Assistant Vice President of Alumni & Donor Relations
College of Saint Mary
The College of Saint Mary is pleased to announce Jaclyn Maides ’20 as the new Assistant Vice President for Alumni & Donor Relations. In this role, Maides will oversee alumni engagement initiatives, strengthen donor relationships, and support strategic fundraising efforts that advance the mission of the College.
A proud CSM alumna, Maides earned her degree in theology with a minor in business in 2020. She brings valuable experience in business development and community engagement, most recently serving as a Business Development Manager at Akkodis, where she worked with IT and engineering clients. Earlier in her career, she gained experience in political strategy, fundraising, and event planning for a U.S. Senate campaign in Nebraska.
Our club showed up big for Foster Heart and Hope, serving families and assembling kits. Watch for the photos set in this newsletter. To help fund this project, please make your annual foundation contribution of $150 per member, with 7 of 21 members completed so far. Make checks payable to Omaha Morning Rotary Foundation with the memo Annual Contribution, and bring your check to Treasurer Sarah Wedebrand at the next meeting or mail it to Omaha Morning Rotary, PO Box 4, Elkhorn NE 68022.
Join us for the 2025 to 26 Rotary District 5650 Fall Conference centered on the Presidential theme Unite For Good.
• Highlights: Presentations on Building Communities, Bridging Generations and The World • Service: Friday morning park clean up and Red Cross blood donation • House of Friendship: A table for every club to showcase projects and community • Speakers and youth: ShelterBox USA plus RYLA and Youth Exchange participants • Friday night: Rotarys Got Talent with Paul Harris and His Fellows supporting club projects and Polio Plus • Competitions: Youth Peace Essay • Saturday night: Awards Banquet for the 2024 to 2025 Rotary year with District Governor Tom Kerfoot
Omaha Morning Rotary is proud to sponsor Sraavya Doddapaneni, a bright 9th grader at Brownell Talbot, for this year’s Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA). Sraavya currently serves as the Director of Events at JuSTEMagine, an organization advancing STEM and SEL education for K through 12 students. With aspirations to major in biology and pursue a career in the medical field, Sraavya hopes to one day hold a leadership position in healthcare improving patient outcomes, advancing medical practices, and mentoring future professionals. She believes RYLA will strengthen her public speaking, collaboration, and decision making skills as she continues to grow as a student leader.
To make this opportunity possible, our club needs to raise $350 to cover her RYLA participation fee. So far, we have raised $95, and we only need $255 more. With just $12 from each of our 21 members, we can fully sponsor Sraavya’s journey toward leadership and service.
How to Contribute: Please make checks payable to Omaha Morning Rotary Foundation Memo: RYLA
Every contribution, big or small, will help us invest in the next generation of leaders who embody Rotary’s values of Service Above Self.
Rotary District 5650 Rotarians: Welcome to October! This is one of my favorite times of year! Warm days and cool temperatures at night are upon us with fall colors soon to be on display! Harvest is well under way in the countryside, and pumpkins will be looking to find a porch to sit upon.
I wanted to give a big thank you to the ten Rotary Clubs that I spoke to in September! Wayne, Red Oak, Crete, Columbus Noon, Council Bluffs Centennial, Glenwood, Fremont, Lincoln Giving Spirits Evening, Ashland, & Pawnee City. Thank you for making me feel so welcome and letting me share the Rotary International message for this 2025-26 year, “Unite for Good”!!!
I have now spoken to all 37 Rotary Clubs in our District. It has been an honor and a privilege to meet with all of you! You are all community builders!!
I also participated in a few special club events:
Seward Rotary Club’s Centennial Project - “Shades for the Seward Bandshell” dedication program held the evening of September 21st. The event was free to all. The evening included a special dedication concert, several short comments, musical solos, door prizes and free birthday cake and ice cream! The new “Shades at the Bandshell” project is the official Centennial Project of the Seward Rotary Club - 1925-2025 - donated by Seward Rotarians and the community!
Ashland Rotary Club’s sidewalks/improvements dedication ceremony groundbreaking around the children’s park the morning ofWednesday, September 24th, 2025.
Geneva Rotary Club’s Annual Octoberfest, held on Saturday, September 27th, 2025, afternoon/evening to complete the final fundraising for their bandshell project in the Geneva Rotary Park.
Jaclyn Maides
