In ceremonies on Thursday, June 19, the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame dedicated the “Patty and Danny Danielson Theater”, recognizing the numerous contributions of the New Castle couple to the organization. The event was attended by members of the Hall’s Board of Directors, inductees, local community and business leaders, family and friends totaling nearly 100. Read the full press release.
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Timmy Global Health / Rotary Help Improve Water System in Ecuador
In May, the Timmy Global Health first official water team traveled to the community of Los Rios to do more WASH Training and install the first community chlorinator! 350 people in that community now have access to safe drinking water!
(Image Left: Water Team with Chlorinator) In April Timmy Global Health hosted a Water & Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) Training for the health promoters and members of five Community Water Councils.
In mid-February, Timmy Global Health conducted their first Water Chlorinator Installation at a partner hospital Stadler Richter, in Archidona, Ecuador (see the Timmy Global Health video about the project at the hospital). With the help of funding from the Rotary Club of Indianapolis’s World Community Service Committee, here’s a link to the blog post that Timmy Global Health put together about the pilot installation.
In January 2014, Timmy Global Health hired a Safe Water and Medical Programs Coordinator to manage and implement a water project in the Amazon Basin. This, position was created to ensure sustainability and growth of the project. Read this blog post that outlines the Safe Water project in more detail, and emphasizes the Timmy Global Health partnerships with both MedWater and the Community Water Councils of the chlorinator installation sites.
The Rotary Club of Indianapolis World Community Service Committee (WCSC) is responsible for identifying and supporting international service projects for the Club. Projects generally have a club member & champion who ideally works in partnership with an overseas Rotary Club and personally travels to the location of the project to help create relationships and oversee the project. The committee currently supports clean water initiatives in Zimbabwe, Kenya, Haiti and Ecuador; multiple projects in Kenya including support for a legal aid clinic, mother-child hospital, and school classrooms; an aquaculture project in Moshi, Tanzania; a microfinance project in Calnali, Mexico; and peace learning projects in Jamaica.
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Jameson Camp seeks to fill two full-time AmeriCorps VISTA positions
Indianapolis Rotary Foundation Grant Recipient, Jameson Camp is seeking to fill two full-time AmeriCorps VISTA positions for community outreach and development. The positions would start in mid-August and the service term is 12 months. VISTA is a great opportunity for young professionals and others to gain valuable work experience and assist a nonprofit in capacity building. Benefits include a small living stipend, an education award at the end of service, and health coverage. The three open positions focus on community outreach, marketing, and development.
Jameson Camp is a year-round serving youth agency offering a variety of programs including residential summer camp and outdoor education. Nestled on over 100 acres on the Westside of Indianapolis, it is just 15 minutes from downtown. Interested applicants must be a college graduate and must apply through AmeriCorps website. Benefits include a living stipend, health coverage, and an education award upon completion. Click on the descriptions below for more information.
VISTA Positions Available
- Community Liaison: Engage the local community! Build new relationships with local businesses and organizations to gain community awareness, resources, and volunteers for Jameson Camp. Click now for opportunity listing and to apply.
- Development: Interested in fundraising for a growing nonprofit? Gain experience prospecting and cultivating individual donors and corporate sponsors. Click now for opportunity listing and to apply.
For more information, you may also contact Cassandra Tice, Development Manager at Jameson Camp. Her contact information is cassandra@jamesoncamp.org or 317-241-2661.
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Thursday, August 7 – Annual Rotary Verses Kiwanis Softball Game
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT. For tickets, please order directly through the Indianapolis Indians Box Office.
Once again, The Indianapolis Indians will host the Annual Rotary VS Kiwanis Softball Game! This year, the game will be on Thur, Aug 7th. Game time 5:10pm, with an Indians game beginning at 7:05pm. Check out our promotional video! $3.00 of every ticket will go to our own Indianapolis Rotary Foundation. Go Team Rotary!
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Rotarian Kim Brand Promotes interest in technology and engineering among students
Business owner Kim Brand posed a question to a crowd of mostly elderly listeners.
“They all laughed when I said, ‘How many of you took shop classes?’ They all raised their hands,” Brand said. “I said, ‘How many of you have grandkids who are in shop classes?’ Nobody raised their hands. Nobody. We’ve abandoned what I think is a sort of deep, DNA capacity to tinker.”
Brand’s Indianapolis-based company, 3D Parts Manufacturing, responded to a lack of interest in engineering and manufacturing by working with Indianapolis area teachers to incorporate 3D printers into classroom lessons as a way to promote interest in technology and engineering among students.
Read the full article on IBJ, here.
Kim Brand will be our Tuesday Program on June 17, 2014
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June 18, 2014 – Rotary District Million Dollar Celebration
We invite all Rotarians of District 6560 and their families to join us in the celebration on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Million Dollar Celebration – “Giddy Up For the Foundation.” Click here to register.
In the past three years, the members of Rotary District 6560 have contributed over ONE MILLION DOLLARS to THE ROTARY FOUNDATION. In honor of this achievement, we will be gathering at PDG Nancy and Tom Madru’s barn, 6669 West 500 North, Kokomo from 5:30 to 8:00 pm.
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2013 – 2014 Rotary Bowling Season Wrap-Up Report
The 2013-2014 Bowling Season finished up April 29th with our annual banquet at Maple Creek Country Club, statistics, prizes and fellowship! Another warm and wonderful get together. Thank you Mac Fehsenfeld for the opportunity! While are numbers are down our spirits are good. We dealt with hand and shoulder surgeries this year but all have come back stronger! Just so you know in “the day” the bowling league was 12 teams of 5 and 4 women’s teams (wives). And to be guaranteed a place on the Rotary Board you had to be on the bowling League! While many of the players only bowl in our league on Tuesday nights there are several who have made it more than a hobby! In the Senior Masters League, Andy Carr, led his team to the overall championship with a 718!! We also all saw Andy bowl a 298 this past Spring (300 is perfect – 12 Strikes!). Please believe me when I say we are not all that good, my average is only 141. Jennifer Hobbs
Please come join us for fun at Woodland Bowl any Tuesday night, September -April! WE NEED YOU!!!!
Chairperson – Jennifer Hobbs
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LISTEN – April 1, 2014 Success Stories Audio
Rotarian Harriet Ivey became a member of the club in September, 2009 and was proposed by Marge Tarplee. At the end of January 2014, Harriet Ivey retired after serving for 15 years as the founding president and CEO of the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, a private foundation that as of December 31, 2013, had assets of approximately $375 million. During her 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.
Rotarian Eric Ellsworth became a member of the club in September, 2006 and was proposed by Sue and Dick Tempero. As the President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis, he believes Indianapolis is on the way to better fitness. He says many of their partners have been working for years to help our community improve its fitness and health. Now, we have come together to form a collective impact coalition to communicate, support, grow and spread that work. -
Former Indy Rotarian Kniptash Passes Away
Former Indianapolis Rotarian William R. Kniptash 91, a lifelong resident of Indianapolis, passed away Sunday, April 20th. William joined Rotary in 1970 and was a member until 2011. William was recognized at the 2010 Annual Rotary Celebration Dinner, along with five other members to have been a Rotarian for forty years – an impressive milestone.He was the son of the late Vernon E. and Maude Kniptash. Bill graduated from Manual High School, where he played on two city championship basketball teams and was captain in 1940. Bill was named the Alumnus of the Year in 1991. He graduated from Rose Polytechnic Institute (Rose Hulman), class of 1943, with a Chemical Engineering Degree and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. He served as President of the Alumni Association 1979-80. Bill was named Honor Alumnus of the year in 1986. He joined the US Navy and was a Lieutenant JG Engineering Officer serving in WWII and was discharged in 1946. See more.
