A big thank you to new District Governor, Robert Rapp, for his visit with our board and inspiration to the club!

We also appreciated Assistant District Governor Bill Harvey joining us from the Rotary Club of Omaha. 

Robert shared Top Priority Action Plan goals for the next 3 years. 

DISTRICT GOVERNOR FOCUS 

Top Priority Action Plan Goals – 3-year Plan

• Strategic Plan – up-to-date for the next 3 years
• Club membership – end of Rotary Year goal
• Service Participation –unique members participating
• Annual Fund contributions
• PolioPlus Fund Contributions
• TRF Endowment: Benefactors or outright gifts to Endowment Fund

Robert shared the history of the worlds first international peace park, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.

What can our club do to promote peace?   

Do you have an idea to share with the club?  

Are you interested in joining the Rotary Action Group for Peace?  Read more about their mission and vision below. 

https://www.rotaryactiongroupforpeace.org/about-us/. 

We are looking forward to the new Rotary year and how we can promote goodwill and better friendships through peace.

We leaned about new member Milan Wall's amazing career, including his non-profit, Heartland Center for Leadership Development. Milan Wall has a wealth of knowledge and experience helping communities identify their strengths while building goals for the future.

Mr. Wall led rural communities using the “Appreciative Inquiry Method."  “It starts out asking ‘What’s been working?’ and ‘What’s behind that success?” said Milan Wall, co-director of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development and contact for Leadership Schuyler. “The negatives don’t get ignored, but they get transformed into opportunities.” https://ruralprosperityne.unl.edu/news/leading-locally-program-helps-create-leaders-rural-communities/

The small town of Pilger, Nebraska, worked together to rebuild after they experienced the devastating effects of a 2014 tornado. https://norfolkdailynews.com/news/participants-reinvent-pilger-at-town-hall-meeting/article_4a6c7bda-4586-11e4-b3ff-001a4bcf6878.html

The success of his work led to an invitation to Washington, D.C, working with inner city neighborhoods and empowering neighborhood leaders.  These communities were followed up 5 years later to find that the previous work continued to make a difference.  

Read more to learn about the 20 CLUES TO RURAL COMMUNITY SURVIVAL, which have the possibility to be applied to many community situations.

We welcomed new club president Ibk and assistant for the new Rotary year!  

We look forward to Ibk sharing her story in September and an exciting year together!

Everyone had a great time serving lunch at the Sum Fun Picnic at Antelope Park!

Happy Dollars for Polio Plus
Thanks to everyone who contributed toward eradicating polio around the world.  This important work continues yet today.  

Lincoln East Rotary Club Zoom Meetings

If you are unable to join us in person, try us in our Zoom Meeting.  Below are instructions with a link to join us on Wednesday's at Noon for our meetings.

1. Make sure you have Zoom installed on your computer/phone/tablet to join the meeting.
2. Copy and paste this link below into your browser to join the meeting via Zoom:   

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I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights. Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated.

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