Lunch and Program held at Bearpath Golf Club. No meeting at Edina Country Club. For those who registered, we have a great Veterans Day event planned Nov 9th at Bearpath Golf Club in Eden Prairie with KSTP's Joe Schmit as our emcee, music by Mary Brindle's Brass Band, and our speaker will be Tim Murray from Bravo Zulu house.
Date and Time: Thursday, November 9, 2023 - 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Bearpath Country Club, 18100 Bearpath Trail, Eden Prairie MN 55347
Cost for Rotarians and their non-veteran guests is *$35 ea and will be added to your January 1, 2024 dues and meeting fee invoice. No charge for veterans.
Join the MN Music Hall of Famers, our very own Paul Peterson and The Peterson Family for their annual holiday concert at The Dakota on Tuesday, December 19th at 7:00 PM. The Rotary Club of Edina has a block of tickets at The Dakota Box Office available for first-come, first-serve callers! Tickets are $35/$40. If you are interested in purchasing tickets as part of the Rotary Club of Edina block, please call the box office at 612.332.5299 Mon-Fri 10am-6pm or Sat/Sun 12pm-4pm!
Please note, the block is only good through Friday, November 10th, so don't wait! Purchase your tickets today!
NOV 15 NEED TWO PEOPLESign up today to help Volunteers Enlisted to Assist People (VEAP) serve the hungry in our community! Volunteers welcome participants to the VEAP pantry, explain the process and respond to participant questions, keep the shopping area clean and tidy, sort through food donations, stock shelves, load groceries into vehicles and overall help VEAP promote a positive shopping experience for participants. VEAP staff explain the process before every volunteer shift in the pantry. Register HERE Busy on November 15th? Future dates are available HERE
Thursday, Nov 16, 2023, 5:30-7pm. REGISTERHERE In partnership with Tomme Beevas and Pimentos Jamaican Kitchen, Black Business Networking will encourage us to continue to expand the efforts of our club's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. The 2023 networking event will be held Thursday, November 16 from 5:30-7pm at Pimento Jamaican Kitchen, 2524 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404. This week's featured business leader is Frank Brown, owner of Minuteman Press in Uptown and community advocate for racial, social and economic justice. See additional information below.
On Wednesday, November 22nd members of the Rotary Club of Edina, along with members of the Edina Morningside Rotary Club, will pack baskets and deliver Thanksgiving meals to families in need throughout the Twin Cities region. To register click REGISTER below and follow the directions. After you have registered you and your guests, click PICK YOU TEAM's ASSEMBLY and put the name of your team captain in the time slot you'd like to create your baskets. Contact Tom Cook for further details.
President Loberg's Season of Holiday Giving details arrived in your email this week and is scheduled to begin November 1. This year we will be supporting Involve MN Winter Clothing Drive, My Very Own Bed Blanket and Bedding Drive, The Holiday Giving Program supporting 66 West, Good in the Hood, Young Parent Program, Simpson Housing Services and Edina Morningside Rotary and Edina Rotary Club, Thanksgiving Food Basket community outreach program and the Salvation Army Bell Ringers sessions. Contact Tom Cook for Thanksgiving, Jean Morrison for Holiday Gift Giving and John Buttolph for event details and to volunteer. Unwrapped gifts, gift cards from Target, Cub Foods, Marshalls and Walmart, checks and cash are all welcome. See Shelly's email sent October 31 for all the details. Donate HERE.
Involve MN and My Very Own Bed to Receive Donations
The Rotary Club of Edina has begun collections of goods for two area nonprofits, Involve MN and My Very Own Bed.
Involve MN provides for the unsheltered and vulnerable people of the Minneapolis and St. Paul area. The Rotary Club of Edina and the Edina Country Club are collecting new and gently used coats, hats, gloves and mittens. Ways for your to give and program details below.
The Rotary Club of Edina and Edina Morningside Rotary Club hosted Camp Enterprise this past weekend, Nov 2 to Nov 4 at Camp Courage-Maple Lake. This three-day camp for high school juniors and seniors is designed to introduce students to the free enterprise system and encourage entrepreneurship and ethical business practices. The experience is often life changing for this year's 88 junior and senior high school students who attended camp. These students who travel from western, north central, southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin are sponsored by their local Rotary club competing for five $1,000 college scholarships awarded at the final presentation on Saturday. Scholarships were earned by students sponsored by the Rotary Club of Alexandria, Lakeville, Gaylord, North St. Paul/Maplewood/Oakdale and Edina.
DEADLINE for newsletter story and event submission is Monday Noon for Tuesday publication.
The Rotary Club of Edina's Administrator, Becci Michalski, works part time and will respond to your inquiries within 24 hours. Contact her at rmichalski@EdinaRotary.org.
On Wednesday, November 22nd members of the Rotary Club of Edina, along with members of the Edina Morningside Rotary Club, will pack baskets and deliver Thanksgiving meals to families in need throughout the Twin Cities region. To register click REGISTER below and follow the directions. After you have registered you and your guests, click PICK YOU TEAM's ASSEMBLY and put the name of your team captain in the time slot you'd like to create your baskets. Contact 
President Loberg's Season of Holiday Giving details arrived in your email this week and is scheduled to begin November 1. This year we will be supporting Involve MN Winter Clothing Drive, My Very Own Bed Blanket and Bedding Drive, The Holiday Giving Program supporting 66 West, Good in the Hood, Young Parent Program, Simpson Housing Services and Edina Morningside Rotary and Edina Rotary Club, Thanksgiving Food Basket community outreach program and the Salvation Army Bell Ringers sessions. Contact Tom Cook for Thanksgiving, Jean Morrison for Holiday Gift Giving and John Buttolph for event details and to volunteer. Unwrapped gifts, gift cards from Target, Cub Foods, Marshalls and Walmart, checks and cash are all welcome. See Shelly's email sent October 31 for all the details. Donate 
