Author: Indy Rotary

  • May 26, Join Us as We Welcome Edward Bensman

    Edward A. Bensman was part of the April 1975 rescue mission for the Children of An Lac, a Vietnam Orphanage north of Saigon. The rescue was coordinated by civilians who organized in the United States and then went to Vietnam to perform the rescue in the heat of the final days. Many of the orphans have stayed in touch in the United States.

    While American forces were in Vietnam, the U.S. Army’s First Division “adopted” the An Lac Orphanage, and as Vietnam was falling during the spring of 1975, many veterans then tried to move the orphanage again. Then, Captain Edward Bensman took leave from his assignment at Fort Benjamin Harrison to participate in the An Lac project.

    The incident became the basis of a movie, The Children of An Lac, based on the true story of film actress Ina Balin and her efforts with American Red Cross volunteer Betty Tisdale (played by Shirley Jones) as well as Madame Vu Thi Ngai, a compassionate Vietnamese woman running the An Lac orphanage, to rescue 219 orphaned children and fly them out of the country before it fell to the communists in the spring of 1975

  • May 5, DigIndy and Arbor Day Celebration

    Bastin Reed

    Jessica S. Bastin andBenjamin E. Reed, Planning & Design Services in the Special Projects Group with Citizens Energy Group

    The DigIndy Project is a 27-mile long network of 18 foot diameter deep rock tunnels being built 250-feet beneath the city. Beginning near the Indiana State Fairgrounds on the north, and ending on the south side of Indianapolis, DigIndy will be the largest public works project in the city’s history.

    The tunnel system will extend along Fall Creek, White River, Pogues Run, Pleasant Run and Bean Creek to create a collective, underground storage and transport facility for wastewater (sewage). All sewage stored and transported in the tunnel system is sewage that otherwise could have gone directly into our waterways. The tunnel system is a component of the federally-mandated plan to reduce raw sewage overflows into our waterways

  • Awadh Dubey, Senior Ophthalmologist and Motivational Speaker, April 29

    Dr Dubey

    Dr. Awadh Dubey was born on December 27, 1949 in India to spiritual parents involved in several community services. Dr. Dubey a committed family man having joy in the centre of all the activities has traveled widely and is a well-read person. His wife Shubha is a MBA and shares administrative responsibilities in their Hospital. Dr Dubey’s elder son Dr Gaurav is also an ophthalmologist and shares his professional assignments and charity work. Dr. Gaurav’s wife Suprabha has done Masters in Hospital Administration and looks after Hospital’s Administration. Dr Dubey’s younger son Vaibhav is a MBA working as Vice President in Genpact New York, USA. Vaibhav’s wife Shreya is D. Phil from Oxford University, England.

  • May 6th, Special Rotary 5:31 CLUB at Hotel Tango Whiskey

    Hotel Tango Whiskey

    The Pony Keg will be doing an acoustic set at Hotel Tango Whiskey, located at 702 Virginia Ave.

    Pony Keg is Dale Robbins and (Rotarian) Orion Bell, 2/5th of the band Wildheart.

    There will be no cover charge, but donations will go to the Indianapolis Rotary Foundation. A little country, rock, blues and folk, cocktails all for a good cause!