Stories

There will not be a Lincoln South Rotary Club Meeting on Friday, November 23.

 

Enjoy your Thanksgiving celebrations.

Thanks to the generosity of Lincoln South Rotary Club Members and friends, our club provided over $2,500 to Polio Plus last year. Tom Cardwell, Rotary District 5650 Governor 2017-18 presented a certificate of recognition to Kay Wunderlich, Club President 2017-18 (center). Also pictured is 2018-19 Club President Suzanne Tyrrell.

For the 11th consecutive year, The Rotary Foundation has received the highest rating — four stars — from Charity Navigator, an independent evaluator of charities in the U.S. The Foundation earned the recognition for demonstrating both strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency. Click here for details.

 

Alec Currie – guest of Jean Lovell

Srini Ampavati - guest of Suni Kasibhatla

 

Bob Vrana, Brad Carter, Don Rabbe, John Herdman, Nicki Klein, Tom Hyde, Matt Horak, Dave Hilsabeck

Dr. Danvas Mabeya shared information on two topics on November 16 - refugee camps and Midwest African Museum of Art.

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

 

Lincoln South Rotary Club will offer Nuts, Candy and Coffee products again this year for the Holidays. The products are great for holiday baking or for gifts.

Lincoln South Rotary recognizes and thanks our members who served in the US Armed Forces - click here.

 

Lincoln South Rotary Club has a long-standing tradition of strong support of The Rotary International Foundation.  We thank Scott Delisi (center) for his donation to The Rotary Foundation endowment fund. Also pictured (left) Joe Roberts, Club Foundation Chair and Brian Moon, District Foundation Chair (right).

 

It is only because of support such as this that we are able to do what we do through The Rotary International Foundation.

The Open World Program and Friendship Force Lincoln partnered to provide a unique opportunity for 6 women from Azerbaijan. Lincoln South Rotary Club was fortunate to have them visit our club on November 9.

The annual Lincoln South Rotary Club Holiday Party will be December 1, 2018. Click here for the calendar event item.

 

The event will again be at the home of John and Nancy Herdman. Social starts at 6:00 and will include a gift exchange.

 

Lincoln South Rotary Club is proud to be the feature story in The Neighborhood Extra section of the Lincoln Journal Star on November 3, 2018 (click here).

Based on nominations from the Club Members, the following members (in alphabetical order) will be on the slate for election to the Board:

   

The Lincoln South Rotary Club Board of Directors is pleased to announce Dave Dietz as the Club President 2020-21. Dave has been serving on the Club Board and that service will be extended as he serves as President. He follows Chan Tyrrell who is President 2019-20.

 

Congratulations and Thank You to Dave!

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.

Many members remember when maintaining a certain level of attendance at Rotary Meetings was a requirement. And, many members also set a goal to attain 100% attendance. Do you have 100% attendance?

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 August 3 we got to hear a Member Moment from Emira Ibrahmipasic.

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.