Lincoln South Rotary Club has a strong tradition of supporting The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International (TRF). Foundation Chair Joe Roberts provided us with some of the reasons to support TRF.

 

Funds donated to TRF are managed well. TRF is rated 4 Stars by Charity Navigator due to the efficiency of the operation.

 

Funds donated to TRF are used for projects around the world. Some of those projects are right here in our Community. TRF sends funds back to the District for use with local projects.

 

Lincoln South Rotary alone has participated in nearly $30,000 in local grant projects.

 

Click here for a complete list of the District Grant projects of Lincoln South Rotary Club (or visit the Community Service Page of this website).

On December 4th new members Daniel Kistler, Dave Dietz, Matt Horak and Rosita Moore told the club a little bit about themselves.

 

Daniel grew up in Grand Island Nebraska. Growing up, he was actively involved in community service groups. He is currently a financial advisor with Waddell Reed. He is a big sports fan both as a participant and as a spectator.

 

Dave Dietz is the husband of Lincoln South member Chris Dietz. He was a farm kid who attended a one room country school. He enlisted in the US Navy and served in Viet Nam. He has an Electrical Engineering degree from UNL and is a Harley rider.

 

Matt was raised on a farm and is a fraternal twin. He became a chiropractor as a result of an injury that he sustained in 5th grade. He did his undergraduate work at UNL, and finished at the Kansas School of Chiropractic in Overland Park Kansas. He opened a new practice in May.  He is a RYLA graduate which fostered his interest in Rotary.

 

Rosita was born in Barbados and is a high school teacher of History and English. She achieved a PHD along with her husband and has done a lot of editing work for dissertations and theses. She has had many lasting experiences with multicultural students, "adopted" daughters and grandkids via relationships with former students. 

 

We are happy that you are part of Lincoln South Rotary Club!

The Lincoln South Rotary Club will not meet on December 25 or January 1.

Suzanne Wise  Executive Director of the Nebraska Arts Council was our speaker. The Nebraska Arts Council which responds to the needs of the Arts Community across the state is the only state agency not headquartered in Lincoln but is located in Omaha. The mission of the Arts Council is to promote, cultivate and sustain arts for the people of Nebraska.

 

Some of the activities of the Arts Council include

Providing grants to non-profit organizations. In fact over $3 million in funds has been granted to Lincoln/Lancaster County in the past 5 years.

Forming  public/private partnerships for funding matching grants.

Creating a "good housekeeping" seal for art organizations.

Creating a commission on arts & economic prosperity study.

 

Lincoln South Rotary Club will offer Nuts, Candy and Coffee products again this year for the Holidays. With this fundraiser, club members can pre-order products to sell*, or you can just place orders as you make sales.

 

Orders placed by Noon on Tuesday will be available at Rotary that same Friday. Send orders to nklein2@neb.rr.com.  Though we focus our Nut Sales efforts during the Holidays, the products are available at any time at the Fundraiser prices.

Mark your calendars for the following December events:

 

Salvation Army Bell Ringing: 12/19/15  Need Volunteers for 1-2 hour time slots

 

Christmas Party:  12/12/15 at the home of John & Nancy Herdman. Bring a covered dish or appetizers. Drinks at 5:30 and Dinner at 6:30. There will be a gift exchange again this year so if you want to participate you will need to bring a $15 to $20 gift.

If the Nebraska State Offices are closed due to weather, then Lincoln South Rotary Club will cancel.

 

We will post the CANCEL status on the Club Website by 10:00 AM.

 

To review - we are NOT following the practice of Lincoln Public Schools but, instead, the practice of the Nebraska State Offices.

Scott Delisi, Lance Odom and Susan O'Connell

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Dick Wampler, Daniel Kistler, Rosita Moore, Dick Miller, John Herdman, Bernie Poppe, Kay Wunderlich, Lance Odom, Clay Ehlers, Jessica Kolterman and Dave Dietz.