The Rotary Club of Edina Noon and Edina Morningside Rotary Club
join together on Thursday, October 2, 2025 to host Keynote Speaker,
Jennifer Jones, Past Rotary International President.
This event is open to visiting Rotarians and their guests.
Register early, space is limited.
WHEN:
Thursday, October 2, 2025
WHERE:
Edina Country Club, 5100 Wooddale Ave., Edina MN 55424
TIMING:
Doors Open at 11:45 am
Seating/Lunch Service at 12:15 pm
Program Start: 12:30 pm
Program End: 1:30 pm
COST:
All visiting Rotarians and their guests.
$30 per person, Event ticket with hot lunch
$20 per person, Event ticket, NO lunch (first come first serve very limited seating)
REGISTRATION CLOSED
Jennifer E. Jones is a Canadian communications executive. She was president of Rotary International for 2022–23, the first woman to be selected in the 117-year history of the organization.
Jones first experienced a Rotary meeting when only men were allowed to join. She was working as a reporter in the 1980s and she would attend meetings as a guest so that she could report on them. It took a High Court ruling for Rotary to accept women members and she joined in 1996. Jones is a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland.
On Sept. 15, MnDOT will close all of the remaining Minnesota Highway 100 off ramps and all but one on ramp at West 50th Street/Vernon Avenue as part of the bridge and interchange project. They are expected to be closed until mid-November. This will have significant impacts to the Grandview and 50th & France areas, with our meeting location at the Edina Country Club smack dab in the middle! Click HERE for detailed detour information. Private helicopter parking may be available to the highest bidder (it is fundraising season) at the south end of ECC parking lot :).
Our club's Edina Rotary Global Scholars are offering new T-shirts as part of a fundraiser to support our $12,000 goal for Ethandweni Children’s Home in Zimbabwe. Click "Read More" below for additional details and the link to order.
The fundamental goal of a Rotary Youth Exchange committee is to foster international understanding, goodwill, and peace by allowing young people to immerse themselves in another culture, learn a new language, and develop lifelong leadership skills as global citizens. We are looking for Rotary Club of Edina members to collaborate with the Edina Morningside club as a committee with the goal of re-energizing and supporting this cross-cultural experience for high school-aged students. Please contact Edina Morningside member, Cathy Hogan or RCE Youth Services Director Brent Lundell for additional information. Learn more about Rotary International's Youth Exchange program HERE. We are planning to host a student(s) in the 2026-2027 school year and need members to join today.
On Wednesday, October 23, the Rotary Club of Edina has a wonderful opportunity to serve our neighbors in the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis. We’ll be helping at Augustana Lutheran Church and Community Emergency Services by setting up, serving a dinner meal to those in need, engaging with attendees, and cleaning up afterward.
Please arrive at Augustana by 4:30 PM and plan to stay until about 7:00 PM. There is parking on site and on nearby streets. If you wish to carpool from Edina Country Club, gather at 3:45 PM in the lot at the south end (the end farthest from the main entrance). Please let Don Hutchison know no later than October 21 if you wish to carpool (see below for Don’s contact information).
We are looking for 10–12 volunteers. This is a meaningful way to come alongside our neighbors and serve together as Rotarians.
If you’d like to be part of this great service project, please contact:
· Don Hutchison – 612-578-8215 | d.hutchison50@outlook.com
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - PROSPECTIVE MEMBER DAY - REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
Hot lunch will be served.
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.
The fundamental goal of a Rotary Youth Exchange committee is to foster international understanding, goodwill, and peace by allowing young people to immerse themselves in another culture, learn a new language, and develop lifelong leadership skills as global citizens. We are looking for Rotary Club of Edina members to collaborate with the Edina Morningside club as a committee with the goal of re-energizing and supporting this cross-cultural experience for high school-aged students. Please contact Edina Morningside member, 
