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Presidents Dinner 5pm in lieu of morning meeting
 
No morning meeting this week (the 28th) or next week (July 5th).
Diaper Drive Kudos!
 
 
Diaper Drive HUGE Success!
 
Once again Harbortown Rotarians generously rose to the request! With contributions of both diapers and cash to purchase diapers, we contributed 3,638 diapers to Chum.  Wow, that's a lot of tidy whities, for sure. A very sincere thank you offered from Chum's Director of Distributive Service, Scott Van Daele - pictured with some of the club's Community Service Committee Members at our May 3rd meeting.
 
Please RSVP! Duluth Huskies Game - Thursday June 22nd
 
You are invited to the Duluth Huskies Baseball Game. See the email from Christian Koelling to register yourself, your family, and friends. Come cheer on the Duluth Huskies vs. Thunder Bay on Thursday, June 22 at 6:35 p.m.  The game is at Wade Stadium and tickets are $8/each.
 
Your response is requested by Monday, so we can get a ticket count to the Huskies.
 
Harbortown Weekly Attendance Report 5-24-17
 
Harbortown Rotary Weekly Attendance Report 
    
5/24/2017  
    
Attendance55.71%  
    
50/50 Drawing40                    $ 199  
    
    
GuestsGietzen, LatishaJerry Fryberger 
 Melander, JonathonDoug Melander 
 Sandbulte, LaurenSpeaker 
    
Visiting RotariansNolle, Dave Club 25 
    
    
MakeupsChip Jacobs5/25/17Club 25
    
Member Leaves:Will Norman thru 6/30/17  
 Josh Widdes  2/14-6/14  
 Russ Smith 3/1-7/1  
 Larry Johnson thru 6/30  
American Heritage Book Club Tonight!
 

American Heritage Book Group of the Kitchi Gammi Club

For Members of the Kitchi Gammi Club, area Rotary Clubs, and Friends

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Social Hour: 5:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Light Dinner & Book Discussion: 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Cost: $22.00 (dinner)

Book:

The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783–1789 by Joseph Ellis

For registration and details, click here.

Congrats and Thanks, Rotarians!
 
Club Members Finish Off North Country Ride Stables Project!
 
In mid-April, several dedicated club members were on hand to finish off the installation
of 2 new horse stables at NC Ride in Esko! It’s been a multi-year project, and through
the generous contribution of stable frames and rubber flooring from a couple of our
Club members, we were finally able to wrap it up. This is exactly the sort of
project that speaks to our mission of focus on youth with a hands-on component.
A big thanks to those members who’ve participated in the planning and bringing the project to
completion!
Guitarrani School Project
From our International Committee!
 
In June of 2015 a team of Rotarians from Northern Minnesota, North Dakota and Northwestern Ontario, Canada travelled to Bolivia to visit medical clinics and water reservoir projects supported by our Rotary district.  High in the thin air of the Andes Mountains of Bolivia, Rotarians from Duluth, Detroit Lakes, Fargo and Thunder Bay were welcomed by remote villagers brimming with appreciation, joy and passion!   In the tiny community of Guitaranni, the team was led with much ceremony and celebration, by the Quechua people, to the small Rotary sponsored medical clinic for which they were so grateful.  A doctor and nurse now service the community and this has made an enormous impact on decreasing child mortality and improving the health of all those living in the area.  When viewing the dedication plaque on the front of the clinic, it was incredibly rewarding to see "The Duluth Harbortown, Skyline and Superior Rotary Clubs" listed and honoured as major contributors to the project.  It made us proud to be Rotarians from District 5580 and was a poignant reminder that our efforts in supporting international projects do indeed have an enormous positive impact on the lives of others.
 
In the same village, there was another great need as the local school had been hit by several landslides and the building structure had become very unstable.  Parents were afraid to send their children to school for fear of them being buried in the next avalanche of mud.  The school accommodates elementary age children from Guitaranni and three remote neighboring communities (children walk to this small village from even more isolated locations near by).  Families and local leaders, requested the assistance of Rotary, to help make the dream of an education for their children, a reality.
 
Upon the Rotarians return home, presentations ensued, and a collaborative partnership was established between the people of Guitarrani, Mano A Mano International Partners (an NGO located in St. Paul Minnesota, dedicated to improving the lives of rural Bolivian families) and the 5580 Rotary clubs of Duluth Harbortown, International Falls, Thunder Bay (Fort William, Port Arthur & Lakehead) and Club Rotario Cochabamba Concordia Bolivia in a joint effort to raise sufficient funds to construct a three-room school, a latrine/shower unit and a teacher’s residence in the community of Guitarrani, Bolivia. In the Summer of 2016 our fundraising goal was achieved.
 
In the Spring of 2017, a group of Rotarians from 5580 will return to the community of Guitarrani to assist with the construction of the school and teachers residence.  Through the concerted efforts of Rotary, what is promised is delivered, and what is delivered is exceptional!  This project will benefit the families and children of Guitaranni (and nearby villages) by providing a safe facility for education, learning and opportunity.
 
  
A note from Mary Jo and Charity on media!
 

We have an official Harbortown organization page.  https://www.facebook.com/harbortownrotary/ Please "like" the page.
The official page will allow those outside the group to see postings, pictures, events and members do not have to be approved to like the organization page. Info is on there now.    
 
For the Duluth News Tribune:
If you have a rotary event photo or info, please send info to MJ (for Print and other media) and Charity for the Facebook page! Thank you All!