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  • Celebration Dinner Silent Auction

    Celebration Dinner Silent Auction

    The Rotary Club of Indianapolis is excited about our second year for our upcoming Celebration Dinner on Tuesday, June 26.  Click HERE to purchase tickets to the dinner.

    Our silent auction will feature a great line up of unique experiences.  See below for a just a few of the items we’ll feature during the reception, starting at 5:30 p.m.  Please join us that night for a complete list and be sure to come ready to bid and support our club, so we can continue to build a better Indianapolis.

    Indy Skin Renew

    • When #adulting gets too hard… come on out to Skin Renew! This package is a half day spa package where you’ll receive a 60 minute massage, signature custom facial and a spa deluxe pedicure.

    Indy Fuel- Ride the Zamboni!

    • Receive four Club Level tickets to the Friday, October 12 season opener of our City’s own semi-professional hockey team, the Indy Fuel!  While there, you’ll get an opportunity of a lifetime to RIDE THE ZAMBONI during the first intermission.  If you’ve got any hockey fans- big or small- in your life, this will make an incredible surprise gift.

    Downtown Fireworks Passes

    • Gifted by Emmis Communications, these four VIP passes for the downtown fireworks show include admission to a private area on the War Memorial to view the Fireworks, a casual dinner from 6:30-9 and two complimentary drinks. Guests are encouraged to bring their own blankets and chairs, but expect to be treated like the VIPs they are!

    Spoke and Steele Bourbon Barrel Experience & Overnight stay at LeMeridien

    • Spoke & Steele is a restaurant concept drawing its inspiration from the emerging creative neighborhoods and familiar feel of downtown Indianapolis with a menu of authentic food and drink sourced and influenced from the best of Indiana’s craft vendors.  This auction item includes a personalized Barrel Experience and an overnight stay at the gorgeous deluxe LeMeridien Hotel.  You’ll receive an amazing one-hour session with a craft cocktail bartender to create a bourbon-based concoction for your personal one-liter barrel.

    In Studio Experience

    • Go behind the scenes with Emmis Communications!  Join your favorite radio hosts behind the scenes to watch how they produce some of the best radio shows in the country!  This certificate entitles you to meet the hosts and sit in studio to observe the magic of radio.

    Peace Learning Center Group Mini Retreat

    • Enjoy a 2-hour session with a trained Peace Learning Center Facilitator. This can be used with a team, classroom, club, or even a family! We can tailor your experience for up to 25 youth and/or adults. This unique bonding experience with our city’s premier peace building organization can be done at your site or at our beautiful facility in Eagle Creek Park. Choose from the following session topics: team building, conflict resolution, appreciating differences, bullying or peer pressure.

    Hilton Hotel and Suites & Pacers Tickets 

    • Enjoy an evening of fun and elegance downtown at one of the largest hotel suites in the City, after watching one of our best sports teams! This package includes a certificate good for a night at the Presidential suite along with breakfast for two as well as two tickets to a Pacers game next season.  You can also take advantage of all the great amenities the hotel has to offer, including a modern fitness center, indoor pool and whirlpool and an onsite spa.

    Pint Cycle

    • Enjoy the dynamic and growing downtown Fishers in style!  The certificate includes One (1) weekday tour on the Pint Cycle for 10-16 people. Your group will enjoy a pedal-powered, 16-person bicycle tour of the city’s center with optional stops at several breweries, bars, and restaurants, including Four Day Ray Brewery, Brixx Pizza, Louvino, and Nickel Plate Bar & Grill.

    Chef JJs 

    • Signed Cookbook & Gift Certificate for (2) Tickets to a Grilling Class of Your Choice at Chef JJ’s Downtown!  Grilling Classes are a unique dining experience where guests interact with the chef and learn new grilling techniques through our classes. This ticketed event will vary in price but includes the recipes, non-alcoholic drinks, beer tastings, and 4 medium plate style courses. These classes are an educational format where you can see all the action from prep work to grilling. Class participants are welcome to get involved and ask lots of questions. At Chef JJ’s you will enjoy an atmosphere that is both educational and entertaining.

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    In addition to these silent auction items, we have three incredible opportunities for you to “Buy A Seat” at three very special events.  The first 10 individuals who sign up for the events will receive the honor and privilege to be a part of the experience.

    Buy a Seat for Moscow Mules with Matt Burnett, August 23

    This experience is limited to the first 10 people to donate $100 to the Rotary Club of Indianapolis.

    Join the ultimate hosts, Matt and Jill Burnett, in their home to enjoy an evening of amazing fellowship and his famous Moscow Mules, made with Big Machine Vodka.

    Buy a Lesson – Beer and Ballet with Don Steffy, September 15, 11:00 am

    This experience is limited to the first 10 people to donate $100 to the Rotary Club of Indianapolis.

    Ever dream of dancing?  Then join Rotarian and former ballet dancer Don Steffy for a group lesson and fun experience of Ballet and Beer at Lebanon Ballet School.  Not only entertaining, you’ll also get a glimpse into the life of a professional dancer as Don relives his glory days. Beer tasting experience provided by Peoples Revel Room, but bring your own tutu.

    Buy a Seat for an Elegant Evening with John Mainella and Michael Pettry, August 18

    This experience is limited to the first 10 people to donate $100 to the Rotary Club of Indianapolis.

    Join 2018-19 President John Mainella and his husband Michael Pettry for a late summer dinner party at their historic Fletcher Place home! Enjoy the fruits of Indiana’s bounty, while you sip on craft cocktails from Rotarian Brian Willsey’s Hotel Tango spirits and wines from John and Michael’s personal cellar. And we bet there will even be some time around one of their pianos!

  • June 11: Annual Rotary vs Kiwanis Softball Game

    June 11: Annual Rotary vs Kiwanis Softball Game

    Once again, The Indianapolis Indians will host the Annual Rotary vs Kiwanis Softball Game. Help us bring home the Babe!

    This year, the game will be on Monday, June 11. Game time is at 5:05 p.m., with an Indians game beginning at 7:05 p.m. Each ticket is $15.00 and children 2 and under are free. $2 of every ticket will go to our own Indianapolis Rotary Foundation. Register and pay here!

    Please purchase tickets no later than Sunday, June 3. Physical tickets will be distributed at the Rotary program on Tuesday, June 5. If you are unable to pick-up your tickets at the June 5 Rotary program, they will be provided at the Indianapolis Indians Will Call office on June 11.

    Details:

    • Gates open at 5 p.m. (3rd base side)
    • Softball game starts at 5:05 p.m. (approximately) to 6:05 p.m.
    • Indianapolis Indians game starts at 7:05 p.m.

    Go Team Rotary!

  • June 26: 2018 Celebration Dinner & Fundraiser

    June 26: 2018 Celebration Dinner & Fundraiser

    The Rotary Club of Indianapolis is delighted to present the 2018 Celebration Dinner and Fundraiser.  This annual event is an opportunity shine the light on a year that has been exciting, engaging and continuously evolving. The evening is a wonderful night to celebrate our annual accomplishments, honor and recognize key leadership and achievers and also recommit to our Club and the work we do in the community.  Being held for the first time at the Indiana History Center, the night will feature an impressive silent auction as well as a three course dinner from MBP Catering, complimentary wine and a cocktail from Hotel Tango and an optional after-party on the Canal (weather permitting) that will feature the musical talents of our own Chris Gonzalez. Tickets for the event are just $60 if purchased before May 18- truly one of the best fundraising bargains you’ll see this year. Bring your spouse, family, colleague or a friend to share in the night.

    Purchase your tickets today at Eventbrite.

    Want to see how fun last year’s night was?  Check out our Facebook photo galleries here – Album 1 and Album 2.

  • Register Today for April 24 Program at Newfields

    The Rotary Club of Indianapolis will be going offsite for our luncheon program to one of the city’s hottest spring locations on Tuesday, April 24. Join us!

    Register today for our club’s lunch at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. The program will begin with a lovely boxed lunch for networking, a program presented by the Ruth Lilly Deputy Director for Horticulture and Natural Resources Jonathan M. Wright and if you can, stay for a tour of their incredible outdoor natural exhibit, Hello Spring.

    Please note the alternate timing for this great program:
    Boxed Lunch in the Sutphin Fountain Room:11:30-12:30
    Program in DeBoest Lecture Hall: 12:30-1:15
    Optional Tours of Hello Spring:1:15-2:15

    Free onsite parking available. Guests always welcome; advance registrations are required for this unique insider look.

  • New Board of Directors Announced

    The Rotary Club of Indianapolis is proud to announce our recently elected Board of Directors who will serve two terms from July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2020. We look forward to their leadership!

    Katie Abernathy

    Ken File

    Andrea Geiger

    Ryan Goodwin

    Jannett Keesling

    Tracey Danner-Odenwelder

    Lisa Rollings

     

  • Save the Date for these Fantastic Programs so you can EXCITE, ENGAGE and EVOLVE with Rotary!

    Save the Date for these Fantastic Programs so you can EXCITE, ENGAGE and EVOLVE with Rotary!

    The Rotary Club of Indianapolis prides itself on bringing incredible speakers to our Tuesday programs. Each week, for just $25, you walk away enriched and energized!  We meet every Tuesday at Ivy Tech Culinary Conference Center at 2820 N. Meridian Street.  Our lunch buffet opens at 11:45 and always ends by 1:15. Tables of eight for just $200 can be reserved by emailing Jamie Stahl.

    The line up for the remaining Rotary year is almost complete and we’re happy to share that we’ll be sending you off with a bang.June 19- Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett
    June 26- Celebration Dinner in evening, no lunch meeting

  • March 13: Board of Directors Election

    March 13: Board of Directors Election

    Nick Reich, Secretary, Rotary Club of Indianapolis

    As Club Secretary, I am excited to announce the official start of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis Board of Directors election process. On March 13 we will elect seven new directors who will serve a two year term. Candidate info forms are available for review by clicking here.

    Rotary members in good standing are eligible to vote via absentee ballot or in person on March 13.  Download the Absentee Ballot here.

    Completed forms can be emailed to Kelly Tingle. You can also email the names of the seven individuals you choose to Kelly Tingle. It is important that you identify yourself in that email or your vote will not count. Absentee voting must be complete by 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13.

    Our Board of Directors helps set the tone, vision and even character of our club for years to come. Thank you in advance for participating in the election and ensuring we have continued outstanding leadership.

  • March Membership Mania Tournament

    During March, the Rotary Club of Indianapolis is hosting our first ever March Membership Mania Tournament!

    We have planned special events to showcase the Best of Rotary during March. If you have been interested in ramping up your Rotary engagement, now is the time! All events require advance registration, but are free to attend. Below are the links to our special events. We look forward to March and helping our club excite, engage and evolve!

    March 6
    Wings and Conversation with Sports Writer Terry Hutchens
    Hutch has been writing about sports and IU Basketball for 20 years and is syndicated in 13 newspapers.
    Punch Bowl Social, 4-5:30 p.m.
    Register at https://marchmaniawings.eventbrite.com (limited space available)

    March 7
    Celebrity H-O-R-S-E Tournament
    Join local personalities for this BIG fun networking and social event.  Winner of the tournament will receive $500 for their favorite charity.
    Hinkle Fieldhouse, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
    Register at https://marchmaniahorse.eventbrite.com

    March 17
    Basketball Court Refresh- Service Project
    Families welcome at this service project to improve this community asset.
    Bethel Park Family Center, 10 a.m. – Noon
    Register at https://marchmaniaservice.eventbrite.com

    March 27
    Coffee Q&A with Hat World Founder Scott Molander
    Join us and walk away knowing a little more about Scott’s Hat World story, business acquisitions and perhaps create a networking connection with someone in the room.
    Spoke and Steele at Le Meridien Hotel, 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
    Register at https://marchmaniacoffee.eventbrite.com.  (limited space available)

    March 29 
    Behind the Scenes at the Children’s Museum Sports Legends Experience
    This after-hours tour will showcase the amazing $35 million sports utopia opening next month. Adults only, please.
    Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
    Register at https://marchmaniamuseum.eventbrite.com (The event is full.)

  • 2018 Board of Directors Candidates

    2018 Board of Directors Candidates

    The Rotary Club of Indianapolis is proud to announce the candidates for our Board of Directors. Fourteen candidates have been divided into two teams, the “Hubs” and “Spokes” and will be presenting their qualifications and passions during our lunch program on Tuesday, March 6. Rotarians will select seven directors on Tuesday, March 13. In the meantime, this is your chance to get to know some of the candidates by reading the info forms that each candidate completed. Go here to find out more about the candidates.

  • Celebrate Chin National Day on Feb. 17

    Celebrate Chin National Day on Feb. 17

    Celebrate Chin National Day with our friends in the Chin Community. Event will be held on Saturday 2/17 from 11:30 AM – 5:30 PM at Emmerich Manual High School at 2405 Madison Ave., Indianapolis. There will be singing, dancing, a fashion show and much more. Adults and children are welcome. There will be fun and food in the Gymnasium from 1:30 – 5:30 PM. Mayor Hogsett will make some remarks around 12:30 PM. You will not want to miss this lively and colorful celebration.