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!