It’s no secret, the Rotary Club of Indianapolis wants to ramp-up business networking exchanges! Afterall, we want to do business with other Rotarians. So, the Business Exchange Committee would like a little information from you so we can continue to move forward with building business relationships! Please fill out our survey!
-
Chili Cook-Off and 5:31 at Triton Tap Room!
Join us for a special edition of the 5:31 Club as we: Welcome new Rotarians, Kick-Off Indy Do Day and have our 1st Ever *Chili Cook-off!
ROTARY 5:31 CLUB: Wednesday, October 1st at the Triton Tap Room, 915 Broad Ripple Avenue.
* Face-Off Against the Presidents of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis! Wednesday, October 1 at the Triton Tap Room in Broadripple.DEADLINE TO ENTER IS SEPTEMBER 23.
Join us for a special edition of the 5:31 Club as we: Welcome new Rotarians, Kick-Off Indy Do Day and have our 1st Ever Chili Cook-off!
Bring your best batch of chili and see how it stands-up to the chili made by two Indy Rotary Club Presidents (and hot tamales) Matt Burnett – current club president and Matt Will – past club president.
Yes, there are rules – download them, here. OR email galbright@indyrotary.org to enter. Download the combination rules and sign-up form with special recognition to the Presidential contestants!
If you are not participating in the contest, PLEASE STILL COME AND BRING FRIENDS! This is also a 5:31 Club get together and a new member recognition event. So, like all 5:31 get-togethers, it will be hot, spicy and fun!
Wednesday, October 1st at the Triton Tap Room, 915 Broad Ripple Avenue.
-
October 2, Rotary to Help Indy Do Day Effort at Craine House
ROTARIANS UNITE FOR INDY DO DAY! On Thursday, October 2 the Rotary Club of Indianapolis will be landscaping and painting the Craine House. We are looking for Rotarians to work a few hours between the hours of 8am and 4pm. We will give you all the specifics about where to park, how to dress, etc… sign-up, today!
The Craine House is in its 36th year as a court-ordered work release program providing a secure and structured environment in which women from all counties throughout Indiana serve their sentences for non-violent offenses. It provides a positive, structured environment where preschool age children may live with their mothers, thus strengthening the mother-child bond and helping mothers learn improved parenting abilities and children to develop learning and social skills. Learn more about the Craine House in this downloadable brochure!
How can you help? Sign-up by contacting Scott Armstrong at (317) 946-3448, or emailing directly.
-
Thank You, Rotarian Volunteers!
Thanks to all the volunteers!
Download the Thank you Before and After Flyer from the community.
The E&B Committee helped clean up the Willard Park Community Garden, and invested in the local neighborhood! They built raised bed planters, a gravel path, and laid down mulch.
Date: Saturday, September 20th
Time: 9am to Noon
Place: 43 N Randolph St, Indianapolis, IN 46201 -
Sept 3 – Indy Do Day Flash Mob Assembles on Circle
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
-
Mayors Proclaims Lorene Burkhart (Rotarian) Day
Story Courtesy: Current in Carmel
July 11 marked a joint celebration of Lorene Burkhart’s 80th birthday and an awards ceremony in her honor.
Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard and Indianapolis Mayor Gregory Ballard proclaimed the day “Lorene Burkhart Day” for each of the two cities.
Burkhart, a longtime resident of Indianapolis, recently moved to Carmel. Lorene Burkhart is a well-known philanthropist, author, publisher, radio and TV personality, civic leader and pioneer for women in the work place.
After recent heart surgery, Burkhart appeared to be recovering well and in great spirits as friends Barbara Boyd, Alpha Blackburn, Janie Hodges, Pat Wachtel, Syd Steele, Donna Martz, Peggy Sabens, Sharon Hunt, Rosie Steinmetz, Jeanne Olson, Bob Olson, Jenny Jones, Jim Jane Gradison and Winnie Ballard, to name a few, joined the celebration.
Mark Shunk, one of Lorene’s sons, flew in from Los Angeles to honor his mother at the ceremony. His wife, Suzy, joined him. Other family members enjoyed the celebration, as well. Shunk spoke briefly and noted that one of the most important lessons he learned from his mother was about giving back to the community.
Lorene Burkhart graduated from Purdue University in 1956 and has been a loyal supporter of the institution ever since. In 1994, she donated $1 million dollars to establish the Center for Families. In 1997, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters for her many leadership contributions.
In 1995, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from the University of Indianapolis. In 2013, she was awarded an Honorary Associate of Science Degree from Ivy Tech Community College. Her passion for teaching and learning continues with her participation to further adult literacy through the Indy Reads program.
When asked what stands out as the most important achievement to her personally, Burkhart said, “I was a pioneer for women, opening the door for achievement in the work place.”
She also said several attributes helped to contributed to her success.
“A positive attitude balanced with common sense and facts. Look at things as opportunity, then execute the tasks at hand,” she said. “Life is full of surprises. I recently survived heart surgery and drastic downsizing of my living space. It’s a time of transition. Who knows what’s next?”
She will continue organizing projects and staying active, although, the immediate task at hand is cardio therapy. Living life well, for her, is identifying things that need to be done and doing it. It’s also about having fun.
“Fun for me is being with family and friends. Funny people with good jokes make me laugh,” she said.
At 80, Lorene Burkhart continues to live life well.
***
-
Renovated Rotary Building dedicated on IU School of Medicine campus
One of the oldest buildings on the Indiana University School of Medicine campus has been both transformed and preserved with a $10 million renovation, and university leaders will gather Friday afternoon for a dedication of the newly restored historic Rotary Building. (Direct Link to Article – credit: IU Newsroom)
At the north end of Ball Gardens on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus between Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health and the Sidney and Lois Eskenzai Hospital, the Rotary Building dates to 1931, when much of the current campus did not yet exist.
The building served initially as a children’s convalescent unit associated with Riley Hospital, which had opened in 1924. Members of Rotary clubs across Indiana raised $276,000 to pay for the new facility.
The Rotary Building has served a variety of purposes over the decades, most recently as the home of the IU School of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology until the opening of the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute in 2011.
The subsequent $10 million renovation project was overseen by Schmidt Associates, working with IU architects and facility planners. The goal was to restore the building’s original beauty while modernizing the structure to meet the needs of the future.
The renovation has produced 40,000 gross square feet of office and academic space, now housing the IU-Kenya Partnership, the Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and offices of the Department of Surgery.
Led by IU President Michael A. McRobbie, IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz and IU School of Medicine Dean Jay L. Hess, the dedication program will begin at 1 p.m. Friday in the Ruth Lilly Learning Center Auditorium of the Riley Hospital Outpatient Center.
-
Bono’s Message to Rotarians (video)
“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
-
Sept 3, 2014, 5:31 Club Meeting at Claddagh Irish Pub, 3835 E. 96th St
Claddagh Irish Pub, 3835 E. 96th Street. Stop by anytime between 5:31p-7p. Reservations and punctuality not required!
5:31 meet-and-greets are our most popular event get-togethers. They are a fun way to get to know folks outside of our regular Tuesday programs. We always meet at a new location somewhere in the city and it is never dull! Want to be added to the mailing list? Sign-up here! (just below the “Contact Us” form).
-
Annie Burnett with the “The Amazing Adventures of the Princesses from Planet STEM”
Annie Burnett (daughter of Rotary Club of Indianapolis President, Matt Burnett) with the book The Amazing Adventures of the Princesses from Planet STEM, written by our speaker for the July 29, 2014 program, Dr. Erin Albert.Dr. Erin Albert is an entrepreneur, writer, pharmacist, attorney, and associate professor. She is the founder of two companies (Pharm, LLC and Yuspie, LLC), and currently is the Director of Continuing Education & Preceptor Development, and Director of the Ribordy Center for Community Practice Pharmacy at Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
Erin has developed and written several books on pharmacy practice, entrepreneurship, law, regional community development for central Indiana, and most recently, a children’s book on STEM. After launching a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign in the fall of 2013, Dr. Albert donated 440 copies of her new STEM children’s book, The Amazing Adventures of the Princesses from Planet STEM to the Indiana State Public Library System. Her books have been featured in The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, Forbes, and The New York Times. She blogs at her website, erinalbert.com.
A native Hoosier, she attended Butler University, Concordia University Wisconsin for her MBA, Shenandoah University for her doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree, and the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law for her JD.
The title of her presentation for the July 29 program: Why We Should All Be STEAMED About Education in Indiana.
STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education is in the media everywhere. It has been estimated Indiana alone will have 123,000 STEM jobs available in 2018. However, is the emphasis on STEM education enough to set Indiana apart from the rest of the global workforce? Sixty five percent of grade school children today may have jobs that don’t even yet exist. In this presentation, Dr. Albert will argue and advocate not only for STEM education in Indiana, but STEAMED education, which integrates the arts, entrepreneurship and design thinking into the STEM curriculum, which will better prepare the future Indiana workforce.
