Tuesday mornings from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at Edina Country Club,5100 Wooddale Avenue,Edina, MN 55424
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Doing good in the world through Service Above Self
Are you looking for a way to serve your community? If you are, we invite you to be our guest. Please join us at Edina Morningside Rotary Club where you will find a group of people just like you .. energized by working together for the good of the community.
President Steve May
HYBRID MEETINGS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE AND FOR YOUR HEALTH.
Edina Morningside Rotary Club continues to make meetings accessible via Zoom for anyone who cannot attend in person, or wishes to attend virtually due to the continuing pandemic.
Please join us for our Tuesday 730AM meetings via a Zoom link HERE.
(Off-site meetings will not be available virtually.)
Tuesday, May 24th, 7:30 a.m.
Joe Cavanaugh
Youth Frontiers Founder and CEO
Youth Frontiers Founder and CEO
A young person’s character shapes their destiny and impacts their community. Research shows that students with high social-emotional learning and character skills perform better academically and take responsibility for the culture of their school. Character traits are built and enhanced by experiences throughout our lifetimes.
Youth Frontiers reaches kids at critical ages and provides dynamic experiences that enhance self-awareness, empathy and connectedness.
The Zoom is link HERE.
We are meeting in person with virtual connection via Zoom.
- Tuesday, May 24th
- Joe Cavanaugh, Youth Frontiers
- Tuesday, May 31
- No Meeting due to Memorial Day
- Tuesday, June 7th
- Dr. Terry Wu, How to Stop Infighting - The Science of Us vs Them
- Tuesday, June 14th, Off-site Meeting - Rotary in the Workplace
- Hosted by Jim Bizal
- Tuesday, June 21st, President Steve May
CHECK EVENTS CALENDAR FOR DETAIL
Thursday, May 26th: EMRC COMMITTEE JAMBOREE- get involved in a committee, and have some fun getting connected.
Tuesday, June 7th: SERVICE PROJECT- VEAP Food Donation Day - bring non-perishable food donations to Rotary
Friday, June 10th: SOCIAL- at Aria Apartments hosted by Joe Kirk and Kelly Tanke
Tuesday, June 14th: ROTARY IN THE WORKPLACE hosted by Jim Bizal
Thursday, June 23rd: One Town - One Family Community Conversation
Thursday, June 23rd: Brewtarians at Wooden Ship Brewing
Friday, June 24th: Black Men Teach Gold Star Gala
Monday, June 27th: SERVICE PROJECT- Assemble hygiene kits for needy and homeless people
Monday, June 27th: Rotary/Pat Kennedy Golf Classic at Braemar Golf Course
Sunday, July 3rd: Annual Veterans Dinner hosted by the Edina 4th of July Parade Committee
Monday, July 4th: Edina 4th of July Parade
Friday, July 8th: Prior Lake Rotary Lakefront Music Fest
Welcome New Members James Holmes, Jr., Ted Goltzman and Valentine Smithen!
James Holmes, Jr. is the Executive Director of A Better Chance Foundation (Edina ABC). This nonprofit foundation is committed to increasing the number of well-educated young people, by providing them a quality education at highly rated Edina High School. They provide the scholars with housing and tutoring support to promote their academic success, as they prepare for college. James Holmes, Jr. has 36 years of finance, organizational and project management experience in the corporate investment, financial services and automotive industry. After working several decades incentivized by corporate earnings and profits, his path gravitated toward entrepreneurship fulfillment work. James' classification is Education Director. His sponsors are Dr. Stacie Stanley and Mary Brindle.
Ted Goltzman develops affordable housing throughout the Midwest and Western parts of the US. Ted works with local and state agencies, community partners, and private lenders and investors to develop affordable housing. Ted facilitates all aspects of the development process from site selection, financial structuring, construction, and project lease up. Ted's classification is Affordable Housing Development. His sponsor is Alan Goltzman.
Valentine Smithen relocated from Florida in 2018, to join Great Southern Bank in Edina MN as a Personal Banker. His specialties are annuities, home equity lines of credits, and various types of accounts. He is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University. Valentine's hobbies are attending church, listening to music, volunteering, and playing basketball. His goal is to make a difference in the community, and to impact everyone with whom he comes in contact in a positive way. Valentine's classification is Personal Banking. His sponsor is Mary Brindle.
To inquire about membership in Edina Morningside Rotary Club, please contact Membership Chair Eda Rivers.
VOCATIONAL/AVOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT HAPPY HOUR: BOSS- Business Owners Succession Strategies
Wednesday, June 1, 5:30 social; 6:00 presentation
Edina Morningside member, Mark Hegstrom, helps business owners that are 3-12 years out from exit to develop a customized plan. His firm, Business Owner Succession Strategies (BOSS), assists the owner to develop a plan around the three legs of the exit planning stool: business owner financial plan, personal plan post-exit, and business attractiveness. Every business owner will exit his or her business. That is why he thinks: exit planning is simply good business planning.
Please join us for this year-end meeting at CW's Bar and Restaurant, 8302 Normandale Blvd., Bloomington, MN 55437. We will meet at 5:30 for happy half hour and our speaker presentation from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. This event is a casually centered around becoming better acquainted with the business and career lives of our fellow Edina Rotary Noon and Edina Morningside Rotary Club members.
All members of the The Rotary Club of Edina, Edina Morningside and South Metro Minneapolis Evenings Rotary Clubs are invited.
Because this is a workplace event, REGISTRATION is required (register as GUEST so that Mike has numbers for food/beverage). Thank you!
Contact Wade Thommen at wadethommen@cbburnet.com with any questions. After this meeting, our next Avocation/Vocational Happy Hour will be August 3, 2022.
Thanks to these 2022 GOLF SPONSORS!
Our annual Rotary/Pat Kennedy Golf Classic will take place Monday, June 27th, at Braemar Golf Course.
Scroll down ... and recognize our sponsors ... for information and details.
Want to sponsor the Rotary/Pat Kennedy Rotary Golf Classic?
GOLD SPONSOR
SILVER SPONSORS
BRONZE SPONSORS
VEAP FOOD DONATION: Tuesday, June 7th
EMRC Community Service Committee members will collect your non-perishable food donations and and get them to VEAP.
Every month.
IT'S TEE TIME!
Get your golf clubs ready for the EMRC Golf Tournament!
June 27th, 8:00 a.m., shotgun start.
Want to sponsor the Rotary/Pat Kennedy Rotary Golf Classic?
Thursday - Saturday, November 3-5, 2022
We need YOU to volunteer - lots of opportunities for a few hours or all three days.
Take a look at this video ... and then contact Mary Brindle for details.
Greetings Brewtarians! 
The full Brewtarian Schedule through August:
| 26-May | Bad Weather Brewing | St. Paul | 414 7th St W, St Paul, MN 55102 |
| 23-Jun | Wooden Ship Brewing Co | Minneapolis | 3300 W 44th St, Minneapolis, MN 55410 |
| 28-Jul | Boom Island Brewing Co | Minnetonka | 5959 Baker Rd #320, Minnetonka, MN 55345 |
| 25-Aug | Dual Citizen Brewing | St. Paul | 725 Raymond Ave, St Paul, MN 55114 |
As always, please invite others, bring guests, and enjoy the company. You don't have to be a Rotarian to join Brewtarians (but expect to be asked to join!). You don't have to be a member of Minneapolis Club 9 either.
Peace and good cheer until we meet next! If you would like to be on the distribution list, please email the pubmaster directly @ brewtarians@gmail.com.
Brian Bethune, Pubmaster
Minneapolis Rotary Brewtarians
Building Good Will and Better Friendships... one pub at a time.
The Rotary clubs of Edina Morningside, Edina, Bloominigton and Eden Prairie AM are proud to support the Afghan Community in Minnesota Rotary Community Corps.
District 5950 Rotarians from several clubs support the Afghan Community in Minnesota “Rotary Community Corps" and gathered for its inaugural meeting Feb 5th 2022.This community is expected to double in size as refugee families resettle; more Rotary volunteers and club sponsors are sought. For much more information and details.
These meetings bring Afghans together for fellowship. They are being resettled throughout the metro area and often do not live near each other. It gives them a space to tell their stories. It is also a time that Rotarians help connect them to services and resources. Your presence is welcome. Check with President Steve May about resources you might have to bring to these meetings.
This RCC is the realization of a wonderful concept: established members of the Twin Cities Afghan community provide mutual support to its newest community members comprising refugee families that fled Afghanistan in August to resettle amongst us in Minnesota. 750 people have resettled since October 2021 and another 750 are expected in the coming months. People resettling in these numbers have overwhelmed the system, including resettlement agencies and state and local government service organizations. As Rotarians, what we aim to do is to augment (not replace) the services already in-place, while simultaneously supporting the Afghan Community in Minnesota as it becomes recognized as the “go-to” mutual support organization for this community.
Because these new arrivals are resettling throughout the Twin Cities, we seek the support of additional sponsoring clubs and /or individual Rotarians.
Afghan Community in Minnesota RCC meetings are currently scheduled every other Saturday from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Meetings are held in the auditorium of the Normandale Elementary School, 5701 Normandale Road, Edina MN 55424. Enter Door 10 at the South end of the building.
Please contact: Bob Keller, tel. 612-327-0682, email bob@3dbd.net
Watch a video about the Afghan Resettlement Story below.
The Rotary Foundation Chair Norm Siekman prepared a survey to help you prepare your pledge to TRF. Watch for this survey in your Inbox, and please contact Norm Siekman with questions.
Your TRF pledge supports the work of Rotary around the world. And, your pledge supports the work of our club and district into the future. It's a WIN-WIN!
Watch for your survey and return it promptly to Norm.
Why join Rotary?
Now is the best time to join Rotary! Looking for a place to connect with your community?
Edina Morningside Rotary Club members come from a variety of professions.
We invite you to be our guest and begin making your connections.
This video can help.
We invite all EMRC members and friends to sponsor our club website.
You pay just $5 per quarter.
Include your company logo on our club website and we will link the logo to your website.
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