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WELCOME TO EDINA MORNINGSIDE ROTARY CLUB

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 teach, we lead, and we transfer what we do onto others.

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

Edina Country Club

5100 Wooddale Avenue

Edina, MN 55424 United States

Contact us

Phone: 612-270-9887

Email: edinamorningsiderotary@gmail.com

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A MEETING

Here's a list of speakers coming up.

Find us on YouTube here.

UPCOMING MEETING SCHEDULE

Tuesday, August 3rd @ 7:30 a.m.
- Jeb Myers of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
Tuesday, August 10th @ 7:30 a.m.
- Bill Neuendorf, City of Edina Economic Development
Tuesday, August 17th @ 7:30 a.m.
Tuesday, August 24th @ 7:30 a.m.
- Lori Syverson, Edina Chamber of Commerce

OUR NEXT SPEAKER

Tuesday, August 3rd @ 7:30 a.m.

Jeb Myers, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School

Mr. Myers is a graduate of St. John’s University, MN. He served students and their families in inner-city Camden, New Jersey and on the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, MT, as teacher, coach and principal before becoming our first assistant principal for Academics. He became principal in January of 2010, was named interim president in September 2014, and later named president in March 2015. When he’s not at school, he enjoys running and spending time with his wife and four children.

Join us in person at Edina Country Club.

UPCOMING EVENTS

August 4th 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Vocational Development at CW's
August 26th 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Brewtarians at Waldemann Brewing
September 7th at 5:00 p.m. - Club Picnic at Rosland Park Picnic Shelter
September 7th-12th - Rotary Zone 25B and 29 Institute (Houston, TX)
September 23rd at 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Brewtarians at Indeed
October 1st - Pints for People - Centennial Lakes Hughes Pavilion
October 24th - World Polio Day
October 28th - Noon - Fall Joint Meeting with Edina Rotary

MINNESOTA PRIDE ROTARY CLUB

New Rotary Club Starting In September

“Minnesota Pride Rotary Club”

The LGBTQA community is going to have their own club starting in September. The club will meet on Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. The location is expected to be in Bloomington MN. The new club needs 20 members to charter.

Know someone who is interested? Please contact Leif Hagen at Leif@AchievementFinancial.com

LARGEST ROTARY CLUB MEETING EVER!!!

EDINA MORNINGSIDE ROTARY CLUB joined by two other Rotary clubs from the US successfully hosted the Largest Rotary Club Meeting Ever!!

President May led with a Rotary reflection, and PDG Gump provides the speaker introduction and speaker thank you. The event attracted well over 600 attendees from at least 20 countries. #ProudRotaryMoment in President May's first month of service!

You can watch the meeting here, or click the image below.

IRON WILL: POLIO ERADICATION

Our foundation joined the polio fight almost 15 years ago. And in all that time, I cannot think of a more important moment than right now.

In my new Gates Notes post, I write about the amazing progress the world has made against the crippling disease, but also why we are at risk of losing the gains we have fought so hard for.

We still aren’t reaching areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, the only countries where polio remains endemic. Outbreaks of other forms of polio continue to crop up in under-immunized communities across Africa and parts of Asia. And the pandemic continues to interrupt polio campaigns and routine immunizations.

But thanks to the iron will of the thousands of polio workers and an improved strategy to end this disease, I’m confident that with sufficient financial resources and political support we can create a world where no child will ever be paralyzed by polio again.

I hope you’ll take a few minutes to learn more about this effort.

Thanks for being an Insider!

MEET OUR NEWEST MEMBER: BOCAR KANE

Eda Rivers officiated at the induction of Bocar Kane on Tuesday morning, July 13, 2021.

Bocar's family joined him for his Induction Day!

Wife Alison, two of his daughters Hawa and Bintou, and son Racine.

Congratulations and welcome Bocar!!

Bocar is sponsored by Jim Hovland and Mary Brindle and his classification is Safety Products - Manufacturing.

Family Background… A father of 4 beautiful kids and husband to a beautiful wife. We love traveling, and playing basketball competitively. I love being involved in the community and impacting people positively. Presently serving my 2nd term as an Edina Transportation Commissioner..

President and CEO of AMKA GLOBAL, LLC DBA AMKA SAFETY, December 2016 – present. Leads new product development, converting, manufacturing & sales development for workzone safety products.

Executive-level operations and engineering professional with business leadership experience. Background includes a BS in Chemistry from the U of MN Institute of Technology, then 10+ years in R&D, manufacturing, engineering and quality for 3M. Additional experience includes Sr Superintendent of Continuous Improvement for Kinross Gold. An exceptionally hard worker known for dedication to mission and the ability to manage through problems to achieve turnarounds.

Please contact Membership Chair Eda Rivers at erivers@edinacommunityfoundation.org for more information about Bocar Kane and about bringing a new member to our club.

MEMBERSHIP- JOIN ROTARY!

Why join Rotary?

Did you know that many Americans are not overly satisfied about the size of their friendship group. In a 2021 survey about the State of American Friendship, results show that about half of Americans (51 percent) report they are very satisfied or completely satisfied with the number of friends they have. Thirty percent say they are only somewhat satisfied, and 17 percent say they are not too or not at all satisfied with the number of friends they have.

There's no better time to introduce your friends to Rotary!!

Know someone you’d like to bring into Rotary?

This video can help.

Click here to find more information about joining club.

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.

Members of Edina Morningside Rotary are helping Sol Travel get up and running. Want to help?

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.

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.

SPONSOR OUR WEBSITE!

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.

Contact Mary Brindle, Club Admin, for details.