Suburban Scuttlebutt 3/30/17 (Mar 25, 2017)

Coming Up 3/30

Dr. Wesely Grisby

Global Partners in Hope

Chair of the Day: Terri Greenwood

Invocator: George Morgan

11:15 Greeter: Connor Lund

11:45 Greeter: Michael Wehling

Meeting re-cap 3/23

Posted by Jennifer Jirak-Brungardt

Last week Christopher Pfanenstiel and Sabrina Jones served as our greeters. Alan Stanek gave our invocation. Kevin Welsh filled in as Secretary and introduced our guests and recognized birthdays and "brag for bucks". We had several announcements and presentations. Tom Kerfoot kicked off our fundraising campaign for our local Suburban Rotary Foundation which supports our scholarships and a variety of other projects. Chairperson of the Trustees, Roxy Orr, talked about the history of the Foundation and the make-up of the Board of Trustees. The RISK bag was at $1061 and Roger Groff won a free lunch.

Charlene Tierney Citations

Last week Foundation Chairperson Roxy Orr recognized Nate Christ and Penny McWilliams with Charlene Tierney Citations for their cumulative donations of $1000 to the local Suburban Rotary Charitable Foundation. (Charlene was the Executive Director of the club for nearly 40 years).

Thank you both for your generosity!

Permanent badge

Congratulations to John Lin who completed all of his Yearling requirements and received his permanent badge last week from Yearlings Chair Mike Langford.

Local Foundation 2017 Fundraiser

Thank you to all those who have already pledged or given to this year's Fundraiser. The funds raised go to build our local Foundation for scholarships and other projects that our club does. Our goal this year is 44K. We will recognize all those who donate or pledge $300 or more as members of this year's Presidents' Scholarship Circle. You can give at a meeting or online at our secure portal by clicking here. We recognized many early givers last week.

Enslaved Exhibit After Hours

Thank you to the Goldstein Center for Human Rights, the individual Suburban Rotary donors, and club members for sponsoring this event in an effort to raise awareness on the issue of Modern Slavery. Of course you get attendance credit! Suburban Rotary is also helping to sponsor the lecture on April 6th. Please see below for details.

Goldstein Lecture

The 18^th Annual Leonard and Shirley Goldstein Lecture on Human Rights

Thursday, April 6 | 7 to 8 P.M.
Weitz CEC OPPD Community Dialogue Rooms 201, 205, and 209
Featuring humanitarian photographer, Lisa Kristine as keynote speaker, and ENSLAVED: An Exhibition of Modern Day Slavery. The exhibit, along with supplementary events, runs March through May of 2017, in the Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library (Criss Library) and the Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (Weitz CEC). Click to learn more about the exhibit.
The annual Leonard and Shirley Goldstein Lecture on Human Rights brings a distinguished scholar or leading expert on human rights to UNO each year. The annual Leonard and Shirley Goldstein Lecture on Human Rights is sponsored by the UNO College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Religious Studies, and SPHRS (Spirituality, Public Health, and Religious Studies).

Service Projects on April 29th

Volunteers are needed for 2 Service Projects on April 29th

We will be helping safely dispose of prescription drugs with Livewise and the DEA (3 shifts available)

We will also be helping with yardwork for Rebuilding Together Omaha (2 shifts available)

Grab your family and friends and sign up for one of these great projects! You can do this by clicking on the event on the calendar portion of our website or at the back at a meeting.

Wine and Dine at Rotary on April 27th!

The Membership Committee is conducting a contest between now and April 20th. The 8 members who bring the most guests to visit Rotary during this time frame will receive a special lunch (at no charge) with table service and dessert on April 27th! You know how much fun you have at Rotary- why are you keeping it a secret? Who do you know that would enjoy being part of our fabulous group? Bring them to check us out!

Omahan and Suburban Rotarian of the Year Nominations

Nominations are being sought by the 4-Way Test Committee for Omahan of the Year and Suburban Rotarian of the Year. Please contact Mary Bernier or Jennifer for nomination forms.

About Us

We were saddened this week to learn of the passing of former member, Catherine Casey. Please keep her husband Joseph and her family in your thoughts and prayers. His address is 9741 Nottingham Drive, Omaha, NE 68114

(If you have information for About Us, please let Jennifer know)