NOTE: Given the current COVID-19, pandemic, we are evaluating and making adjustments to our events and luncheon calendar. We will be posting updates on the FIA site and notifying members via email and social media.
FIA has luncheons, special events, fundraisers, Happy Hours and a Fairfax Festival each year. Luncheons typically fall on the second Thursday of the month except July, October and December where we do not have a luncheon. Average attendance is 80 and they are usually held at a business in our district with a variety of speakers and topics. In October we have our annual Fairfax Festival instead of a luncheon. Happy Hours periodically pop up throughout the year.
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All FIA members and their employees are invited to attend any of these events.
Guests are allowed to attend 3 luncheons or happy hours before joining. If you are not a member and would like to check out the FIA, please join us!
Luncheon Videos – All luncheons are recorded on video and shared with FIA members. They can also be viewed on the Fairfax Forum (click here), along with other posts and highlights related to the FIA. It’s a great way to stay informed.
Video from our last luncheon.
Upcoming Events:
NOTE: Given the current COVID-19, pandemic, we are evaluating and making adjustments to our events and luncheon calendar. We will be posting updates on the FIA site and notifying members via email and social media.
Speaker: Joel Goldberg
Topic: “Making A Splash with Championship Culture” Click here for more >>
A native of suburban Philadelphia and Chicago, Joel Goldberg has been a member of the Kansas City Royals television broadcast since 2008, serving as the host of every pregame and postgame show on FOX Sports Kansas City.
The University of Wisconsin graduate won a 2001 Mid-America Emmy for sports reporting and has covered multiple championship teams in Major League Baseball and the National Football League.
Joel built a 25-year career developing and maintaining strong relationships with professional athletes, coaches, and team management and he now shares those stories and strategies with companies and associations.
Click here to learn more about Joel.
Sponsor and Location: CBIZ 700 W 47th Ste#1100, Kansas City, MO 64112
RSVP for luncheons: Click here to register. If you are pre-paid or have questions, please contact Rachel Chambers at rchambers@fiakck.org
This has been rescheduled for our September luncheon
Speaker: Gary Jenkins, a former Intelligence Unit detective with the Kansas City Police Department.
Topic: Ever want to know how the KC mob REALLY operated – and how they were finally brought down? Join us at the FIA luncheon on Sept 10th and hear our guest speaker Gary Jenkins talk about his time with the KCMO Police Intelligence Unit, and what it was really like to be knee-deep in the most infamous events in the KC mob wars of the 70’s & 80’s!
Sponsors: Baader Linco & Kansas Manufacturing Solutions
Location: Argosy Casino / 777 NW Argosy Casino Parkway, Riverside, MO 64150
RSVP for luncheons: Click here to register. If you are pre-paid or have questions, please contact Rachel Chambers at rchambers@fiakck.org
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
Sponsor and Location: Blackjack Tire
RSVP for luncheons: Click here to register. If you are pre-paid or have questions, please contact Rachel Chambers at rchambers@fiakck.org
Holiday Happy Hour: Great way to connect with your fellow FIA friends, we will have a Holiday Happy Hour. FREE to all FIA members. Cocktails, appetizers, drawings and prizes. 2 drink tickets
Host and Sponsor: Argosy Casino
RSVP WITH YOUR HEADCOUNT to Rachel Chambers at RCHAMBERS@FIAKCK.ORG
Speaker: Michelle Lane, Sr. Director Corporate & Community Wellness, North Kansas City Hospital. Michelle has over 20 years’ experience in nursing, psychology, and wellness. She is able to combine her love of health and education to help people achieve their goals and attain good health and happiness.
Topic: Presentation on “Complaining about Complaining”
Sponsor and Location: CBIZ / 700 West 47th Street, suite 1100, Kansas City, MO 64112. This is a great opportunity to network over cocktails and a view of the Plaza Lights from the top floor of CBIZ.
RSVP for luncheons: Click here to register. If you are pre-paid or have questions, please contact Rachel Chambers at rchambers@fiakck.org