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Speaker: Communities in Schools

Sarah Moore is CIS of Mid America at Omaha Affiliate Director. 

CIS brokers, coordinates and provides services to meet the unique goals set for each school. 
It may be a retention program or anti bullying. CIS staff may teach confidence or personal presentation classes. Students may be connected to YMCA or other mentoring programs. Or CIS may provide a bus for a field trip or new glasses for a needy student. 

Thank you Sarah for sharing such interesting information about your work. 
Kiwanis Club of Greater Omaha
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November Speaker Calendar


2- Sarah Moore, Communities In Schools of Mid-America at Omaha

9- Matt Cutts, Google Software Engineer
16-Jill Hamilton, Kim Foundation
23-Jon Jacobson, Co-Host of KMA Radio’s “You Aint Heard Nothin’”
30-Mike Johnson, National Parks Service
Reminder: 
There is a committee working on a new meeting location. Ideas are welcome to Eddie or Vince. 
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Speaker: Show Mercy International.

Uganda Trip by local travelers, the Walkers

Women in Uganda are not allowed to wear anything but skirts or dresses. So they brought girls dresses and boys shirts and shorts. 
There is no water, electricity or sewers. 

Outreach. School, elderly, medical, food, marketplace and prison outreach. 

Thank you for coming and sharing.
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October Speaker Schedule

October 19th: 

Brad & Pam Burklund- Presenting their mission trip to Uganda
October 26th: 
Nicole Caputo- Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance 
Remember to bring a guest!  
– Kiwanis Club of Greater Omaha
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Speaker: Abide

Josh from Abide came to inspire our Kiwanis Club.

Abide is a mission in North Omaha that works with people to create a stronger, safer community.

Abide now has 31 Lighthouses. Homes around North Omaha that families now live in. Homes that Abide rehabilitated with help of local vendors to keep costs in line.

Abide also hosts block parties to bring together families in the community so they know each other and have an opportunity to meet and socialize.

Josh grew up in a family of 14 kids. To get out of the house and his neighborhood, Josh worked for a basketball scholarship with Creighton. After he tore his ACL, Josh lost his basketball dream but found a new life with his wife and moved back to North Omaha.

Thank you Josh for being such an inspiration!

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October Speaker Schedule


October 5th: 
Josh Dotzler- Abide Network
October 12th: 
John Wehrle- Kroc Center
October 19th: 
Brad & Pam Burklund- Presenting their mission trip to Uganda
October 26th: 
Nicole Caputo- Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance
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2015-2016 Program Volunteers

Vince, our program coordinator, is looking for volunteers to take a month. Commit to finding speakers for the Monday meetings that month at our Kiwanis Club of Greater Omaha.

Vince has a cheat sheet of speakers he keeps to help out!

Be an Eddie – and volunteer often!

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Speaker: Hope Center for Kids


Brenda Block, development director and interim executive director, spoke about the mission of the Hope Center for Kids.  
She showed videos of the Hope Center in action and concluded with a fun video of current UNO student that went through the Hope Center, following his journey through the years, the people who influenced him and the kids he in turn influenced.  
The Hope Center has seen a dramatic increase in kids served, from 75 only 5 years ago to over 250 today and now has a center in Fremont that partners with the Fremont Family YMCA.  The center needs over 65 volunteers each week to work alongside the staff.  She particularly emphasized the Employment Academy that trains kids how to be successful not only as students but also as future employees in the work force.  
A weekly stipend is paid to students and 2 out of state college visits are provided for kids enrolled in the academy.  The Center is a partner with 9 other agencies in the Step Up summer program that sponsors jobs for kids.  
Thank you, Brenda, for educating our Kiwanis Club on all you do for our kids. 
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Kiwanis June Speaker Schedule


June 1 – 
State Senator Dr. Robert Hilkemann (Legislative District 4)

June 8 – 
John Ewing, Board Member Nebraska Children’s and Families Foundation

June 15 – 
Brenda Block, Development Director  Hope Center for Kids

June 22 – 
Christian Grey, Director   InCommon Community Development

June 29 – 
Tammy Green with COPE, Christian Outreach Program-Elkhorn

Kiwanis Club of Greater Omaha


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Speaker : TSA Nebraska

Kathy Bogus with the TSA Nebraska and Paul from Omaha Eppley is our Kiwanis speakers today. 


Www.tsa.gov/TSA-precheck 

TSA is more than airports. TSA is all transportation – air, rail, roads, ports and pipeline. But airports are about 80% of TSA’s time and resources. There are about 300 employees in Nebraska, 200 in Omaha. 

The vetting process begins as soon as the airplane reservation begins. 

International packages are tracked coming into the U.S.  

The Advanced Imaging Technology actually does not detect medical implants. Better than the metal detectors. Pregnant women should check the website and heart implant patients should check with their doctor. 


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Speaker: NE Organ Recovery

Tom Neal, Nebraska Organ Recovery is the PR Coordinator. 

Every 19 minutes an organ is transplanted. Every 10 minutes another patient is added to the list. 

There are 500 Nebraskans on the waiting list. And – only 54% of the eligible Nebraskans are registered as donors. National average is 48% of registered donors have taken the step of being registered. 

Thank you, Tom, for all the information.  
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May Speaker Calendar


Mr. President here is the May Speaker Lineup for our Kiwanis Club of Greater Omaha:

May 4th

               Dr. Susan Toohey, Head Of School , The Nelson Mandela Elementary School

           

May 11th

               Mr. Tom Neil, Nebraska Organ Recovery Organization

             

May 18th

               Kathy Bogus, TSA  Nebraska

           

May 25

               No meeting

Thank you

Joe
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Speaker: TeamMates


Kelly Sears , TeamMates Metro Regional Coordinator, gave an update of TeamMates at the club meeting on

the 20th. 

TeamMates is one of 75 metro-area mentoring organizations and is part of the Midlands Mentoring Partnership.  There are 12 agencies in this partnership, all of which subscribe to the tenets of the Elements of Effective Practice.  TeamMates was created by Tom Osborne in 1991, upon the urging of wife Nancy, who challenged UNL athletes to partner with a young person. The project went state-wide in 1997 with now over 130 chapters.  
Currently TeamMates is joining forces with the Empowerment Network to concentrate on 6th graders in north Omaha zip code 68111 to match mentors with black students.  
Thanks to Shawn Linehan for bringing Kelly to the club. 
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Speaker – DIBS for Kids

April 27
DIBS – For Kids
Dave Orrick

What prevents teachers from sending books home? Would parents read? 
What would the benefits be?
How to make that financially possible?
Dave started Delivering Infinite Bookshelves for Kids. 
Delivering books to low income families in Omaha to increase their learning. By the third grade, studies can predict the success of students by the amount of reading they do. Literacy by third grade is crucial. 
Dave is organizing the program so para teachers can administrate the program. 
Send books home , every night. Follow up the next day with questions about the story. 

It took $15000 to put books in just one school. Dave is expanding to another school in August. He wants to be in 5 schools as quickly as possible. 
Thanks Dave for all the interesting information. 

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All About AllPlay

AllPlay

 
Bruce Froendt is the president of AllPlay in Omaha. 
 
There is a barrier free play structure next to the AllPlay baseball fields. A splash park was also recently added. 
 
A concession stand is available. 
 
The facility is available for sign up and open daily. Rent-able for $75 when not in use by the Miracle Baseball League. 
 
There are 200 of these Miracle leagues nationwide. 
 

Ever child plays for free. 

Bruce speaking to the club

 
All monies go to the kids and facilities. Volunteers can act as a buddy, umpires, and announcers. 
 
These kids get 14 weeks of play time to be just kids. The season starts May 9. 
 
Buddies do as little as possible but as much as needed so the kids have a great time. 
 
There are volunteer opportunities every Saturday. 
 
There are now 250 kids participating. It takes about $30,000 to keep it free for the kids. 
 
Website: www AllPlay.org  Check out the volunteer tab for 2 hour assignment sign ups. 
 
Bruce assisted with the recent Benson Park upgrades. He is also helping other communities set up similar facilities. 
Kiwanis Club of Greater Omaha has sponsored a team this season!! Watch for our team schedule but be ready for batter-up on May 9!! 
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April Speaker Calendar


April 6

YES-  Youth Emergency Services

To serve homeless and at-risk youth by providing critically-needed resources which empower them to become self-sufficient.

April 13

ALLPLAY

Bruce Froendt (president)

April 20

Teammates

Kelly Sears (Metro Regional Coordinator)

April 27

DIBS

Dave Orrick

We equip elementary classrooms with unlimited take-home books, a cool technology for students to check their books in and out every day, and real-time communication with students’ parents
Please plan to attend your Kiwanis Club of Greater Omaha on Monday at 11:30-1:00. 
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Omaha Keep Kids Alive Drive 25

The national campaign , Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 started in Omaha over 17 years ago. 

Tom Everson, President is our speaker today.   

FiFirst step is trying to be part of the solution. 29% of accidents are from lack of space management. This is driven by the use of cell phones. Cell phone use is distracting, creates tunnel vision and causes accidents. 
Signage and garbage can stickers help with community awareness and documented studies show speeds reduce. 
April 18 is the walk/run to honor people injured in traffic accidents. Happens on Omaha on the Papio trail. 
Live Forward and Run to Remember. A run that Tom participates in that runs to the top of Pikes Peak. 
Thanks Tom for the great info. 

                                   

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Speakers: Boystown

Herb and Tony came to speak about Boystown. 
Tony was born in Detriot to a mother that was on drugs and was a prostitute. Tony and his 2 brothers ended up living with their grandmother. At age 12, Tony lost his grandmother. A local priest found them a home at Boystown.  One brother knew who his biological father was and went to live with him. 
Tyrone went on to graduate and spent his career in the army. 
Tony graduated Boystown and then UNO  He and his wife became family teachers over 20 years ago. They now have boys of their own plus currently 8 kids in their family home. 
The third brother is serving in prison. 
Thank you Herb and Tony for the inspiration.