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Fridley and Columbia Heights Rotary not meeting at Central Mix today due to a weather event.
 
 
 
March 5, 2025
 
Breakfast meetings are on Wednesday mornings at 7:30-8:30 at Central Mix Community Space, 4030 Central Avenue, Columbia Heights. Drop in! Guests Welcome!
 
Find us online at:https://www.fridleychrotary.org/ and connect with us at fridleychrotary@gmail.com or on Facebook at Fridley-CH Rotary.
 
Joining the FCH Rotary breakfast meetings on Zoom (request by the previous Monday at skeeler@isd14.org):  open the link below, click on Open Zoom Meetings, and follow the prompts.
 
 
PROGRAM
 
Today’s weather cancellation prevented the scheduled presentation by our credit union, Magnifi.
 
 
UPCOMING PROGRAMS Mar. 12- First meeting at Central Mix, 4030 Central Avenue, Columbia Heights; Liam Genter, Columbia Heights Fitness Court Project. Mar. 19- Club President Mike Oakley leads a club business session focusing on the July 28 Golf Classic fundraiser. Mar. 26- Ryan George, TBD
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
Central Mix community space and Coffee Shop, 4030 Central Avenue, Columbia Heights, will be tried first as our new meeting site, beginning next week, Wednesday March 12. For a guarantee of $100 per meeting, Central Mix will provide the meeting space, basic coffee service, a pastry tray, and will accept individual food and beverage orders. Photos: TheCentralMix.com.
 
Parking at Central Mix: street parking on southbound Central Avenue between 41st Avenue and 40th Avenue; surface lot across Central Avenue; disused restricted surface parking and free parking ramp behind Central Mix entered from 40th Avenue, with alley and walkway access.
 
REMINDERS
 
The next dues invoice, for the quarter ending March 31, is expected to be issued around  March 15. Pay invoices by check at a meeting, mail a check to FCH Rotary at 3966 Reservoir Blvd., Columbia Heights 55421, or use the club’s VENMO account. To use it for payments to the club, download the VENMO ap and type Fridley-Columbia HeightsRotaryClub.
 
The next STRIVE program visit will take place on Thursday, March 20, to Hennepin Tech and the adjacent law enforcement academy. Contact Steve Klaers at 612-599-8103 about attending.
 
The club board meets next on Wednesday, April 2 at 9 a.m.
 
The Rotary District ‘Make Peace Visible’ Annual Conference is scheduled for Thursday-Saturday May 1-3 at Mystic Lake Event Center, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake. Register at https://makepeacevisible.org/.
 
The 2025 Golf Classic fundraiser is scheduled for Monday, July 28, at The Refuge Golf Course in Columbus Township, Anoka County.
 
The Columbia Heights Mayor’s Monarch Festival is scheduled for Thursday, August 14. The club usually staffs an informational table.
 
With the club board approving an expenditure in 2025-26 for a Rotary grant proposal, a repeat of the successful 2024-25 grant enabling the hiring of an additional ESL teacher at the Columbia Heights-Fridley Adult Education Center, members are encouraged to participate in the grant application process. Contact Secretary Bob Tholkes at fridleychrotary@gmail.com.
 
Rotary International announced that the May 27-28, 2028 (changed from 2029) RI convention will be held in Minneapolis. It will be organized cooperatively by Districts 5580, 5950, 5960, and 6250.
 
Additional mentors for Fridley STRIVE students are sought. Contact Steve Klaers at 612-599-8103.