Our District Governor Jewelie Grape has challenged every club in the district to participate in a book drive during the month of January. Clubs can choose any organization for its donations. Our club has chosen to once again partner with the non-profit Reach Out and Read.
During well visits to pediatric clinics, Reach Out and Read volunteers talk with parents about the benefits of reading aloud to their young children beginning at birth. They show parents how to hold books to best engage their children and how to interact with the text and images to help them follow along. They share advice for talking about stories with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Families are given a free book and leave inspired to make reading with their young one a daily habit.
Books are needed for children ages 1-5. Books in Spanish, Somali, and Karen are especially needed and can be purchased locally at Wild Rumpus bookstore in Linden Hills, or on-line at https://starbrightbooks.com
Books will be collected at every January meeting. Let’s show Governor Jewelie that EMRC always rises to a challenge!
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY MEETTINGS RELOCATE TO EDINA COMMUNITY CENTER, ROOM 166
Edina Country Club will undergo remodeling during January and February so our meetings will be relocated during that time. We will return to Edina Country Club when we are informed that the club is ready to again host our meetings.
The January and February Edina Morningside Rotary Club meetings will be held at the Edina Community Center in room 166. The Edina Community Center is located at 5701 Normandale Road, Edina, MN 55424.
Breakfast WILL be available at these meetings.
January 9, 16, 23, 30
Meet at Edina Community Center, Room 166
Parking: RED Lot along Normandale Road at Southview Lane
Enter Door 3, the Main Entrance along Southview Lane
February 6
Rotary in the Workplace: offsite meeting
February 13, 20 27
Meet at Edina Community Center, Room 166
Parking: RED Lot along Normandale Road at Southview Lane
Enter Door 3, the Main Entrance along Southview Lane
PARKING, BUILDING ENTRANCE, ROOM LOCATION
Park in front of the community center on Southview Lane or in the RED lot. The RED lot is just North of the Community Center at the intersection of Southview Lane and Normandale Road.
Make your way to door 3 of the community center (the large bank of glass doors that face Southview Lane) where you will check in at the window to get your visitor sticker. Once you have your sticker turn right after the check in window. Room 166 is located at the end of the hallway on the right.
SECURITY AT EDINA COMMUNITY CENTER
The Edina Community Center is a school location. Therefore, we will follow their security guidelines. The first time you check in, please provide your ID to be scanned using the security system at the Edina Community Center. After your first meeting, you can just check in normally.
Well done team, even with the excellent work by the Friday team from the Edina Noon Club as they "stuffed" the ballot box, it looks like EMRC took the lead in this year's friendly competition!
$793.97 daily average for Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday (Edina Noon Rotary)
$812.07 Tuesday total (EMRC)
Thank you to all who rang the bells this year!! The Salvation Army thanks you all.
The Edina Community Foundation Celebrates Changemakers Through Connecting with Kids Leadership Award.
Edina Magazine highlighted the 2023 award in its January 2024 issue. In 2023, the award was given to a group of Edina High School students for their work on TEDxYouth@Edina.
The five students were Emma Flaherty, Charlie Greene, Abid Hasan, Nick Presthus, Molly Seidel, and Elsa Utoft.They were nominated by Cheryl Gunness. You can read the whole story here.
Abid Hasan is now a freshman at Washington University in St. Louis. He is also the son of our President Afira Hasan! Congratulations Abid!!
Dr. Sadia Ali completed internal medicine residency and infectious disease fellowship from West Virginia University Hospital. Sheis currently with Intermed Consultants and work as an infectious disease consultant out of M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital .
Her areas of interest include antimicrobial stewardship, HIV/AIDS as well as tropical medicine .
Sadia's sponsor is Dr. Afira Hasan.
For information about Rotary membership, please contact Peter Williams.
Andrew Ramirez is a Sustainability Consultant with Cherrywood Partners. He helps major corporations and brands source sustainable forest products, lumber, paper, and packaging.
He is a passionate steward of the environment. He is thoughtful. His commitment to making the planet a better place for all of us is truly remarkable. It is his life’s work.
Although Andrew’s family has always had a strong connection to the land – his great-grandparents and grandparents were farmers — his passion for sustainability was ignited during his time at the University of Minnesota. He was fortunate enough to snag an internship at a very forward-thinking lumber company where he was able to apply what he had learned about sustainable forestry – and to put it into practice.
Andrew is an active community volunteer. His sponsor is Tom Gump.
For information about Rotary membership, please contact Peter Williams.
Rotary strives for the fair treatment and advancement of all Rotary participants. Embracing equity means carefully considering how to provide differing levels of support, opportunities, and resources so participants have a welcoming and productive experience.
When we embrace equity, we create an environment built on respect and dignity for all participants.
Watch for more to come in the coming weeks on this topic!
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