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Coach Richard Pitino to speak at meeting
The Rotary Club of Edina will welcome Richard Pitino as program speaker at the Thursday, June 22, meeting. Pitino is the head coach of the University of Minnesota men's basketball team. He was the 2017 Big Ten Coach of the Year.
 
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100th celebration of The Rotary Foundation
Last week Tim and Cindy Murphy, San Asato, David Clynes, Jim Platt and I attended the 112th Rotary International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. It was quite an experience and once again Rotary highlighted the great works that we as an organization accomplish in "Doing Good in the World."

A true highlight was having Bill Gates as a keynote speaker. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given over $500 million for the eradication of polio. Mr. Gates said the real difficulty has been finding the kids and now with Google maps it is much easier to find these remote villages and then to establish trust. Over 430,000,000 kids are given the polio drops each year, but we still have work to be done to eliminate the disabling and sometimes deadly disease in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria. You can listen to a snippet of Gate’s address here 
 
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Volunteers needed for July 4 Parade
Edina Rotary is looking for eight to ten volunteers to represent our club in the city of Edina's 4th of July parade! Volunteers will assemble with the other parade entrants around 9:30 a.m. July 4 on Normandale Boulevard behind the Community Center. The parade will go for approximately two hours. Not only will our volunteers be distributing Rotary goodwill, but also pencils and suckers to the kids along the road. Two lucky volunteers have the honor of carrying the Rotary banner as Dave Hatzung drives his convertible featuring our incoming president San Asato. We will be accompanied by a posse of superheroes running alongside the presidential vehicle, much like the secret service!
 
It’s a fun morning, so sign up and help represent our club as we celebrate our nation's independence! Go here to register online. 
 
Contact Public Image Director Mark Jessen for more information. 
Member resignations for 2016–17 Rotary year
It is always sad to have members resign, but with busy work schedules, job/career changes, retirement or moving out of state, we had members leave our ranks this past Rotary year. The following members resigned from July 2016 to June 2017:
 
Katie Wanninger Smith
Gary Aulik
Jim Perkins
Denny Schulstad
Ron Kalich
Dennis Bock *
Katie Bassett
Meg Boehne
Larry Doty
Kevin Strandberg
Amir Gharbi 
Gerry Norton**
Jodie Jennings  
Stan Brown
Mitch Robinson
Libby Schmit
Hugh Hadlund
Kim Stoner
 
*Was made an honorary member, but since has passed away
**Has rejoined the club effective June 1, 2017
Meet a member...Brandon Azbill
Periodically we feature a newer member of the Rotary Club of Edina on our website and in our newsletter. The Rotary Club of Edina welcomed Brandon Azbill as a member in July 2016. Brandon's sponsor to the club was Wooj Byun.
 
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Letter bag
Many thanks to the Edina Rotary! 

Through your faithful service you have packed 82,987 meals, feeding 227 children for one year. Your recent gift will pay for the annual nourishment of 22 children.
 
Together we can make a difference, changing hunger to hope. 
 
Until all are fed,
 
Lisa Pederson
Site Manager, Chanhassen
Feed My Starving Children
 
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Rotary Family Picnic held June 15
On June 15, the Rotary Club of Edina held its annual family picnic at Bryant Lake Park in Eden Prairie. The attending members visibly enjoyed meeting each other and their families. The children were greeted with a grab bag and held it in their arms like a treasure.
 
 
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Meeting Responsibilities
Front Desk
Kvale, Deirdre
 
Greeter 1
Veker, Steven
 
Greeter 2
Thommen, Wade
 
Invocation/Pledge of Allegiance/Four-Way Test
Hatzung, David
 
Introduce Guests
Clynes, David
 
The Barker writer
McGoldrick, Jr., Charles
 
Upcoming Events
City of Edina Fourth of July Parade
Edina City Hall
Jul 04, 2017
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
 
Prospective Member Day
Edina Country Club
Jul 20, 2017
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
 
Rotary Happy Hour/VDG featuring Skip Thomas
The Mezz, Byerly's
Aug 02, 2017
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
 
Edina Rotary Diamond Jubilee Fundraiser & Gala
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel
Sep 23, 2017
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
EMRC Patrick D. Kennedy Golf Tournament
Mendakota Country Club
Sep 25, 2017
 
Executives & Directors
President
 
President Elect
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Past President
 
Club Service (Administration) Director
 
Community Service—Local Funding Director
 
Community Service—Programs Director
 
International Service Director
 
Membership—Recruitment Director
 
Membership—Retention Director
 
Public Image Director
 
The Rotary Foundation Director
 
Youth Service Director
 
Club Administrator
 
Rotary Anniversaries
Join Date
Ben McPheeters
June 1, 1989
28 years
 
Deirdre Kvale
June 5, 2014
3 years
 
Harry Weingartner
June 9, 1994
23 years
 
Ron Erhardt
June 9, 1994
23 years
 
Tom McNellis
June 13, 1985
32 years
 
Will Steinke
June 13, 2006
11 years
 
Peter Hoffman
June 17, 2010
7 years
 
Thomas Ries
June 18, 1987
30 years
 
Daniel Mott
June 20, 2000
17 years
 
Andrea Thompson Miller
June 23, 2016
1 year
 
William Clynes
June 24, 1976
41 years
 
Adam Stanzak
June 25, 1974
43 years
 
Heather Hansen
June 25, 2009
8 years
 
Mike Kallas
June 25, 2009
8 years
 
Steven Veker
June 26, 2003
14 years
 
Wooj Byun
June 26, 1997
20 years
 
Jon Barnett
June 27, 1991
26 years
 
Terry Stevens
June 27, 1991
26 years
 
James Schwarz
June 28, 1990
27 years
 
Bob Harvey
June 29, 2012
5 years
 
Bill Carter
June 30, 1992
25 years
 
Marie Pribyl
June 30, 2010
7 years
 
Valerie Burke
June 30, 2011
6 years
 

The Edina Country Club will serve grilled chicken with tomato and avocado salsa or Nicoise salad at the Thursday, June 22, Rotary Club of Edina meeting.

The Rotary Club of Edina's Administrator, Jennifer Garske, works part time. During the summer, her office hours are mainly Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Contact her at jgarske@EdinaRotary.org or leave a message on the Rotary cell phone at 612-875-3109.