The Omaha West Rotary is participating in a multi-club project called Hotel/Motel Project, which seeks to eliminate and prevent sex trafficking by educating those in the hospitality industry to realize it is happening and training them on how to respond. Our club Foundation has approved up to $3,000 to support the project. This project is now underway and we need your support. An opportunity awaits you as Presenter. A Presenter training has been scheduled for August 15, 2018, Wednesday, 6:30 PM at the Hilton Omaha at 1001 Cass Street. Parking passes will be provided. You have the option to attend in person or virtually. Please RSVP to Jennifer at jennifer@suburbanrotary.org. Additionally, the Hotel/Motel Training sessions have been scheduled for September and October and you can sign up here. Thank you to Bob Kully who is serving as our Club Representative in this multi-club project. Read more here.
Greeter: Michelle Schrage & Mike Morey New Speaker: Emily Andres
Emily Andres Development Director at Omaha Community Playhouse
Topic: Update from the Playhouse
Bio: As Development Director, Emily oversees all fundraising efforts for the Omaha Community Playhouse and OCP Foundation. She is responsible for creating and implementing a comprehensive fundraising plan that includes efforts to cultivate and secure funding from corporations, individuals, foundations, and government entities through a variety of vehicles and strategies. Emily has worked in nonprofit administration and fundraising in the metro area for 8 years, holding positions at Women’s Center for Advancement (Development Director), Omaha Performing Arts (Development Specialist), and The Durham Museum (Guest Services Manager) as well as providing freelance consulting and grant writing services to several other local nonprofits. Emily holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communication from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) where she majored in Theatre with a focus in stage management and educational theatre. Prior to her work in nonprofit administration, Emily spent several years working as a stage manager on productions in New York City (Broadway), Chicago, San Diego, and Seattle.
Last week, President Jill Slupe presided the 24th Annual Police and Fire Awards. We honored Police Detective David Preston, Jr as Omaha's Outstanding Police Officer, and Firefighter Dustin Talacko as Omaha's Outstanding Firefighter. Matt McKeever was Chair of the Day and he introduced both Police Deputy Chief Ken Kanger and Assistant Fire Chief Kathy Bossman who spoke on the achievements of our honorees this year. Gene Klein gave the Invocation. Kari Ketcham and Bonnie Gill served as greeters. Lori Benton was Sgt. at Arms. Anne Fuhrman was Cashier. Photos from last week's awards program can be found on our share site here. Thank you to Don Otis for serving as official photographer.
Outstanding Firefighter Dustin Talacko receiving his award from President Jill Slupe & Asst. Fire Chief Kathy Bossman
Outstanding Police Officer, Detective David Preston Jr. receiving his award from President Jill Slupe & Deputy Chief Ken Kanger
Omaha West Rotary Club Secretary Report for August 10, 2018:
This past Friday, we had a visiting Rotarian from the Suburban club, Howard Epstein. Lori Benton invited Deb Shaw. Jill Slupe invited Maggie Lehning. Michelle Schrage invited Brian Radermacher Deb Neary invited Mike Hughes. Rich Secor was accompanied by his wife Sharon (although she was mostly there for the waffles). And finally, Dwayne Brown brought his favorite, youngest daughter, Marissa.
We had several red badge members in attendance. We also had our club board members stand so that everyone is aware of who they are and so that they could be recognized.
For good news: John Morey reclaimed his house from several house guests. Russ Iwan attended a successful bachelor party filled with golf and casinos for his future son-in-law. His daughter also had a bachelorette party in Okaboji. And Deb Sepich became a resident of Omaha with the recent purchase of a house.
Ric Miller will be reaching out to those members who have yet to purchase raffle tickets for the golf tournament.
Nick closed with lawyer joke. Matt McKeever was offended.
Michelle Schrage has served as the Marketing Director for large financial advisory firms for the past 14 years, including work with MassMutual, Principal Financial, and Carson Wealth Management. Last summer, she was recruited to her dream job at TD Ameritrade as the Senior Strategist for Event Content and Executive Visibility. There she leads a team to put on large national conferences for TD Ameritrade clients throughout the year, and works with senior leadership on their speeches and presentations when they appear on national TV and keynote presentations.
She is the proud mother to her 13-year old son Robert, and they have a Puggle named Lloyd and a cat named Cheddar.
Last week, The Rotary Foundation Chair Bonnie Gill presented the Paul Harris Fellow (PHF) Awards to Kendall Scheer, PHF and John Morey, PHF + 2. Their combined total donation to The Rotary Foundation is $4,000. Thank you Rotarians for your generosity!
L to R: Kendall Scheer, TRF Chair Bonnie Gill, Past President John Morey, and Nick Rosenberry
This year marks the 11th consecutive year that Omaha West Rotary Club to host the annual Golf Scramble. Over the years this event has enjoyed tremendous enthusiasm and support. We invite you to participate or invite others to participate again this year, as we host the Golf Scramble at Indian Creek on Thursday, August 23rd. Registration opens at 11, with a 12-noon shotgun start. All funds benefit the Omaha West Rotary Foundation. Raffle tickets are available at our weekly meeting. Please pick up your raffle tickets from Yolanda.
Scheduled for Sunday, November 4, the Bloody Mary Jazz Fest will begin at 3 pm and conclude at 6 pm. The location for the event is Champions Run Country Club. Set up for the event will begin earlier in the day, with most of the work being completed after the normal Sunday Brunch concludes at 2 pm. Attendees will purchase a ticket to attend for $45 ($65 with a swag bag, in limited supply). Tickets will be available soon. Please click here for more information and for questions please contact Ric Miller, Chair of the Fundraising Committee at 402-681-7947 or email at ricnokdocpam@cox.net.
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.
MONDAY BELLEVUE 12:00 PM (DJ's Dugout, 10308 S. 23rd St.) NORTH 12:00 PM (Omaha Eppley Airport Conference Room) MILLARD 12:00 PM (German American Society, 3717 South 120th Street) - NO MEETING on Oct 9
TUESDAY MORNING 7:00 AM (Happy Hollow Country Club, 1701 S. 105th St.)
NORTHWEST 12:00 PM ( Effective August 15th Northwest Rotary will meet Tuesday's at noon at Jerico's, 11732 W Dodge Rd, Omaha, NE 68154.)
SOUTHWEST NIGHT 5:15 PM (DJ's Dugout at 17666 Welch Plaza, northeast corner of 180th & Q streets)
WEDNESDAY COUNCIL BLUFFS CENTENNIAL 1st Wed 7:00 AM; 3rd Wed floating event; no meeting other weeks (Hy-Vee in Mall of the Bluffs, I-80 Exit 5) DOWNTOWN 12:00 PM (Field Club, 3615 Woolworth Ave.)
THURSDAY COUNCIL BLUFFS NOON 12:00 PM (The Center, 714 S. Main St.)
SUBURBAN 12:00 PM (Anthony's, 7220 F St.)
WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY 7:00 AM (Elkhorn Common Ground Community Center, 1701 Veteran's Drive)
FRIDAY WEST 12:00 PM (Champions Run, 13800 Eagle Run Drive)
