Patrick is a General Partner and Managing Director, at Brightstone Venture Capital, an early-stage life science and technology venture fund. Patrick has founded multiple companies spanning diverse industries from tech, water technology, consumer products, energy services, and most recently the whiskey spirits space. Patrick holds an MBA and Juris Doctorate, and serves as a Director of the I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation.
RETURN TO EDINA COUNTRY CLUB. Our meeting have returned to the Edina Country Club. Doors open at 12:15 p.m./program starts 12:35 p.m.) Quarterly dues and meeting fees will remain the same. The final quarter of the 2023-2024 Rotary year will be billed the first week in April. Lunch service has returned to the choice of a salad or hot meal with a vegetarian plate available on request. Please contact Mike Martiny with any questions or concerns.
MAR 20 NEEDS FIVE 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 March 20? May 15 is our next date and you can sign up HERE
Thursday, Mar 21, 2023, 5:30-7pm. REGISTERHERE In partnership with Tomme Beevas and Pimento Relief Services, Black Business Networking will encourage us to continue to expand the efforts of our club's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. The 2024 networking event will be held Thursday, March 21 from 5:30-7pm at Pimento Jamaican Kitchen, 2524 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404. This week's featured business leader is Nekima Levy Armstrong, founder of the Racial Justice Network, and owns two companies, Dope Roots and Black Pearl, LLC. In 2024, she was honored as a Minnesota Attorney of the Year for her work on an environmental justice case against the city of Minneapolis, called Smart Growth. Register HERE. See additional information below.
Edina Morningside Rotary ClubOnline Gertens Supplied Fundraiser! Proceeds will go toward Rotary International-End Polio Now.
ORDER HERE. Enter Store 775to access form and orders must be completed by 10 PM on Thursday, March 28.
NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Your order will be ready for PICK UP on Wednesday, May 8 from 4:30-6:30 PM at St. Peter's Lutheran Church (5421 France Ave S, Edina, MN 55410).
If you have any questions or would like your plants delivered for a $25 fee, please contact your fundraiser chair: Talley Flora, tlflora@redseat.com, 612-803-3057.
You can pledge now to The Rotary Foundation. When you give to Annual Fund – SHARE, The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into service projects that change lives close to home and around the world. Learn more at: my.rotary.org/annual-fund-and-share. Contact Raj Kumar with any questions or a better understanding of the way to give.
Minneapolis has been selected host city for the 2029 Rotary International Convention. We congratulate our Rotary District 5950 bid team led by Past District Governor Tom Gump (Edina-Morningside Rotary), and assisted by Rotary Club of Edina Past President Sam Thompson and Jamie Verbrugge, Past President of Bloomington Rotary, for their hard work and persistence in being awarded the convention in partnership with Meet Minneapolis and the City of Minneapolis. We thank our neighboring Rotary district in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and the Dakotas for their support in making this possible. Extended Rotary announcement WCCO NEWS clip and Katy Campbell's story found HERE.
O'Shaughnessy Distillery and Brightstone Venture Capital
Lunch Option: Meatloaf or Southwest Chicken Salad
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.
Patrick is a General Partner and Managing Director, at Brightstone Venture Capital, an early-stage life science and technology venture fund. Patrick has founded multiple companies spanning diverse industries from tech, water technology, consumer products, energy services, and most recently the whiskey spirits space. Patrick holds an MBA and Juris Doctorate, and serves as a Director of the I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation. 
Edina Morningside Rotary Club Online Gertens Supplied Fundraiser! Proceeds will go toward Rotary International-End Polio Now.
You can pledge now to The Rotary Foundation. When you give to Annual Fund – SHARE, The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into service projects that change lives close to home and around the world. Learn more at: my.rotary.org/annual-fund-and-share. Contact Raj Kumar with any questions or a better understanding of the way to give.
Singapore awaits. May 25-29, 2024 Rotary International Convention. 
Minneapolis has been selected host city for the 2029 Rotary International Convention. We congratulate our Rotary District 5950 bid team led by Past District Governor Tom Gump (Edina-Morningside Rotary), and assisted by Rotary Club of Edina Past President Sam Thompson and Jamie Verbrugge, Past President of Bloomington Rotary, for their hard work and persistence in being awarded the convention in partnership with Meet Minneapolis and the City of Minneapolis. We thank our neighboring Rotary district in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and the Dakotas for their support in making this possible. Extended Rotary announcement 
