Events

The Rotary Club of Edina will hold a Vocational Day meeting Thursday, Oct 24, at Edina High School, Edina. Check in will begin at 11:45 a.m.and the meeting and tours will end promptly at 1:30 p.m. Box lunch and beverages will be provided. Please register if you plan to attend so we can order enough lunches and prepare for tour groups at the meeting. This counts as the meeting for the week, so there is no additional cost for regular members. Senior Active members will be charged $20 at the door as usual. Registration will be open until Noon on Monday, October 21. Click here to register.

PARKING ONLY at St. Patricks Church of Edina, 6820 St. Patricks Lane, Edina across the street is available. There will be a few spots roped off for those unable to walk from St. Patricks to EHS Door 5 and a few Handicap only spots will be available. Please park in the St. Patricks lot and walk to the Edina High School Door 5 entrance.

Please register today if you plan to attend. Box lunches need to be ordered for those attending. Contact Club Service Director Fred Slyvester with questions or more information about Vocational Day.

The Rotary Club of Edina will hold a Vocational Day meeting Thursday, Oct 24, at Edina High School, Edina. Check in will begin at 11:45 a.m.and the meeting and tours will end promptly at 1:30 p.m. Box lunch and beverages will be provided. Please register if you plan to attend so we can order enough lunches and prepare for tour groups at the meeting. This counts as the meeting for the week, so there is no additional cost for regular members. Senior Active members will be charged $20 at the door as usual. Registration will be open until Noon on Monday, October 21.

PARKING ONLY at St. Patricks Church of Edina, 6820 St. Patricks Lane, Edina across the street is available. There will be a few spots roped off for those unable to walk from St. Patricks to EHS Door 5 and a few Handicap only spots will be available. Please park in the St. Patricks lot and walk to the Edina High School Door 5 entrance.

Please register today if you plan to attend. Box lunches need to be ordered for those attending. Contact Club Service Director Fred Slyvester with questions or more information about Vocational Day.

The speaker will be Principal Andy Beaton. Principal Beaton has served at Edina High School since the 2017-19 school year. Mr. Beaton has his BA degree from Macalester College, earned his Master’s Degree from the University of Minnesota, and earned his administrative specialist degree from St. Mary’s University. He began his teaching career at Armstrong High School as a social studies teacher, worked as a dean at Sandburg Middle School in Robbinsdale, and served as principal at Columbia Heights and Bloomington Kennedy High Schools.

After Principal Beaton finishes speaking, Rotarian groups of 12 will tour the facility beginning at approximately 12:45 pm.

Edina High School is a thriving, comprehensive, four-year high school located in Edina, Minnesota; a single high school district, nestled in a community that truly loves and believes deeply in their schools. Key to the success as a school is its dedicated staff, students and families. The professional teaching staff is highly educated and experienced with a drive to learn and continuously improve. EHS teachers bring a depth of knowledge to coursework that provide students with rigor, relevance and personalization.

The Edina High School student culture is one that fosters excellence in academics, athletics and the arts with an active presence in the community. EHS students see themselves as future leaders with the capacity to tackle problems and answer questions around the globe. These exceptional students are driven by committed and connected EHS families. The community of families partner with EHS to share their expertise, time and resources to our school. Many of the parents graduated from Edina High School and have a stake in maintaining the traditions of excellence while helping EHS build the next generation of students.    

Academically, Edina High School is recognized by both U.S. News and World Report and Newsweek as one of the premier high schools in America. Recently the school was recognized by the Partnership for 21st Century Learning as one that fosters innovation and 21st century learning. Edina High School is the only school in Minnesota that has earned this distinction, sharing the practices as an exemplar nationally and internationally.

We hope to have you join us. 

It's time for the Fall Fireside Chats! We have five events scheduled for Rotarians to attend October 21 through October 25. All Fireside Chats begin at 7 p.m.

The four of five gatherings is Thursday, October 24 at the home of Gordy Lewis, 6824 Chapel Lane, Edina

Held each spring and fall, the Fireside Chats are very informal social exchanges for members to enjoy and learn about Rotary and to get to know one another. The hosts are asked only to encourage discussion and a good time for all. It is a chance to meet our new members or reconnect with old friends!

Members are encouraged to come to all the Fireside Chats, or pick the one that best works with their schedule. We encourage everyone to register to allow the hosts to plan for the event. Number of guest is limited, so register early.

New members—you are especially encouraged to attend one or all of the Fireside Chats! It is a great way to get to know your fellow Rotarians in a casual atmosphere. Let us know if you have questions.

For more information, contact Brad Hepp at heppbrad@gmail.com.​

Lexi Reed Holtum, Executive Director and Lobbyist of the Steve Rummler Hope Network, has been with the organization since its inception in 2011. Lexi leads and fosters the growth of the organizations three programs; Prescriber Education, Advocacy, and Overdose Awareness. Lexi is instrumental in the passage of public health and safety laws enabling the state to have tools and resources needed to address the opioid crisis. She’s created the Network’s Overdose Prevention Program and established partnerships with hospitals, treatment and sober living facilities, first responders, treatment courts, colleges, and communities in order to reduce opioid overdose deaths. Lexi engages experts in the field of addiction and chronic pain to produce non-biased enduring CMEs which are utilized by doctors and medical students in 40 states, Austria, New Zealand, Europe and Asia. In addition, she is a nationally sought-after speaker and advocate. Her testimony in Washington DC has offered perspective to government agencies as they adjust the ways we approach our national opioid epidemic. Lexi is a person in long-term recovery from the disease of addiction, the proud mother of one child, and she was Steve Rummler's fiancé.  

The Rotary Club of Edina will hold a Serve-A-Meal event at Cornerstone from 4:45-5:00 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 5, 2019.  At this Community Service Committee project, volunteers will serve a meal for 50 to 60 Cornerstone clients and their children. Rotary volunteers are encouraged to mingle with the residence and may bring activity books/crayons to play with and give the younger residents. Volunteers at Cornerstone have a direct impact on the lives of people affected by domestic violence, sexual violence, and human trafficking.  

We need 8 volunteers for the event. Plan to arrive at 4:45-5:00 p.m.  There will be a facility orientation at 5:15 pm. The meal will be served from 5:30-6:25 with cleanup following.

• Cornerstone is located at 1000 E. 80th St., Bloomington.
• Cornerstone does not allow children volunteers.
• Volunteers will also have to complete a short form for a background check – which Cornerstone will do.
• They have been a long-standing service partner with the Edina Rotary and were a recipient of a local Rotary grant this year.  

Please sign up early to allow event organizers time to process and submit information for security procedures at the facility. Signup for this event will close on Tuesday, October 29, 2019.

For additional information, contact Nate Wenner or Bonnie Rolstad.

The annual Area 3 Rotary Veterans Luncheon is set for Monday, Nov. 11, at Edina Country Club. Registration begins at 11 a.m. with live music and the luncheon beginning at 11:15 and concluding at 1:15 p.m.

Our club is one of seven southwest metro Rotary clubs in District 5950 to sponsor this special Veterans Day Luncheon to honor those who have served our country. 

Gen. Denny Schulstad, U.S. Air Force (retired), will be the emcee at the event. Schulstad is a former long-time member of our club. The featured speaker at the luncheon is Congressman and Gold Star Son, Dean Phillips.

Cost for Area 3 club members and their guests will be $26 per person. Rotary members of Bloomington, Eden Prairie AM, Eden Prairie Noon, Edina-Morningside, Richfield and South Minneapolis Metro should register with their club by Friday, Nov 1.

Each Edina Rotarian may invite one veteran as a guest of our club. Senior Active and Honorary Rotarians who are veterans may attend free of charge. Registration deadline for Edina Noon members and their guest is Monday, Nov. 4. Additional guest payment can be made at the door or charged on members' next quarterly invoice. The Veterans Luncheon will take the place of our club's regular meeting that week, so there is no additional charge for Rotary Club of Edina members to attend. Senior Active or Honorary members who are not veterans will be charged $20.

There is no Rotary Club of Edina meeting on Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Edina Country Club. All members are encouraged to attend the Veterans Luncheon. 

Sgt. Grant Snyder, MPD Homeless Liason, brought to our club his message of homelessness and his efforts to build relationships and bring safety to those in need. His words and actions had a profound impact on many of our members. 

The date and time is Saturday, November 16, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  at a place yet to be determined. We will help Sgt. Snyder and his team prepare, serve and clean up breakfast service in a downtown open lot in Minneapolis. We will be serving breakfast with the Minneapolis police to roughly 100 homeless individuals and families.

This event is scheduled to be held outdoors. In case of inclement weather, an email or text will be sent to you on the day of the event. Please contact Ann Platt with any questions. 

It’s still summer, but it’s not too soon to start thinking about Christmas—especially the Peterson Family Christmas Show that is!!!

This year, the Peterson Family Christmas Show will be held at the Hopkins Center for the Arts on Saturday, December 14, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. 

We have made arrangements with the Hopkins Center for the Arts to hold a “Rotary” block of 40 tickets which are all together in a great area for enjoying the show. The Rotary block tickets are $34/each (after $5 discount), and are available on a first come – first served basis until the end of the day on Saturday, October  12^th, after which any unsold tickets in the block will be released to the public. So, if you want to see this great show, you should move quickly since we expect the tickets to go fast.

To order tickets, contact the Hopkins Center for the Arts at 952-979-1111, option 4 or walk in and buy them in person at 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343.  When ordering your tickets, the ticket code for our block of tickets will be “ROTARY.”  You need to use that code to get the special pricing and seat locations.

No food or beverages are available at the Hopkins Center for the Arts.  However, if you want to grab dinner before the show, here are some great local options:

            Thirty Bales (Midwestern inspired flavors) https://www.thirtybales.com/eat/   

            Pub 819 (Rustic-chic gastropub) https://www.pub819.com/menus/#dinner

            Mainstreet Bar and Grill (burgers, pub fare, and beer)  https://www.mainstreetbar.com/our-menu/

If you have any questions, please contact Joe Christensen at jjc@edinalaw.com.