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Edina Country Club
Doors Open at 12:15 - Buffet Lunch
Guests Welcome!
Speaker: Michael Clements
Founder & CEO National Rugby Football League
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Mar 21 Speaker: Michael Clements, NRL Founder-CEO
Clements is the founder of the National Rugby Football League and has spent most of his professional career as an entrepreneur in the legal profession. He founded Civil Action Group (“CAG”), the largest and most respected legal support services company in the world. CAG became the industry leader in handling documents nationwide with 176 offices throughout the United States.
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Mar 20 - HELP NEEDED - VEAP 
HELP! MAR 20 NEEDS FOUR PEOPLE Sign 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
Mar 21, 2024 Black Business Mixer

Thursday,  Mar 21, 2023, 5:30-7pmREGISTER HERE 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.

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ERMC 2024 Plant Sale-Thurs Last Day

This Thursday, March 28 is the LAST DAY to ORDER Edina Morningside Rotary Club Online Gertens Supplied Fundraiser! Proceeds will go toward Rotary International-End Polio Now.

ORDER HERE. Enter Store 775 to 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 WednesdayMay 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.

Thank you for your support!

What Is My TRF Donation History?
In this season of giving and tax preparation you may be curious about your TRF (The Rotary Foundation) donation history.  By visiting the Rotary International site and accessing your personal profile you can check the status of your account at any time. Click HERE to download an instruction sheet on how to independently view your Rotary Foundation giving statistics. 
Pledge Your Rotary Foundation Fund-Share Today

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. To better understand how some of your TRF funds are used and learn about The Rotary Foundation's 2022 Program of Scale recipient watch the minute and a half video by clicking the title of the story.

 
Rotary Voice Podcast
 
Keep Rotary speak with you on your walk, errand or work drive, your morning cup of coffee or the evening cocktail. Rotary International shares a variety of subjects from getting to know the Rotary president's families to domestic and international projects. Start HERE and listen or download you're next enlightened moment with understanding. 
Upcoming Events
Mar 20 -- VEAP Service Opportunity (Info Above)
Mar 21 -- Black Business Mixer (Info Above)
Mar 21 -- Noon Meeting, Speaker: Michael Clements, National Rugby League
Mar 28 -- Last Day of ERMC Plant Sale
Mar 29 --  Kelly Smelzer, MN Dept of Health, Healthy Homes (Radon) Testing
Apr 3 -- Vocational Mixer at the District Edina
Apr 5-7 -- Dr. Sita and Kalpana Dash Arch Klumph International Recognition
ATTENTION - Meeting Location RETURN to ECC
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. 
2024 Rotary Convention Singapore News
Singapore awaits. May 25-29, 2024 Rotary International Convention. 
 
 
 
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Meeting Recap - March 14, 2024
Meeting Recap, March 14, 2024, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Brightside Venture Capital and O'Shaughnessy Distillery featuring Keeper's Heart, Irish American Whiskey
 
Thursday, March 14, 2024 speaker Patrick O'Shaughnessy shared the
history of Irish whiskey, it's up and down existence, his family ties
to the process and the leap of faith it took to bring a world-renowned
master distiller to Minnesota and the Keeper's Heart brand. 
 
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Meeting Duties
Administration
Michalski, Rebecca
 
Front Desk & Guest Intro
Platt, Ann
 
Greeter & Guest Host
Schley, Sandra
 
Greeter & Invocation
Scott, Bob
 
Intro Speaker & Thank Speaker
Hutchison, Don
 
Photographer
Laskowski, Chris
 
Rotary Birthdays
Member Birthdays
Ken Larson
March 1
 
Les Jones
March 1
 
Michael Norman
March 2
 
Brad Pearson
March 3
 
Paul Mooty
March 4
 
Will Steinke
March 6
 
Axel Steuer
March 7
 
Chris Laskowski
March 7
 
Gary Pedersen
March 9
 
Bob Hildreth
March 10
 
David Aase
March 11
 
Kelley Burnett
March 13
 
Kayla Beehler
March 15
 
Bob Scott
March 16
 
Sandra Schley
March 16
 
Joe Hayes
March 25
 
Greg Rich
March 28
 
Michael Stanzak
March 30
 
EDINA COUNTRY CLUB
Doors Open at 12:15 - Buffet Lunch
Guests Welcome!
Speaker: Kelly Smeltzer
"Healthy Homes" MN Dept of Health - Indoor Air Unit
Lunch Option: Beef Stew or Fresno Pepper and Berry 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.