Talon Room

230 N. 12th Street

 

Carly Woythaler-Runestad, MHA has served as the executive director of the Mourning Hope Grief Center for over 14 years. A music therapist by trade, she received a Masters in Health Administration from the University of Iowa. 
 

Runestad holds twenty-five years’ experience in nonprofit human service agencies. Prior to Mourning Hope, Carly worked as the recreation therapy director of a 165-bed long-term care facility in Minneapolis, as the director of an Alzheimer's unit in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and as the health policy director for the Nebraska Hospital Association, providing advocacy services at the local, state and federal level for 85 Nebraska hospitals. Carly boasts an extensive education and background in organizational leadership, strategic visioning, advocacy, communication, public speaking, fundraising and board engagement. She has a strong record of cultivating relationships, and demonstrated commitment to promoting healthy communities through innovative programs and partnerships.
 

During the pandemic, Runestad successfully led Mourning Hope through a $5M capital campaign and managed the design team through the construction of a state-of-the-art, 15,700 square-foot Grief Center. 

It's been a long-standing tradition for Rotary 14 to host a picnic for collegiate, international students in our community. On behalf of Kevin Faltin and myself, co-chairs for the 2022 International Student Picnic (ISP), we’d like to ask for your help. This year’s picnic will take place Sunday, September 11, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. at Holmes Lake.

Jennifer Jones, Rotary International’s first female president, is the perfect leader to spread the word about the good Rotary does in the world, and inspire its members to keep going. At a training seminar for Rotary club presidents-elect at a Dallas-area hotel in February, sergeants-at-arms wearing yellow vests and Stetsons lead participants, grouped by Rotary district, into a small room for a photo op with 2022-23 Rotary International President Jennifer Jones. As the groups enter, the club leaders mob Jones — the room a flurry of handshakes, fist bumps, hugs, and the occasional squeal. For each photo, the Stetson-clad Rotarians (nicknamed "Rangers") give instructions on who should stand where, then Jones, who is seated front-row center, stands up, turns around, and warms up the crowd. "Is this the best district?" she asks one. She challenges a district to dance, busting a groove on the tan and gray patterned hotel carpet. Another, she teases, is the best looking. And then there's the "party" district, whose members give a raucous cheer. Read more, click here.