Volunteering at the Gathering Place is so rewarding and fun!

Starting in November the Gathering Place will go back to inperson meal service (guests will be invited in to eat).

• Time to volunteer is now 4:30-6:30 p.m.
• Masks are now optional.
• Please provide 5-6 volunteers on your assigned night if you are the only group to serve that night. If you are combined with other groups on your night provide 2-3 volunteers.
• Be adaptable. We are trying new ways of reducing the lines and crowd size as we are serving more people than we ever did before the pandemic. It might change as we get better at it and it might not look like it used to. 
• Volunteers should use their PIN to clock in/out on the iPad or sign in/out using the paper sheet. Pre-registration is still encouraged.
• We are allowing groups to bring deserts again! We are currently serving between 100 and 180 people per night. Once we get the flow and numbers routine, we will allow groups to bring meals. No group is required to do this, it is completely optional. Please let us know ahead of time if you plan to bring a dessert.
• Volunteers must be at least 12 years old. EACH volunteer under 18 years old must be accompanied by their own adult supervisor. While we love our youth volunteers, we can’t have an entire group of young people volunteering without adults.
• The Gathering Place is closed on the Friday after Thanksgiving (November 25) and Christmas Day (December 25). We are open on Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve.

Our Rotary District Conference is on March 31 and April 1. We are the proud home club of the incumbent District Governor Barb Bartle, and the district conference is the culminating activity of DG Barb's year. President John issued an Executive Order that for every 30 minutes at the District Conference, you get 1 attendance credit, or a potential of 28 attendance credits just for Saturday alone. If you register to start with Yo-Yo Ma concert, through Rotary's Got Talent, and Saturday, you do the math and you just secure your perfect Rotary Attendance/Perfect Engagement this year! Click here to register. 

For questions, please contact President John at John.Gessert@ubt.com.

Join us for the Dictionary Labeling Party! 
If you are new, this is a gathering of volunteers from 3 Lincoln Rotary clubs to place Rotary label stickers. in the front inside cover of almost 4,000 dictionaries.  Then we box them up in the quantities needed for each school and ship them off with the delivery volunteers.  The labeling party is also a great opportunity to come together with Lincoln South and Lincoln East for an evening of connecting, an opportunity to come together with Lincoln South and Lincoln East for an evening of connecting,  collaboration, and fun. We’ll be serving Valentino’s pizza!

Details: Tuesday, March 28, 5:30 p.m., Holy Trinity Church, 6001 A Street (east entrance). 
Sign up here:  Spring 2023 Dictionary Labeling Party
 
School delivery volunteers are still needed! Sign up here:  https://bit.ly/Rotary14-Dictionary

Hotel for event - The Scarlet, Lincoln - 2101 Transformation Drive - Lincoln, NE 68508
$139 Special Rate Wednesday March 29 through Monday April 3
Book by March 3, 2023 - Click Here to reserve your room at the special rate

What: Rotary After Hours
When: Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 5:00 PM. Doors open at 4:30 PM
Where: Lazlo's Brewery & Grill, 210 N 7th St, Lincoln, NE
Cost: $16 includes heavy hors d'oeuvres plus tea, coffee, and water. CASH BAR is available

Come and enjoy an evening with comedian and keynote speaker T. Marni Vos.

T. Marni Vos Biography

Rotary will not have a noon meeting on April 4.

Click here to register for April 4 Rotary After Hours with T. Marni Vos.

Voted “Artist of the Year” in Nebraska, this award winning speaker, former stand-up comedian and educator, now performs keynote speeches from New York to L.A. and every state in between. She has presented her inspiring, motivating and hilarious keynotes to over 10,000 people, in 46 states and Canada. She is a Master Speaker with a wealth of knowledge who is rich in experience and abundant in humor.

“I believe laughter is one of the graces granted to us all. It is a powerful tool that we were given the moment we took our first breath—because we would need it all our days.”—T. Marni Vos

T. Marni Vos became one of only seven women in 20 years to be one of the 5 finalists in the prestigious San Francisco International Standup Comedy Competition, where over 400 comics compete each year. She has performed on Life Time’s “Girls Night Out” as well as the Norwegian Cruise Lines.

Pre-registration for this event is required. Please register by visiting https://bit.ly/LNK14RotaryAfterHours. Tickets are $16 and include heavy hors d'oeuvres plus tea, coffee and water. A cash bar will also be available. This event will take place at Lazlo's Brewery & Grill in the Historic Haymarket.

Our efforts to support Habitat for Humanity continue this spring! With the support of a grant from Rotary District 5650, we have the opportunity to plant trees at two new Habitat homes in Lincoln on April 8th. We need five volunteers at each location to complete the plantings that morning. 

From the Rotary Club 14 Environmental Committee: Spring Roadside Cleanup

Heads-up! Our Rotary Roadside Spring Cleanup is Saturday, April 22nd, at 10 a.m.

Please sign up and provide your safety-vest size. 

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