EDINA MORNINGSIDE ROTARY CLUB FALL SOCIAL EVENT
Thursday, September 17th, 5:00 at Bunny's, 5916 Excelsior Blvd, St. Louis Park
New members and new member prospects are welcome!!!
2026 Poinsettia & Greens Sale
SEE WHAT’S OFFERED AND PLACE YOUR ORDER
Go to https://www.gertensfundraising.com/
and enter Store Number 775.
Or point your device camera to this QR code.
SALE OPENS SEPT 21st : ORDERS ARE DUE OCT 29th by 10 P.M.
PICK UP YOUR ORDER
Tuesday, December 1st, 8:00 to 9:00 AM
TUESDAY, September 22nd: OFF SITE MEETING at the E, home of the Edina Chamber of Commerce
The address: First Floor Conference Room, 7201 Metro Boulevard, Edina 55439
EMRC members Steve and Liisa Schmitt will be our speakers.
Tuesday, September 29th, 7:30 a.m. at Edina Country Club
Speaker will be Ellen Hunter Gans, Storyteller and Marathon Runner … and Much More
Wow! What fun it is to welcome New Member Prospects to Edina Morningside Rotary Club!
Great job EMRC members.
Note that the New Member Application has been updated and it is entirely online.
Just click HERE this link.
So when recruiting new members, know that the New Member Application is just a click away!
NEW MEMBER PROSPECT BEN SWANSON
Ben Swanson, with is a Manager on the Advisory team with Abdo, working out of the Edina office. Ben works with businesses and their owners to solve problems that may arise around staffing changes in the finance department by providing outsourced accounting and controllership services. Ben has working knowledge in QuickBooks, can assist with financial statement preparation and putting together report packages.
Ben Swanson's sponsor is Brandon Vitale.
For information about Rotary membership, contact EMRC Membership Director Nathon Park.
NEW MEMBER PROSPECT STEPHANIE SCHMIDT
Stephanie Schmidt is newly retired and is excited to include Rotary service in her life. Stephanie spent her career in technology, digital transformation led her using Agile project management as a guide. thoughout her career, Stephanie has been trusted to lead organizations' most complex, high-visibility technology initiatives. She has partnered with executive leadership to transform strategy into execution, bringing structure to ambiguous situations and delivering business-critical programs with minimal oversight. Her key experiences include enterprise AI initiatives, digital transformation, Workday implementations, cloud migrations, M&A integrations, Agile transformation, and PMO leadership. She is a skilled collaborator.
Stephanie's sponsor is Michael Birdman.
For information about Rotary membership, please contact EMRC Membership Director Nathon Park.
Rotary Happy Hours are the first Monday or Wednesday of the month.
Join us at "The Mezz" on Monday, October 5th, 2026 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Lunds & Byerlys is located at 7171 France Ave, Edina
This gathering is a casual, vocational and business network opportunity centered on featuring an Edina Noon or Edina Morningside Rotary member's career story. Guests are welcome. Personal food and beverage choices are available to order and purchase.
