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.
 
Meeting Location:
 
RSVP or Questions: [email protected]
 
 
Attendance: 15 Members
 
50/50 Still no winner.
 
Rod collected Happy Bucks. 
 
Joann volunteered our club to participate in accepting produce for Saving Grace at the District Convention on August 4th & 5.  She has enough volunteers for Friday. She does need 2 more volunteers for Saturday from 7:30 am to 9:00 am.  Contact Joann if you are available to help.
 
Members that are not volunteering have a chance to participate by bringing produce to our Kiwanis meeting on July 27th. Joann has volunteered to take the produce to the convention center for Saving Grace to pick up.  Only requirement is that it should not be produce that requires refrigeration.
 
Joann and Glen plan to attend the convention.
 
Joann read from an article about clubs winning awards for their projects. One that caught Barb's attention was donating back packs and school supplies to schools.  She suggested this could be a project our club could do.  Barb is to contact some schools to see if there is a need for this project. Sacred Heart and Completely Kids were suggested.  
 
Joann is to send out an email asking the Board Member's to vote yes or no on whether the club should consider spending $1000.00 for this project if Barb finds a need for it in our area.
 
Installation Dinner is possibly September 19th. More information to come later.
 
Summer Party is going to be at Jack Jackson's house on August 26th. It will be catered.  A signup sheet will be passed around soon.
 
Rod said AllPlay will be starting their Fall Season on August 12th. It will be for 6 weeks. This is a good opportunity to volunteer. You can sign up on allplay.org.
 
Dave announced the User List is functional on our website.
 
Thank you to Dave for all the work he has done on the Web Site.
 
Our speaker was Joann Feller.  She took us on a tour of Donan Castle located in Scotland. We really enjoyed the information and pictures she shared with us.
 
Glen volunteered to arrange speakers for October.
 
Speaker for July 27th is Rodney Evans CEO/President Metro Area Youth Services. He will tell us about the Camp called Hood in the Woods.
Next Board Meeting is August 8th at Kip's office.
Next meeting is July 27th at noon at Legends.

Submitted by Barb St John