Sacred Heart reading starts next Friday. Please sign up with Dale.
Reminder: Sacred Heart Reading
Kiwanis Business Meeting
Officer installation meeting. Congrats to the new Kiwanis Board.
Meeting Notes:
Interclub a successful attendance.
Sept 24 AllPlay. Please volunteer for our Kiwanis day. Sign up online.
Last call for Summer Picnic sign up for Sunday 9/18 at Stu house.
Kiwanis Happenings
Friday, September 9 – Interclub!
KCOGO members; please plan to attend the Omaha Inc. Kiwanis Club’s September 9 meeting for an Interclub at the Scott Conference Center! The speaker will be Bob Dalrymple, Regional President at Bank of the West. Mr. Dalrymple will be speaking about Corporate On-line Security. This will be a good opportunity to interact and learn about another club plus a highly educational meeting!
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When
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Fri Sep 9, 2016 11:45am – 1pm
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Where
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Scott Conference Center, 6450 Pine St, Omaha, NE 68106, United States (map)
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Contact Joel for future interclubs.
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| Happy shoppers @ Kiwanis Garage Sale! |
Kiwanis Summer Picnic and Officer Installation Party
Sunday, 9/18
At the home of the Ellison’s. Sign up at Monday’s meeting.
Garage Sale a Huge Success
The garage sale generated a net of over $830 to help our work with Omaha kids.
A big thanks to Sally, Deb, Bill, Bob and Dale for their hours working the sale.
And a big thanks to all those who donated. Jerry will have donation receipts on Monday.
September 9 – Kiwanis Interclub
KCOGO members; please plan to attend the Omaha Inc. Kiwanis Club’s September 9 meeting for an Interclub at the Scott Conference Center! The speaker will be Bob Dalrymple, Regional President at Bank of the West. Mr. Dalrymple will be speaking about Corporate On-line Security. This will be a good opportunity to interact and learn about another club plus a highly educational meeting!
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When
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Fri Sep 9, 2016 11:45am – 1pm
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Where
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Scott Conference Center, 6450 Pine St, Omaha, NE 68106, United States (map)
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Speaker: Outlook Nebraska
Outlook Nebraska came to speak at Kiwanis Club of Greater Omaha.
One mission is to help train people loosing their vision how to continue to use technology. Technology helps keep people engaged with the world.
Loss of vision can cause job change or withdrawal from the world. Outlook Nebraska teaches people what they can use to work and continue in life.
There are various levels of vision ability. Low vision to total blindness.
Tools available for reading computer pages, working on email and calendar.
There are smart apps and readers. Like money reader, cfab document reader (menu,documents), and color reader.
There are about 15,000 visually impaired in the area. The unemployment rate is about 70%.
Outlook Nebraska is privately funded thru grants and private donations.
Meeting Notes
Garage sale netted $836 for the Kiwanis. Thanks to everyone’s effort to donate and work the sale.
Yard Clean Up. Deb is working in details.
9/18
Summer Picnic and officer installation party. At the Ellisons. Sign up going around.
9/8
Interclub. Sign up with Joel.
Reminder: Garage Sale This Weekend!
DETAILS:
Drop Off
Please drop off to 11405 Old Maple Road:
Sunday 2:00-4:00
Tuesday, August 23 or Wednesday, August 24. 6:00 – 8:00
Volunteers
Thursday 7:00 – 2:00
Bill
Need Another Volunteer
Friday 7:00 – 2:00
Sally
Need Another Volunteer
Saturday 7:00 – 2:00
Sally
Deb
Need Another Volunteer
Pick Up
Want it back? Pick up by Saturday, 2:00 anything you want back! Otherwise going to Restore and DAV!!
Other Help
1) Spread the Word
- Sent out on Facebook and other social media.
- Tell your friends
- Need a volunteer to post at local business’ around 108/120 and Maple area
2) Signs
- Deb is working on signs. If you have any signs, old flag banners or other attraction items – please bring to the garage sale.
3) Pricing
- We are not pricing everything. Just larger items. Donations are welcome.
- If you are donating something you know a value, please mark or let us know.
Speaker: AllPlay
Bruce came to speak from AllPlay.
This Saturday is our club commitment to AllPlay volunteering.
Over 400 different kids will participate this year.
They need 70-80 volunteers a session. Beside just participating with the kids – there are greeters, announcers, set up and tear down, concessions and equipment managers. Bruce will give anyone a job that shows up to volunteer!
Kids play free, so they raise about $60,000 a year to fund the league.
There are no paid staff. They need super volunteers. People to commit to 4 hours every Saturday of the 14 weeks to take over a task both seasons. These volunteers are key to the success of the AllPlay experience.
Thank you Bruce for sharing the AllPlay experience.
Kiwanis Club of Greater Omaha
KIWANIS GARAGE SALE!
DETAILS:
Drop Off
Please drop off to 11405 Old Maple Road:
Sunday 2:00-4:00
Tuesday, August 23 or Wednesday, August 24. 6:00 – 8:00
Volunteers
Thursday 7:00 – 2:00
Bill
Need Another Volunteer
Friday 7:00 – 2:00
Sally
Need Another Volunteer
Saturday 7:00 – 2:00
Sally
Deb
Need Another Volunteer
Pick Up
Want it back? Pick up by Saturday, 2:00 anything you want back! Otherwise going to Restore and DAV!!
Other Help
1) Spread the Word
- Sent out on Facebook and other social media.
- Tell your friends
- Need a volunteer to post at local business’ around 108/120 and Maple area
2) Signs
- Deb is working on signs. If you have any signs, old flag banners or other attraction items – please bring to the garage sale.
3) Pricing
- We are not pricing everything. Just larger items. Donations are welcome.
- If you are donating something you know a value, please mark or let us know.
Kiwanis Eliminate Fundraising Totals
Fall All Play!
The Fall softball season for AllPlay is underway! The Division 20 Kiwanis Clubs have been asked to give special consideration to helping, as a “Buddy” or other volunteer role, for two hours on Saturdays through September. Kiwanis Club of Greater Omaha is to focus on Saturday, August 27th and Saturday, September 24th. If those dates do not work for you, they can use help any of the other dates.
Very simple sign up is at www.allplay.org.
August 20 – West Omaha Diamond K and Southwest Omaha
August 27 – Omaha Westside and Greater Omaha
September 3 – Omaha Golden K and Omaha East
September 10 – Loveland Golden K and Bellevue
September 17 – Bellevue Offutt and West Omaha Diamond K
September 24 – Omaha Westside and Greater Omaha
Kiwanis Interclub
KCOGO members; please plan to attend the Omaha Inc. Kiwanis Club’s September 9 meeting for an Interclub at the Scott Conference Center! This will be a good opportunity to interact and learn about another Kiwanis club plus a highly educational meeting!
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When
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Fri Sep 9, 2016 11:45am – 1pm
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Where
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Scott Conference Center, 6450 Pine St, Omaha, NE 68106, United States (map)
The speaker will be Bob Dalrymple, Regional President at Bank of the West. Mr. Dalrymple will be speaking about Corporate On-line Security.
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Speaker: Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy
Today our speaker was from HETRA, Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy.
Per their website, HETRA was started in 1989 by Steve and Janet Henthorn of Omaha, Nebraska. The program started with one participant, one horse, and three volunteers. HETRA now has 19 therapy horses, 21 PATH, Intl. certified instructors, and over 115 participants. They also offer services in Therapeutic Riding, Hippotherapy, Equine Services for Veterans, and Therapeutic Carriage Driving. HETRA is a non-profit 501c3 organization and is currently the only PATH Premier Accredited Therapeutic Riding Center in Nebraska!
HETRA serves a variety of participants including children and adults with disabilities such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, muscular distrophy, cystic fibrosis, brain tumors, head or spinal cord injuries, visual impairment, autism, development delays and strokes. In 2014, HETRA served 192 unique participants (both children and adults) per week and our goal is continue to expand the program this year.
Speaker: Teammates
A full room if Kiwanians met to hear Hannah from Teammates speak on mentoring.
Training is provided for mentors. And mentors and mentees are matched up for best experience.
Teammates mentors are involved from our Kiwanis. Rod, Stu and Kip are just a few of our mentors.
It’s only once a week during the school year for an hour.
Contact Hannah at TeamMates.org.
Meeting Notes
September 18 Summer Picnic
More details coming.
August 25 Thursday, August 26 Friday and August 27 Saturday is Garage Sale
Volunteers contact Sally or Deb
Kiwanis Speaker Calendar
Thanks Shawn for securing an awesome August Kiwanis Speaker Calendar:
Aug 1= Teammates
Aug 8th = Angie Urosevich; Election Systems & Software
Aug 15= Hetra
22nd= Bruce; Allplay
Meeting Notes
Garage Sale August 25-27. Drop off August 23&24. All proceeds to our Kiwanis Club.
All Play is on break. Watch their website for volunteer information.
Kiwanis picnic is September 18 at Kip’s. Watch for more details
Reading at Sacred Heart sign up coming up. Check in with Dale for child protection training.
Consider Teammates for the fall!
Speaker: the expert company
Aerobic precision manure management.
Controls smell, runoff and water issues
Adding oxygen to manure pits adds to crop production by adding nitrogen to the fertilizer.
They also expose more of the water to sunlight.
Dominate the pond with good microbial bacteria and use nature to purify the pond. Take that and apply to the fields.
Kerwin Miller with “The Expert Company” regarding Environmental Solutions for Agriculture.
Thanks for educating our Kiwanis club on aerobic farm lagoon management.
Speaker:
Alan with The Maschhoffs Farms
Approximately 800 family farms with 6 feed mills. 69% pork and 31% chicken. Largest family owned pork producers in the US.
Maschhoffs makes a partnership with farmers to raise their hogs and chickens.
About 13% of the Wean-to-Market is produced in Nebraska. They are looking to grow those relationships in Nebraska.
Thanks Alan for the information about feeding pigs.
Meeting Notes
Revising your email for the Kiwanis video. Please pass along to others.
Have a few Kiwanis tshirts left. See Rod.
Board meeting tomorrow at Don’s office.
Elections next week.
Sunday. September 18 for summer picnic. At Kip’s home on the lake.
Kip is getting his head shaved for pediatric cancer. Please see Kip’s email for donation link.
Sacred Heart school will be starting in August. Looking forward to more interaction opportunities for the kids.