Last week Nate Schwalb and Judy Sealer served as greeters and Dave Laferla gave our invocation. Rich Craig hosted our new member mingle table. We had several announcements as well as a new member introduction. Our speaker, candidate Kara Eastman, was unable to make the meeting due to a family emergency so our President, Nick Jasa, filled in with a presentation on his trip to Africa to deliver shoes to children. The RISK bag was at $121 and Gary Beller won a free lunch.
Last week Kevin Welsh introduced us to new member Dave Paladino.
David Paladino is the founder of Dino’s Storage, Gold Coast Technologies, and Landmark Group. Collectively these companies operate under the umbrella of Landmark Group and have 90 employees in Nebraska, Iowa and Manitoba. Dave also holds a Real Estate Broker license in Nebraska & Iowa.
Dave was born in Omaha Nebraska and raised in western and northeastern Nebraska. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska Omaha, with a degree in marketing. Upon graduation, he worked in Atlanta for an IBM industry remarketer.
In the early 1990’s, Dave returned to Nebraska to become Vice President of a small real estate firm. In 1994, Dave bought the firm and changed the name to Landmark Group. Dave is a 2000 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Real Estate and earned a master’s degree in real estate development.
Dave is married to Lisa and is a former member of Morning Rotary. Welcome, Dave!
The Suburban Rotary Engagement Award is a new award for the 2018-2019 Rotary year that recognizes club members who meet a set of criteria across a spectrum of club activities which denotes their excellent engagement in the club. They fulfill the "rule of two" in the following five categories: 1) Community Service, Committee Meetings, Donations, Guests, and Miscellaneous. Learn more by accessing the about and club member status pages with the links below.
Suburban Rotary prides itself as one of the most engaged clubs. Please direct general questions regarding this program to the Participation Committee and any questions about Club Member Status to our Executive Director.
Volunteers are needed for highway clean-up on October 6th and Monster Mash staffing on October 13th. Sign up online or at a meeting.
If you are still interested in the hotel/motel training to fight human trafficking, there is another session on October 27th in Lincoln. Please contact Jennifer in the office for more information.
Northwest Rotary invites Rotarians, family members and friends to attend a Movie Night for fun, fellowship and raising funds for PolioPlus. Movie Night will be held on Tuesday, October 30, 2018. There will be a potluck dinner from 5:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Fried chicken will be provided and attendees are asked to bring a side dish or dessert. The movie, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), will start at 6:30 p.m. after dinner. This fellowship event will be held at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 202 South 20th Street, in Omaha. There is a suggested $20 free will offering for PolioPlus. We will need reservations for planning. Please email Vickie Backman at nwrotary@cox.net for a reservation. A flyer is attached. We hope you will join us for Movie Night!
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the meetings. Make-ups also count.
ONLINE MAKE-UPS Have you checked this out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will find this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for more information. Check your attendance status anytime on our website.
Omaha Southwest , Tues., 5:15 p.m : DJ's Dugout at 17666 Welch Plaza, on the northeast corner of 180th & Q streets. The meeting room is located down the hallway at the southeast corner of the building
WEDNESDAYS Council Bluffs Centennial Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. HyVee in the Mall of the Bluffs
Downtown -Wednesday Noon, Field Club
Western Douglas County 7 a.m., Elkhorn Common Ground Community Center, 1701 Veterans Drive (l block north of Elkhorn H. S.)
Council Bluffs Thursday Noon, Council Bluffs Senior Center