offering Fellowship and Fun for 150 “Actively Involve” members. We are a welcoming club providing thorough and on-going new member orientation. We are known for our outstanding programs and service projects that are creating positive media coverage several times a year. The club members have opportunities to network with fellow members with high impact meetings even social events at our member’s businesses. Our club provides timely communications to our members utilizing many forms of communications, no matter if you want email, social networks or smoke signals…you are included.

We recognize we must spread the message of Rotary and create long term relationships by supporting the international exchange of students and embracing RYLA.

Our club fully leverages the opportunity for funding from District and International grants by having 1-2 large impact annual projects involving partners when appropriate. We realize we need funding for this good work that we do and we have inclusive fundraising events such as a mega tasting event with beer, wine, and whiskey. Our club has a priority to our community by supporting local issues. We also assure we can have a worthwhile impact with the donations to the Rotary International Foundation and are proud that every member donates every year with an understanding that 50% of that comes back to our district through grants. We fully communicate the good work we are doing with meetings focused on our projects with full disclosure of our funds and activities.

Schedule A Vocational Talk

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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.

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.

AMONG OURSELVES

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Our sincere sympathy to the family of Everts Sibbernsen. A recent car crash took Ev's life and injured his wife. Ev had resigned from West Rotary in December of 2015 due to vision problems. He was a club charter member and served as President in 1968-69. The club was chartered in December of 1955 so he was an active member for 60 years. He served as Sgt. at Arms from 1997-2010 and always had all the check-in area setup and ready for each meeting with a friendly greeting for members as they arrived. Everts will be missed by his family and friends. Click here to read an article about Ev in the Omaha World-Herald and click here for a story on WOWT. Memorial service details are not available at this time.

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

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) 9/19 Jeffrey Quandt - Using Social Media for Business

TUESDAY
MORNING (Happy Hollow Country Club, 1701 S. 105th St.) 9/20 James Goedert - Engineers without Borders and Peace Corps work

NORTHWEST (Champions Run, 13800 Eagle Run Drive) 9/20 Club Assembly

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.) 9/21 John Arch, Boys Town Hospital Update

THURSDAY
COUNCIL BLUFFS NOON (The Center, 714 S. Main St.) 9/15 Rachel Wright - Iowa State Extension Office

SUBURBAN (Anthony's, 7220 F St.) 9/15 District Governor Visit

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

FRIDAY
WEST (Champions Run, 13800 Eagle Run Drive) 9/16 Suzi Heffernan, "Young Professionals Project"

Programs available have been listed