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Thank you to the Lincoln Journal Star for sharing out story of support to the Heroes Into Homes project. 

Click here for the article.

Click here for the photo album.

Lincoln South Rotary Club met online on February 26, 2021.

A warm welcome to our Lincoln South Rotary Club online meeting to:

At Lincoln South Rotary Club on February 26, 2021, we heard from Kim Zweiner and Kyle Fischer of the Realtors Association of Lincoln.

Thank you for all of the contributions in support of Polio Plus.

On February 19, 2021 Lincoln South Rotary Club met online.

On February 19, 2021 we heard from Angie Muhleisen and Ava Thomas, co-chairs of the Mayor’s Economic Recovery Taskforce. They told us about the 1% More Pledge. Use this website: https://app.lincoln.ne.gov/city/covid19/business-resources.htm and scroll down to the section titled Mayor's Economic Recovery Task Force.

 

On 23 February 1905, Paul Harris (pictured), Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram Shorey gathered at Loehr’s office, Room 711 of the Unity Building in downtown Chicago, for what would later be known as the first Rotary club meeting.

Purely social - Lincoln South Rotary Club hosted a Pop-Up Social on February 15 for Members, Family and Friends. We welcomed guests Robert Wesener from Australia and Randy Bretz from Lincoln 14. Read more to see the announcement about our periodic Pop Up Socials.

Thank you to all that contributed toward the Heroes Into Homes project - a value of $1400 in funds and donated items has been provided to help our homeless veterans. Click here to view the photo album.

How does Lincoln South Rotary rank with regard to our membership gender distribution?

Welcome to Lincoln South Rotary Club! Elaine Kruse was introduced to our club by Joyce Michaelis. She is retired from Nebraska Wesleyan University where she was a Professor of History and President of Faculty.

Zoe Olson, Executive Director, Nebraska Restaurant Association was our speaker at Lincoln South Rotary Club on February 12, 2021. Her topic - "Hospitality: Survival of the Fittest" - gave a view of the struggles of the industry during a pandemic.

Lincoln South Rotary Club met online February 12, 2021.

Tabitha notified us that Meals on Wheels may be placed on a Covid 19 vaccine shot list and potentially be vaccinated as early as February 22nd. We need to be sure we don't miss anyone!

On February 5, 2021, Lincoln South Rotary Club met online.

On February 5, 2021 Lincoln South Rotary Club heard from Brandon Meier, Senior Associate AD Marketing & Media, Nebraska Athletics. His topic was Marketing Without Fans.

Purely social - Lincoln South Rotary Club hosted a Pop-Up Social on January 3 for Members, Family and Friends. Read more for the announcement about our periodic Pop Up Socials.

Lincoln South Rotary Club members volunteer for trail clean up.

Rotary Fellowships are international groups that share a common passion. Being part of a fellowship is a fun way to make friends around the world, explore a hobby or profession, and enhance your Rotary experience.

Lincoln South Rotary Club Members are generous - we HELP people find HOPE especially during the HOLIDAYS. Read More for charity ideas presented during Rotary on December 18.

Members have asked if there is a way to pay Happy $$$ online while we are not meeting and collecting in person. YES - it is easy!

The Lincoln South Rotary Club Board has approved a policy for our return to in-person meetings.

Lincoln South Rotary Club has a strong tradition of supporting The Rotary International Foundation and our annual drive is going on now!

All Rotarians are asked to participate in a survey to gather your input on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected your Rotary experience. Click here for more information and to access the survey.

If you are interested in joining the meeting of another club in Rotary District 5650, view this article from the District Website (click here).

The annual nomination and election process for Board Members is complete.  These Board Members will serve two-year terms starting July 1, 2021:

 

Mary Gilbride     Suni Kasibhatia

As you look at the members attending on Zoom, do you notice that we are missing some of your friends?

Lincoln South Rotary Club has a long-standing tradition of strong support of The Rotary International Foundation.  When a member has accumulated a total of $1,000 in donations, they are named a Paul Harris Fellow. As we continue to contribute we become a Paul Harris + designee. Please read more to see photos and details of those being recognized at this time.

Lincoln South Rotary recognizes our members who are veterans. Thank you for your service! Click Read More for photos.

Recently, President Dave sent an email detailing some important information about the future of Lincoln South Rotary Club Projects. We are requesting support from all Club Members. Select Read More to view the text of that email.

Here is a site where you can order a Rotary branded face mask. Click here.

At Lincoln South Rotary Club on October 23 we viewed this moving documentary. It is easy to be proud of the importance of Rotary to this movement. If you missed the meeting, click here to view.

Thank you to Governor Roxy for presenting these awards that were announced at the 2020 Rotary District 5650 Virtual Conference:

 

Rotary - as People of Action, we share a strong sense of purpose. More than a century ago, we pioneered a new model of service leadership grounded in person-to-person connections.

NEW SECURITY REQUIREMENT - Waiting Room has been enabled - you will need to be "admitted" to actually participate - only a short delay. Please be sure that your name appears on your Zoom Account.

Do you use Amazon? Use smile.amazon.com and support The Lincoln South Rotary Club Foundation..

What is Rotary? Click here to review Rotary at a Glance.

There is an app available for iPhones and Android devices through ClubRunner. You can see Club Speakers and Events as well as Member Contacts at your fingertips!

 

Download ClubRunner from your app store.

Though Sandy Johnston was born in Pennsylvania, she grew up, and stayed, in Nebraska.

Shannon Booth and her family moved to Lincoln because of Shannon's job - Manager of Channel 10 KOLN/KGIN TV station.

Tami came to Rotary after visiting with Chan at a Family Reunion.

Jason Varga has lived in Lincoln most of his life - other than about 1 year - and loves it!

Mark Jensen recently joined Lincoln South Rotary Club as a transfer from York Rotary.

Our newest member - Shane Davidson - presented his Member Moment on April 5, 2019 at Lincoln South Rotary Club.

We learned about Henrik Christensen at Rotary on March 29, 2019.

We learned about Michaela Williams at Rotary on March 22, 2019.

Lincoln South Rotary Club member Jeremiah Blake recently presented his Member Moment.

Sunitha "Suni" Kasibhatla shared the story of her life and love on January 18 at Lincoln South Rotary Club.

We got to know a little more about member Sreenivasa "Srini" Ampavati at Lincoln South Rotary Club on January 11.

We got to know Elise White a little better during the Rotary Club meeting October 19.

On September 28, "Air Force Brat" Bruce Remington told us about his background, work and interests.

On September 21 we heard from Jean Lovell during our Member Moment segment.

Thank you Mary Gilbride for presenting your Member Moment on September 7 at Lincoln South Rotary Club.

On August 24, Scott Delisi presented a Member Moment.

On August 17 we heard from new member Aubrey Paulsen.

Kim Remington presented her Member Moment at the August 10 meeting of Lincoln South Rotary Club.

During the Lincoln South Rotary Club meeting on June 22 we got to hear a Member Moment from Maxine Moul.

Jim O'Hanlon held many positions before fully retiring - helped UNL in many interim positions - too many for me to capture. He stated that usually there are interim positions because there are issues to resolve and he like that challenge.

Thank you to Tracey McLain for sharing personal information during her Member Moment. We learned that she has 92 first cousins . . . and she knows them all!

Don Rabbe was born in Omaha but grew up around Hastings. He started school in a one room school, graduated from Hastings High School and then Hastings College.

Bob Vrana told us about his many connections to Lincoln South Rotary members.

Brad doesn't like the smell or taste of pumpkin, making this time of year particularly trying for him.