Great meeting last week, Rotarians! Don’t forget about District meeting this Friday and Saturday. Our meeting this Thursday will be your last chance to bring items for the Magdalene project. You can also bring your items or cash donations for COPE’s backpack project. Items needed for both worthy causes are listed below.
Please continue to bring your items for the district drive for Magdalene House. I’ll be taking the items on July 27th with me to the District meeting.
Thanks to everyone for donating!
We have another opportunity for donations. COPE is getting ready for their annual back to school backpack program. As a group or as individuals, we can make cash donations to the cause. As individuals, we can also donate backpacks and/or supplies. In addition, we can help to pack the backpacks on Thursday, August 2nd at 6pm at the COPE office. Since the packing will be on August 2nd, all items need to be collected by the July 26th meeting. Items needed are:
Our Rotary Club is a member of District 5650 and; each year, we get many requests to "join in" various projects to help others in need. One such is to help provide items for bags to be given to survivors of sex trafficking/prostitution, abuse, and addition. Magdalene Omaha/Thistle Lights http://magdaleneomaha.org/ is a survivor-led program that for twenty years has been helping with the healing, recovery,and economic empowerment of women. As a club in District 5650, we are being asked to contribute the below items for "new beginnings" bags. PLEASE BRING SOME ITEMS BY OUR JULY 19th MEETING.....THANKS
Toiletries (All items should be new and can be travel-sized)
Shampoo
Conditioner
Shower Gel/Soap
Deodorant
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Tissue Packs
Band-Aids
Cotton Swabs
Pain Reliever (40 count minimum)
Lotion
Feminine Hygiene Products
Hairbrush
Neosporin (or the generic equivalent)
Hand Sanitizer
Emery Boards
Writing Supplies
Notebooks (new)
Pens
Envelopes
Stamps
Other Items (All items should be new, with tags on or still in packaging)
Judy reminded the group that the District Annual meeting will be held the weekend of July 27-28 in Lincoln.
Judy mentioned that donations for the Magdalene House are being gathered as part of the district-wide effort.Please bring items to the meeting on 7/26 and Judy will deliver them.
Jim T. announce that the COPE Back Pack Project is baaack! Items needed include: Good quality pocket folders, pens, small tissue boxes and computer flash drives.Please bring these items to an upcoming meeting as the back pack pack attack will be occurring on August 2nd at 6:00PM at COPE. If you are interested in assisting with this, please let Jim know.
The motion was made and passed that the club donate $300 to help in the COPE Back Pack effort.
Mike Ough, standing in for golf chairman Dan Fitzpatrick, reported that the golf outing went off as planned.Final numbers will be available soon.
Neil collected a variety of fines.
Official action
President Judy presented three options to the club in regard to our breakfast choices:
$7.00 for breakfast with a reduced (less expensive) menu.$2.00 if no breakfast is desired but coffee is included with the $2.00
$5.00 for all to attend meeting with breakfast available
No breakfast.Coffee only. $2.00
After brief discussion, the motion for number one was made, seconded and passed.
Presentation
Mike Ough shared details and pictures of his recent trip to Washington DC with his wife and their 5 grandkids. Looks like a good time was had by all and the kids will certainly remember this the rest of their lives!
Next meeting speaker (7/26) speaker: Neil will share his experience of his recent Grand Canyon vacation/hike. If you have ideas for speakers PLEASE contact Neil Kirby at neilkirby@aol.com
I will show my Grand Canyon trip pictures on the 26th. That should get us through July and give us a chance to get some outside speakers. My pictures of the Grand Canyon float trip are pretty good and I think Mike had a summit meeting with Trump in DC??
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I will show my Grand Canyon trip pictures on the 26th. That should get us through July and give us a chance to get some outside speakers. My pictures of the Grand Canyon float trip are pretty good and I think Mike had a summit meeting with Trump in DC??
