The Rotary Club of Edina will welcome Lindsey Smith as program speaker at the Thursday, May 31, meeting. Smith, a nurse practitioner, is a volunteer with the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) and has recently taken on the roll of President of the Minnesota Chapter.
Rotarian Dan Stolfa will give his Classification Talk at the meeting.
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WHEN: Tuesday, June 19 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. There is no Rotary meeting that Thursday, June 21 WHERE: Edina Country Club, on the veranda, or indoors if weather dicatates WHO: All Rotarians and family—bring your kids and grandkids! There will be face painting, balloon animals, T-shirt decorating and yard games!
COST: Senior Active and Honorary Rotarians, as well as adult guests, are $20. Children are $12. Children under age 5 are free. Regular active members already paid for the picnic on their Q4 invoice. INFO: The Edina Country Club will be serving burgers, brats, chicken, corn on the cobb, watermelon, potato salad, green salad, and cookies and bars. There will also be a cash bar. REGISTRATION: Online here. Registration deadline is Thursday, June 14.
The Rotary Club of Edina recently awarded scholarships to two Edina High School graduates. Aarathi Garimella and Yifei Zhang were each given $1,250 scholarships at a special breakfast at the Church of St. Patrick Friday, May 25. The presentation was made by the club’s Youth Service Director, Kip Peterson.
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The marketing committee for Camp Enterprise is looking for committee members. This is a great way to get on a committee without a huge commitment. You will be assigned 5 to 10 Rotary clubs (number of clubs determined by how many on our committee) to contact to see if the club would be willing to sponsor student(s) to 2018 Camp Enterprise.
Contact Sam Thompson at sthompson@transitionsib.com if you’d like more information or would like to participate.
The Rotary Club of Edina’s Board of Directors recently approved the applicant below for membership:
Dr. S.K. Dash
Classification: Health & Wellness
Sponsor: Don Hutchison
Written objections to the application must be submitted before 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, to Rotary Club of Edina, 4801 W. 50th St., Edina, MN 55424 or emailed to administrator@EdinaRotary.org.
The 2018 Chrysanne Manoles Women in Leadership Award was presented at the May 24 Rotary Club of Edina meeting. The deserving winner this year is Lexi Reed Holtum, Executive Director of the Steve Rummler Hope Network.
Program speaker at the meeting was the 2017 Women in Leadership Award winner, Laure Morse-Wendt. She updated us on 66 West, which opened on year ago. 66 West was our club's Signature Project in the 2016–2017 Rotary year.
Hearts and Hands attended the meeting to pick up their local grant check from the Edina Rotary Foundation.
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The Edina Country Club will serve grilled pork shops or watercress and fennel salad with salmon at the Thursday, June 7, meeting.
The Rotary Club of Edina's Administrator, Jennifer Garske, works part time Tuesday through Friday, and attends the Rotary meetings on Thursdays from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. to answer questions. During the summer, she will not be working Mondays. Contact her at jgarske@EdinaRotary.org or leave a message on the Rotary cell phone at 612-875-3109.
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The marketing committee for Camp Enterprise is looking for committee members. This is a great way to get on a committee without a huge commitment. You will be assigned 5 to 10 Rotary clubs (number of clubs determined by how many on our committee) to contact to see if the club would be willing to sponsor student(s) to 2018 Camp Enterprise. 
The Edina Country Club will serve grilled pork shops or watercress and fennel salad with salmon at the Thursday, June 7, meeting.