The Indianapolis Rotary Foundation is excited to offer Community Grants (two $25,000 and two $10,000) to four 501(c)3 nonprofits that serve Central Indiana. Applications are due by June 25 – all areas of focus are considered and encouraged to apply online.
Go here to submit your application.
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The Rotary Club of Indianapolis is excited about our second year for our upcoming Celebration Dinner on Tuesday, June 26. Click HERE to purchase tickets to the dinner.
Our silent auction will feature a great line up of unique experiences. See below for a just a few of the items we’ll feature during the reception, starting at 5:30 p.m. Please join us that night for a complete list and be sure to come ready to bid and support our club, so we can continue to build a better Indianapolis.
Indy Skin Renew
Indy Fuel- Ride the Zamboni!
Downtown Fireworks Passes
Spoke and Steele Bourbon Barrel Experience & Overnight stay at LeMeridien
In Studio Experience
Peace Learning Center Group Mini Retreat
Hilton Hotel and Suites & Pacers Tickets
Pint Cycle
Chef JJs
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In addition to these silent auction items, we have three incredible opportunities for you to “Buy A Seat” at three very special events. The first 10 individuals who sign up for the events will receive the honor and privilege to be a part of the experience.
Buy a Seat for Moscow Mules with Matt Burnett, August 23
This experience is limited to the first 10 people to donate $100 to the Rotary Club of Indianapolis.
Join the ultimate hosts, Matt and Jill Burnett, in their home to enjoy an evening of amazing fellowship and his famous Moscow Mules, made with Big Machine Vodka.
Buy a Lesson – Beer and Ballet with Don Steffy, September 15, 11:00 am
This experience is limited to the first 10 people to donate $100 to the Rotary Club of Indianapolis.
Ever dream of dancing? Then join Rotarian and former ballet dancer Don Steffy for a group lesson and fun experience of Ballet and Beer at Lebanon Ballet School. Not only entertaining, you’ll also get a glimpse into the life of a professional dancer as Don relives his glory days. Beer tasting experience provided by Peoples Revel Room, but bring your own tutu.
Buy a Seat for an Elegant Evening with John Mainella and Michael Pettry, August 18
This experience is limited to the first 10 people to donate $100 to the Rotary Club of Indianapolis.
Join 2018-19 President John Mainella and his husband Michael Pettry for a late summer dinner party at their historic Fletcher Place home! Enjoy the fruits of Indiana’s bounty, while you sip on craft cocktails from Rotarian Brian Willsey’s Hotel Tango spirits and wines from John and Michael’s personal cellar. And we bet there will even be some time around one of their pianos!
Once again, The Indianapolis Indians will host the Annual Rotary vs Kiwanis Softball Game. Help us bring home the Babe!
This year, the game will be on Monday, June 11. Game time is at 5:05 p.m., with an Indians game beginning at 7:05 p.m. Each ticket is $15.00 and children 2 and under are free. $2 of every ticket will go to our own Indianapolis Rotary Foundation. Register and pay here!
Please purchase tickets no later than Sunday, June 3. Physical tickets will be distributed at the Rotary program on Tuesday, June 5. If you are unable to pick-up your tickets at the June 5 Rotary program, they will be provided at the Indianapolis Indians Will Call office on June 11.
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The Rotary Club of Indianapolis is delighted to present the 2018 Celebration Dinner and Fundraiser. This annual event is an opportunity shine the light on a year that has been exciting, engaging and continuously evolving. The evening is a wonderful night to celebrate our annual accomplishments, honor and recognize key leadership and achievers and also recommit to our Club and the work we do in the community. Being held for the first time at the Indiana History Center, the night will feature an impressive silent auction as well as a three course dinner from MBP Catering, complimentary wine and a cocktail from Hotel Tango and an optional after-party on the Canal (weather permitting) that will feature the musical talents of our own Chris Gonzalez. Tickets for the event are just $60 if purchased before May 18- truly one of the best fundraising bargains you’ll see this year. Bring your spouse, family, colleague or a friend to share in the night.
Purchase your tickets today at Eventbrite.
Want to see how fun last year’s night was? Check out our Facebook photo galleries here – Album 1 and Album 2.
The Rotary Club of Indianapolis is proud to announce that nominations for the Rotary Outstanding Achievement Recognition (ROAR) Award is open (formerly called Rotarian of the Year.) Nominations for Rotarians in good standing who have demonstrated “Service Above Self” during his or her lifetime are being accepted. This award recognizes a life devoted to reflecting the Four Way Test, not just within the Club, but in their career and community life as well. This is considered a lifetime achievement award.
Award Information:
Download the ROAR nomination form.
Past Recipients:
2007: Marge Tarpley and Danny Danielson
2008: Dr. Tim Dudley
2009: Hugh Baker
2010: Bill Batt
2011: Bill Ervin
2012: Gene Busche
2013: Club celebrated 100th anniversary and named Rotarian of the Century: Senator Richard Lugar
2014: Paul Raikes
2015: Club celebrated retirement of Executive Director, Susie Harmless, and, therefore, no ROY named
2016: Judge Tom Fisher
2017: Elaine Bedel
The Rotary Club of Indianapolis will be going offsite for our luncheon program to one of the city’s hottest spring locations on Tuesday, April 24. Join us!
Register today for our club’s lunch at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. The program will begin with a lovely boxed lunch for networking, a program presented by the Ruth Lilly Deputy Director for Horticulture and Natural Resources Jonathan M. Wright and if you can, stay for a tour of their incredible outdoor natural exhibit, Hello Spring.
Please note the alternate timing for this great program:
Boxed Lunch in the Sutphin Fountain Room:11:30-12:30
Program in DeBoest Lecture Hall: 12:30-1:15
Optional Tours of Hello Spring:1:15-2:15
Free onsite parking available. Guests always welcome; advance registrations are required for this unique insider look.
Bankers Life Fieldhouse is the home of our own Indiana Pacers. But behind the scenes, the Fieldhouse is an incredible asset that can shift from a basketball court one week to a magical Disney ice rink the next and then play host to a monster truck rally the next, only to showcase complicated stages for the biggest names in music. What does it take to manage all of this? Learn more about the behinds the scenes operations from Pacers Sports and Entertainment President/COO Rick Fuson on Tuesday, March 27.
A graduate of Indiana University and a life-long resident of Indianapolis, he joined the staff of Market Square Arena in 1984 as director of special events and was promoted the following year to vice president. Fuson helped oversee the Pacers’ move to Bankers Life Fieldhouse in September 2000 and in September 2014 he became President/COO.
Through the years, Fuson has been active in pursuing major events for the Fieldhouse and the City of Indianapolis. From his time as Co-Chair of the 2012 Super Bowl Village Committee to his recent effort to bring the 2021 NBA All Star Game to Indianapolis, he is dedicated to building sport in Indianapolis. He is also on the Board of Directors for Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), Indianapolis Urban League, Indy Public Safety Foundation, Indy Chamber and Visit Indy. He is an Advisor to the Indiana Sports Corporation Board of Directors and currently serves as Chair of the Pacers Foundation.
We welcome our very own member and Past President Elaine Bedel as speaker at the Tuesday, March 20 meeting. The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) was established in 2005 in order to respond quickly to the needs of businesses. The public-private organization is led by Indiana Secretary of Commerce Jim Schellinger and IEDC President Elaine Bedel and governed by a 15-member board of directors – chaired by Governor Eric J. Holcomb. In her presentation, Elaine will discuss the IEDC’s economic development activities, including performance-based tax credits, workforce training grants, innovation and entrepreneurship resources, and talent attraction and retention efforts. For more information about the IEDC, visit www.iedc.in.gov.
Prior to serving the state in her current role, Elaine served as president, chief executive officer and chief compliance officer of Bedel Financial Consulting Inc., a role held since she founded the company in 1989. Throughout her career, Bedel has been recognized for dedication to her profession and her community. A graduate of Hanover College who earned an MBA from Butler University, she was inducted into the Indiana Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016 and was recognized as the 2015 Women Business Owner of the year by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). Bedel was also the recipient of the ROAR Award (Rotary Outstanding Achievement Recognition) in 2017. We can’t wait to hear from her at the podium again.
The Rotary Club of Indianapolis is proud to announce our recently elected Board of Directors who will serve two terms from July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2020. We look forward to their leadership!
Katie Abernathy
Ken File
Andrea Geiger
Ryan Goodwin
Jannett Keesling
Tracey Danner-Odenwelder
Lisa Rollings
The Rotary Club of Indianapolis prides itself on bringing incredible speakers to our Tuesday programs. Each week, for just $25, you walk away enriched and 
energized! We meet every Tuesday at Ivy Tech Culinary Conference Center at 2820 N. Meridian Street. Our lunch buffet opens at 11:45 and always ends by 1:15. Tables of eight for just $200 can be reserved by emailing Jamie Stahl.
The line up for the remaining Rotary year is almost complete and we’re happy to share that we’ll be sending you off with a bang.June 19- Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett
June 26- Celebration Dinner in evening, no lunch meeting