Our next meeting will be held in collaboration with Rotary Clubs of Area 3 Veterans Days event. Rotary Club of Edina members, veterans and their guests were required to register to allow for catering planning and space need. This year's event will be held:
DATE:Thursday, November 13.
TIME: Registration opens at 11:00 am with the program beginning promptly at 11:30 am.
WHERE: Edina Country Club, 5100 Wooddale Ave, Edina MN 55424
WHO: District 5950 Zone Area 3 Rotarians, Veterans and Guests
Seats may be available for public general admission ticket price is $33 at the door for program and lunch.
LAST WEEK FOR COLLECTION. InvolveMN will be picking up donation THIS Thursday. We are doing a winter clothing drive in conjunction with the Edina Country Club with the final drop off at Noon, Thursday, November 20. At your convenience, bring your gently used or new coats, sweaters, sweatshirts, gloves/mittens, winter hats and blankets to ECC anytime. These items will be donated to Involve MN who feeds over 5,000 meals each week to the local area unsheltered using a special van to visit encampments and other areas where they gather. Involve MN is a Minnesota based non-profit collaborating with community, business and government to provide for the unsheltered and vulnerable people in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area. Your friends and family are welcome to participate.
Questions? Please reach out to Ann Platt at 952-292-6043 / 952-837-1877 or Jack Kennefick or 612-220-4972. Thank you in advance for your participation.
Wednesday, November 26, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm members of the Rotary Club of Edina and Edina Morningside Rotary Club, will prepare and deliver Thanksgiving meals to 80 local families in need. 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. Assembly and delivery times have been organized and are ready to go for those who registered. You are welcome to join us for a lunch of soup, salad and sandwiches. Please email Tom Cook at thomascook12@me.com and let him know if your haven't registered and are interested in helping in other areas of set up and clean up.
There are 6 Rotarian's signed up and we'd like a few more to join us for the "Giving Tuesday" event. The facility really appreciates our organizational help the frees up the staff up to do additional community out-reach. If you can spare only a couple hours, it would be greatly appreciated. REGISTER for the Bridging Warehouse event on December from 3pm to 6pm. Click "Read More" for what we'll be seeing and doing at the facility that furnishes homes with hope.
When and where? Date: Tuesday, December 2 Time: 3PM-6PM Volunteers: 5-25, Will confirm by Nov 30 Location: Bridging- Bloomington 201 W. 87th St. Bloomington, MN 55420 Further details below.
Join your Rotarian friends at The Dakota on Sunday, December 14th at 7:00 p.m.
There may be a few seats in the dining area reserved for Rotarians to attend and sit together. Call the Dakota box office at 612-992-5299. Ask for Edina Rotary seating for the Peterson Family, Twas the Jam Before Christmas, Dec 14th show. The seats in the dining area do not provide the best view in the venue, but you can sit with fellow Rotarians. You are always welcome to purchase your own tickets and sit wherever you like.
The Rotary Club of Edina’s Membership Committee recently approved the following applicants. Written objections to the applications below must be submitted before Midnight, Tuesday, November 18, 2025, to Rotary Club of Edina, PO Box 24481, Edina, MN 55424 or emailed to administrator@EdinaRotary.org.
Robert "Bob" Clayburgh
Retired Orthopedic Surgeon
Past Rotarian: Grand Forks Noon Rotary Club, 35 years
KICK OFF IS NEXT WEEK. The Rotary Club of Edina will once again be collecting holiday gifts for local community families and youth in need. During these challenging times, there is a special urgency for help and support. Rotarians Jean Morrison and David Clynes are organizing the Holiday Giving Program with donations going to 66 West, Good in the Hood, and the Young Parent Program this holiday season. Gift suggestions below. Dec. 11 meeting will feature some Faribault Mill items to be auctioned during the meeting. Program details and gift suggestions will follow in the next few weeks.
DEADLINE for newsletter story and event submission is Monday at 5 pm. RCE Administrator, Becci Michalski, works part time (T-W-Th) and will respond to your inquiries as quickly as possible. Contact her at rmichalski@EdinaRotary.org.
