Hello Rotarians!
Please plan to come a little early this week as the Fremont High Chorale Group will be performing for us starting right at 12:00. The students will perform from 12:00 to around 12:15 and then we will follow with our meeting. Please arrive early so you do not interrupt their performance.
I am happy to report that your generous donations for the Wishing Wheels program totaled $2,316!! Those funds plus the $1,500 matching donation from the Rotary Club amount to a total donation of $3,816 for Wishing Wheels!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
Hope to see everyone this Friday.
Thanks,
Barry
PS This is the last meeting of the year as we will not meet for Rotary on the 22nd or 29th.
Rotary Member Spotlight
Shawn Shanahan
Shawn Shanahan has a compassion and desire to help others. Her role at Fremont Area United Way has allowed her to do just that. Shawn has always worked in the human services field. Shawn has been in leadership positions for 16 of the 20 years serving our community and state.
Shawn is a native of Fremont attending college at Kearney State College now known as University of Nebraska at Kearney. Shawn was one of 20 Non Profit CEO’s nationally chosen to participate in the Harvard Non Profit Leadership Program in 2015. Shawn and Fremont Area United Way are being recognized at the Federal level for addressing social change at a community level of care. Shawn is proud to live, work and support the Fremont community.
Shawn enjoys her role at Fremont Area United Way and is proud of seven years of improving outcomes, addressing community initiatives, building collaboration, lowering operation cost, removing barriers for families, developing a central intake and developing a huge growth in grant funds. In addition to all the great things happening at United Way Shawn has also taken the lead in seeking additional funds to support community initiatives, her and her team have built a community collaboration that is working on School Readiness, Social and Emotional Wellbeing, Mental Health and Prevention efforts (focused to address the root cause for families in need). The community collaboration and partnerships has allowed United Way to lead social change in partnership with other community partners. The coalition is seeing great results and together is accomplishing things none can achieve alone.
Janell Tessari
Janell Tessari has been a part of Rotary Clubs for approximately 20 years. When she & husband ‘retired’ to Arlington (to get back to our farming roots) in 2010, she joined the Fremont Rotary Club. Janell has been a Licensed Mental Health Practitioner for 30 years doing marriage & family counseling. Currently she works part time as a Behavioral Health Coach for Strada Healthcare, a Direct Primary Care office & Essential Family Medicine in Omaha. In addition Janell works with her husband Bob harvesting the crop, raising 40+ head of cattle & maintaining the yard. Bob & Janell have 6 children. Her real joy is making memories with her 6 grandchildren all under the age of 6.