Our club will NOT be meeting for lunch on June 27. Instead, we hope you’ve purchased your tickets for the Celebration Dinner, which will be a delightful opportunity to gather and celebrate the Rotary year that has been all about Stepping Up to Serve!
Attire for the evening is Business/ After Five
Registration Opens and Social Hour Begins: 5:30 p.m.
Dinner and Program Begin: 6:30 p.m.
Location: http://thecranebay.com/ Crane Bay Event Center 551 West Merrill Street, Indianapolis, IN (near Lucas Oil Stadium)
Please note:
Onsite parking is $5 cash per car. Carpooling or Taxi/Uber is encouraged.
If you have any special dietary restrictions that you have not alerted to staff, please email Kelly at Ktingle@indyrotary.org.
If you haven’t purchased your after party tickets yet, you can purchase at the door.
We do not offer refunds, but dinner tickets are transferrable. If tickets are transferred, please email Kelly at ktingle@indyrotary.org so that she can ensure registration goes smoothly.
There will be complimentary wine while supplies last and a cash bar available – credit cards are accepted at the bar.
Get ready for a super fun silent auction during social hour- you can bid then and pay later.
Join the Rotary Club of Indianapolis on Tuesday, April 4, as we welcome Gerry Dick with Inside INdiana Business to Rotary.
After 14 years as a principal reporter and field anchor at WRTV (ABC) in Indianapolis, news veteran Gerry A. Dick and technology entrepreneur Scott A. Jones formed Grow Indiana Media Ventures, LLC, a media company created to deliver Indiana business news and information through media sources. Mr. Dick is president and managing editor of Grow Indiana Media Ventures and Mr. Jones serves as chairman.
Grow Indiana Media Ventures’ properties include Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick, Indiana’s most watched local business television program; InsideIndianaBusiness.com; Inside INdiana Business Radio, The INside Edge Morning Briefing and INside Edge Mid-Day e-newsletters and a variety of interactive media products.
Mr. Dick is a frequent keynote speaker and moderator on issues related to the Indiana economy and serves as a business analyst for WISH-TV 8 (CBS, Indianapolis) and 93.1 WIBC (Indianapolis).
His proud accomplishments include the prestigious Sagamore of the Wabash, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, four Emmy nominations and Journalist of the Year by the Small Business Administration.
Mr. Dick was born and raised in Vermilion County and is a graduate of Indiana State University. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and Junior Achievement of Central Indiana. Gerry also serves on multiple higher education boards and associations, working to improve and support the business and communication sectors for future generations.
On June 28, 2016, the Rotary Club of Indianapolis celebrated a successful and event-filled evening at the downtown Scottish Rite Cathedral in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Hilton Hotels & Suites VIP Reception and Bedel Financial Dinner stages were set with lots of colorful blooms and lush greenery. The tables were assembled with festive floral centerpieces donated and sold the end of the evening for a contribution to Rotary.
Awards and Installations
Many deserving Rotarians received awards and President Jeff Lake (2015-2016) installed President Sheila Carlson (2016-2017), while President Carlson installed our newest Officers and Directors!
The Rotary Club of Indianapolis will host Tavis Smiley on Friday, May 20th in the Reilly Room at Atherton Union on Butler University’s Campus
The evening will include a free signed copy of Tavis’ latest book, “50 For Your Future: Lessons from Down the Road.” On these gorgeously illustrated pages, you’ll find the hard-won wisdom of media mogul and social entrepreneur, who rose from humble roots in a cramped Indiana trailer to become a critically acclaimed host of television and radio, as well as an impactful philanthropist. Through his relationships with cultural luminaries such as Maya Angelou and Quincy Jones, and personal mentors such as Rosa Parks and Peter Jennings —Smiley has learned what it takes to live your best life. We invite you to network with the community and join us as Tavis shares a few stories from the book and signs copies for guests.
Tickets for the evening include appetizers and a signed copy of “50 for Your Future.” Cash Bar available.
If you can’t attend the event, we encourage you to buy a ticket and we’ll DONATE it to Big Brothers Big Sisters so they can enjoy the program.
Presented by: The Rotary Club of Indianapolis, Community Management Services, Inc., WFYI and Efroymson Diversity Center at Butler University
On Tuesday, April 12, The Rotary Club of Indianapolis invites Sun King Co-Founder and Brewer Clay Robinson to speak. Over seven years, Sun King Brewing Company created over 100 jobs, expanded its plant and contributed significantly to the economy of greater Indianapolis. “If you want to be a community leader, you’ve got to support those who share your vision,” points out co-founder/brewer Clay Robinson.“Sun King is proud to continually work with hundreds of organizations that help achieve our mission of enriching Hoosier lives one pint at a time.”
Sun King Brewing Company is an Indianapolis-based craft brewery with a focus on continually creating traditional seasonal and unique specialty beer. Sun King rolled their first keg of beer out of the door in July 2009 and since that time has grown into one of Indiana’s largest and most award-winning breweries.
Sun King also makes a huge commitment to the community. They are proud to provide product, support and promotion to hundreds of organizations that help achieve their mission of enriching Hoosier lives one pint at a time.
Sun King beer can be enjoyed at over 1,000 fine bars/restaurants and liquor stores throughout Indiana, at the downtown brewery at 135 N. College Ave. Indianapolis, or at the Small Batch Brewery and Tasting Room at 7848 E. 96th Street in Fishers, Indiana.
This was an evening event hosted by the Rotary Club of Indianapolis. It included brief remarks by Andrew Luck and a one-on-one conversation moderated by Dave Calabro Eyewitness 13 Sports Director.
Although widely projected as the first overall selection in the 2011 NFL Draft, Luck decided to return to Stanford for his redshirt junior season. A year later, he was selected first overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.
In his first three professional seasons, Luck has led the Colts to three playoff appearances including two division titles in 2013 and2014, also earning a Pro Bowl selection in each season. Also, in the 2013-14 NFL playoffs, he led the Colts to the second largest playoff comeback in NFL history.
Rotarian Kent Millard’s predecessor as pastor of Saint Luke’s United Methodist Church and an infantry veteran of the Normandy Invasion. Carver McGriff received a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts. He spoke to Rotary in 2004 and possibly in 1988.
In 2003 Carver McGriff received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, from which he earned his Master of Divinity degree “With Distinction” in 1962. McGriff also received the Kidder Prize at Garrett, awarded to the best student preacher in the graduating class.
McGriff returned to Indiana to earn a degree in business administration from Butler University. In 1959, after ten years in the business sector, he entered Garrett Theological Seminary. Subsequently he served five years in an Indianapolis suburban church. He earned an MS at Christian Theological Seminary in 1965 and was recognized by that seminary in 1993 with their Distinguished Alumnus Award. In 1970 he received a Doctor of Divinity from Indiana Central University (now the University of Indianapolis).
He served as senior pastor at Saint Luke’s United Methodist Church from 1967 to 1993. After retiring, or rather changing careers, he became an author with at least eight books to his credit, including Making Sense of Normandy: A Young Man’s Journey of Faith and War (2007). He continues to be active through writing, teaching, and leading study groups.
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.
The International Orangutan Center was designed with the orangutans in mind every step of the way. While it may not look like a traditional forest, the International Orangutan Center acts like the home territory of orangutans in the wild. This spectacular addition to the Zoo and to the Indianapolis community will be home to a fascinating group of these endangered great apes, offering them a special facility designed and built especially to meet their physical, social, and intellectual needs.
Our new habitat will allow the orangutans to engage in their natural behaviors, while also challenging their curiosity and creativity. It will:
Accommodate the orangutans’ arboreal lifestyle.
Stimulate and engage their remarkable intelligence.
Support their unique social structure.
The habitat also will create a visitor experience like no other. Zoo guests will enjoy diverse viewing opportunities, ranging from intimate encounters at ground level to spectacular aerial rides above. A soaring Beacon of Hope will draw people into the Zoo while enhancing the Indianapolis downtown skyline. With its unique design, it will become an icon for the Zoo and a beacon for the city and for wild orangutans. Location: Indianapolis Zoo, 1200 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46222
Mark your calendars! Race car driving Legend Derek Daly is coming to Rotary on January 21! From Victory Circle to the Announcer’s Desk, Hall of Fame Race Car Driver and Network Television Color Analyst Daly has spent nearly three decades as the face of the motorsport world.
Derek Daly’s professional racing career spanned 17 years, and his experiences are nothing short of breathtaking. Daly’s story is one that precious few have lived to tell. In 1984, Derek suffered one of the hardest crash impacts that a driver had ever survived when he hit the wall at Michigan International Speedway at 212 MPH. After fourteen surgeries and three years in therapy, he returned to full-time racing. He competed in the 12 Hours of Sebring – one of the premier motorsport endurance races in the US – and won the race two years in a row.
Born in Dublin, Ireland to a middle class working family, Derek’s career path was set at the age of twelve when he attended his first auto race. From that moment, his commitment to the dream of being a professional driver was unshakeable. On the way to his dream he worked as a laborer in the iron ore mines of Australia and, while travelling the race tracks of England, even took up residence in a school bus.
His dreams became reality when he won Irish, British and European championship events. In 1978, he competed in the highest class of auto racing at the Formula One World Championship, and two short years later Derek was ranked 10th in the world. In 1983 he made his first of six starts in the Indianapolis 500.
In 1985 Derek started a 10 year association with ESPN as a motor sport color analyst. Since then he’s become the face of motor sports, seen on NBC, CBS, Fox and Speed Channel. USA Today highlighted Derek as “the best new face on sports television” and IndyCar Racing magazine voted Derek “the most popular motor sports television announcer.”
Moet & Chandon champagne awarded Derek the Joules Goux Award for his outstanding contributions to motor sports television. He was later nominated for ESPN’s Ace Award, and Derek received the 2000 Hall of Fame Award from “Motor Sport Ireland” for his leadership of Irish motor sport.
Derek became the ‘voice’ of motor sports when Electronic Arts signed him to be the voice of the Andretti Racing high-tech video game. MotorTrend Magazine voted the Derek Daly Performance Driving Academy as “the best driving school in America”. The school boasts title of the most advanced driver training / racing school in the USA, and even hit the big screen when Sylvester Stallone chose Derek’s program for his own race driving preparation for the film “Driven”. Robin Yount, Pete Sampras, Aerosmith, John Oates and Vin Diesel have also have attended the academy’s world-class driving programs.
Derek Daly is CEO and founder of MotorVation, a unique provider of consulting and experiential learning solutions.
Derek literally wrote the book on how to become a ‘complete champion’. Race To Win: How to Become a Complete Champion was heralded a “future classic” by the Irish Times. Friend, former race competitor and international auto racing superstar Mario Andretti contributed the foreword: “Derek’s book teaches lessons it took guys like me years to learn. Quite honestly, I believe the advice in this book resonates far beyond the racing industry.”
Using his hallmark “Complete Champion” presentations, Derek has taught the timeless principles of SAFE – Speed, Agility & Flawless Execution to companies like , Pepsico, Goldman Sachs, Xerox, Bayer, Deloitte, Growmark, Pioneer, Roche, Abbott Labs, US Govt Department of Defense, USDA and Gallo wines.
Derek, his wife Rhonda and three sons reside outside of Indianapolis, Indiana. Derek became an American Citizen on September 28, 1993, but retains his wonderful Irish accent.
