President's Corner
Dear Kiwanis Club of Omaha,
Congratulations to our newly elected leadership team! We have several returning members and some friendly new faces to help fulfill our mission of improving the world one child and one community at a time. Just as Ron Lassek, Brian Donahoe, and Lisa Obermeyer helped in my transition, I will be working closely with Val McPherson, John Wehrle, and Kristen Belford during the last few months of my presidency to ensure a smooth transition and continued success as we approach our 100th anniversary in January 2019. Welcome to the board of directors Amber Burk, Rick Faber, and Andy Privitera! We look forward to drawing on your experience outside of Kiwanis to enhance our club.
The Kiwanis Club of Omaha, Inc. Foundation is in good hands with the re-election of President John Wells and Vice President Bruce Dean. Thanks to Rick Berkshire for getting everyone up to speed this fall after 10+ years at the helm. We reached our goal of $250,000 in assets in 2016 and were subsequently able to increase our YCPO contributions in 2017. With the plan we've laid out, we should be able to continue that trend and have an even greater impact through support of other nonprofits in the Omaha area for several years to come.
While they ran unopposed, I also want to congratulate and thank Scott Brokke, Katie Dittman, and Joyce Finnell for agreeing to run our club behind the scenes for at least one more year. We wouldn't be able to function without you. I look forward to seeing some of you at our service project at Food Bank of the Heartland tomorrow evening and will see you all at Valentino's Pizza on Friday for our weekly meeting!
President, Kiwanis Club of Omaha
This Week's Program
"Completely Kids"
This Friday, we are privileged to welcome Ann Lawless, Director of Community Services at Completely Kids. Completely Kids assists 2,000 kids from pre-school to middle school with overcoming barriers to success by providing hands on learning opportunities, educational resources and healthy living habits.
Completely Kids has been awarded YPCO grants from our club over the years and will report on the programs that those grants helped make possible!
Please join us at Valentino's off of 108th and O for this great meeting! Bring a friend!
Program Coordinator
GREETERS
Mike Luna, Chastain Otis Insurance
Trish Lynch, Ret. Woodmen Life
Lauren McCarthy, Jean Stothert for Omaha
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VALENTINO'S GRAND ITALIAN BUFFET
108th and O
Please join us on May 19th as we have our regular Friday meeting at Valentino's Grand Italian Buffet on 108th and O. We are considering several alternate locations for our Friday meetings while the Scott Conference Center undergoes renovations
from December 2017-March 2018.
We would like to have a great turn-out!
No RSVP required and
special lunch price is $12!
Bring a guest!
Support Kiwanis Club of Omaha on Wednesday, May 24th!
SERVICE PROJECT AT FOODBANK FOR THE HEARTLAND
Tuesday May 16th
5pm - 7pm
Food Bank for the Heartland
10525 J St, Omaha, NE 68127
We need around 12 individuals (but can and would love to accommodate as many as are interested)
Duties: Complete the most needed task of the food bank for that day. This typically means packing bags for the BackPack program, sorting through bulk produce, or working with donations from their corporate partners.
K2B AT PAPILLION MANOR
610 S Polk St, Papillion, NE 68046
Our June 16th meeting will be held as a K2B at Papillion Manor. Papillion Manor is proud to support Kiwanis Club of Omaha through consistent membership representation in our club.
We will hear from Administrator John Turner, as well as other top administration staff and receive a tour of their facility.
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!
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Upcoming Friday Programs
May 19- Ann Lawless, Completely Kids, Meeting to be held at Valentino's Grand Italian Buffet, 108th & O.
May 26- No meeting - Memorial Day Weekend
June 2- Rebecca Stavick, DoSpace
June 9- Lynne Sangimino, VP Omaha Market Leader, Cox Communications
June 16- Lunch and Tour at Papillion Manor, 610 S. Polk St. Papillion, NE RSVP HERE
June 23- Dave Kirkwood, SVP Strategic Development and Acquisition, Tenaska
June 30- No Meeting - Independence Day Weekend
July 7 - TBA
July 14- No Meeting- Please use this day to practice for the Kiwanis Cup Golf outing held JULY 17th!
July 21- Rachel Halbmaier, Director of Missouri River Commons, Omaha Chamber
July 28- Lunch and Tour of Lauritzen Gardens with Spencer Crewes, 100 Bancroft St.
August 4 or
August 11- NO MEETING- End of Summer Break. Enjoy a long weekend!
September 29- Annual Joint meeting with Omaha Agri-Business Club- Speaker, Nathan Kaufman, Assistant Vice President and Omaha Branch Executive, Federal Reserve Bank, K.C. Lunch will require an RSVP for a private buffet lunch at the Scott Conference Center.
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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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81
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Finnell
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Joyce
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52
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Wehrle
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John
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Dittman
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Katie
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Brokke
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Scott
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33
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Dean
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Bruce
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Obermeyer
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Lisa
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30
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Donahoe
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Brian
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Jokela
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Kristi
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Mussman
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Grant
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McPherson
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Val
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Evans
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Susan
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Fries
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Marla
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Rourke
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Ann
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Farrell
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Jim
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Nelson
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John
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Coburn
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Jana
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Patterson
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Jim
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Henningsen
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Lynda
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Donahoe
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Jana
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Johnson
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Gordy
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Armstrong
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Jeff
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Lynch
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Trish
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Belford
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Kristen
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Bradley
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Andy
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Herman
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Arva
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Kock
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Kevin
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McCarthy
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Lauren
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Wells
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John
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Luna
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Mike
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Norman
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Shannon
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Hoeger
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Mark
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Reding
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Joe
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Schultze
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Nick
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Wiedenfeld
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Chris
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Berkshire
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Rick
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Brusso
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Rhonda
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Kinzer
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Chuck
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Lassek
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Ron
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Christiansen
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Dennis
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Dostal
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Donna
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Bradfield
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Dana
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Burk
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Amber
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Dittman
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Dan
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Faber
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Rick
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Fouquet
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Lance
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Herring
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Brandon
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Gunderson
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Matt
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Kenny
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Bob
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Scannell
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Trevor
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Walch
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Dick
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Hernandez
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Marcos
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Houston
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Josh
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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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Howe
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Thomas
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Poole
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Ben
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Privitera
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Andy
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Stratman
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Kevin
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Hunt
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Andrew
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Lape-Brinkman
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Adrian
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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
"Annual Meeting"
At our last meeting, we voted in our new officers and directors for our next calendar year beginning October 1, 2017. You may ask, "Why do we do this so early??". Per our by-laws, this vote needs to take place by May 15th each year and the new slate of officers and directors needs to be reported to Kiwanis International by June 1st. Our club's calendar year begins the first of every October, so is a good time to begin new terms for officers and directors. This also gives our new president the summer to be asking club members to lead committees and to make a plan of action for their upcoming term.
Following our election last Friday, our incoming Vice-President, John Wehrle, led a discussion about how to make our club better! Some of the topics discussed were our regular lunch meeting, attendance for meetings and projects and general discussion from our membership. Our ultimate goal is to increase membership and also improve our members experience! We have a big anniversary coming up in 2019 and we want to make Kiwanis Club of Omaha the very best it can be!
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Inclement weather Policy
If Omaha Public Schools cancels school for inclement weather on a Friday, our regular Kiwanis Club of Omaha meeting will be cancelled for that day.
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