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  • Angela Buchman with the Rotary Club of Indianapolis (Audio)

    Did you miss this week’s program with Angela Buchman? No worries, we have the audio here!

    buchmanMeteorologist 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.

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  • Nominate a Rising Star! Deadline, August 22, 2014

    Nominate a Rising Star! Deadline, August 22, 2014

    Call-for-Nominations-FlyerJunior Achievement of Central Indiana (Member, Lauren Scheldrup) is now accepting nominations for its 11th annual Indy’s Best and Brightest Awards. This event will honor 100 of Central Indiana’s accomplished young professionals, age 40 and under, who are making their mark in and around Indianapolis. Visit Indy’s Best and Brightest to vote, today!

    We are currently accepting nominations for our 100 finalists. Ten Finalists will be honored in each of the following categories:

    • Accounting
    • Banking & Financial Services
    • Education & Nonprofit
    • Government
    • Health & Life Sciences
    • Law
    • Manufacturing, Retail & Services
    • Media, Entertainment & Sports
    • Real Estate Development & Construction
    • Technology

    We are asking you to please start thinking of nominations for this year’s event and pass the word around to those you know. This is an excellent opportunity to recognize colleagues and promote your company. In which case, we hope we can count on you to do your part and nominate at least one worthy candidate in your industry or elsewhere.

    You can find the nomination form and event details at IndysBestandBrightest.org. If you have any questions, please contact Tabitha Williams at Tabitha@jaindy.org.  We will be  updating  event details through social media channels and emails as well. So please take a moment to like our Indy’s Best and Brightest Facebook page  and watch for #indysbestandbrightest.

     

    Thank you in advance for nominating an outstanding individual!

  • Thank you Community Service Committee Rotarians!

    Thank you Community Service Committee Rotarians!

     The Community Service Committee did it again! It was another successful project /clean up for a Tangram sponsored home. Tangram is a nonprofit that provides services for adults with disabilities. Thanks to Jim Bernhardt for bringing this amazing organization to our attention. His wife Kathy works in the corporate office and another Rotarian Connie Dillman is part of our club!

    Over the years we have painted barns red, trimmed shrubbery, raked up stone in favor of mulch, planted flowers, picked up trash, cleaned up fence row and taken down old broken chain link fence. We even spent a couple rainy weekends painting the inside of one home!

    Working on the east side of Indianapolis we did a lot of the above including rotor tilling down a mound of dirt on the front lawn from a broken water pipe so a lawn could be planted….we even did that! We even mulched around the big tree in the front yard. It was a morning well spent….we felt good and a lot dirty!!

    Many thanks go out to all who participated: Jim Bernhardt, Zack Conner, Holly Dunn, Joe Gaafar, Jennifer Hobbs, Vern Hobbs (husband), Marie Koenig, Norm Melzer, Jim Narmore!

  • Rotarian Sheila Carlson Makes 2014 Pink Honor Roll!

    Rotarian Sheila Carlson Makes 2014 Pink Honor Roll!

    The Pink Honor Roll consists of the top 100 individual fundraisers for the Central Indiana Race for the Cure®. Combined, this year’s top fundraisers raised $225,000! And, our very own Sheila Carlson made it raising $1415.00! Because of this group, their supporters and others in our community, this will mean more funds will be available for life-saving local breast health services and global research for the causes, improved treatments and cures for breast cancer. In total, Rotary Racers raised $2,268.00 – way to go Rotary!

  • July 1, 2014 Indianapolis Rotarian of the Year Video Posted!

    July 1, 2014 Indianapolis Rotarian of the Year Video Posted!

    The Rotary Club of Indianapolis Celebrated on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, in honor of members of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis for the Annual Celebration Luncheon! Check out the Rotarian of the Year Video!

     

    Our festivities included:

    • Thank You to Committees, Sponsors and Contributors
    • Invocation and Pledge, Kendall Millard
    • President Scott Armstrong
    • Presentation of awards to Club and Foundation Directors
    • Milestone Award Presentations
    • Arthur E. Krick Award Presentation
    • Perfect Attendance Recognition
    • President’s Awards
    • Distinguished Rotarian Awards
    • Rotarian of the Year, Paul Raikes
    • Year End Address, President Scott Armstrong
    • Installation of Officers
    • Presentation by President Matt Burnett
    • 4 Way Test and Adjourn

    Sponsors
    This celebration would not be possible without the generous support of sponsors. We list them here and gratefully acknowledge their contributions.

    Event Sponsor: 
    UIndy MBA Program

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    Table Sponsors
    Barnes and Thornburg
    Bedel Financial Consulting
    Danny Danielson
    Flanner and Buchanan
    Kroger Company
    RJE Business Interiors

    Sponsors
    JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Sutton-Garten

    Additional Contributors
    Bill Bubenzer Photography
    Dave Leonards
    Donaldson’s Finer Chocolates
    Engledow Group
    Focal Point
    Steve Harris

    Rotarian of the Year Committee
    Elaine Bedel, Peggy Blackard, Tim Dudley, Bill Ervin

    Organizing Committee
    Melissa Farmer, Matt Burnett, Susie Harmless

  • Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame dedicates Danielson Theater

    Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame dedicates Danielson Theater

    In ceremonies on Thursday, June 19, the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame dedicated the “Patty and Danny Danielson Theater”, recognizing the numerous contributions of the New Castle couple to the organization. The event was attended by members of the Hall’s Board of Directors, inductees, local community and business leaders, family and friends totaling nearly 100. Read the full press release.

  • Timmy Global Health / Rotary Help Improve Water System in Ecuador

    Timmy Global Health / Rotary Help Improve Water System in Ecuador

    Water Team with Chlorinator

    In May, the Timmy Global Health first official water team traveled to the community of Los Rios to do more WASH Training and install the first community chlorinator! 350 people in that community now have access to safe drinking water!

    (Image Left: Water Team with Chlorinator) In April Timmy Global Health hosted a Water & Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) Training for the health promoters and members of five Community Water Councils.

    In mid-February, Timmy Global Health conducted their first Water Chlorinator Installation at a partner hospital Stadler Richter, in Archidona, Ecuador (see the Timmy Global Health video about the project at the hospital). With the help of funding from the Rotary Club of Indianapolis’s World Community Service Committee, here’s a link to the blog post that Timmy Global Health put together about the pilot installation.

    In January 2014, Timmy Global Health hired a Safe Water and Medical Programs Coordinator to manage and implement a water project in the Amazon Basin. This, position was created to ensure sustainability and growth of the project. Read this blog post that outlines the Safe Water project in more detail, and emphasizes the Timmy Global Health partnerships with both MedWater and the Community Water Councils of the chlorinator installation sites.

    The Rotary Club of Indianapolis World Community Service Committee (WCSC) is responsible for identifying and supporting international service projects for the Club. Projects generally have a club member & champion who ideally works in partnership with an overseas Rotary Club and personally travels to the location of the project to help create relationships and oversee the project. The committee currently supports clean water initiatives in Zimbabwe, Kenya, Haiti and Ecuador; multiple projects in Kenya including support for a legal aid clinic, mother-child hospital, and school classrooms; an aquaculture project in Moshi, Tanzania; a microfinance project in Calnali, Mexico; and peace learning projects in Jamaica.

     

  • Jameson Camp seeks to fill two full-time AmeriCorps VISTA positions

    Jameson Camp seeks to fill two full-time AmeriCorps VISTA positions

    Indianapolis Rotary Foundation Grant Recipient, Jameson Camp is seeking to fill two full-time AmeriCorps VISTA positions for community outreach and development.  The positions would start in mid-August and the service term is 12 months.  VISTA is a great opportunity for young professionals and others to gain valuable work experience and assist a nonprofit in capacity building. Benefits include a small living stipend, an education award at the end of service, and health coverage. The three open positions focus on community outreach, marketing, and development.

    Jameson Camp is a year-round serving youth agency offering a variety of programs including residential summer camp and outdoor education. Nestled on over 100 acres on the Westside of Indianapolis, it is just 15 minutes from downtown. Interested applicants must be a college graduate and must apply through AmeriCorps website. Benefits include a living stipend, health coverage, and an education award upon completion. Click on the descriptions below for more information.

    VISTA Positions Available

    1. Community Liaison: Engage the local community! Build new relationships with local businesses and organizations to gain community awareness, resources, and volunteers for Jameson Camp. Click now for opportunity listing and to apply.
    2. Development: Interested in fundraising for a growing nonprofit? Gain experience prospecting and cultivating individual donors and corporate sponsors. Click now for opportunity listing and to apply.

    For more information, you may also contact Cassandra Tice, Development Manager at Jameson Camp.  Her contact information is cassandra@jamesoncamp.org or 317-241-2661.

  • Thursday, August 7 – Annual Rotary Verses Kiwanis Softball Game

    Thursday, August 7 – Annual Rotary Verses Kiwanis Softball Game

    REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT. For tickets, please order directly through the Indianapolis Indians Box Office. 

    Once again, The Indianapolis Indians will host the Annual Rotary VS Kiwanis Softball Game! This year, the game will be on Thur, Aug 7th. Game time 5:10pm, with an Indians game beginning at 7:05pm. Check out our promotional video! $3.00 of every ticket will go to our own Indianapolis Rotary Foundation. Go Team Rotary!

  • Rotarian Kim Brand Promotes interest in technology and engineering among students

    Rotarian Kim Brand Promotes interest in technology and engineering among students

    Business owner Kim Brand posed a question to a crowd of mostly elderly listeners.

    “They all laughed when I said, ‘How many of you took shop classes?’ They all raised their hands,” Brand said. “I said, ‘How many of you have grandkids who are in shop classes?’ Nobody raised their hands. Nobody. We’ve abandoned what I think is a sort of deep, DNA capacity to tinker.”

    Brand’s Indianapolis-based company, 3D Parts Manufacturing, responded to a lack of interest in engineering and manufacturing by working with Indianapolis area teachers to incorporate 3D printers into classroom lessons as a way to promote interest in technology and engineering among students.

    Read the full article on IBJ, here.

    Kim Brand will be our Tuesday Program on June 17, 2014