The Rotary Club of Edina Morningside celebrated at the June 27th Club Meeting, the final meeting of the 2016-2017 Rotary year. President Tom Gump presented a year-end review of the Club's goals and activities - and wow, what a year 2016-2017 turned out to be!
Membership
- Goal = 7 new members
- Achieved = 31 new members
- We now have 93 members and are considered a "Large Club"
- Eleven new members are female and ten are under age 40
TRF Fundraising
- Contribution goal = $24,820
- Achieved = $48,811
- Paul Harris Society Goal = 3 new members
- Achieved = 12 new members
- Plus we became a 100% Paul Harris Fellow Club!
Organization/Other
- New binders were made for the Board and Committee members
- 37 members had perfect attendance!
- EMRC is one of only two clubs in D5950 to qualify for the 2016-2017 Presidential Citation
- EMRC hosted two exchange students (Justine and Claudio)
- Held the first Patrick D. Kennedy Memorial Golf Tournament
- Contributed to a successful Pints 4 People (with SMME)
- Led Camp Enterprise (Peter Kelly, chairman)!
- Co-Hosted Veteran's Day Luncheon
- Packed Thanksgiving baskets
- 100th The Rotary Foundation Celebration
- Revamped the Flower Sale
- Mark Hegstrom's District 5950 Conference
And most of all, we had a lot of fun in "Service Above Self" this past year!
EMRC Board Members
A very successful year and two outstanding Rotary leaders!
2016-2017 EMRC President Tom Gump
2016-2017 District 5950 Governor Mark C. Hegstrom
The Traditional "Transition of Power" to our new President Jenn Glass!