The meeting is held in the Renaissance Room located on the 2nd floor. Rotary 14 meets in a hybrid format. Join us at The Cornhusker or on Zoom: https://bit.ly/3YosV2W | Meeting ID: 849 7976 2224 | Password: 661910
Please join us this Tuesday, July 9 for President Erin Dobesh's Inaugural Meeting! We are excited to start a new Rotary year. We will recognize those who are making a leadership commitment by serving an Officer and Board Member for our club. We will hear from President Erin as she lays out her vision and hopes for this upcoming year. It is an exciting time and we hope that you will be there!
This Tuesday during our weekly meeting, we're celebrating our Rotarians with July birthdays. Join us at the birthday table up front and enjoy a piece of cake. Happy birthday, Rotarians!
Update your birthday in your ClubRunner profile to make sure that you are celebrated during your birthday month!
Applications are open for the Lincoln Rotary Club 14 Rise Shine Give Fundraiser in February 2025. Proceeds from the fundraiser will be distributed between the Rotary 14 Foundation and a nonprofit organization in Lincoln.
The 2024-25 Rotary International theme "The Magic of Rotary" emphasizes the transformative power of Rotary’s work in communities around the world. The focus for Rise Shine Give is to help the beneficiary organization spark a new project serving Lincoln, using Rotary 14 funds as a catalyst.
Beneficiary organizations and projects must meet Rotary’s mission and fit one of Rotary's areas of focus: peacebuilding & conflict resolution; disease prevention & treatment; water, sanitation & hygiene; maternal & child health; basic education & literacy; community economic development; environment.
The beneficiary organization must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Lincoln, Nebraska, and must be willing to partner with the club to support the fundraising effort.
Organizations that want to apply should contact Rotary 14 Administrator Lauren Peters at info@rotary14.org for more information.
On June 25, President Jess Kinser and Club leadership recognized and celebrated the tremendous dedication to Club 14 shown by our 2022-2024 Board Members and 2023-2024 Club Officers. To those continuing on in a leadership capacity, we're especially grateful. A special thank you to these amazing men and women for their contributions to making Rotary the place to be:
We are thrilled to announce that Anna Hernoud, Christina Usher, and Christie Weston have been honored with the Rotarian of the Year Award for their outstanding service to the goals and objectives of Rotary 14. This award recognizes Club 14 Rotarians who exemplify dedication, commitment, and exceptional contributions to our organization. These three amazing Rotarians truly embody these qualities and more. Their unwavering commitment to helping us through our transitional period this past Rotary year says it all. Together, they have consistently demonstrated remarkable attendance, active participation, and so much work behind the scenes on evenings and weekends in addition to seeing their friendly smiles every Tuesday at our regular meetings.
Each of these phenomenal Rotarians juggled multiple leadership roles–whether on the Board of Directors, handling reconciliation of our finances alongside our bookkeeper and Club Treasurer, auditing our membership rosters and updating our new member process, leading our Dictionary Project, serving as cashier and tracking lunches sold, making sure all attendees whether in-person or virtually received attendance credit, and helping onboard our new Club Administrator–providing hours of training and best practices…and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
One remarkable aspect of Anna, Christina, and Christie’s contributions is their humility and selflessness. They do so much on a daily basis, but yet few realize how much time they’re putting in 24/7/365 to keep Rotary 14 operating smoothly for all to enjoy. Whenever a last minute need existed, one of these Rotary heroes was always ready to help.
It’s time to shine a light on these three beautiful souls with a heart for service. Our Club is better because of you, and I know that I (Jess Kinser) personally am better because of you. From all of us here at Club 14, please know how appreciative we are for your continued dedication, infectious joy, and passion for leaving everything better than you found it. Congratulations!
Each week, this amazing Rotarian asks the Club President, "How can I be of service to you today?" His willingness to pitch in at a moment's notice and help get things done does not go unnoticed. Dr. Michael Eckelkamp joined Rotary 14 in March 2022 and has been deeply ingrained in helping better the Club through volunteerism, financial gifts, and a heart for service that eloquently shows through all of the committees he’s involved in. Michael’s remarkable contributions to the Club include chairing the In-Club Celebrations Committee since 2022, serving in a weekly check-in capacity consistently, helping our tech team, pitching in with Sergeant-at-Arms duties, actively contributing on our Rise.Shine.Give. Committee, reading to youth at Elliott Elementary School and as a City Impact Tutor, delivering dictionaries to fourth graders, welcoming our international students at the International Student Picnic, and showing up to beautify Lincoln roads during Rotary’s Roadside Cleanup. Moreover, Michael has successfully started his Rotary Leadership Institute journey—making Rotary 14 evermore proud. His commitment to service and unwavering dedication to Rotary's values make Dr. Michael Eckelkamp a true exemplar of "Service Above Self," and deserving of this esteemed recognition. Congratulations, Michael!
Each year since 1992, Rotary 14 proudly presents the Donald W. Miller Math Recognition Award, recognizing outstanding mathematics educators in the Lincoln area. The club endowed this award in honor of former member, past club president (1986–87) and Rotary leader, Donald W. Miller.
This year's award recipient is Dr. Patrick Janike with Lincoln Public Schools. Dr. Janike holds a Doctorate of Education in Mathematics, Master of Arts in Secondary Teaching, and Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Dr. Janike is a math teacher at Lincoln High School and helps students see how math plays an important role in their everyday lives. During his acceptance speech, Dr. Janike thanked his numerous mentors throughout his education and career.
Congratulations, Patrick, and a special thank you to our Rotary 14 Foundation and Miller Math Award Committee.
1 year: Landon Bartel, Barb Bartel, Jan Bretz, Jill Davis, Todd Francisco, Karla Frese, Chris Krueger, Lisa Lee, Dave Livingston, Mike Manga, Deb Uttecht, Jim Smith, Jay Wexler, Melanie Whittamore-Mantzios, Linda Willard, and Terry Wittler
2 years: Bob Bartle, Michael Ecklekamp, Scott Holechek, Katie Zimmer
3 years: Lisa Froehlich, Jon Gayer, Anna Hernoud, Lisa Janssen, Tom Klein, Brett Neely, Fred Ohles, Marcia White, Linda Willard, Chuck Schroeder, Mitch Lee, Chris Whitney, Sheila Odom
4 years: Morrie Enders, Kate Holman, Art Ziegelbaum
5 years: Christie Weston
6 years: Doyle Hulme, Roger Lempke, Don Spinar
7 years: Jess Kinser
8 years: Christina Usher, Pat Birch, Erin Dobesh, Ryan Dobesh, Roger Ludemann, Bev Austin
9 years: Molly Burns
10 years: John Gessert
11 years: Russ Free
12 years: Randy Bretz, Dean Settle, Eric Drumheller
13 years: Jennifer Williams, Kiersten Hill
14 years: Mark Stephens
15 years: Sandy Fabry, Priscilla Henkelmann
16 years: Mike Linberg
18 years: Allen Beermann, Randy Hawthorne, and Jim Griesen
Each week, this amazing Rotarian asks the Club President, "How can I be of service to you today?" His willingness to pitch in at a moment's notice and help get things done does not go unnoticed. Dr. Michael Eckelkamp joined Rotary 14 in March 2022 and has been deeply ingrained in helping better the Club through volunteerism, financial gifts, and a heart for service that eloquently shows through all of the committees he’s involved in. Michael’s remarkable contributions to the Club include chairing the In-Club Celebrations Committee since 2022, serving in a weekly check-in capacity consistently, helping our tech team, pitching in with Sergeant-at-Arms duties, actively contributing on our Rise.Shine.Give. Committee, reading to youth at Elliott Elementary School and as a City Impact Tutor, delivering dictionaries to fourth graders, welcoming our international students at the International Student Picnic, and showing up to beautify Lincoln roads during Rotary’s Roadside Cleanup. Moreover, Michael has successfully started his Rotary Leadership Institute journey—making Rotary 14 evermore proud. His commitment to service and unwavering dedication to Rotary's values make Dr. Michael Eckelkamp a true exemplar of "Service Above Self," and deserving of this esteemed recognition. Congratulations, Michael!
Each year since 1992, Rotary 14 proudly presents the Donald W. Miller Math Recognition Award, recognizing outstanding mathematics educators in the Lincoln area. The club endowed this award in honor of former member, past club president (1986–87) and Rotary leader, Donald W. Miller.
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