Speakers
√ August 26:

 Kailey Edelman - Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging

√ September 2:

Labor Day - No Meeting

September 9:

Courtney Baughman, Executive Director, Learning for All http://www.golearnall.org  LFA is committed to improving the lives of adults in our community by helping them achieve the language, literacy, and life skills necessary to reach their life goals.

September 16:

To be determined

September 23:

Corey Pomykata, Executive Director, Coalition Rx, https://www.coalitionrx.org/   She will be joined by Officer Fornoff, Omaha Police Department. “Founded in 2015, our mission is to reduce the misuse of all substances of abuse by raising awareness and partnering with community organizations to provide public and professional education, prevention and treatment resources, and policy advocacy.”

September 30

Becky Kern, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Weather Service, Valley, NE to speak about weather and climate changes in our region

Welcome to the Kiwanis Club of West Omaha
 
Founded in 1938 for Kiwanis Club of Greater Omaha and founded in 1961 for Kiwanis Club Westside which have merged together to form the Kiwanis Club of West Omaha. Each has a rich history of community service throughout the years. We are an eclectic mix of ages, genders, occupations, backgrounds and interests. We are all passionate about making our community and the world a better place for children so they can thrive. We are devoted to serving the children in our local community and also children all across the country and worldwide through unique and innovative service projects and fundraising initiatives. Members and invited guests meet each Monday at Noon for food, fellowship, and for the opportunity to hear from speakers about important matters in our region.
 
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RSVP or Questions: [email protected]
 
 
The meeting was opened with a prayer led by Kip.This was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
 
Attendance:  16
 
No winner for the 50/50 Drawing. 
 
Rod collected Happy Bucks.
 
We received a message from Dennis that he has enough volunteers for placing and picking up flags on July 4th.
 
Steve thanked everyone that participated in our Golf Outing. It came out very well. Our club made about $3,300.00 on it.  A big Thank You to Steve for doing a great job coordinating  everything.
 
Kip reminded everyone that Southwest Kiwanis Club's Golf Outing is July 18th. It would be nice if we had a team participate in their outing, since they had 2 teams at ours. Kip will work on lining up a team.
 
Vince is working on speakers for July. He is planning to reach out to Eddie in case he has a speaker lined up.
 
Frank thanked everyone that went to the service for Ila Dean, for the cards aKiwanis Club of West Omaha Meetingnd plant.
 
Remember you can bring food, clothing, household items to our meetings and Joann and Deb will deliver them to one of the following: Open Door Mission, Stephens Center, Sienna Francis House.
 
Rod introduced our speaker Tiffany H Reagan, Executive Director Omaha Parks Foundation. The Omaha Parks Foundation supports, protects, preserves, promotes, and improves the Omaha Parks and Recreation System. Tiffany told us about the complete and current projects they were involved with. Although they work closely with the Omaha Parks and Recreation Department on many project, they are a private-fiduciary partner to multiple government and non-profit institutions. Tiffany gave a very enlightening speech.
 
Board Meeting is Thursday, June 13th at 6:30 pm at Kip's office.
 
Speaker for June 17th is David Edmund Black, Senior director Public Affairs at Union Pacific Railroad.
 
Next Meeting is Monday, June 17th at noon at Legends.
 
Submitted by Barb St John