A flash mob of more than 100 bike riders from 35 different Indianapolis companies came together today on Monument Circle to drop off nonperishable items for the Midwest Food Bank. The Orr Fellowship, Indy Hunger Network, Indy Do Day and the Elanco Enough Campaign rallied together to raise awareness that one in six Hoosiers are hungry and more than 80,000 children in the Indianapolis metro area suffer from hunger.
The group hopes to illustrate how we can all come together to make a difference and promote Indy Do Day using hashtags #circlinghunger and #indydoday. The Indy Hunger Network has registered 25 projects on the Indy Do Day website.
– See more at: http://indydoday.org/circlinghunger-with-indydoday/#sthash.l7oPlJxj.dpuf
“Whenever I go doing my work in Africa, The Rotarians have been there before me. It is very humbling thing to discover just exactly what “Service Above Self” adds up to when you see it in practice in the field” ~ Bono
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For up to two members, it is the Rotary Club of Indianapolis’s premium Corporate Membership and allows your company or organization to continuously benefit from all that the Rotary Club of Indianapolis has to offer.
Additional Benefits of the Indy Rotary Corporate Connection.
Member Spotlight table. Promote your service or business with a table of marketing materials or a display. (space and size of table or display, subject to review by Rotary).
E-Newletter Banner. Provide banner ad space in the weekly e-newsletter. Ads must be provided at a size that conforms to the Rotary e-advertising.
Home page presence. Promote your brand to include a graphic or logo at a specific size with a link to the organization’s website.One size available and time period to be determined.
Pre-program Powerpoint promotion. Highlight your organization in the form of a logo or advertisement. (slide should be provided to Rotary.)
Opportunity to bring prospective members as guests. Cannot be individuals from the same organization.
Harriet Ivey has been honored with a Touchstone Award from Girls, Inc. Harriet Ivey served for 15 years as the founding president and CEO of the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, retiring in January 2014. During Ms. Ivey’s tenure, the Trust granted more than $223 million to nearly 900 charitable entities to help people in need, protect animals and nature, and enrich community life. Additionally, more than 500 nontraditional college students have received Nina Mason Pulliam Legacy Scholarships, a signature program of the Trust since 2001.
Eleven outstanding volunteers were recognized by United Way of Central Indiana in conjunction with Indiana Black Expo at the 31st annual Diversity Volunteer Awards, Saturday, July 19, 9 a.m., at the Indiana Convention Center 500 Ballroom.
Sue and Dick Tempero
Diversity Advocate Award: Rotarian Sue Tempero is recognized as a “fierce advocate for diversity and inclusion” her entire professional life. As a member of the board of directors of the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis she has helped steer the Y towards best practices in diversity and inclusion when she helped develop the agency’s first pilot race relations study circle for board members along with other conversations and actions to change attitudes and behaviors.
Mary Burger, VP and CFO at Indiana Landmarks was elected to the Board of the Propylaeum Historic Foundation on May 21, 2014.
Eddie Pillow set to take over family business Pllow Logistics. Similarities between father-and-son duo George and Eddie Pillow don’t immediately jump out. The two relish their many differences, and speak of how well they complement each other and how well that will serve them in a few years when Eddie takes over their company, Pillow Logistics Inc. Read full story.
Rick Markoff named president of newly formed Damar Foundation. Richard M. Markoff has been named president of the newly created Damar Foundation. Damar Services’ board of directors established the foundation to help raise funds to support the work of the non-profit that has been serving children and adults challenged by autism, as well as intellectual, developmental and behavioral disabilities for more than 40 years. Read full story.
Civil Site Group has recently added Greg Gerke, PWS, CESSWI to their staff of professionals. Greg is a Senior Ecologist with over 25 years’ experience in ecological services. He will be responsible for all ecological project management including wetland delineations, wetland permitting, wetland design/build and monitoring, stream assessment and streambank stabilization, erosion control design and inspections, treatment wetlands, floral surveys, endangered species and related ecological assessments.
Laura Demeter, has left Key Bank to work at Centier as Sales Officer, Vice President, Cash Management. She oversees cash management services for Central Indiana, including Mishawaka, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, and the Greater Indianapolis area. Laura is a career banker with broad retail banking and treasury management experience. “I work with my clients to recognize, develop, and implement strategies that grow revenue, volume, market share, and profitability,” said Laura. “I am driven to produce results for my clients.”
Rotary Club of Indianapolis member since 1995, Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith will be honored at a special Thanksgiving Celebration and Dinner on August 8, 2014. The celebration will take place at Light of the World Christian Church. Tickets and sponsorships can be purchased at http://www.indyfaith.org/_forms/view/20906. Download the invitation here.
(Excerpt from The Indianapolis Recorder, March 24, 2011)
As a senior in high school, Angelique Walker wanted to get as far away from Cedarville and Springfield, Ohio, as she could manage. She went away to college at Kent State University, located 162 miles across the state.
It was not that the preacher’s kid was trying to ditch her beloved parents, Rev. Roosevelt and Geneva Walker, but the teenager was ready to make her own mark.
Having given her life to Christ at age 9, Walker started to feel a calling to the ministry while she was an undergraduate student at Kent State, but did not know that calling was toward the pulpit. Still, after graduating she was convinced that she should pursue graduate study at Yale University Divinity School, (YDS) where she earned a master’s of divinity degree. This also allowed her to join her future husband at Yale, R. Drew Smith, whom she met at Blessed Hope Baptist Church in Indianapolis as a youth during a visit from her home church in Springfield.
Did you miss this week’s program with Angela Buchman? No worries, we have the audio here!
Meteorologist Angela Buchman joined the SkyTrak 13 Weather Team in September 2013.
She is a 1990 graduate of Hamilton Southeastern High School. From Hamilton County, she went to Indiana University to pursue a degree in Business. This wasn’t her passion. The weather is her passion. At the urging of her parents, she called Chuck Lofton who advised her to change her major. She did and graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Atmospheric Science.
While in college, Angela worked at the National Weather Service in Indianapolis. Her first TV assignment was at WLFI-TV 18 in West Lafayette, Indiana. From there, she spent 4 years forecasting the weather in Sacramento, California.
She returned home to central Indiana in 2001 and her forecasting has earned her 5 Emmy awards.
Angela and her husband Mark have 2 children Luke and Grace. She loves them, central Indiana and the weather.
Junior Achievement of Central Indiana (Member, Lauren Scheldrup) is now accepting nominations for its 11th annual Indy’s Best and Brightest Awards. This event will honor 100 of Central Indiana’s accomplished young professionals, age 40 and under, who are making their mark in and around Indianapolis. Visit Indy’s Best and Brightest to vote, today!
We are currently accepting nominations for our 100 finalists. Ten Finalists will be honored in each of the following categories:
Accounting
Banking & Financial Services
Education & Nonprofit
Government
Health & Life Sciences
Law
Manufacturing, Retail & Services
Media, Entertainment & Sports
Real Estate Development & Construction
Technology
We are asking you to please start thinking of nominations for this year’s event and pass the word around to those you know. This is an excellent opportunity to recognize colleagues and promote your company. In which case, we hope we can count on you to do your part and nominate at least one worthy candidate in your industry or elsewhere.
You can find the nomination form and event details at IndysBestandBrightest.org. If you have any questions, please contact Tabitha Williams at Tabitha@jaindy.org. We will be updating event details through social media channels and emails as well. So please take a moment to like our Indy’s Best and Brightest Facebook page and watch for #indysbestandbrightest.
Thank you in advance for nominating an outstanding individual!
The Community Service Committee did it again! It was another successful project /clean up for a Tangram sponsored home. Tangram is a nonprofit that provides services for adults with disabilities. Thanks to Jim Bernhardt for bringing this amazing organization to our attention. His wife Kathy works in the corporate office and another Rotarian Connie Dillman is part of our club!
Over the years we have painted barns red, trimmed shrubbery, raked up stone in favor of mulch, planted flowers, picked up trash, cleaned up fence row and taken down old broken chain link fence. We even spent a couple rainy weekends painting the inside of one home!
Working on the east side of Indianapolis we did a lot of the above including rotor tilling down a mound of dirt on the front lawn from a broken water pipe so a lawn could be planted….we even did that! We even mulched around the big tree in the front yard. It was a morning well spent….we felt good and a lot dirty!!
Many thanks go out to all who participated: Jim Bernhardt, Zack Conner, Holly Dunn, Joe Gaafar, Jennifer Hobbs, Vern Hobbs (husband), Marie Koenig, Norm Melzer, Jim Narmore!
The Pink Honor Roll consists of the top 100 individual fundraisers for the Central Indiana Race for the Cure®. Combined, this year’s top fundraisers raised $225,000! And, our very own Sheila Carlson made it raising $1415.00! Because of this group, their supporters and others in our community, this will mean more funds will be available for life-saving local breast health services and global research for the causes, improved treatments and cures for breast cancer. In total, Rotary Racers raised $2,268.00 – way to go Rotary!
The Rotary Club of Indianapolis Celebrated on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, in honor of members of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis for the Annual Celebration Luncheon! Check out the Rotarian of the Year Video!
Our festivities included:
Thank You to Committees, Sponsors and Contributors
Invocation and Pledge, Kendall Millard
President Scott Armstrong
Presentation of awards to Club and Foundation Directors
Milestone Award Presentations
Arthur E. Krick Award Presentation
Perfect Attendance Recognition
President’s Awards
Distinguished Rotarian Awards
Rotarian of the Year, Paul Raikes
Year End Address, President Scott Armstrong
Installation of Officers
Presentation by President Matt Burnett
4 Way Test and Adjourn
Sponsors
This celebration would not be possible without the generous support of sponsors. We list them here and gratefully acknowledge their contributions.
Event Sponsor:
UIndy MBA Program
Table Sponsors
Barnes and Thornburg
Bedel Financial Consulting
Danny Danielson
Flanner and Buchanan
Kroger Company
RJE Business Interiors
Sponsors
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Sutton-Garten
Additional Contributors
Bill Bubenzer Photography
Dave Leonards
Donaldson’s Finer Chocolates
Engledow Group
Focal Point
Steve Harris
Rotarian of the Year Committee
Elaine Bedel, Peggy Blackard, Tim Dudley, Bill Ervin
Organizing Committee
Melissa Farmer, Matt Burnett, Susie Harmless
