Join us Wednesday evening at 5:00pm at Ridgeview Country Club (700 W. Redwing St., Duluth, MN 55803) as we celebrate our Rotary year and Club President Tony Hansen.
Dinner will be served at 6:00pm and include beef tips, mushroom gravy, dijon and garlic roasted salmon, lemon pine nut broccoli, buttermilk dill mashed potatoes, and a house salad.
Mark your calendars as the 2024 Duluth Harbortown Rotary Charitable Foundation's Golf Fundraiser to benefit the Robert Hermans Scholarship Fund and the Donald Holm Founders Fund is scheduled for JULY 8, 2024 at Ridgeview Country Club.
Don't want to golf? Join us for dinner only, the Holm Family Putting Contest, and/or sponsor a hole.
Thank you for the chance to present the news of bringing back Twin Ports Rotaract! We appreciate the chance to have your club involved. Please feel free to reach out with any questions.
The purpose of Rotaract is to provide an opportunity for young people (ages 18-30) to enhance the knowledge and skills that will assist them in personal development, to address the physical and social needs of their communities, and to promote better relations. The Twin Ports' Rotaract mission is to develop professional and leadership skills; emphasize respect for the rights of others and promote ethical standards and the dignity of all useful occupations; provide opportunities for young people to address the needs and concerns of the community and our world; provide opportunities for working in cooperation with sponsoring Rotary clubs; and motivate young people for eventual membership in Rotary.
July 10, 2024: Rotary Night at the Glensheen Concerts on the Pier event from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. August 2024: Twin Ports Rotaract Social (more information to come).
Thank you to everyone who volunteered at the Bike Duluth Festival this past weekend. The festival was a huge success and could not have happened without all of the hard work put in by Harbortown and many other volunteers.
We had a great turnout for volunteers this year. Despite having to stop the races early on Saturday due to lightening, the energy was still positive throughout the entire day!
With the success of the festival, we can continue to give back to the community and the local bike trails.
Rotary International President Stephanie Urchick emphasizes the importance of fostering a sense of belonging within Rotary clubs to truly harness “The Magic of Rotary.” She highlights that each club should find its unique path to achieve this, guided by the Rotary Action Plan.
Urchick shares inspiring examples, such as the Rotary Club of Beveren-Waas in Belgium, which has evolved by developing strategic and membership plans, analyzing local professions to attract new members, and varying meeting times to accommodate all members. Similarly, the Rotary Club of Holyoke in Massachusetts turned a post-pandemic challenge into an opportunity by relocating to a free community room and offering optional $10 lunches, resulting in a membership increase of 13 members.
She also mentions the Rotary Fellowship, Beers Rotarians Enjoy Worldwide (BREW), which has supported clean water projects by donating 25% of its dues to these initiatives. Urchick underscores that belonging is the spark that ignites Rotary’s magic, urging clubs to embrace inclusivity and reshape their experiences to meet members’ expectations.
By fostering a sense of belonging and utilizing the Action Plan, clubs can pave the way for a bright future for their members, communities, and the world.
Click here to read the August 2024 issue. The link will take you to your digital copy, which you can read using any common web browser.
If you have the upcoming program duty (check the duty roster here), please be sure to secure a speaker and provide notice to Casey Nies (Nies.casey@gmail.com) as soon as your speaker is confirmed. If you are unable to confirm a speaker, please contact Lauren Farden (lauren.farden@edwardjones.com) for help. If you have a different assigned program duty and cannot make it to the meeting, please find a replacement.
Harbortown Rotary has a Windows 11 laptop. Presenters may bring a USB drive with the PowerPoint presentation (or whatever is wanted to be shown on the projector while speaking). Please share this information with your program's presenter.
For news, announcements, event promotion, social media, media releases, and more, please contact Casey Nies (nies.casey@gmail.com | 701.351.7270)
For Scuttlebutt: If you are hosting the program speaker, please copy Casey on the speaker's name, organization, and email. If you are the chair of a Harbortown Committee, please update Casey on relevant information regarding grants and awards, meetings or news. Casey will use this information to create more dynamic and engaging content to share with potential club members and on social media!
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