Futures Education and Employment &
Legitimate Hustle Job Skills Programs
Join us Wednesday morning at 7:30am in the Great Hall - Kitchi Gammi Club (831 E Superior St., Duluth, MN 55802) as we hear from Lift House.
Incorporated in 1991, Life House has provided homeless youth ages 14 to 24 with unconditional support, transitional housing, and a safe alternative to navigating life circumstances that may lead to couch hopping or living on the streets. Life House serves approximately 900 unduplicated youth a year and we work with many young parents with children.
Life House has over 40 full-time employees, which is comprised of a close-knit team of professionals working to lift up our young people. Our staff includes people with lived experiences, staff with credentials such as Licensed Clinical Social Workers, a License Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and a Licensed Teacher.
Jason Kenison: Futures Program Director
Kenison began as a youth advocate in the Safe Harbor program, transitioned to Education Case Manager, then Futures Program Director. He is a licensed teacher and teaches GED at Life House. Helping youth find their footing and dream about next steps fuels his passion for youth work.
Emma McLarnan: Employment Case Manager
McLarnan graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth with a B.A.Sc. in Environmental and Outdoor Education. She started at Life House as a Loft Shelter staff member before transitioning into Employment Case Management position. . McLarnan works with youth to develop skills in the professional setting that will support them in developing careers in which they can thrive.
Amber Sadowski: Operations Director
Sadowskihas a B.A. in English Writing and Environmental Studies from Concordia College, a B.A. in Education from the University of Minnesota, and a Human Resource Management certificate from UWS. She has over nineteen years of experience working with young people, eight of which have been spent in the nonprofit sector.
Sophie Hillmeyer: Community Impact Director
Hillmeyer earned her Bachelor of Arts in English Writing from Northern Michigan University. She has more than 8 years’ experience working in writing and communications. She enjoys finding creative ways to engage with the community and supporting the mission of Life House through fundraising and grant writing.
Harbortown highly encourages you to attend RYLA this summer (July 14-20)! We get great feedback from the students who attend every year, and we hope you will take advantage of this opportunity.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) isn’t your average leadership camp. RYLA is designed to give high school students (high school juniors going into their senior year) hands-on active learning activities and sessions to build on their own leadership skills. Held on the University of Minnesota Crookston (UMC) campus, RYLA 5580 encourages youth to explore their own strengths and develop their own style of leadership.
There is no cost to you for attending RYLA 5580. All of the fees for each camper are sponsored by individual Rotary Clubs and all necessary supplies will be provided.
No country has greater instances of maternal death than Nigeria. In 2020, 82,000 pregnant women and new mothers died there. One contributing factor? Sixty percent of births in Nigeria take place outside of a hospital, making those women far more vulnerable if complications arise. In this issue of Rotary magazine, senior staff writer Diana Schoberg visits a Rotary Foundation Programs of Scale initiative addressing the problem head on.
Click here to read your digital copy of the April 2024 issue.
April is Rotary Environmental Month, and we are highlighting the work of Rotarians and Rotaractors on climate change, regenerative agriculture, food waste, and more. In one of this month's feature stories, you can learn about the urban heat island effect and the Rotary members in sweltering Houston who are promoting more tree cover, "cool pavement," and other adaptations to turn down the temperature.
And in our "Where are they now?" column, conservation biologist and 2016 Rotary global grant scholar Gabi Fleury explains her approach to helping communities manage conflict with wildlife: She starts by listening.
Harbortown Rotarians! Lauren is working on the Duty Roster for the coming quarter. If you know someone who would like to present to our club in the next quarter (April – June), please reach out to Lauren to get them on the schedule. Best way to reach her is at lauren.farden@edwardjones.com.
Use the Google Photos link below to share them with us, so we can spread the word about how awesome our members are and the impact we're making on our community!
If you have an upcoming program duty (please check the upcoming duty roster), please be sure to secure a speaker and provide notice to Chloe Strand (Chloe.Strand@hdcmn.org) as soon as that speaker is confirmed. If you are unable to confirm a speaker, please contact Rick Oase (rickoase@yahoo.com) or Stephanie Judd (sljudd@gmail.com) for help, consider other program ideas like a Ted Talk, presenting yourself on a relevant topic or your business, or creating some excitement for a community organization you are passionate about. It is your program, so think about what is interesting and engaging to you and share it with others!
If for some reason you are unable to switch duties with another member or you have simply exhausted all efforts to find a speaker, please notify Rick or Stephanie no later than 3 business days before the meeting (the Friday before the meeting your program is scheduled).
Harbortown Rotary has a Windows 11 laptop at the Kitchi Gammi Club for weekly Harbortown meetings. 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.
Thank you for your help and thank you to all who are working hard to find engaging content for our upcoming sessions!
Upcoming Program Duties:
05.08 - Hands-On Service Project: COGGS Trail Cleaning
05.15 - East Junior Rotarians
05.22 - Denfeld Junior Rotarians
05.29 - Mike Cochran: Duluth Rowing Club
06.05 - Stephanie Irwin: Jerry Thoreson, Destination Duluth
For news, announcements, event promotion, social media, media releases, and more, please contact Charity Johnson (csjohnson@starbasemn.org | 218.788.7288) and Chloe Strand (chloestrand90@gmail.com | 218.340.2531).
For Scuttlebutt: If you are hosting the program speaker, please copy Chloe on the speaker's name, organization, and email. If you are the chair of a Harbortown Committee, please update Chloe on relevant information regarding grants and awards, meetings or news. Chloe and Charity will use this information to create more dynamic and engaging content to share with potential club members and on social media!
It is our goal to continue to share the good work that Harbortown Rotary is doing in our community, so your help and support is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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