1. Rotarians who sponsored a new member into our club during the 2022-23 Rotary year.
2. Members who joined our club from July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023.

Omaha West Rotary Club,

The Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) is grateful for your financial support and participation of our annual Minority Small Business Summit featuring a pitch competition.  We are very excited to be giving business owners the opportunity to grow their business and receive funds that they might not have otherwise had access to.  The summit will be taking place on June 8^th however, space is limited at the venue.  We would like to invite Omaha West Rotary the chance to watch and participate in the practice round.  UNO will be hosting the practice pitch on Thursday June 1^st from 8-9am at Mammel Hall, Room 162.  If you could please take a couple of minutes to fill out this RSVP form (https://forms.office.com/r/J0fmHSxkM8) to indicate to us if you will be attending that would be great.  Additional details about parking will be provided at a later date. 

Thank you again for your support.  We are looking forward to the event!

Drew is a Licensed Professional Electrical Engineer and practice lead for EV Charging and Solar Photovoltaic design at Leo A Daly. Through his work at Leo A Daly, Drew strives to design high performance buildings that can enhance the human experience through the built environment.

Originally from Columbus, NE, he graduated from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln in December of 2016 with a BS in Electrical Engineering and again in May of 2021 with a Master’s in Engineering Management. Post graduation, Drew spent a short stint in Madison, WI and Lincoln, NE before settling down in Omaha, NE.

Drew married his wife Natalie, who is a nurse at Midwest Gastrointestinal Associates, last June. They live in their home in Rockbrook along with their golden retriever Molly and their cat Ollie. In his spare time, Drew enjoys being outdoors doing activities such as hunting and golfing depending on the season. 

1. Volunteers needed for Douglas Sarpy UNL Extension Office – Tree Planting
2. Saturday the 29th of April starting at 9 am in Lincoln Place Park in Gretna.
3. The park is on the left going west on Lincoln Rd. Take Hwy 31/6 and go west on Lincoln Rd. Leo Royal Park is on the left and you go past this park and Lincoln Place is also on the left just past a group of evergreen trees. The park doesn’t have a sign but you can see the baseball field on the left side of the road.
4. Jim Keepers, cell number is 402-618-8837.

He began his role as Managing Director at Film Streams on December 1, 2022. He is happy to say that he lives in the greatest Omaha neighborhood, Dundee.  He is a colorblind, tea-addicted fourth generation ceramist, muralist, curator, photog, painter, haphazard humorist and Frank Lloyd Wright aficionado. 
 
With a creative writing and studio art degree from the University of Northern Iowa, he segued into hospital administration - as one does. After nearly a decade in academic medical center leadership roles, he shifted to non-profit arts organizations. It is through the arts and service groups, like Rotary, that he has dedicated time to strengthening arts ecosystems and connecting creative communities.  
 
Welcome, Chad! 

• Owens Educational Services, a not-for-profit organization that focuses on providing education and life skills for youth that are in need of a second chance,
• Omaha Health Underwriters and the Nebraska Association of Health Underwriters, where she served on the legislative committee and made several trips to Washington DC to meet with Senators and Congressmen regarding healthcare.
• Pam also served two consecutive board terms for the Visiting Nurse Association, a local organization that provides shelter nursing, school health and hospice and palliative care.
• Pam currently serves as a Steering Committee member for the AIM Advanced Tech Leaders Academy, which is designed to help tech managers round out their leadership skills.
• She is also a current board member for the Women in Technology of the Heartland, a local program that focuses on attracting more women to technology.

Scott Hahn is a life long Omahan. Born an only child to a second grade school teacher, he spent the majority of his childhood making friends wherever he went, growing up in the Center Apartments right next to the Center Mall – yes, it was an actual mall at one point! Some of his most cherished childhood memories include his first plane trip when he was 9 to Buffalo, NY to visit a great uncle and family he never knew he had, walking nearly everywhere with his late grandpa and uncle around Omaha and being asked to read billboards to them in exchange for a that-a-boy, and going pheasant-hunting with his father and uncle in small Nebraska towns with names like Friend, Geneva, Exeter, and Coleridge.  

Scott loves the process of learning and growing, adapting and changing with the times he is in to be the person he needs to be for others. He has learned, sometimes painfully, to say yes more than no to new opportunities and challenges, including getting ready for his first skydive this fall and becoming an in-home caregiver to his dad. Like all of us he is a work-in-progress, and recently unearthed the teachings and principles of Stoic Philosophy, from historical figures such as Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus for practical learnings he can use daily to live his best life.

Today, Scott finds himself as an attorney with the law firm of Koenig Dunne, PC, LLO in Omaha, Nebraska. His interest in helping survivors of domestic violence/sexual assault as an attorney led him to focus on Family Law during most of his nearly fifteen years in practice. He brings that experience to his advocacy for clients as an attorney at Koenig Dunne, where he continues to specializes in domestic relations and related matters. Scott is a former member of the Rotary Club of Omaha Suburban, new member of West Omaha Rotary, involved in Robert M. Spire Inns of Court, Sons of Italy. Optimists International, and serves as Interim Chair on the Mayor’s Human Rights and Relations Board.

Scott loves movies and the arts, and if you catch him in the right mood he can do a pretty good impression of almost anyone you ask, including you. In his spare time, he loves running, reading books by authors like Grisham, Patterson, and the Stoics, and working on his house and yard. Scott believes that it is the totality of our actions, good and bad, that define and bring us lasting joy. And, it’s really not as much about what you do in life, but who you’re doing it with that matters. He is very excited to be doing Rotary again with all of you.

Welcome, Scott!

·    Seven years of curriculum writing and development for women experiencing domestic violence, homelessness, and alcohol and drug addictions.

·    Ten years of educating women in the area of empowerment and intrinsic value.

·    Nine years of educating youth ages 11-18 in healthy relationships, the dangers of human trafficking, and social media safety.

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Stephanie has had extensive training, research, and study of human trafficking prevention education and social media safety. She is a sought-after speaker on women, youth, human trafficking, and social media safety while leading The Set Me Free Project to help prevent youth and young adults from personally experiencing trafficking.     

Stephanie is married to Eric and she has three children. She is also involved in a variety of community organizations.  Welcome, Stephanie! 

Mark your calendar for GUEST DAY

Our next Rotary Guest Day is scheduled for Friday, October 7th. Now is the time to begin thinking about who you will invite to share your “Rotary Experience.” More details about the day’s agenda will be forthcoming in the weeks ahead.

Please note our off-site location for this day: Core Bank Community Room at 17807 Burke Street.

1. Hazlo Health                                       $10,000
2. HerHeadquarters                             $5,000
3. Honey-N-Luv                                     $1,000
4. Maxwell                                               $1,000
5. Call Kani                                               $1,000

Bette's son, Chad, who lives in Lincoln.  He is a Certified Nutritionist & the owner of Nutrition Authority.  He also serves as a Certified Quarterbacks Coach for QB Collective, & Volunteers as the Quarterback/Linebackers coach at Lincoln High.  Bette also has three grandchildren who are very active in sports. 

Bette is active in the Center Sphere organization and serves on the Board of Directors with the West O Chamber.  Outside of attending as many football, basketball & volleyball games as possible, she enjoy walking, hiking, biking, gardening and DIY projects….and is looking to add Rotary to the list😊. Welcome, Bette!

• Bandages
• Gauze
• Neosporin or other topical creams
• Slings
• Combat action tourniquets
• Israeli gauze compression bandages
• 14 gauze at least 2 inches long
• Angiocatheter needles
• Quickclot gauze
• Chlorine tablets for clean water
• SAM splints
• Emergency kits

1. Contacts you are making with medical, health care and emergency professionals to ask for the list of supplies above.
2. Lincoln and Omaha, let them know if you have a place as large as a garage or warehouse space where supplies can be pulled together.
3. Transportation equipment, personnel, and arrangements to get the supplies from Lincoln and Omaha to the UMANA warehouse in Chicago. 

• We have signed on to a 1-year agreement with the Embassy Suites in LaVista to continue our weekly Friday lunch meetings, beginning July 1st 
• We will continue our hybrid meeting format - both in-person and Zoom
• Those who choose to attend in-person without a lunch will have a $10 meeting fee
• Those who choose to attend virtually will have a $10 virtual meeting fee (Virtual punch cards will be available)
• Attendance will resume being tracked - so those who qualify for attendance awards will once again be recognized

Last week Martie Cordaro introduced us to new member, Matt Ross.  Matt is a Medical Device Manager for Smith and Nephew out of Austin, Texas.  Matt has been in the industry for 20 years

Matt was born on Offutt Air Force Base. He has been married to his college sweetheart, Angie, for 27 years and they have three children. Two are in college and one in high school. Matt loves the Green Bay Packers, the outdoors, and spending time with his family and friends. He is joining Rotary to give back to the community and find ways to improve what we are doing and preserve this great state we live in. Welcome, Matt!

About this Event

• Three drives over 12 days
• Of 140 donor opportunities, we had 135 potential donors come to our sites
• And 45% of those 135 potential donors were 1^st time donors (at least on Red Cross system)
• 123 units of blood were collected, which by Red Cross’s calculations has the potential to save 369 lives
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