President's Corner
Dear Kiwanis Club of Omaha,
"Rain, rain, go away - come again another day!" Unfortunately the wind and rain led to the cancellation of our annual park clean-up with Creighton's Circle-K Club (for those who do not know, The Kiwanis Club of Omaha sponsors a collegiate group of service leaders who have bi-weekly meetings and participate in service projects throughout the academic school year at Creighton University). The students have final exams this week and then they will take their summer recess. We will do our best to reschedule the park clean-up but it may be without the assistance of Circle-K this year. Stay tuned for details.
ANNUAL CLUB MEETING - In other news, we are just twelve days away from our annual club meeting, which will be May 12th, at noon at the Scott Conference Center. We need a high turnout at this meeting to obtain a quorum for our official vote for the leadership team and the board of directors. We will also receive updates from our CWS committee (tournament starts June 17th), golf committee (tournament is July 17th), social committee, and service project committee. We have another whirlwind of exciting Kiwanis events ahead in the next few months, so you don't want to miss this meeting!
100 BY OUR 100th ANNIVERSARY - Since October 1, 2016, the beginning of our fiscal year, we have welcomed eight new members but we lost two members along the way. That leaves us with a net gain of six members and a total of 76 members in good standing. With 21 months to go, we need 24 net new members to reach our goal. Just over 1 new member per month seems very realistic in my opinion and I'd like to ask again for your support by inviting your friends, family, and colleagues to come learn about Kiwanis at a general meeting, service project, or social event. The more Kiwanis members we have, the more we can accomplish in the community. As the saying goes, "Many hands make light work..."
President, Kiwanis Club of Omaha
This Week's Program
"Open Door Mission, Candace Gregory"
This Friday we are privileged to welcome President/CEO of Omaha's Open Door Mission, Candace Gregory.
Open Door Mission meets the basic needs of individuals and families while inspiring HOPE for lasting change. Daily, the Open Door Mission offers 816 safe shelter beds to people experiencing homelessness, serves more than 2,300 meals to feed the hungry and empowers more than 275 families with homeless prevention services to remain in their own homes. The Open Door Mission strives to break the cycle of homeless and poverty.
Ms. Gregory will give us an overview of what has been built on campus in the last few years, how to help people you see on the streets in need and answer all your questions!
This will be a great, educational meeting and also very inspiring! Please bring a guest!
Program Coordinator
Mark Hoeger
GREETERS
Kristi Jokela, AKSARBEN Courtyard Marriott and Residence Inn
Bob Kenny, RBC Wealth Management
Chuck Kinzer, Aradius Group
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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.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
May 12, 2017
Scott Conference Center
11:45 a.m. -1:00 p.m.
Please plan to attend this important meeting to vote for our slate of new officers and board members (listed below) to begin their terms October 1, 2017.
President: Val McPherson
President Elect: John Wehrle
Vice President: Kristen Belford
Immediate Past President: Chris Tooker
Board of Directors 3 year term:
Kristi Jokela
Andrew Privitera
Amber Burk
Board of Directors 1 year term:
Rick Faber
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 12 - Election of Officers
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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80
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Finnell
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Joyce
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49
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Wehrle
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John
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37
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Dittman
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Katie
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36
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Brokke
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Scott
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32
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Dean
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Bruce
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31
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Obermeyer
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Lisa
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29
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Donahoe
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Brian
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28
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Jokela
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Kristi
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28
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McPherson
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Val
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27
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Mussman
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Grant
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25
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Evans
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Susan
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24
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Fries
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Marla
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24
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Nelson
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John
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23
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Rourke
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Ann
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23
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Coburn
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Jana
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22
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Farrell
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Jim
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22
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Patterson
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Jim
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22
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Henningsen
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Lynda
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21
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Donahoe
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Jana
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19
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Lynch
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Trish
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17
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Johnson
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Gordy
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16
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Armstrong
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Jeff
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15
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Bradley
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Andy
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15
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Herman
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Arva
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15
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Kock
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Kevin
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15
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Belford
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Kristen
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14
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McCarthy
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Lauren
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14
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Wells
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John
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14
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Luna
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Mike
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12
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Norman
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Shannon
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12
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Reding
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Joe
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12
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Schultze
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Nick
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12
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Berkshire
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Rick
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11
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Brusso
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Rhonda
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11
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Hoeger
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Mark
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11
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Kinzer
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Chuck
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11
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Lassek
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Ron
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11
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Wiedenfeld
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Chris
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11
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Christiansen
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Dennis
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10
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Dostal
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Donna
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9
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Dittman
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Dan
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8
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Fouquet
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Lance
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8
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Bradfield
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Dana
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7
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Burk
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Amber
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7
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Faber
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Rick
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7
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Scannell
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Trevor
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7
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Walch
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Dick
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7
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Gunderson
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Matt
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6
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Hernandez
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Marcos
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6
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Herring
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Brandon
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6
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Houston
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Josh
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6
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Kenny
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Bob
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6
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Santiago
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Hector
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5
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Christensen
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Leslie
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4
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Costello
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Jim
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4
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Poole
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Ben
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4
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Privitera
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Andy
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4
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Stratman
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Kevin
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4
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Howe
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Thomas
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3
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Hunt
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Andrew
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3
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Lape-Brinkman
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Adrian
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3
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Owens
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Dan
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2
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Clawson
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Craig
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1
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Nielson
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Jerry
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1
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Pelletier
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John
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1
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LAST MEETING
"Omaha Land Bank"
At our last meeting, we were pleased to have Marty Barnhart, the Executive Director of the Omaha Land Bank join us to tell us how his organization helps to clear blighted or condemned properties off of a list of 8,000 homes in Omaha to help improve neighborhoods and help Omaha to again receive property taxes. The Land Bank
acquires, maintains and disposes of property. It clears title, extinguishes taxes and assembles parcels. One tidbit Mr. Barnhart shared was the dress that an abandoned house puts on a child in that neighborhood. Children find abandoned houses scary and that fear and stress is detrimental to their well-beings.
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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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