Stories

Our speaker on November 20 at Lincoln South Rotary Club was Gretchen, Rotary District 5650 Chair for Polio Plus.

Previously, Lincoln South Rotary Club President Dave shared information with you about the process taken by the Club Board to review the budget, projects and propose actions. The pandemic has introduced new and different challenges.

There will not be a Lincoln South Rotary Club Meeting on Friday, November 27. 

 

Enjoy your Thanksgiving - be safe and healthy.

On November 20, Lincoln South Rotary Club met online.

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

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

Welcome to Lincoln South Rotary Club! Bobby Cunningham, Lead Paster at Epic Church, joins us a transfer. Most recently he was a member in Union, Missouri and before that he was member of Rotary in Sublette, Kansas. We look forward to getting to know you.

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.

On November 13 Lincoln South Rotary Club met online.

On November 13 our speaker was Patricia Merryweather-Arges, Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator, speaking on The Rotary Foundaion.

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

Bobby Cunningham, Rotarian from Union, Missouri; prior to that he was a member of Sublette, Kansas Rotary Club

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!

President Dave announced that the Lincoln South Rotary Club Board continues to work on the criteria and process to return to in-person meetings.

Based on nominations from the Club Members, the following members (in alphabetical order) will be on the slate for election to the Board - Srini Ampavati, Mary Gilbride, Suni Kasibhatia, Kim Remington. For photos and additional information, select Read More.

 

 

At Lincoln South Rotary Club on November 6 we learned about Piedmontese Beef and their new company campus from Joe Finegan.

Lincoln South Rotary Club has a new volunteer opportunity - Trail Clean Up.

Since its inception, the United Nations has been closely connected to Rotary International and its ideals. 

On November 6 Lincoln South Rotary Club met online.

Welcome to Lincoln South Rotary Club! Roger Meyer, a retired fundraiser, joins us a transfer from Peoria, Illinois. We look forward to getting to know you.

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

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.