• Rotary Education Weekend Equity Awards

    Rotary Education Weekend Equity Awards

    Rick and Beverly Markoff with Charlotte WesterhausRenfrow
    Rick and Beverly Markoff with Charlotte Westerhaus Renfrow

    The Rotary Education Weekend Equity Awards, were held the evening of Friday, May 16, at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis (the Ruby Bridges Exhibit in The Power of Children Gallery).  The purpose of these awards was to honor an “unsung hero” in education, an outstanding school administrator, a top teacher and a group of standout student-athletes during Central Indiana’s first ‘Education Weekend.’   The awards were presented by the Indianapolis Rotary Foundation, the Rotary Club of Indianapolis, the Indiana Civil Rights Commission and the Indianapolis Recorder.   Honorees were:

    The Cardinal E. Joseph Award, “unsung community hero”
    Diana Daniels (pictured top right), National Council on Educating Black Children

    The Father Boniface Hardin Award, administrator
    Dr. Khaula Murtadha, IUPUI

    The Jacqueline S. Greenwood Award, teacher
    Mary Rowley, VC Rowley and Associates

    The Bart Peterson Award, student
    Boys Basketball Team, Arsenal Technical High School

    The awards were the result of a Rotary Entrepreneurial Grant awarded to Rick Markoff.

    Dennis Sponsel, Lincoln Wallis, RalphTaylor
    Dennis Sponsel, Lincoln Wallis, RalphTaylor

    ROTARY EDUCATION WEEK EQUITY AWARDS SELECTION COMMITTEE, 2014
    Five Rotarians and two Rotaract members were part of the 18 member Rotary Education Weekend Equity Awards Selection Committee chaired by Denny Sponsel and Ralph Taylor.  Rotary Education Weekend Equity Awards Selection Committee members included: Dennis Sponsel, Chair, RJE Business Interiors, Rotary; Ralph Taylor, Chair, Consultant/Broadcaster, Rotary; Miriam Acevedo Davis, La Plaza; Troy Arthur, NCAA; Jeff Butts, M.S.D. of Wayne Township; J.T. Coopman, Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents; Karen Dace, IUPUI; Judge David Dreyer, Superior Court Judge, Rotary; Pastor David Hampton, Light of the World Church; Jo Hoy, Cardinal Ritter High School; John Lyter, American Red Cross, Rotary; Juan Paz, Simon Property Group; Yvonne Perkins, Citizens Energy Group; Rotaract Student Member, Rotary Lincoln Wallis; Rotaract Student Member, Rotary, Morgan Whitcomb; Cassie Stockamp, Athenaeum Foundation, Rotary; Mary Ann Sullivan, CELL; and Ahmed Young, Bose McKinney & Evans.

  • 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.

     

  • July 25, 2014 Symphony on the Prairie

    Symphony on the Prairie: Classical Mystery Tour Music of the Beatles! Deadline to purchase tickets: July 8th, 2014

    Contact Jenny Conder with questions: jconder@arthritis.org; 317.879-0321, extension 5

  • July 2, 2014 5:31 Club Meeting at La Revolucion, 1132 Prospect St.

    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).

  • 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

  • Audio of Congresswoman Susan Brooks Posted

    Audio of Congresswoman Susan Brooks Posted

    Did you miss the program for Tuesday, June 3? The Rotary Club of Indianapolis welcomed Congresswoman Susan Brooks. That’s ok, we’ve just posted the audio and you can listen to the entire program, here.

  • June 18, 2014 – Rotary District Million Dollar Celebration

    We invite all Rotarians of District 6560 and their families to join us in the celebration on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Million Dollar Celebration – “Giddy Up For the Foundation.” Click here to register.

    In the past three years, the members of Rotary District 6560 have contributed over ONE MILLION DOLLARS to THE ROTARY FOUNDATION. In honor of this achievement, we will be gathering at PDG Nancy and Tom Madru’s barn, 6669 West 500 North, Kokomo from 5:30 to 8:00 pm.