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  • January 19, Marc Konesco

    January 19, Marc Konesco

    CEO/Founder, Tack

    A Sabbatical from the Corporate Life:
    A family of 5 sails the ocean for 2 years
    In February 2014, Marc took a mid-career sabbatical and embarked on a sailing and serving adventure with his family, wife Jen and their three children then-8-year-old Joellen, 7-year-old Camden and 2-year-old Maria. Marc will talk about fulfilling this lifelong dream, the 15-goals they set as a family and their 17-month life on their sailboat, Adagio.

    Marc Konesco is currently the CEO and Founder of Tack, an executive coaching firm that focuses on discovering your course, achieving your goals and making it matter.

  • Feb 27, Gleaners Day of Service

    Feb 27, Gleaners Day of Service

    gleaners-groupRotarians and friends helped pack food for the hungry on Saturday, February 27! There is a serious hunger crisis in Indiana. According to the most recent census estimates, there are 242,435 people living in poverty in Gleaners’ 21-county central Indiana service area, an increase of 57% since 2000.

    Check out all the photos, here!

  • Mbita, Kenya

    Mbita, Kenya

    Rotary Indianapolis granted The Village Cooperative a grant to install a rain catchment system at our primary school in the rural village of Mbita, Kenya. We are undertaking a huge push to improve the lives of the widows in our program, their families, and the kids at the school. We have built over 40 new homes, provided clean water filters, built new latrines, and are in the process of installing rain catchment systems for each widow. The grant Rotary provided was a huge step for us…now the 100+ kids at the school, the teachers, and the administrators have access to rain water they can store and purify…drastically improving the health of the children. It takes many partners and much coordination to undertake a program of this side and we are proud to have Rotary has one of our partners.

  • Ceylan, Guatemala

    Ceylan, Guatemala

    Rotary Indianapolis granted The Village Cooperative a grant to be used in our food distribution program to the elderly and malnourished in the rural village of Ceylan, Guatemala. This is a project we have a hard time getting funding for, so this means a great deal to us and to the community. Each month we provide over 50 participants with nutritious, long lasting food supplies to help improve their standard of living. Many of our participants have been abandoned by their families and have no other means to eat. The rice, sugar, tea, pastas, beans, etc we provide is truly life saving. We truly appreciate Rotary’s support of this program.

  • Rotary World Community Service Team Doing Good in Eldoret

    From the director of laboratory services at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Florence Tum:

    The Siemens Blood Gas Machine was received and will be installed. The Riley Mother and Baby Hospital now serves 20,000 mothers a year, with approximately 65 births a day including 16 Cesarean sections daily. Over 3000 babies are admitted to the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) annually, with a daily census in the NICU of approximately 100 babies. We operate about 20 CPAP machines (providing continuous positive airway pressure or CPAP) via nasal prongs at any given time. This is used to support babies (many of whom are premature) with respiratory distress. Survival rates are dramatically improved with CPAP. Now they will be able to monitor blood gases on tiny blood drops several times a day in each baby with respiratory distress, which will almost certainly improve survival and quality of survival.

    Also, donations have been received of five ventilators. These ventilators are ideally suited for use in an under-resourced setting such as in Kenya. With the installation of the blood gas machine in the laboratory at the Mother and Baby Hospital, they will now be able to consider introducing the ventilators into the NICU this coming year. They will need to train the staff to incubate newborn babies with greater efficiency, and to be able to manage the ventilators effectively.

    So we extend our sincere heartfelt thanks to everyone at Rotary for making all of this possible. Especially with all of the other news in our world, seeing the good that is done every day by people like yourselves – with Nick Reich and Kendall Millard, among others leading the way – it is reassuring and uplifting for all of our spirits.

  • May 4 – 531 Club Beverage Tour and Trivia Night

    May 4 – 531 Club Beverage Tour and Trivia Night

    Join us for the 1st Annual 531 Club Beverage Tour and Trivia Contest. Our tour begins at DareDevil Brewery (1151 W Main St, Speedway) and ends at Dawson’s on Main. Enjoy this fun-filled event with fellow Rotarians as we sample libations from four establishments along Main Street in Speedway, IN. Demonstrate your trivia skills and compete to be first to win the coveted titles of “King and Queen of Trivia!”

  • January 12, Jerome Adams, State Health Commissioner

    Public health issues in the state of Indiana 
    Since being appointed the State Health Commissioner in October of 2014, Dr. Jerome Adams has provided expert leadership during unprecedented public health challenges such as the Ebola virus outbreak, and escalating drug use that have caused HIV and Hepatitis health emergencies in Indiana.  Along with state leaders, he has also led the tremendous Labor of Love campaign, an effort to reduce infant mortality in Indiana.  Join us as the very engaging Dr. Adams shares his perspectives on the health of Indiana and how it can impact both business and the community.

  • April 22 and 23 Rotary BetterTogether

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    The Rotary BetterTogether Conference is set for April 22 & 23 at the 502 Event Centre in Carmel.

    Mark your calendar! The District Conference is two days of inspiration, celebration, entertainment and information! Hear more than a dozen speakers giving TED-style talks to inspire, engage & jumpstart the conversation how to better use the strengths and resources of Rotary to help build better, stronger communities through leadership and service. Prepare to be entertained, inspired and energized by the activities at the conference!

    Register on EventBrite. Get early bird pricing now through March 1st: $89 for two days.

    Join us at the Rotary BetterTogether District Conference in Carmel! Take advantage of Early Bird registration for the District Conference April 22-23! It’s a once-year opportunity to celebrate our district’s successes and accomplishments of leadership and service in our communities!

    It’s two days of inspiration, celebration, entertainment and information! Prepare to be entertained, inspired and energized by the activities at the conference.

    Visit the website.

  • Giving empowers Rotarians (video)

    When you give to our Foundation, you help fund community development projects around the world. We hope you enjoy this video, which illustrates how your giving empowers Rotarians to make make a meaningful difference in the lives of people in need.

    Check out the video

  • January 5, 2016, Mark Blade, Rotary 6560 District Governor

    January 5, 2016, Mark Blade, Rotary 6560 District Governor

    Rotary Legacy – Be A Gift to the World.

    Did you Know?

    • 300,000 women die each year giving birth
    • 2.6 million babies are still born each year
    • 700,000 children die each year from diarrhea , or 2,000 each day
    • 775 million adults are illiterate in the world
    • 21% of the world’s population lives in extreme poverty

    By being a gift to the world, you can help Rotary fight these conditions!

    Mark will discuss several areas of Rotary International Foundation focus:

    • Disease Prevention and Treatment
    • Economic and Community Development
    • Water and Sanitation
    • Maternal and Child Health
    • Basic Education and Literacy
    • Peace and Conflict Prevention / Resolution

    Mark Blade became a Indianapolis Rotarian 2003. Mark is a Rotarian “because of my love for mankind and because I passionately believe that it is my purpose in life to make a positive impact upon the lives of other people. Leaving foot prints in the sands of time is the legacy of Rotary and more importantly for me as a Rotarian.”