Omaha West Rotary will cancel the noon Rotary luncheon meeting when the Omaha Public School District cancels school due to weather conditions. This policy has been implemented for your safety and early notification. Note: If you plan to attend another club for a make-up the following clubs have cancellation policies as noted: Northwest, Downtown, North and Morning will cancel if Omaha Public Schools cancel; Millard will cancel if Millard Public Schools cancel; and Suburban cancels if the University of Nebraska Omaha cancels.
During the December 2nd Rotary meetingMartie Cordaro, President and General Manager of the Omaha Storm Chasers, did 22 pushups as part of a national program to do 22 pushups to bring attention to Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, and the 22 deaths by suicide each day among our nation's veterans. Thank you Martie for supporting our veterans!
The Community Service Committee will collect funds and donated items December 9th and 16th for the students at the Skinner Magnet Center. We want to provide warm clothing and needed health and hygiene supplies for the children at our Adopt-a-School Partner, Skinner Magnet Center. We appreciate your support. Your donations will make a difference in the life of a child!!
We will be recycling trees at the 156th & F Street at the Football Field on Sunday, January 8th. Members can sign-up to volunteer at the December 9th, 16th or 30th noon Rotary meetings or email the Rotary office. Four (4) volunteers are needed for each of the time slots.
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Omaha West Rotary Wingding Holiday Party
Hosted by Gretchen Radler 12415 North 177th Circle
Bennington, NE
5 - 8 p.m.
Cost - $15 per person (Note: This is the meeting for the week, no meeting at Champions Run on January 13th.)
You and your guest/s are invited to the West Rotary Wingdings Holiday Party. Sign-up sheets will be available at Rotary on Fridays in December at Champions Run. You can also email Vickie at the Rotary office if you plan to attend. vbackman@cox.net
The West Omaha Rotary Foundation provided $300.00 to the Skinner Magnet Center Elementary School for the purchase of books for the school library. Each of the books purchased has a bookplate noting that the books were donated by the Rotary Club of Omaha West and also includes speaker names from the previous Rotary year as a thank you and recognition. The following is a list of the books purchased:
Red The True Story of Red Riding Hood by Liesl Shurtliff
The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
Upside Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski
Beetle Boy by M.G. Leonard
We Came to America by Faith Ringgold
Don’t Wake Up the Tiger by Britta Teckentrup
Douglas, You Need Glasses by Ged Adamson
Rules Of The House by Mac Barnett
Pink is for Blobfish by Jess Keating
Hillary Rodham Clinton Some Girls Are Born to Lead by Michelle Markel
The Not So Quiet Library by Zachariah Ohora
Pip Bartletts Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce
Nocturnals The Mysterious Abductions by Tracy Hecht
Rise of the Wolf by Jennifer A Nielsen
Cat Who Came In Off The Roof by Annie M.G. Schmidt
Outlaws of Time by N.D. Wilson
Lizard From the Park by Mark Pett
Apples and Robins by Lucie Felix
Zoomers Handbook by Ana & Thiago de Moraes
Nobody Likes a Goblin by Ben Hatke,
Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry
Barnacle Is Bored by Jonathan Fenske
West Rotary has pledged to raise $9,900 for the Annual Fund, $3,168 for the PolioPlus Fund and 100% of our members giving some amount to the Rotary Foundation. Your donation puts us closer to those goals. Carol Gendler has again generously pledged $5,000. Fifty members who donate $100 or more will have an additional $100 credited towards their Paul Harris Fellow. Send your donations in soon to be among those 50 members.
Your Rotary Foundation donations in conjunction with your West Omaha Rotary Foundation donations at work - Projects the past three years funded jointly from your donations to The Rotary Foundation and the West Omaha Rotary Foundation are noted below.
Purchased iPads for our literacy program at the Skinner Magnet Elementary School ($1,385 from West Omaha Rotary Foundation and $1,800 from Rotary District Grant)
Facilitated printing of "Parent Guides" for parents of a child who has reported experiencing abuse ($1,510 from West Omaha Rotary Foundation and $1,500 from Rotary District Grant)
In conjunction with Omaha Downtown Rotary funded the creation of website pages to provide a resource for people needing information and help for sexual and domestic abuse issues. ($1,500 from West Omaha Rotary Foundation, $1,500 Omaha Downtown Rotary Foundation and $3,000 from Rotary District Grant.)
Participated in a multi-club "Outreach" District Grant to provide food to local non-profit organizations. West Rotary directed their donations to the Siena/Francis House Homeless Shelter (West Omaha Rotary Foundation provided $1,000, Suburban Rotary Foundation $1,500, Southwest Omaha Night Rotary Club $500 and District Grant funds $3,000)
West Rotary will participate in the "Outreach" District Grant again this Rotary year. ($1,000 from the West Omaha Rotary Foundation, $1,500 from Suburban Rotary and $500 from the Southwest Omaha Night Rotary Club and $3,000 District Grant funds.)
The Rotary Foundation makes good use of your donations. When you donate to The Rotary Foundation the funds are invested for three years to cover operating expenses. Three years after funds are donated the District receives one half of the funds to be used for grants that fund local and international humanitarian projects, scholarships, and activities through grants applied for from clubs in District 5650. The other half of the funds donated provides funding for the highest priorities around the globe to support peace efforts, provide clean water and sanitation, support education, grow local economies, save mothers and children, and fight disease. A great example is the Rotary effort to eradicate Polio.
12/1 John V. Morey; 12/7 Warren Whitted, 12/9 Bob Fell; 12/11 Brad Johansen; 12/17 Janet Wallace; 12/18 Bob Lovgren; 12/30 Butch Ethington
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."
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.
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) 12/12 Ray Somberg, First Responders Foundation; 12/19 Roto Drawng Dau & White Elephant Exchange; 12/26 No Meeting
TUESDAY MORNING (Happy Hollow Country Club, 1701 S. 105th St.) 12/13 Ed Pullen, Assistant General Manager of the NRD; 12/20 No Meeting; 12/27 No Meeting
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.) 12/14 Jim Kawamoto, CEO eX2 Technology, Disruptive Changes in Broadband Communications; 12/21 Holiday Program; 12/28 No Meeting, Happy Holidays
THURSDAY COUNCIL BLUFFS NOON (The Center, 714 S. Main St.)
SUBURBAN (Anthony's, 7220 F St.) 12/8 Mayor Jean Stothert; 12/22 Holiday Luncheon; 12/29 Fun Day
WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY (Elkhorn Common Ground Community Center, 1701 Veteran's Drive)
FRIDAY WEST (Champions Run, 13800 Eagle Run Drive 12/9 Mike West, CEO of Omaha Equestrian Foundation, "Hosting 2017 FEI World Cup"; 12/16 Dr. Dave Brown, Hickory Champion, "History of Golf - As It Was Played a Century Ago"; 12/23 No Meeting, Happy Holidays; 12/30 TBA
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