OUR SPEAKER FOR MARCH 28TH WILL BE DR. LEE SIMMONS, DIRECTOR EMERITUS OF THE OMAHA ZOO
A native of Tucson, Arizona, Simmons came from the Columbus, Ohio, zoo to Omaha as a resident veterinarian in 1966. He was promoted to director in 1970 and retired as director in 2009. He continues to serve as chairman of the Omaha Zoo Foundation.
This is a picture from last Friday representing Western Douglas Rotary at the American Red Cross Telethon For Nebraska Flood Relief. They raised around $500,000 for flood victims. Governor Ricketts was right behind Neil.
Rita reported a checkbook balance of $1,809.65. There is $500 received so far from Gail's Foundation Cha
PRESIDENT JUDY'S REPORT
Today thru Monday a semi will be at Peace Presbyterian church from 12-5 each day for collection of non-perishable food items and toiletries. Of particular need are pancake mix, syrup, jelly, toilet paper.
Tomorrow, March 22, is the American Red Cross telethon to collect funds for the flood victims. To volunteer to help, contact Barby Clark atbarby.clark@redcorss.org. They request folks sign up for two-hour shifts.
Our golf outing is June 17th
District meeting in Nebraska City July 26-27, register before 3/31 to save $40
Rotary Peace Fellowship 2020 applications are due May 31st
Human Trafficking Hotel/Motel training, March 30th
York Rotary 100th Anniversary celebration, April 12th in York
Annual District meeting online May 15th
Rotary International Convention in Hamburg, Germany June 1st – June 5th
Speaker of the Day
Meaghan Fitzgerald Walls was our speaker. Meaghan is the President and CEO of Assistology, LLC, in Omaha, Nebraska. She founded Assistology to address an unmet need in the Midwest to provide Assistive Technology (AT), Rehab Engineering and Universal Design consultation services to help individuals reach their goals and help businesses increase their ability to create inclusive spaces, services, products and practices. The topic primarily of her talk was to discuss playground equipment designed to accommodate special needs users and presented video showing completed and planned projects in Omaha area.
The following is a repeat of items needed by COPE for flood relief
Hello all, we need your help! Werner Trucking has generously donated a semi-trailer for food collection and delivered it to Peace Church. THANK YOU Peace Church for allowing us to use your parking lot and extra space for this flood relief project. We started today and will continue through Monday from Noon to 5:00PM collecting non-perishable food and toiletries at Peace for flood victims. Please pass this information on to your clergy, congregations, friends, neighborhoods, groups or organizations, anyone you feel would want to help flood victims with food. We have added this information on our website and face book page. Attached is a flyer that can be passed along or posted at any location. Please, lets get those donations coming our way, we have already been handing out extra pantries and will need the resources. Items mostly needed are:
Pancake mix
Syrup
Salad dressings
Jello
Pudding
Jelly
Ketchup
Paper towels
Toilet paper
Kleenex
Tooth Paste
Tooth brushes
Shampoo
I also opened a “COPE Flood Relief Fund” account at AIB Bank in Elkhorn and deposited a couple donations we have already received. A sign is also up at the bank indicating you can make a contribution to the COPE fund at the bank. All donations in this account will only be used for flood relief and not COPE general expenses. We have already received a request to purchase a couple air mattresses for a COPE flood affected family to sleep on, I’m sure other requests will be coming in the future. Many of our COPE families will not be able to afford to replace some of the basic living items. Please add this information to your congregation message.
Below is a link for anyone to volunteer with the flood relief, just click on the link and sign up to help.
