Omaha Breakfast Optimist Club

Last week, Kathy Holkeboer with the Voter Information Project presented at our weekly meeting.

On October 11th, Omaha Breakfast Optimist Club members visited the Fontanelle Forest for some outdoor fun!

Last Thursday, Mayor Jean Stothert and Hal Daub presented at our meeting on the Omaha Streetcar project!

At today's meeting, we had the opportunity to induct a new member, Tanya Patzner, to our fold. Our speaker, Gabe Freeman, talked about his path to working at New York Life and discussed his knowledge in the industry. Welcome aboard, Tanya! Gabriel, thank you for speaking.

Our members had a fantastic time at the Cars and Guitars Bash on May 9th, which was a benefit for the Metro Area Youth Foundation. Peter Fink opened up his American Muscle Car Museum to benefactors and Joe Miller spoke about the impact the Metro Area Youth Foundation had on him and his family.

Thank you Travis Schwartz from Meridian Business for talking with us today! Meridian Business help companies move into the future with end-to-end ERP solutions. You can learn more by visiting: https://www.meridianbusiness.com

A big thanks to Joshua Bethay from Buy a Butler for coming in today to speak about his business www.buyabutler.com.

Buy a Butler provides personalized cleaning services for both families and businesses.

Thank you to Trinity Village and Nick Nickelson for hosting today's meeting! Lyndsy, the Executive Director of Trinity Village, gave us an overview of the facilities, our own Dick Raasch gave an overview of the Optimist Club, and Nick also gave a tour of the facilities. It was a great meeting.

This week's meeting (01/11/24) will not be at Shirley's Diner. Nick Nickelson has invited us to meet with him at Trinity Village in Papillion. We'll meet at 8:00 am and will be given a complimentary breakfast. Because this breakfast will be given by Trinity Village, Nick is asking for a head count. Please contact Sherryl Longacre [email protected] to RSVP.

Trinity Village is located at 522 W Lincoln St, Papillion, NE 68046.

A big thank you to Rachelle Pfeifer from ReKempt Organizing for coming to last Thursday's meeting.

Thank you AnnMarie Marlier, PhD from the Business Ethics Alliance for presenting at today's meeting. The Business Ethics Alliance is a unique Omaha-grown Ethics initiative that began in 2005.

Congratulations to Ron Nelson for his 10 year anniversary as a member. Ron was presented with his 10 year plaque on December 7th. Thank you for all you've done Ron!