Bridget Hallstrom, Membership Chair, is excited to announce the second of this year's prospective member day events to be held on Thursday, November 19. The speaker for this event will be The Voice finalist, Kat Perkins. Kat will speak about her approach to life, how to reframe the things that confront us, and of course, weave in her home run performance on “The Voice” See Kat's audition HERE. "Read More" below will give you even more Kat Perkins' details.
Guest lunches are paid for by the club and Rotarians are encouraged to bring business associates, friends, and family who are interested in learning more about Rotary and the dynamics of our club.
THREE ASSEMBLY OPENINGS AVAILABLE! SIGN UP TODAY! On Wednesday, November 25, members of the Rotary Club of Edina, along with members of the Edina Morningside Rotary Club, prepare and deliver Thanksgiving meals to families in need throughout the Twin Cities region. A roasted turkey, stuffing, cranberries, potatoes and gravy along with vegetables, oranges, even a delicious pie, make their way to area homes via active Rotarians and their families. With a side of warm knit mittens to help with the coming winter, these Thanksgiving Baskets bring some brightness and joy into the holiday season. Look for further details, your invitation to sign up and safety procedures delivered to your email this week. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, basket packing teams will be limited to no more than six people per team and a team captain should be assigned. Two different team captains (1 per station) may sign up for each 10 minute assembly period. Registration is now open for assembly times by clicking HERE. Please let Becci Michalski at rmichalski@edinarotary.org know if you need assistance with signing up to volunteer.
In accordance with the upcoming Minnesota state 50-person reception room cap and with an understanding and abundance of concern for the well-being of our fellow Rotarians, we have decided to begin following these guideline early. Lucky for us, these changes will occur during a time when our meeting schedule is lighter in celebration of the holidays.
Please keep in mind with fewer seats available, early in-person meeting registration should be made as soon as possible and seats may not be available for walk-ins. We will continue to present a full meeting program via Zoom and welcome your participation via chat. You can also stay current by watching the posted You Tube time-stamped video HERE.
The Rotaract Club of Edina is sponsoring a light our community service project, "Lighting The Holiday Season" scheduled for Saturday, December 5th. This holiday light hanging service is looking for community member homes wanting to add some holiday light cheer but not climb the ladder. Shelter Box will receive any donations made for our service.
The Rotary Club of Edina has once again collected holiday gifts for families and youth. More than ever, this year there was a need for help and support. Rotarian Jean Morrison organized the Holiday Giving Program which donated to Cornerstone and 66 West again this year. Items wished for and delivered were:
Cornerstone: Gifts for families as they are hunkered down this winter – puzzles, adult and children’s coloring books, small toys, games. They are also in need of plastic snow mittens for kids, coats, and boots for adults and kids and women’s pajamas.
66 West: Gift cards from Target, Cub Foods, Marshalls and WalMart.
Due to COVID-19 concerns, the year's Holiday Party will take place virtually. The Peterson Family Trio will perform from their living room on December 17, 2020 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mark your calendar. Register early and the link will be sent to you with additional details. Register HERE. Add your favorite holiday song to the tag line or comments section. Paul is generously gifting those who register early the link to his latest digital Chirstmas album, "A Different Kind of Christmas" (a $10 value). All the holiday season classics are included like "White Christmas", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Do You Hear What I Hear" plus seven more "minor" related tunes. Paul will also be taking Holiday themed song requests. Make a list of your favorites and we'll past them along. Register for the Holiday Party today.
Ten years ago, the principal at Sheridan Elementary said her students didn’t have food on the weekends. In response, The Sheridan Story was formed and named for the school. Since then, the organization has provided more than six million meals to Minnesota children in more than 400 different locations, including some in Edina.
The Edina Rotary Global Scholars Program officially launched this fall at Edina High School. We are searching for internships and volunteer opportunities for students who are working on their Capstone research projects. Please read the seven students short biographies and research interests here.
If you are able to help place one of these students with a local internship or volunteer opportunity, please email lindsey.smaka@edinaschools.org. Thank you!
Back to the ZOOM only platforms and the continued excellent editing talents of C-Vision Productions (Chris Laskowski) it has been decided to make better use of the taped and edited meetings that are posted to You Tube and use them as our new "In Review" format. This will eliminate the duty of "The Barker" note taker/writer and we will, for the time being, no longer publish written reviews. In-person meeting photos will resume when we can meet again. Keep in mind watching the You Tube video counts as a make-up. Let Becci know what meeting dates you watched and she will mark you as attended.
We will post the link to the last meeting video taped (see above) and photos from the meeting.
Thursday, December 17, 2020 there will be no lunch meeting. We will celebrate the season with a virtual holiday zoom party beginning at 6:30 p.m. Due to updated Covid-19 guidelines there will be no in-person meetings in December. Please stay tuned for updates.
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 or voicemail /text message at 612-234-7390.
Bridget Hallstrom, Membership Chair, is excited to announce the second of this year's prospective member day events to be held on Thursday, November 19. The speaker for this event will be The Voice finalist, Kat Perkins. Kat will speak about her approach to life, how to reframe the things that confront us, and of course, weave in her home run performance on “The Voice” See Kat's audition 
THREE ASSEMBLY OPENINGS AVAILABLE! 
In accordance with the upcoming Minnesota state 50-person reception room cap and with an understanding and abundance of concern for the well-being of our fellow Rotarians, we have decided to begin following these guideline early. Lucky for us, these changes will occur during a time when our meeting schedule is lighter in celebration of the holidays.
The Rotaract Club of Edina is sponsoring a light our community service project, "Lighting The Holiday Season" scheduled for Saturday, December 5th. This holiday light hanging service is looking for community member homes wanting to add some holiday light cheer but not climb the ladder. Shelter Box will receive any donations made for our service.
Due to COVID-19 concerns, the year's Holiday Party will take place virtually. The Peterson Family Trio will perform from their living room on December 17, 2020 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mark your calendar. Register early and the link will be sent to you with additional details. Register 
Ten years ago, the principal at Sheridan Elementary said her students didn’t have food on the weekends. In response, The Sheridan Story was formed and named for the school. Since then, the organization has provided more than six million meals to Minnesota children in more than 400 different locations, including some in Edina.
The Rotary Club of Edina has formed a new committee to advance racial equity in the group.
