Presiding Officer: John Ewing Secretary: Gretchen Harvey Invocation & Pledge: Dee Haj
Digital Experience: Adam Leong Sgt at Arms: Okley Gibbs Navigator: Steve McCollister
Registration/Cashier: JZ Zuo
Admin Support: James Mackiewicz
In-Person Greeters: Lisa Tonjes Moritz & Spencer Secor
Speaker Host: Cella Quinn
Speaker: Lisa Cimino Smith
No need to pre-register, just show up
Field Club 3615 Woolworth Avenue Omaha, NE
6/13/23 menu: Chicken Cordon Bleu, green mix salad, bread, vegetables, fruits, and cookies for dessert. Lunch price: $9 for members, $14 for visiting Rotarians and guests. Best Rotary lunch price in all of Metro Omaha
Lisa Smith Cimino, a 57-year-old mother of four, has spent the majority of her life residing in Omaha. She attended Duchesne Academy for her education. Lisa pursued her undergraduate studies at Loyola University of Chicago in 1987. Later, she obtained a Master's degree in Exercise Science from UNO in 1991 and a Master's degree in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution from Creighton in 2010. Despite never perceiving herself as an athlete, Lisa began engaging in triathlons in 2003 and has since embraced the sport wholeheartedly.
Your dues are now past due. If you have already paid, please disregard this reminder. If you have not yet paid, you may bring your check tomorrow at the meeting. If you are on vacation or traveling and can't come to Rotary tomorrow, just let Yolanda know at (402) 577-0091. Your dues statement was sent out on May 1st. We are looking forward to your membership renewal. You may conveniently pay your dues right now, click here. If you have questions, please contact Treasurer Jim Stewart at jstew1489@yahoo.com, cellphone: 402-740-0663.
Planning for Rotary District 5650’s RYLA camp is well underway. Here are five need-to-knows for clubs!
#1. Who, Where and When: We will hold RYLA at Camp Kitaki from November 3-5, 2023. RYLA is designed to help high school sophomores and juniors improve their communication skills, work on problem-solving, and build community.
#2.Identifying and Supporting Student Participants: We are asking clubs to identify student participants. Our goal is to serve 40 students during our RYLA camp in 2023. If your club is unable to identify a student but would still like to provide financial or volunteer support, see #4 and #5.
#3: Student Sign-Ups: Although clubs will identify and select students, all students must complete their own individual registration form with a parent or guardian. We will be circulating that form to clubs soon.
#4: Financial Support: We understand that not every club will be able to select student participants. Your club can still help the RYLA students with financial support. The cost per student participant in 2023 is $300. Club sponsorships also will take place via an online form this year. In addition to indicating your club’s willingness to support student participants, the club sponsorship form will include an option for clubs to help offset specific costs related to running the camp, such as supplies, meals, etc. Keep a look out for that form in the coming weeks.
#5: Volunteer: RYLA depends on Rotary members to help the camp run! This ranges from working with small groups and providing on-site assistance to chaperoning and providing rides to participants to/from camp. If you have club members interested in volunteering, please email us and/or indicate your interest on the club sponsorship form.
Your Service Fund in Action! Recently, Omaha Downtown Rotary participated in a multi-club grant project of purchasing and packaging nutritious meals for the food insecure in our immediate community. Omaha Downtown Rotary, Omaha West Rotary, and Millard Rotary, with Rotarians, family, and friends, packaged 25,000 meals in partnership with Kids Against Hunger. Here's a video recap.
Rotarians are making a difference at Stephen Center. CLICK HERE to sign up.
Stephen Center partners with the community, families and individuals to overcome homelessness, addiction and poverty. Stephen Center has served the homeless and low-income in Omaha since 1984 through their three programs: Emergency Shelter, HERO Program and Transitional Living Program.
The Omaha Downtown Rotary partners with Stephens Center in serving hot meals to its residents.
Pictured here are hard working Rotarians L to R: Matt Boulay, Project Chair Steve McCollister, Franco Gentile, Scott Kinnaird, and Heidi McGinness
Connecting with fellow Rotarians is made easy with club service. Plus, you get attendance credit. It's a great deal! If you are a new Rotarian, it counts toward your Red Badge requirements. You may sign up as Greeter, Virtual Greeter, Check-in/Registration, Navigator, and Invocator. Click hereto sign up.
Pictured here are recent greeters Treasurer Jim Stewart and Mike Schlickbernd of Dreamvesting greeting Spencer Secor of Lund Company.
Here's a sneak peek of a weekly meeting at Omaha Downtown Rotary. It starts with a live concert with Jim Scott-Miller on the piano with certified singers, the Omaha Downtown Rotarians! Watch this video. You can feel the energy!
Jim Cavanaugh
Paul Cohen Sean Connolly
Hal Daub
Gene DeBoer Dianne Desler
John Ewing
Viv Ewing
Brett Frevert
Dawn Gonzales
Okley Gibbs
Larry Guenther
Dee Haj Bill Harvey
Gretchen Harvey
Yolanda Hoffman
Bob Keefer
Susan Koesters
John Marburger
Steve McCollister
Camille Metoyer-Moten
Lloyd Meyer
Jim Murphy
Jim Scott-Miller
Mike Schlickbernd
Jim Stewart
Michelle Trawick
Aileen Warren
Lisa Smith Cimino
Your dues are now past due. If you have already paid, please disregard this reminder. If you have not yet paid, you may bring your check tomorrow at the meeting. If you are on vacation or traveling and can't come to Rotary tomorrow, just let Yolanda know at (402) 577-0091. Your dues statement was sent out on May 1st. We are looking forward to your membership renewal. 
Rotarians are making a difference at Stephen Center. 
Connecting with fellow Rotarians is made easy with club service. Plus, you get attendance credit. It's a great deal! If you are a new Rotarian, it counts toward your Red Badge requirements. You may sign up as Greeter, Virtual Greeter, Check-in/Registration, Navigator, and Invocator. 
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