Breakfast meetings are on Wednesday mornings at 7:30-8:30 at Central Mix, 4030 Central Avenue, Columbia Heights. Drop in! Guests Welcome!
Find us online at: https://www.fridleychrotary.org/ or on Facebook at Fridley-C H Rotary and connect with us at fridleychrotary@gmail.com.
Organization
Joining the FCH Rotary breakfast meetings on Zoom (request by the previous Monday at will.d.rottler@gmail.com): open the link below, click on Open Zoom Meetings, and follow the prompts.
PHOTOS OF OUR RECENT ACTIVITES MAY BE VIEWED ON FACEBOOK AT FRIDLEY-CH ROTARY.
PROGRAM
11 members heard Fridley Community Development Director Paul Bolin describe the intergovernmental intricacies introduced by the abandonment of the North Star light rail line and its Fridley station. Plans for a pedestrian overpass between East River Road and Main Street were also reviewed.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS: April 15- Classification Talk, Cassie Nault. April 22- Joe Rolstad, TPC Twin Cities. April 29- meeting cancelled due to Gangster Tour evening social (see below).
ANNOUNCEMENTS
7 Rotarians and two guests sorted and boxed about 50 containers for Southern Anoka Community Assistance (SACA) last Wednesday.
Social- the club approved Social Committee Scott Lund’s idea of taking the St. Paul Gangster Tour on Wednesday evening April 29 in St. Paul. Cost is $40 per person and can be billed to members’ Rotary accounts. The bus tour leaves from the Wabasha Street caves, 215 Wabasha Avenue, at 6 p.m. A signup sheet is provided. Please email fridleychrotary@gmail com if you expect to attend and will not have a chance to sign up personally. Guests welcome!
OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES: help staff an informational table or assist at club functions:
Thursday-Friday April 29-30- Columbia Heights Public Schools invites Rotarians to spend a half day at Columbia Academy supporting Junior Achievement as it helps students feel prepared and inspired to succeed as they study Financial Education. Materials provided. Sessions are from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Saturday May 2nd – Environmental Fun Fair @ Springbrook Nature Center 11-2.
Thursday evening May 7- Columbia Heights High School Auditorium: Scholarship Nite,
7 p.m.
Wednesday evening May 13- Fridley High School Auditorium: Scholarship nite, 6 pm
Wednesday, June 17- Columbia Heights Arts and Info Fair, 4-7 pm, Huset Park.
Thursday-Saturday, July 16-18 – Fridley 49er Days.
Thursday, July 23 - The Columbia Heights Monarch Festival, Kordiak Park, 1845 49th Ave NE, Columbia Heights.
REMINDERS
The last STRIVE field trip for the year, to Hennepin Tech, is upcoming. Contact Steve Klaers at 612-599-8103 about participating. Additional mentors for Fridley STRIVE students are sought.
The next Rotary District 5960 Area 9 club get-together is at Ballpark Twin Cities in Blaine, 10650 Baltimore St NE, @ 5pm on Monday April 13th. Open to all members.
The annual Golf Classic fundraiser is scheduled for Thursday, July 30, at The Refuge, 21250 Yellow Pine St NW, Oak Grove.
The Rotary billing invoices for the quarter ending March 31 was issued last week. Treasurer Rottler is available by phone for online dues payments. Contact him at 763-670-4259. Payments can be turned in at meetings or mailed to FCH Rotary, 3966 Reservoir Blvd., Columbia Heights 55421.
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.
