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This Week at Rotary October 6, 2020
Presiding Officer: Eric Drumheller
Secretary: Morrie Enders
Virtual Meeting Host: Trip Snyder
Virtual Greeter: Anna Hernoud
Program Host: Chuck Schroeder
Speaker: Dr. Ali Khan, MD
Dr. Ali Khan, MD
UNMC Dean, College of Public Health
 
Dr. Khan will give an overview of the current COVID-19 pandemic at the global, national, and state levels (including the current trend of cases in the Midwest). He will discuss the U.S approach in comparison to other countries in responding to this pandemic. Dr. khan will also talk about the Exit strategy and the transition to the Better New Normal. Finally, he will talk about the recent declaration of wild polio eradication in Africa, the hope toward a world free of polio and other preventable communicable diseases.
 
October 6, 2020, Meeting Details:
When: October 6, 2020, 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
To join the meeting virtually, use this link: https://bit.ly/358ioxK
Meeting ID: 402 413 8597
Password: 661910
The room opens at 11:30 pm
To watch the meeting, go to facebook.com/Rotary14
Governor Named Rotary #14 Volunteer Group of the Year
ServeNebraska and Gov. Pete Ricketts have named Downtown Lincoln Rotary Club #14 “Volunteer Group of the Year”. This award is part of the Step Forward Awards which is one of the most prestigious volunteer awards given across Nebraska. Recipients of this award have gone above and beyond the call of service to their community. President Eric spoke stating, “While we are humbled and honored by receiving this award, we know that our work is never done...with a heart for service, our members continue to actively find ways to give back.”
 
Rotary #14 has completed an estimated 10,000 hours each year in the community in addition to weekly meetings. Celebrating its 110th anniversary, Rotary #14’s involvement spans across K-12 schools, higher education, mentorship, food insecurity, city recreation, highway cleanup, Nebraska-based business recognition, and more. In addition to partnering with local organizations, Rotary #14 provides grant funding to area nonprofits. On a global scale, the club works with Rotary International to eradicate polio and provide clean drinking water.
 
Awards will be presented at this year’s virtual event on Thursday, Oct. 29. Community members are invited and encouraged to attend this online celebration of the great work being done in the communities we call “home.” For more information, visit serve.nebraska.gov. Read the story at Journal Star Article.
NEOS Trivia
NEOS Trivia Question: Who among these Rotarians, in the photo below, binge-watched the longest since COVID hit our land? The first Rotarian to send the correct answer to Yolanda will get the surprise prize from Past President Mark Stephens. If you have not recently attended a NEOS meeting, you are missing the fun big time! See the club calendar for the next NEOS meeting.
 
L to R: NEOS Co-Chair PP Mark Stephens, Rotary 14, Lisa Janssen of Community Action, Maggie Scheifen of Enterprise Legal Studio, Tom Klein of First National Bank, Krista Carlson of Carlson Family Law, Meagan Liesveld of United Way, Victoria Grasso of Cooper Foundation, NEOS Co-Chair Leslie Levy of International Quilt Museum, Past President Mike Wortman, Kate Holman of Mourning Hope, Kristin Yates of UNL, Becky Ferguson of Union Bank, Stacy Gutschenritter of Union Bank, Angie Muhleisen of Union Bank, & Marcia White of Community Health Endowment of Lincoln
Rotarian Natalie Hahn as a Sower Awardee
Rotarian Natalie Hanh was awarded the 2020 Sower Award by Humanities Nebraska. Individuals chosen for the award have made “a significant contribution to public understanding of the humanities in Nebraska.” Natalie is the International United Nations official and Malaika Foundation founder. She served 38 years with United Nations programs in Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, New York City, and Rome. 
 
Her work with the U.N. included areas such as new food crops and nutrition in Nigeria, women, and Finance with the International Fund for Agricultural Development, youth initiatives with the Food and Agriculture Organization, UNICEF Representative to Malawi, and Senior Private Sector Advisor at the U.N.’s Fund for International Partnerships. Her favorite job was in Nigeria with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA-Ibadan) where she assisted in introducing improved food crops and nutrition programs for rural women. An agricultural revolution was the adoption of soybeans, a new crop of the country. For this accomplishment, the Yoruba Peoples honored her with a chieftaincy and bestowed the title Balogun Iyalaje, meaning “the person who empowers.”
 
Over the past 20 years, the Malaika Foundation has organized educational workshops throughout Nebraska for 3,000 teachers and provided 68 fellowships to teachers and students to study abroad on five continents. Dr. Hahn has donated African art to Metropolitan Community College in Omaha; the Kenneth Morrison Cancer Center in Hastings; the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln; Wayne State College, and the public schools and libraries in Lexington. Read the Lincoln Journal story about Natalie, click here.
Last Week at Rotary
Last week at Rotary, Eric Drumheller presided the meeting. Morrie Enders was Secretary and Ryan Dobesh was virtual meeting host. Virtual greeter was Jon Gayer and speaker was Rotary 14 member Pam Dingman, Lancaster County Engineer, who discussed information about the engineering department. New member Jon Gayer, Assistant Director, Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, University of Nebraska – Lincoln was introduced by sponsor Eric Drumheller. President Eric asked to keep the following members in your thoughts and prayers: Lorie Cook-Benjamin – her grandson, Jakob Benjamin, has kidney failure and was recently released from Children’s Mercy in Kansas City. Jakob is waiting for a kidney match. Clay Ehler’s (a member of Lincoln South and our Assistant Governor) grandfather passed away. He congratulated Jeff Hebb, on his recent promotion to CEO of the St.Charles County Association of Realtors in St. Charles, Missouri.  While sad that he will be leaving Rotary #14, we are excited about your new journey! Rotary thank you shout outs to: Christina Usher for organizing Rotary #14’s bike ride to support End Polio Now. and raising nearly $2,000. Ben Martens and the International Student Picnic Committee for their work on September 20 hosting nearly 50 people at our virtual event. Bob Everitt and his committee for organizing our club’s virtual Business Networking Day last week. Scott Larson paid a fun fine to invite everyone to attend Eastmont’s Building Better Brain’s lectures. Last week's book honorarium honorees were Pam Dingman, Hair Love for Elliot donated by Ryan Dobesh and Kyla Miller, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky for Maxey donated by R. Steven Miller.
 
Happy Birthday Rotarians
October 2020
Harner, Shannon 04   Robinson, Julie 04
Peregrine, Steve 06   Handley, David 08
Rippeteau, Bruce 10   Fabry, Sandi 14
Schiefen, Maggie 14   Hebb, Jeff 17
Hulme, Doyle 17   Joel, Steve 17
Johnston, Penny 19   Massengale, Martin 25   
Tilley, Michele 25   Crews, Pat 26   
Enders, Morrie 26   Grew, Priscilla 26   
Hawthorne, Randal 29
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