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FCH Rotary not meeting at Central Mix today because of the Gangster Tour Social. 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
                                           April 29, 2026
 
 
 
UPCOMING PROGRAMS May 6- club visit at the normal meeting time at Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, 2522 Marshall Avenue, Minneapolis. Breakfast provided. May 13- TBA, Kevin Kaliher. May 20- Sarie Cudahy, Classification talk
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
The May 13 meeting at Central Mix will feature a full breakfast, a hot entrée, mixed fruit, and pastries. This is a trial: does the membership want to pay more for a meeting with full breakfast?
 
Social- We take the St. Paul Gangster Tour tonight, Wednesday evening April 29 in St. Paul. Cost is $40 per person and can be billed to members’ Rotary accounts. The bus tour leavesCn from the Wabasha Street caves, 215 Wabasha Street, at 6 p.m
 
The District Governor installation party for 2026-27 DG Michael-Jon Pease of St. Paul Rotary is scheduled for Sat., June 27, from 2-4 p.m. at Dove Hill historic mansion, 260 Summit Avenue. Register at https://registrations.dacdb.com/Register/index.cfm?EventID=77857860&NoCaptcha
 
Area 9 social- Members are invited to participate in the District 5960 Area 9 social, 5 pm on Tuesday, June 30 at the Green Mill Restaurant,  1000 Gramsie Rd, Shoreview.
 
OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES 
 
Help staff an informational table or assist at club functions:
 
Saturday May 2nd – Environmental Fun Fair @ Springbrook Nature Center 11-2. Thanks to Paul Nealy and Nicholas Weinand for signing up to staff an informational table- more volunteers wanted!
Thursday evening May 7- Columbia Heights High School Auditorium: Scholarship Nite,
7 p.m. Thanks to Paul Nealy, Will Rottler, Eric Wasser, and Rich Coleman for signing up to hand out awards.
Wednesday evening May 13- Fridley High School Auditorium: Scholarship nite, 6 pm.
Thanks to Paul Nealy and Mike Oakley for signing up to hand out awards.
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 club’s website for the golf fundraiser is up and running. Check it out at  www.fchgolfclassic.org
 
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 Operation Pollination group’s next virtual meeting is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5. Use Zoom reference https://colheights-k12-mn-us.zoom.us/j/89549675071
 
The club board meets next via Zoom at noon on Tuesday, June 9. Use the club personal meeting link https://us02web.zoom.us/[j/5539809296
to attend.
 
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 also 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.