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OUR NEXT MEETING
Tuesday, July 11th: First Meeting of the 2023-2024 Rotary Year
7:30 a.m. at Edina Country Club
 
 
President Afira Hasan will call to order her first Rotary meeting.
 
Edina Morningside Rotary Club members will have their first meeting of the new Rotary year. 
 
There will be no remote access via Zoom for this meeting.

CLUB MEETING DUTY ROSTER

DutyJul 11Jul 18
AmbassadorM. BrindleM. Brindle
AmbassadorP. WilliamsP. Williams
Greeter
C. PerrinC. Perrin
Greeter
J. HolmesJ. Holmes
Thought of the Day
A. HasanC. Larson
FFF/VocationalM.
 D. McElrath
 
Note - All club members will be rotated through the schedule
 
DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO BOCAR KANE AND FAMILY
Members of the Rotary Club of Edina Morningside extend our sincere condolensces to Bocar Kane and his family for the loss of Bocar's youngest brother.
 
Please keep Bocar and his family in your thoughts.
 
FOURTH OF JULY PARADE
Edina Morningside Rotary in Edina's Fourth of July Parade!
 
There was rain, but there was also a parade!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EMRC LAKE MINNETONKA CRUISE
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26th, 5:30 p.m.
Meet at Port of Excelsior, 2 Water Street, Excelsior, 55331
 
Join us for a fun and relaxing evening.
 
Open to EMRC members plus one guest each.
 
Cost $15 per person.
 
 
HATS AND MITTENS 2023
 
From Paul Nelson: 
 
I am looking for a few volunteers to assist with the sales and distribution of hats and mittens this year. Again we are looking to work with the Rotaract Club of Edina so we will have some youth on the committee for the "heavy lifting". I am anticipating either October 14th or October 21st as the distribution date and am awaiting a confirmation from our supplier that he will have sufficient stock to supply a record number of hats and gloves this year.
 
As you consider the request to join the committee, I'd also request that you think of groups outside of Rotary that may be interested in participating with the purchasing of hats & gloves for distributing to their organizations (think local religious organizations, corporations, other non-profits, book clubs, yoga classes...ok you get the idea). Feel free to send me thoughts and ideas of these groups and contact information that we can add to our marketing list.  pnelson5220@gmail.com - 612/363-6469
ROTARY YEAR END
We'd like to recognize and thank our outgoing President, Brad Johnson, for his service, and welcome our incoming President, Dr. Afira Hasan, to kick off the new year on Tuesday, July 11th!
 
 

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2023 GOLF TOURNAMENT A SUCCESS
From our Golf Tournament Chair:
 
I want to first start off by thanking all of you for supporting this event.  It is our largest fundraiser of the year and we could not pull this off without all of you, the golfers, and our sponsors.  We had 76 people golfing this year and it was a great day.  All of the money raised for this tournament goes straight back out into our local communities and internationally through our Grant process that happens every fall. 
 
This is who received grants from us last year: VEAP, A Better Chance, Edina Give & Go, My Very Own Bed, Treehouse, Matter, Edina Community Foundation, Help At Your Door, Bridging, Youth Frontiers, Edina Education Fund, & Bluebirds & Blooms.  We also gave out international grants helping people in Honduras, Zimbabwe, and Ukraine.
 
I do my best to keep our expenses to a minimum so we can make the most of the money raised.  Our only expenses are paying for the golf, lunch, and a few signs for new sponsors. It looks like we will clear just over $26,000.00 this year.
 
We also had great participation in our service project.  We moved it outside this year to make it more visible and easier to join.  We will continue this in our future tournaments.
 
Please support these sponsors whenever possible because they help support us:
Sunburst Chemicals, Bizal Built, Steve May, Oasis Senior Services, Dave Wendt Insurance, Insight Vision Care, Logan Consulting, Doug & Karen McElrath, Thunderbird Aviation, Waterfront Financial, Tom & Catherine Gump, The Kirk Realty Team, Ralph & Mary Brindle, Presswrite Printing, Edina Community Foundation, Christensen & Laue Law, Hovland Rasmus Law, Summit Mortgage, Crown Bank, The Horton Group, Ricoh USA, Hawkins Inc., Moss Barnett, LB Carlson, Twin City Group, Imagine Print Solutions, Fulcrum, Organizational Change Advisors, Berlin Packaging, Dick & Susie Crockett, Wintrust Mortgage, AM950 Radio, United Properties, Peter Williams & Rosie Bailey, EMCO, & LGH Wealth Management.
 
Thanks again to all of you who supported the service project and golf event including our sponsors, those who donated prizes and our golfers.
 
Jim Bizal, Golf Tournament Chair
 
Service Project Photos:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tournament Photos:
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 

UPCOMING EVENTS

CHECK EVENTS CALENDAR FOR DETAIL 
 
JULY 26, LAKE MINNETONKA CRUISE, Click here to register
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Speakers
Jul 11, 2023
2023-24 EMRC President Afira Hasan
Jul 18, 2023
Cahill District Area Plan: Edina Planning Commission
Jul 25, 2023
Women Venture
Aug 01, 2023
Rotary Magazine
Aug 08, 2023
Alzheimer's Assocation
Aug 22, 2023
Rustica, Gather Venture Group
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Upcoming Events
PRIOR LAKE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Lakefront Park
Jul 14, 2023
 
EMRC SOCIAL: LAKE MINNETONKA CRUISE
Jul 26, 2023 5:30 PM –
Jul 27, 2023 7:30 PM
 
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Club Officers & Board
President
 
President Elect
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Membership
 
Rotary Foundation
 
Director
 
Community Service
 
International Chair
 
Club Service
 
Immediate Past President
 
Executive Secretary / Director
 
Fundraising Chair
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Bocar Kane
July 7
 
Brad Johnson
July 16
 
Steve Schmitt
July 19
 
Ted Permuth
July 28
 
Anniversaries
Eda Rivers
Nathan Rivers
July 1
 
Join Date
Ken Dragseth
July 1, 1990
33 years
 
Stacie Stanley
July 1, 2018
5 years
 
Dick Crockett
July 6, 2005
18 years
 
Anne Marie Leland
July 7, 2014
9 years
 
Afira Hasan
July 12, 2018
5 years
 
Hein de Hoog
July 12, 2016
7 years
 
Judy Gelston
July 12, 2021
2 years
 
Bocar Kane
July 13, 2021
2 years
 
Christina Kennedy
July 14, 2016
7 years
 
David Johnson
July 15, 2020
3 years
 
Maureen Smith
July 19, 2016
7 years
 
Jack Lee
July 27, 2006
17 years
 
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John Pastor
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