October 2023 Newsletter - Community Connections
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Board of Directors Officers:<br />
Chair<br />
Joe Evans<br />
Mayo Clinic Health<br />
Systems<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Aaron Speltz<br />
Hy-Vee<br />
Board of Directors:<br />
Rick Ash<br />
United Hospital<br />
District<br />
John Christ<br />
Kahler Automation<br />
Mike Christians<br />
Green Mill<br />
Sara Cyphers<br />
D & S Trophies<br />
Nicole Johnston<br />
Visit Fairmont<br />
Staff:<br />
Mission Statement: The Fairmont Area Vision Chamber Statement: of Commerce The Fairmont is an advocate Area for Chamber promoting of a healthy Commerce business will climb<br />
Past Chair<br />
Keith Hoye<br />
KSUM and KFMC<br />
Radio<br />
Treasurer<br />
Vonnie Cone<br />
ReMax Total Realty<br />
Marsha Leschefske<br />
Booj Boutique<br />
Jeff Militello<br />
Militello Motors<br />
Blake Potthoff<br />
Fairmont Opera<br />
House, Inc.<br />
Jeff Rouse<br />
Destination Small<br />
Town<br />
Kandi Menne<br />
President<br />
president@fairmontchamber.org<br />
Rachel Manwarren<br />
Finance Director<br />
finance@fairmontchamber.org<br />
Sydney Andrews<br />
Office Manager<br />
info@fairmontchamber.org<br />
Contact Information:<br />
Fairmont Area Chamber of Commerce<br />
323 East Blue Earth Avenue<br />
P.O. Box 826<br />
Fairmont, MN 56031<br />
Phone: (507) 235-5547<br />
www.FairmontChamber.org<br />
Fairmont Chamber Making a Difference!<br />
Kandi Menne: President, Fairmont Area Chamber of Commerce<br />
The change of seasons also<br />
initiates a shift in the efforts<br />
of the Chamber.<br />
As I write we are wrapping up<br />
preparations for the first Sip n<br />
Shop in Fairmont! We are excited<br />
to bring something new to our<br />
community! I know everyone will have enjoyed<br />
the shopping experience and tasting a variety of<br />
fall beverages! We will share pictures in the next<br />
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Connections</strong> and on our FB pages.<br />
Thank you the 17 businesses that participated and all<br />
the "Sip n Shoppers" !<br />
It is the weekend of Fairmont's homecoming<br />
and festivities are under way. Go Cardinals!<br />
Bureau 14 began in September<br />
with a great group of members<br />
in attendance at the recently<br />
remodeled Interlaken Golf<br />
Club! We meet again <strong>October</strong><br />
11 with Michael Hunter Chief of Police as<br />
our guest speaker. He will update us on<br />
how they are dealing with some of the new<br />
laws passed at the capital that are in effect<br />
now<br />
<strong>October</strong> :<br />
We are bringing Cindra Kamphoff to<br />
Fairmont on Tuesday <strong>October</strong> 10th at the Fairmont<br />
Opera House! Cindra Kamphoff, Ph.D., CMPC,<br />
PCC, is an award-winning keynote speaker and<br />
certified professional coach for leaders, professional<br />
athletes, and championship teams. She is the author<br />
of Amazon best-seller Beyond Grit and Beyond Grit<br />
for Business:. Her podcast, The High-Performance<br />
Mind-set podcast, has over 3 million downloads<br />
and is ranked in the top 100 podcasts where she<br />
interviews thought leaders about mind-set. She is<br />
a proud Minnesotan and lives in Mankato with her<br />
husband and two teenage boys.<br />
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and you can<br />
gather in the footlight lounge before you find your<br />
seat in the auditorium to hear Cindra starting at 6:30<br />
p.m. After, the lounge will be open for 1 hour.<br />
This event is FREE to the public – in<br />
thanks to our sponsor Sweet Financial Partners.<br />
Freewill donations will be accepted or bring a toy<br />
to support the newly formed and LOCAL Martin<br />
County “Toys for Tots” Toys and books must be new<br />
and unwrapped. We are excited to support this local<br />
effort in their kick off month!<br />
• School has begun and students and parents<br />
are getting back into a routine. We are actively<br />
looking for volunteer teachers for the Junior<br />
Achievement curriculum in the schools. Through<br />
the generosity of our business<br />
sponsors we purchase and<br />
provide the classroom teaching<br />
kits for grades Kindergarten<br />
thru grade 6th. Junior<br />
Achievement is in SJV, St. Paul’s<br />
and the Fairmont elementary schools<br />
as well as 8th grade! To date are JA kit<br />
sponsors are the American Legion, Kahler<br />
Automation and The Early Risers Kiwanis<br />
If you are looking to volunteer – consider<br />
being a JA volunteer teacher. Call Sydney<br />
at 235.5547 or e-mail info@fairmontchamber.org<br />
• We are also planning our annual banquet to<br />
welcome new teachers to our schools. The evening<br />
is scheduled for Monday <strong>October</strong> 23. We invite local<br />
businesses to attend and sponsor a teacher’s dinner.<br />
Each new teacher will get a welcome bag. If you<br />
have an item you would like to include in the bags –<br />
give us a call – we will let you know how many new<br />
teachers we will have and what it costs to sponsor a<br />
teacher!<br />
• In <strong>October</strong> we also begin our Membership<br />
campaign. When you join the Chamber in <strong>October</strong><br />
and pay 2024 membership dues you get the rest of<br />
<strong>2023</strong> membership for FREE! If you are not already a<br />
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