Distrito 5650

Rotary District 5650 

Southeast Nebraska and Southwest Iowa

District 5650 is part of two states, Iowa and Nebraska.  We are bordered on the east by District 6000, on the south by 5670 and 5710, on the west by 5630 and on the north by 5610.

Maps of those areas are available on the RI website,

www.rotary.org/en/Members/RunningADistrict/pages/DistrictZoneMaps.aspx

District 5650 is comprised of parts of two states.  The district is geographically agricultural based with a vast array of supporting industry along with two large cities. Omaha is the largest city with about 1 million people is a major business and defense hub.  Five of the fortune 500 companies are based there and is home to Warren Buffet, the second wealthiest man in the world.  It also is home to internationally famous Creighton University and two medical schools and the top rated liver transplant facility. Omaha is also the headquarters for Union Pacific Railroad, the largest railroad to date in the world.  The zoo in Omaha has been ranked the number one family tourist attraction in the United States. Omaha is the permanent home of College world Series baseball  and has hosted the US Olympic swim team trials.

Lincoln is the Nebraska State capital and therefore is the major government center.  Lincoln also is the main campus of the University of Nebraska which strives for academic and athletic excellence, as they have won several national championships in several sports.   Both communities are rich in history, visual and performing arts with facilities that attract internationally famous artists.

Most of the forty-five clubs in the district are located in smaller towns of less than ten thousand population.  Each of the towns are hubs to local farmers who maintain crops for food or meat production and processing    The clubs are in important part of their communities as they .

The district is involved in several water / sanitation projects, including a major water project in Zambia, Africa, while many of the clubs have a variety of international projects on all the areas of focus in countries of Haiti, Nigeria, Niagara, Zambia, Mali, Uganda, Chad.

Many of our members have traveled to international project sites,  and have participated in NID in India, Bangladesh, and Africa.

District 5650 has had many GSE teams from several countries, including Australia (2008), Venezuela (2007), Russia, Georgia, Mozambique, India, Brazil (2010), Argentina, Uruguay, Pakistan (2010, inbound only), Taiwan (2009), Uruguay, Sweden, Germany and France.