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November 20, 2024
 
Breakfast meetings are on Wednesday mornings at 7:30-8:30 at Shortstop Bar & Grill, 1298 E Moore Lake Dr, Fridley. Drop in! Guests Welcome!
 
Find us online at:https://www.fridleychrotary.org/ and connect with us at fridleychrotary@gmail.com or on Facebook at Fricley-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
 
15 members and prospective member Sonja Ketchum of Fridley heard member Bob Tholkes’ short-notice ‘Classification Talk II’, slides and stories about his grandparents from his collection of historic family photos.
 
The scheduled program on the Rotary Foundation is rescheduled for the meeting of December 18, to coincide with the delivery of the Rotary district’s check in support of the club district grant project.
 
UPCOMING PROGRAMS: Nov. 27- No meeting- Thanksgiving week. Dec. 4- the club meets at Columbia Heights City Hall, 3989 Central Avenue, to hear a presentation, ‘Art To Change The World’. Dec. 11- the club is back at Shortstop Bar & Grill to hear an update from Stew Thornley of the Minnesota Dept. of Health about the condition of water in Minnesota. Dec. 18-member Norma Jean Falink and other members will lead an information session on the Rotary Foundation.
 
No meetings are planned for the weeks of Christmas and New Year's Day.
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
The next meeting of mentors with Fridley High School STRIVE students is scheduled for Thursday, November 21 at 9 a.m. at the high school. Contact Steve Klaers at 612-599-8103 about attending. 
 
Members Stephen Keeler and Paul Nealy plan to meet with Fridley public elementary school principals on Tuesday, December 3 concerning the 2024-25 literacy project for 3rd-graders.
 
The District 5960 Midterm event will take place on Saturday morning, January 18, at Hamline University in St. Paul.
 
REMINDERS
 
The club’s new VENMO account is now in service. To use it for payments to the club, download the VENMO ap and type in Fridley-Columbia HeightsRotaryClub. The next quarterly invoice is expected in mid-December.
 
The next Operation Pollination virtual meeting is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 3. Use Zoom reference https://colheights-k12-mn-us.zoom.us/j/89549675071.
 
The STRIVE program will visit Anoka Technical College and Anoka Ramsey Community College on Wednesday, December 4. Contact Steve Klaers at 612-599-8103 about accompanying the students.
 
The next club board meeting has been moved to Wednesday, December 11 at 9 a.m. at Fridley Community Center, 6058 7 St NE. All members are welcome.
 
With the club board approving an expenditure in 2025-26 for a Rotary grant proposal, members are encouraged to suggest possible projects for either a district or international grant. 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.