Lisa Pool has focused her 30+ year career delivering high performance work environments where employees are happy, innovative, and productive. As Perkins&Will’s Firmwide Director of Workplace Strategy, Lisa leads a global workplace team dedicated to creating meaningful design, workplace strategy solutions, and change management programs through a data-driven and human-centric process. Ms. Pool will be speaking to the changes in office space across the country.

Edina Mayor James B. Hovland and Edina Public Schools Superintendent Stacie Stanley will present the 2025 State of the Community Tuesday, March 4. 

The presentation will be emceed by City Manager Scott Neal and is co-sponsored by the Rotary Club of Edina, Rotary Club of Edina Morningside and Edina Chamber of Commerce. It will be presented at Braemar Golf Course, 6364 John Harris Drive, and recorded for broadcast on Edina TV. Scan QR code or click to "Read More' for important event details and a registration link. 

India Association of Minnesota + Rotary Club of Edina and Edina Morningside Rotary Celebrate Asian Indian Culture, Charity and Connection

The Rotary Club of Edina March 6 meeting program will center around the Asian India culture with India Association of Minnesota speakers, dancers and feature the food of India. This event is Rotary Club of Edina and Edina Morningside Rotary Club member attendance supported fostering a global understanding of shared challenges and the promotion of mutual prosperity. 

 

Registration to attend is required. Regrets appreciated. Deadline is NOON, Monday, March 3rd. For Rotary Club of Edina members this event is included in their quarterly meeting fee package. RCE senior active, guests, general public and Edina Morningside member cost is $27/per person. TIME SENSITIVE REGISTRATION HERE BY MARCH 3

Please join the Edina Community Foundation to honor My Very Own Bed Founders and Rotary Camp Enterprise the morning of Friday, March 7. These two organizations have examplary adults and youth who uplift and empower children throughout the area.

 

The Edina Rotary Foundation has provided My Very Own Bed grants, speaker thank you funds, and were the recipient of special recognition during President Michael Stanzak's 2022 ERF Gala, Let's Dance. This non-profit organization has provided over 8,500 new beds and Dream Kits to children moving into Twin Cities and surrounding suburbs housing. Camp Enterprise is an annual volunteer-based three-day camp for high school juniors and seniors designed to introduce them to the free enterprise system encouraging entrepreneurship and ethical business practices.

 

This event will be held at the Edina Country Club on Friday, March 7 beginning at 7:30 a.m. A complimentary breakfast will be served and no reservation is required.

 

Guatemala 2025 is on!  We are returning to Guatemala April 26-May 3, 2025. The purpose of the trip is to deliver 654 life-saving water purifiers to remote villages in the mountains surrounding Coban, in partnership with Resurrection Priory Monastery, St Patrick’s Church of Edina, and the Rotary Club of Coban.  Fellowship and travel to new, exotic places is also part of the journey!  Susan Stiles is heading up a small item children's gift campaign. She has set up a gift registry on Amazon under her name "Susan Stiles" Guatemala April 2025.  Scan the code to the left or click HERE.

Bowling is in the books and fun was had by all. We had 12 athletes.

 

1^st Place Paul Mooty, Brent & Mia Lundell and boyfriend

 

2^nd Place John Flynn, Jackie Shiller, Cari Lundell & Joe Hayes

 

Biggest loser Gage, Lisa Walker, Sonja & Dave Tengdin

Gage Walker had the highest score 

 

Gifts and trophies were distributed! A big thanks to Paul Mooty for setting the teams, scoring and offering me to pay $100 dollars if people made splits.

 

The Rotary Club of Edina’s Board of Directors recently approved the following applicant below at the February 19, 2025 board meeting for membership.

Feb 27 -- Lisa Pool, Perkins+Wills Firmwide Director of Workplace Strategy

Mar 4 -- City of Edina, State of the Community @ Braemar Golf Course

Mar 6 -- India Day, Speakers: Srividya Vaidyanathan, Shajive Jeganathan, Ram Gada

Mar 7 -- Connecting with Kids Breakfast

Feb 20, 2025 Meeting Recap with Photos by Chris Laskowski

Speaker: Kaleena Burkes, MN Dept of Public Safety

 

Minnesota Public Safety, Director for the Office of 

Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls" 

Kaleena Burkes gave a powerful presentation

focused on the number of missing black women,

the task force established, the tools used to

process the data and report, and the report

recommendations to aid in bringing

justice to those missing and murdered women.