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Members of the Rotary Club of Edina Morningside are vibrant, civic-minded business, professional and community leaders. The club joins together for fellowship, fun, career development, and the opportunity to serve locally, regionally and internationally.

We meet on Tuesday mornings from 7:30-8:30 a.m,

We are currently meeting virtually via Zoom.

Beginning April 6, 2020, we will meet in hybrid in-person/virtual format

with in-person meetings at:

Edina Country Club

5100 Wooddale Avenue

Edina, MN 55424 United States

RI President Holger Knaack’s theme for 2020-21, Rotary Opens Opportunities, asks Rotarians to create opportunities that strengthen their leadership, help put service ideas into action, and improve the lives of those in need.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL'S NEW VISION STATEMENT

“Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change — across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.”

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

WELCOME TO EDINA MORNINGSIDE ROTARY CLUB

Meetings of the Rotary Club of Edina Morningside now happen virtually. Club leadership will reassess hybrid/virtual meetings at the end of March 2021. We welcome you to our meetings.

The Zoom link for our meetings is here: Click here to join the virtual meeting via Zoom.

UPCOMING CLUB MEETINGS

Tuesday, March 9 @ 7:30 a.m.
- Club Meeting - Kathy Rendleman - Edina Education Fund
Tuesday, March 16 @ 7:30 a.m.
- Club Meeting - Jill Hauwiller - Leadership Refinery
Tuesday, March 23 @ 7:30 a.m.
- Club Meeting - Mark Lanterman - Computer Forensics Services
Tuesday, March 30 @ 7:30 a.m.
- Pamela Axberg - Union Gospel Mission

THANKYOU TO TODAY'S SPEAKER

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

OUR NEXT SPEAKERS

Tuesday, March 9, 2021: Kathy Rendleman and Alec Fischer

Kathy joined the Edina Education Fund Board in August of 2015 and moved into the Executive Director position in 2016. She was born and raised in Edina and after college in Indiana and a few years in the Chicago area, return with her husband, Tyler, to raise their family in Edina. Kathy and Tyler have four kids, two Edina High School graduates who are attending the University of Minnesota and two current Edina High School students. Professionally, Kathy has worked for multimillion dollar corporations in the areas of engineering, finance, marketing and sales. She owned and operated her own small business in the Edina area, and she has held and continues to hold numerous volunteer leadership roles both within Edina and the surrounding areas. Kathy has a Bachelor of Science degree in both Industrial Management and Industrial Engineering from Purdue University and a Masters in Business Administration in Marketing and Finance from the Carlson School at the University of Minnesota."I am honored and excited to help serve the Edina community. Our children are truly our future, and their potential is outstanding. It thrills me to be part of an organization that supports their inherent gifts and assists them in letting their passion thrive.”

Alec Fischer, a graduate of Edina High School, is an award-winning filmmaker, content creator, and social media influencer with a proven track record of bringing powerful stories to life via digital video, leading digital and social media marketing campaigns, and delivering successful results as measured by key performance indicators (KPI). Currently managing 50k+ engaged followers across personal brands on social media. Featured by publications including MTV, Buzzfeed, HuffPost, USA Today, The Washington Times, and The Star Tribune.

UPCOMING EVENTS - SAVE THE DATE

(see details and registration links in a story below)

Monday, March 8, 5:00 - DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION Book discussion
- How to Be an Antiracist, Chapter 1: Definition and Chapter 2: Power
- Register to get the Zoom link in the story below.
Wednesday, March 17, 6:00 p.m. - Leadership Development Series
- Jean Morrison, Conflict Management. Zoom link will be provided in the story below.
Wednesday, March 24 @ 5:00 p.m.
- Vaccine Update with John Pastor - Zoom link will be provided.
Wednesday, April 7, 6;00 p.m. - Edina/Edina Morningside Rotary Vocational Development Happy Hour
- Dr. Afira Hasan - EMRC Member and owner of Insight Vision Care. Zoom link will be provided.
Tuesday, April 13, 7:30 a.m. - EMRC/Edina Rotary Joint meeting
- Program: Edina Global Scholars

April 10th - District Assembly
May 1st - District Conference
June 21-24 - Summer Camp Enterprise
June 28th - Patrick D. Kennedy Memorial Golf Tournament

JOHN PASTOR OPENS FIRST J & J VACCINES

John Pastor, EMRC member and Doctor of Pharmacology for M Health Fairview,

with MN Governor Tim Walz, opened the first J & J vaccines yesterday.

2021 SPRING FLOWER SALE

THE 2021 SPRING FLOWER SALE IS HERE!

Proceeds go to End Polio Now

Beautiful annuals from Wagners Greenhouses for your garden beds and borders.

Available in kits: Select Kits and Combo kits.

Click this link to go to the flower sale page where you can download the order form and see photos of your options this year.

Questions? Contact Talley Flora at talley@redseat.com or 952-893-0020.

Watch for emails from Talley Flora in your Inbox.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION COMMITTEE

The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee held its first meeting, a book discussion, on Monday, March 8, at 5:00 p.m. They discussed the book's Introduction and Chapter 1: Definitions.

EMRC is part of the community-based discussion around Racial Equity and Justice hosted by the Edina Community Foundation. On behalf of our club, Andrea Humphrey and Mary Brindle are participating in community conversations led by the foundation.

The EMRC Diversity, Equity & Inclusion committee will present a series discussions, sharing fellowship and learning about the challenges we encounter when learning about race equity and justice. We will use resources from "Creating a Better Story," the three-part series hosted by Rotary District 5950 to help deepen our understanding of the concept of unconscious bias and how it plays a role in the context of our society. The topic of racial inequity and injustice is a difficult topic of discussion. We will also use a book discussion format to focus our conversations and our learning.

If you'd like additional information, please contact Andrea Humphrey or Mary Brindle.

2020-21 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SERIES

Next Topic: Conflict Management
Tuesday, March 16th. 6:00 PM

Jean Morrison, member of Edina Rotary Club is principal of Morrison and Associates, Inc. She will share an interactive learning experience entitled “Let’s Work it Out… Resolving Conflict During Trying Times.”

Please join The Rotary Club of Edina’s Leadership Development Series. These sessions are offered as part of membership development, promoting leadership skill development, goal setting, career planning, problem solving skills, and networking. All sessions are open to the public so please forward this to your friends, colleagues, and employees so that can benefit as well.

Watch for details about the talk and the registration link here.

Meeting the 3rd Tuesday of each month, this year’s program will continue with strong content delivered by seasoned professionals in an environment that will foster both relationship and leadership development, including the opportunity to form meaningful career mentor-mentee relationships. If you are interested in improving your effectiveness and expanding your network to include growth minded leaders like yourself, this series is for you.

Hosted by Robb Breding of Edina Rotary.

COVID-19 VACCINE: TALK WITH JOHN PASTOR

Wednesday, March 24, 5:00 p.m.

John Pastor, Doctor of Pharmacy for M Health Fairview, is responsible for the vaccine rollout to M Health Fairview and all their affiliated hospitals, clinics and senior residences. Periodically, John will update us on Fairview's progress and the overall progress within the state of Minnesota. Dates, times and Zoom links for these updates will appear here and will be announced at club meetings and in the club newsletter.

2021 MATCHING GRANTS MANAGEMENT SEMINARS

Edina Morningside Rotary Club has a number of matching grants, large and small, local and international. Our Rotary district provides Grant Management Seminars to share the ins and outs of matching grants with our club members so that we are aware of how this process works, and we can learn how other clubs use matching grants.

Matching Grants combine funds from our club, from collaborating clubs along with matching funds from our Rotary district and, for international grants, funds from Rotary International. Your donations to The Rotary Foundation provide these matching funds!

Interested? Please let Mary Brindle know the session you'd like to attend. She will get you registered.

The Refresher Session is offered for members who have attended grant management sessions in the past. The Complete Session is offered for first-time attendees.

Refresher Sessions

Tuesday, April 6, 2021, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 13, 2021, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 15, 2021, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Complete GMS Sessions

Saturday, April 17, 2021, 9:00 to Noon

Saturday, April 24, 2021, 9:00 to Noon

Thursday, May 6, 2021, 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 8, 2021, 9:00 to Noon

VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT HAPPY HOUR- WEDNESDAY APRIL 7

Wednesday, March 3, 2021, 6:00 p.m.

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Speaker will be Edina Morningside Rotary member Dr. Afira Hasan, owner of Insight Vision Care.

Watch for Zoom link here.

SOCIAL MEDIA PROJECT

EMRC Intern Masha Feldman is embarking on a Social Media project featuring YOU!

Think club projects, district projects, district conferences, international projects, exchange students, international conventions ... anything that tells your story as a Rotarian in Edina Morningside Rotary Club.

Masha put together a form to collect your information. Click the following LINK and tell your story!

Thanks!

SUMMER CAMP ENTERPRISE

Camp Enterprise, the entrepreneurial workshop hosted by Edina Morningside Rotary and Edina Rotary for more than 25 years, is launching a new camp for students entering 8th, 9th and 10th grade. Drawing on the success of Camp Enterprise, this new camp will take place from June 21-24, 2021, and is a partnership between Edina Morningside Rotary Club, Edina Rotary Club, Edina Rotaract and Edina Community Education.

Volunteers are needed for case study mentors, speakers and Shark Tank judges.

Watch here for more information about the summer camp.

Contact Mary Brindle, Camp Enterprise 2021 Chair, if you'd like to volunteer or help organize this new summer camp.

LAKE STREET COUNCIL PROJECT UPDATE

Edina Morningside Rotary Club is among several area Rotary clubs that will work with the Excelsior Morning Rotary Club on the Lake Street Council Project, to help rebuild businesses damaged in summer 2020’s civil unrest after George Floyd’s death.

EMRC members John Sorteberg and Bob Schriver are leading our club's effort in this important project. Edina Morningside Rotary Club has been paired with Sol Travel, a business that was affected by the unrest last summer.

John is President of Commercial Furniture Services and leads a roundtable discussion with other small business owners, a forum in which small business owners learn from each other. Bob is retired after being President of Coverall of the Twin Cities and is a member of S.C.O.R.E. Senior Core of Retired Executives, a small non-profit that pairs retired executives with small business owners to help give them the necessary resources and guidance they need.

John and Bob are looking for help from EMRC members. Please contact John at his email john.sorteberg@cfsmn.com or Bob at his email at reschriver@gmail.com for information.

Watch this video for more information.

We look forward to getting to know Lake Street business owners and working with them. Watch for more information about how to get involved. Many shops are open, including Midtown Global Market and Mercado Central. Consider shopping Lake Street for your groceries and gifts.

FEBRUARY SERVICE PROJECTS: THANK YOU!!

THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO PACKED MATTER BOXES AT MATTER!

Thank you to Afira Hasan and the Community Service Committee, and Jeremy Newhouse, for organizing this great service project. In the first photo, you see "thank you" baskets being assembled for the COVID-19 nursing staff at Methodist Hospital. The other two photos are of the Matter box assembly. Matter boxes contain healthy snacks and are distributed by first responders, emergency rooms and food shelves.

FEBRUARY SERVICE PROJECTS: THANK YOU FROM METHODIST HOSPITAL

Afira Hasan and the Community Service Committee presented Thank You Baskets to Methodist Hospital front line workers (clockwise) in the Doctor's Lounge, Heart Clinic and Surgery Center. Thank you to the EMRC team for making these beautiful baskets all tied up with Rotary ribbon!

2020-21 DISTRICT CONFERENCE

You should have received an email from Alexis Rundquist, Rotary 5950 Administrator, with a link to register for the upcoming rotary 5950 District Conference. We will meet at Brookdale Park in Brooklyn Park and create the Rotary Peace Garden filled with trees.

The tree planting is a district grant project led by Edina Morningside Rotary Club and Minneapolis Uptown Rotary Club and is a partnership with The Nature Conservancy and Tree Trust.

To register, just click on the graphic below. Or locate the email from Alexis in your inbox.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT 2020-21 ANNOUNCES 2020-21 ROTARY THEME

Rotary International President-Elect Shekhar Mehta said, “Rotary kindled the spark within me to look beyond myself and embrace humanity.” “Service became a way of life for me and I, like many others, adopted the guiding philosophy that ‘Service is the rent I pay for the space I occupy on this earth, and I want to be a good tenant of this earth.’”

Mehta, a member of the Rotary Club of Calcutta-Mahanagar, West Bengal, India, revealed the 2021-22 presidential theme, Serve to Change Lives, to incoming district governors on 1 February during the Rotary International Assembly. The assembly, a yearly training event for district governors-elect, was originally set to take place in Orlando, Florida, USA, but was held virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Click here to watch the 15-minute video.

SPONSOR OUR WEBSITE!

We invite all EMRC members and friends to sponsor our club website.

Include your company logo on our club website and we will link the logo to your website.

Contact Mary Brindle, Club Admin, for details.