These Rotary Clubs were able to produce videos as part of the 2017 District Conference:
Beatrice Rotary video: “We are Involved”
Columbus Morning Rotary: “Loup d’Loup Bicycle Ride” (2nd Place)
Council Bluffs Noon Rotary: “Fairmount Park” (3rd Place)
Lincoln South video: “Why Rotary Matters”
Nebraska City Rotary video: “Edge Community Learning Program”
Norfolk Rotary Video: “Music in the Park”
Omaha Downtown Rotary video: “Operation Hippocrates”
Omaha Millard Rotary video: “Violin Project”
Omaha Morning Rotary video: “Hope Center for Kids”
Omaha Suburban Rotary video: Scholarships for Students with Special Needs (1st Place)
Omaha West Rotary video: “We’re just the right size”
Southwest Omaha Night video: “Saving lives with the Boystown Hotline
Wayne Rotary video: “Wayne Elementary Bike Racks”
The videos can be seen on this Vimeo Channel.
To reflect on the District 5650 2017 Conference theme of “The Power of One”, we wanted to have a project for the District Conference that would be something our clubs could take back to their own communities. Kreativ Element, an Omaha media and marketing firm, offered to donate professionally produced videos as the core of one of our projects with a total value of $8,000.
The opportunity to do one of these videos was opened up to the Clubs in our District on a first come, first served basis. Thirteen clubs took advantage of this opportunity.
Each Conference attendee present for the full day on Saturday had a voting slip in their Conference badge holder. That ballot was used to cast their vote for the best video. The top vote getters won $3,000 for first place, $2,000 for second place, and $1,000 for third place. Those awards were funded by Omaha attorney John Fullenkamp and US Bank. Here is the list of Clubs that signed up for the project and the project featured in their video.