Hot Meals USA

05/25/2026

05/13/2026

Dick will be a speaker at this event!

🚨 SAVE THE DATE – Don’t Miss This! 🚨

We are excited to invite you to a powerful and practical session.

🌟 Membership Master Vault Series
🎯 Event-to-Member Conversion Playbook

📅 May 19, 2026
⏰ 6:00 PM CST

Join an incredible lineup of Rotary leaders including our District members, PDG Deb McCaslin, PDG Don Peterson, PDG Lore Beckius, Dick Cochran Founder of Hot Meals USA & Friends as they share real strategies to turn your events into meaningful membership growth.

💡 Learn how to:
✔️ Attract the right guests
✔️ Create engaging experiences
✔️ Convert interest into committed members

This is a must-attend for club leaders, membership chairs, and anyone passionate about growing Rotary in our district and beyond.

📲 Scan the QR code on the flyer to register!

Let’s continue building stronger clubs and making a bigger impact—together. 💙💛

05/04/2026

Hot Meals USA would like to give a huge thank you to the American Heart Association for a generous grant to buy some commercial shelving to start bringing in dry food goods from outside sources to distribute to our area food pantries who can then distribute it to those facing food insecurity! We would also like to thank this group from the Kearney E-Free Church for coming to put the shelving together! heartnebraska

05/03/2026

As Nebraskans move from wildfire response to recovery, resources are available to help you navigate this changed landscape as well as prepare for future events. Here are a few resources:

Nebraska Extension is ready to support you and your family during all phases of disasters. As you prepare for the next disaster event or have questions about what to do if you or your region has been impacted by fires, tornadoes, floods and other hazards, visit https://disaster.unl.edu - we are here for you and for the long-haul as your local, trusted resource.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has also launched a new website to provide recovery guidance, field‑based knowledge, and next steps following Nebraska wildfires: https://wildfire.unl.edu/

Nebraska Association of Emergency Management
UNL Beef
EDEN - Extension Disaster Education Network
Nebraska Emergency Management Agency






ALT TEXT: Green grass shoots emerging through burned ground in a pasture after a wildfire. Text at the bottom reads, “Moving from Wildfire Response to Recovery,” alongside the University of Nebraska–Lincoln logo.

04/29/2026

Hot Meals USA would like to thank Omaha Steaks for donating jerky and kielbasa snack sticks that we were able to give out to firefighters and victims of the wildfires!

04/27/2026

Thanks to everyone who helped us wrap things up on Saturday after getting the last meals ready for the Pressey Fire! Between this fire and fires throughout Nebraska last month, Hot Meals USA has served over 26,000 meals! We would like to give a big thanks to all of our volunteers and especially all of the firefighters who worked tirelessly to put out these fires! Also, thank you to Rotary, Kiwanis, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Kearney E-Free Church for helping us to find volunteers!

04/25/2026

Thanks to our wonderful volunteers who served firefighters last night for the Pressey Fire in Nebraska! Thankfully the fire is under control and the out of town firefighters are being sent home, so we are no longer needed for meals. Thanks again to all who have helped us, and especially the firefighters and others working on the fire!

04/25/2026

Hot Meals USA triumphed in its biggest challenge yet: serving 25,000 meals to 650 firefighters as wildfires scorched western Nebraska. Sen. Stan Clouse and the Legislature took notice.

04/24/2026

Thanks to all of our amazing helpers who put together boxed lunches for firefighters working on the Pressey Fire near Oconto, Nebraska! Many hands make light work! 😊

04/24/2026

Thank you so much for sharing about what we do!!