President's Corner
Dear Kiwanis Club of Omaha,
"Imagine a world where every child was happy, healthy, safe and loved." - Jane Erickson, Kiwanis International President
What an incredible night we had Thursday evening at our annual recognition gala! Jane's inspirational message was simple, yet powerful - Kiwanis is "Best in Show" when it comes to supporting at-risk youth across the globe. Each club's unique traditions and local projects add up to make major changes as we continue to improve the world one child, and one community at a time. After reminding us how connected we are through 600,000+ Kiwanis members in over 80 countries, Jane taught everyone a fun cheer she learned while visiting and working with Kiwanis clubs in Tanzania. Finally, she was kind enough to participate in the Kiwanis Club of Omaha's tradition of passing the "Grand Poobah" hat from one president to the next. For the full details on the origins of our tradition, reach out to Past President Jim Farrell and his wife, Jean for a fun story....
Congratulations to JIM COSTELLO for recognition as our 2017 KIWANIAN OF THE YEAR! Jim received three separate nominations this year and was unanimously chosen by the committee.
Thank you for everything you've done for our club over the last 25+ years!
The thank you list for this gala could be a weekly newsletter by itself so I will simply note that this gala had dozens of people working behind the scenes to make it a great success. Final numbers are not in yet, but we had record high attendance and anticipate the highest net dollar amount from a Kiwanis gala. Thank you to everyone who donated an item, attended the gala, bid on an item, or helped in any other way. Because of your efforts, we have a great head-start toward our YCPO grants in 2018!
Representatives from the YCPO Grant Recipient Organizations along with YCPO Committee Co-Chairs, Kristi Jokela and Lisa Obermeyer
President, Kiwanis Club of Omaha
This Week's Program
"Omaha Community Playhouse"
This Friday we are privileged to welcome the new Executive Director of the Omaha Community Playhouse, Katie Broman. Ms. Broman took over the reigns of Executive Director in January 2017 and has some exciting news to share with us about upcoming shows, events and possible changes coming soon at the OCC! This will be a great, informative and fun meeting, so bring a guest!!
Program Coordinator
Andrew Hunt
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GREETERS
Brandon Herring, Papillion Manor
Mark Hoeger, Oberon Motion Communications
Josh Houston, Courtyard Marriot and Residence Inn of Aksarben Village
CWS TICKETS!!
2017 College World Series tickets are available NOW!
Please contact
Ticket books are $90 for 10, but each ticket has an upgrade value of
$15.
This helps our club continue to hosts teams for the CWS!
MIDWEST LABORATORIES TOUR
Our meeting on April 21st will be held at Midwest Laboratories, located at 13611 B. St. We will have a catered lunch, a tour and hear about food safety and testing as well as soil testing, etc. This will be a great, informational meeting and tour.
CLICK HERE to read the letter to our group from President and Owner, Brent Pohlman! Catered BBQ lunch is $12.
ANNUAL TEXAS HOLD'EM TOURNAMENT
Don't miss our annual tournament! This year, it is held at the Courtyard Marriott in Aksarben Village.
April 22, 2017
6:00 Sign-In
6:30 Start time
Buy in is $25 (includes food)
Brat Bar only $5
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Upcoming Friday Programs
April 14- NO MEETING
April 28- Marty Barnhart, Executive Director, Omaha Municipal Land Bank
May 5 - Candace Gregory, President/CEO, Open Door Mission
May 12 - Election of Officers
May 19- TBA
May 26- No meeting - Memorial Day Weekend
June 2- TBA
June 9- Lynne Sangimino, VP Omaha Market Leader, Cox Communications
June 16- Ann Lawless, Director of Community Service, Completely Kids
June 23- Dave Kirkwood, SVP Strategic Development and Acquisition, Tenaska
June 30- No Meeting - Independence Day Weekend
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Cornerstone Points
Click here to find out how to earn more points!!
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Tooker
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Chris
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Finnell
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Joyce
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Wehrle
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John
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Brokke
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Scott
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Dittman
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Katie
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Dean
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Bruce
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Donahoe
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Brian
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Obermeyer
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Lisa
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Jokela
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Kristi
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McPherson
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Val
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Evans
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Susan
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Mussman
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Grant
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Coburn
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Jana
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Rourke
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Ann
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Fries
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Marla
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Patterson
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Jim
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Donahoe
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Jana
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Henningsen
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Lynda
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Nelson
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John
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Farrell
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Jim
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Lynch
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Trish
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Herman
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Arva
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McCarthy
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Lauren
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Wells
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John
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Armstrong
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Jeff
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Johnson
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Gordy
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Belford
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Kristen
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Bradley
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Andy
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Kock
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Kevin
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Reding
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Joe
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Hoeger
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Mark
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Kinzer
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Chuck
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Norman
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Shannon
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Schultze
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Nick
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Berkshire
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Rick
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Brusso
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Rhonda
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Christiansen
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Dennis
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Dostal
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Donna
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Lassek
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Ron
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Wiedenfeld
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Chris
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Dittman
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Dan
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Luna
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Mike
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Burk
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Amber
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Faber
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Rick
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Walch
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Dick
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Bradfield
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Dana
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Hernandez
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Marcos
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Houston
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Josh
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Fouquet
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Lance
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Santiago
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Hector
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Christensen
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Leslie
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Costello
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Jim
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Gunderson
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Matt
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Poole
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Ben
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Scannell
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Trevor
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Stratman
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Kevin
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Herring
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Brandon
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Kenny
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Bob
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Lape-Brinkman
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Adrian
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Privitera
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Andy
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Howe
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Thomas
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Hunt
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Andrew
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Owens
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Dan
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Clawson
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Craig
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Nielson
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Jerry
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Pelletier
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John
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LAST MEETING
"Ron Dotzler"
At our last meeting on Friday, March 24th, we welcomed Ron Dotzler, Board President and founder of ABIDE. Mr. Dotzler spoke on "From Charity to Change", his life experience leaving a suburban life and 9-5 job and moving to the inner city of North Omaha with his wife and then 5 children (he how has 14 children ages 10-34). A 28 year process that included his realization that change meant doing different, not better. He needed to change himself, his ideas and his expectations to be able to impact his neighborhood. The ministry of ABIDE is to improve the neighborhoods of North Omaha one neighborhood at a time until there is no more "inner city". It started out quite simple by picking up trash and mowing lawns along his street. His inspirational story is in his book
"Out of Seats and Into Streets" available on Amazon.
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