Lincoln Rotary Club 14

Lincoln Rotary Club 14 will not meet today. Happy Holidays!

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Happy holidays, Rotarians! May the magic of the holidays bring you peace, love and happiness.

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Rotary truly does connect the world! Rotary Club 14 member Tim and wife, Sara, shared this picture from a Christmas marketplace in Rothenburg, Germany. Happy Holidays, Rotarians!🎄

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🌟 Today's Lincoln Rotary Club 14 will feature the club holiday party! We look forward to celebrating with you at noon.

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📣 Congratulations to Clara Admiraal! Clara is the recipient of the Lincoln Rotary Club 14 High School Student Leadership Award. Clara attends Lincoln Lutheran.

Every year, Lincoln Rotary Club 14 invites a student from each local high school to present information to the club membership regarding the importance of community service at their school.

Rotarian committee members work with school administrators to identify a student leader to accept the award and work with those students to create a short presentation to be given at a regular club meeting.

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Rotary Clubs in Lincoln join together each year to salute one of the city's businesses. In 2023 the clubs gathered on October 31 to celebrate and salute ALLO Fiber Nebraska. The company's fiber communication services have made Lincoln one of the most connected cities in the country. ALLO has been creating, connecting and serving Gigabit communities since 2003 - that’s 20 years of disrupting the telecom game, supporting businesses and future-proofing communities.

🎥: https://youtu.be/QGpQB6fTkes

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Rotary Salute to Allo Communications Rotary Clubs in Lincoln, Nebraska join together each year to salute one of the city's businesses. In 2023 the clubs gathered on October 31 to celebrate and s...

Today's Lincoln Rotary Club 14 is Marc LeBaron. Marc is Chairman and CEO of Lincoln Industries, a company that has grown to be the largest and most diverse privately held metal finishing company in North America. With its main headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska, and other locations in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the company has over 1000 employees and operates 24 hours a day.

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📣 Congratulations to Sarah Van Ostrand! Sarah is the recipient of the Lincoln Rotary Club 14 High School Student Leadership Award. Sarah attends Lincoln Christian School.

Every year, Lincoln Rotary Club 14 invites a student from each local high school to present information to the club membership regarding the importance of community service at their school.

Rotarian committee members work with school administrators to identify a student leader to accept the award and work with those students to create a short presentation to be given at a regular club meeting.

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Rotary International promotes peace.

🔵 Rotary is fighting disease, giving people clean water and growing local economies to help build peace.
🟡 We have helped train more than 1,600 peace fellows who are working in their governments and international organizations like the United Nations.
🔵 Rotarians have negotiated ceasefires where there’s been conflict so they could go in and vaccinate children against polio
🟡 Rotary has played an integral role as a respected, impartial participant in peace processes and reconstruction of places damaged or destroyed through war.

🎥 Learn more about how Rotary promotes peace by watching https://youtu.be/8DiH4nn1TMg?si=WQ3ytq8mi5jqVeIZ.

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Last Saturday, Rotarians volunteered to ring bells on behalf of the Salvation Army. Lincoln Rotary Club 14 committed to a full day of bell-ringing, with each Rotarian being asked to give just one hour to share in the spirit of the holidays and give back to the Lincoln community. Many thanks to all the volunteers!

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Today's Lincoln Rotary Club 14 speaker is Lyn Leach. Lyn is the president of the Roughriders Motorcycle Riding Group - and is the Lincoln Rotary Club 14's 2024 Golden Wheel Awardee!

Lyn is also the president of his own business, Ace Rent-To-Own, with 24 locations across Nebraska and Iowa, having been in business since 1982.

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📣 Congratulations to Jeremiah Theork! Jeremiah is the recipient of the Lincoln Rotary Club 14 High School Student Leadership Award. Jeremiah attends Lincoln High School.

Every year, Lincoln Rotary Club 14 invites a student from each local high school to present information to the club membership regarding the importance of community service at their school.

Rotarian committee members work with school administrators to identify a student leader to accept the award and work with those students to create a short presentation to be given at a regular club meeting.

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Rotary members from Lincoln Rotary Club 14, Lincoln East Rotary, and Lincoln South Rotary Club gather each year to label and prepare dictionaries to distribute to every 3rd grader in the city. The Dictionary Project is a national effort of Rotary and since 1992 nearly 30 million have been distributed. The goal of this program is to assist all students in becoming good writers, active readers, creative thinkers, and resourceful learners by providing them with their own personal dictionaries.

🎥: https://bit.ly/RotaryDictionaryProject2023

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Rotary Dictionary Project 2023 SD 480p Rotary members from Lincoln's four clubs gather each year to label and prepare dictionaries to distribute to every 3rd grader in the city. The Dictionary Pro...

Every December, Rotarians volunteer to ring bells on behalf of the Salvation Army. Lincoln Rotary Club 14 commits to a full day of bell-ringing, with each Rotarian being asked to give just one hour on a given Saturday to share in the spirit of the holidays and give back to the Lincoln community.

This year, Lincoln Rotary Club14 is ringing bells on Saturday, Dec. 2 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at various sites across Lincoln.

To register, please visit https://bit.ly/Rotary14RegisterToRing2023.

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Today's Lincoln Rotary Club 14 speaker is Leirion Gaylor Baird, the 52nd mayor of Lincoln.

Mayor Gaylor Baird was sworn in for her second term as mayor in May 2023. She previously served two terms on the Lincoln City Council and six years on the Lincoln/Lancaster County Planning Commission. She currently serves as one of 16 mayors on the Board of Trustees of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and as Chair of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Local Government Advisory Committee. Mayor Gaylor Baird is a past recipient of the Aspen Institute’s Rodel Fellowship in Public Leadership and the inSpire Award for excellence in local government service. She and her family live in the Near South neighborhood.

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Tomorrow is ! Created in 2012, GivingTuesday is based on a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Since then, it has grown into a year-round global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate and celebrate generosity.

If you plan to make a donation as part of your GivingTuesday, please consider opportunities connected to Lincoln Rotary Club 14:

🔵 5/25 Campaign: https://rotary14foundation.org/donate/pledge-to-the-525-campaign.html
🟡 Lincoln Rotary Club 14 Foundation | Local: https://rotary14foundation.org/donate/
🔵 Rotary Foundation | International: https://my.rotary.org/en/donate

For more information about GivingTuesday, please visit https://www.givingtuesday.org/.

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Happy Thanksgiving, Rotarians!

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Today's Lincoln Rotary Club 14 meeting will feature at Rotarians at Work panel. Panel speakers include Karla Frese, owner of Home Care Partners, Darold Karmazin, owner of Darold's Jewelers & Diamond Importers, Julie Robinson, account executive for KLKN-TV ABC Ch. 8, and Chris Sommerich, executive director of Humanities Nebraska. The panel will be moderated by Lincoln Rotary Club 14 President Jess Kinser.

Learn more about today's speakers by visiting https://rotary14.org/Stories/this-week-s-program-(nov.-21)-rotarians-at-work-panel.

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📣 Congratulations to Frankie Green! Frankie is the recipient of the Lincoln Rotary Club 14 High School Student Leadership Award. Frankie attends Lincoln Northeast High School.

Every year, Lincoln Rotary Club 14 invites a student from each local high school to present information to the club membership regarding the importance of community service at their school.

Rotarian committee members work with school administrators to identify a student leader to accept the award and work with those students to create a short presentation to be given at a regular club meeting.

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In early November, amid the Israel battle with Hamas, members of Lincoln Rotary Club 14 interviewed fellow Rotarian Alon Bendet, past District Governor of Israel's District 2490, about how Rotarians were helping fellow citizens.

🎥: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usT4-eOYQWM

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Interview with a Rotarian in Israel, November 2023 In early November, 2023, in the midst of the Israel battle with Hamas, members of Lincoln, Nebraska's Rotary 14 interviewed fellow Rotarian Alon Bendet, past...

Today's Lincoln Rotary Club 14 speaker is Evan Killeen. As the Chief Executive Officer for Lincoln Children’s Zoo, Mr. Killeen oversees all operations of the Zoo and manages the revenues and expenses. Over the past 12 years, the Lincoln Children's Zoo has seen a great deal of operational success thanks to Mr. Killeen, with the Zoo budget increasing from $1.7 million to $7 million over that time. Additionally, Mr. Killeen presided over the largest expansion and capital campaign in Zoo history.

A Nebraska native and graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Mr. Killeen has deep roots in Lincoln and a strong focus on serving his community. Before becoming CEO, Mr. Killeen served as the COO from 2011 to 2022. Before the Lincoln Children’s Zoo, Mr. Killeen successfully managed the Lincoln Children’s Museum as Deputy Director and previously led the Education Department at the Strategic Air and Space Museum.

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Today's Lincoln Rotary 14 meeting will celebrate Veterans Day and will feature special musical guests, a Veterans Day Roll Call and a special Veterans Day speaker. Lincoln Rotary Club 14 member Chris Hove will host the meeting.

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📣 Congratulations to Ava McCoy! Ava is the recipient of the Lincoln Rotary Club 14 High School Student Leadership Award. Ava attends Pius X High School (Nebraska).

Every year, Lincoln Rotary Club 14 invites a student from each local high school to present information to the club membership regarding the importance of community service at their school.

Rotarian committee members work with school administrators to identify a student leader to accept the award and work with those students to create a short presentation to be given at a regular club meeting.

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Lyn Leach was presented with Lincoln Rotary Club 14's 2024 Golden Wheel Award at the recent Rotary District 5650 Conference.

Lyn Leach leads the Roughriders Motorcycle Riding Group, an organization that raises ~$45K annually through events and sponsorships. The group picks a dozen families experiencing hardship and visits their homes with a heartwarming donation leading up to the holidays, and supports local nonprofits such as Make-A-Wish, Center for People in Need and Autism Family Networks. To Lyn, the "Golden Wheel" symbolizes the motorcycles used to deliver donations.

Each of the 38 Rotary Clubs in District 5650 hosted a Golden Wheel honoree selected by their members at a special dinner on October 14 as part of the Rotary District 5650 Conference. The recognition is given to a non-Rotarian in the community who is giving back through service.

Learn more by visiting https://www.rotarydistrict5650.org/Stories/rotary-district-5650-honored-golden-wheel-awardees-selected-by-clubs.

Today Lincoln Rotary Club 14 members, and members from the other Rotary clubs of Lincoln, will gather to honor a local business at the annual Salute to Business Luncheon. The 2023 Salute to Business honoree is ALLO Fiber Nebraska.

In 2003, ALLO was founded in Imperial, NE, and has rapidly grown to meet demands for better communications services in many communities. Residents and businesses deserved more from a telecommunications provider, and ALLO set out to deliver something better. Twenty years later, ALLO is still dedicated to delivering a drastically different experience through its four core values: honesty, exceptional, local and hassle-free.

Today's event replaces this week's regular Tuesday meeting. Thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket or corporate table.

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📣 Lincoln Rotary Club 14 is hiring!

Would you like to be part of an organization that has a big impact? Are volunteering and service important to you? Do you thrive on details? Lincoln Rotary Club 14 is seeking a Club Administrator. Join us as we put our motto — Service Above Self — into action!

Position Posting: https://www.indeed.com/job/club-administrator-4f635ff1045c2509

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Today's Lincoln Rotary Club 14 speaker is Jeff Kiple. Jeff is a cybersecurity advocate, strategist and adventurous explorer!

Learn more about Jeff by visiting https://rotary14.org/Stories/this-week-s-program-(oct.-24)-bio-created-by-ai-jeff-kiple-cybersecurity-advocate-strategist-and-adventurous-explorer.

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