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Morning Meeting:

Scholarship Day!

 
Join us Wednesday morning at 7:30am in the Great Hall - Kitchi Gammi Club (831 E. Superior St., Duluth, MN 55805) as we hear from the recipients of the Robert Hermans Harbortown Rotary Scholarships.
 
The Hermans Harbortown Rotary Scholarship awards $2,000 each year to area students who are candidates for admission to any fully accredited degree granting college or university. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of character, demonstrated community involvement, leadership and academic ability. 
 
 
 
Join us on Zoom!
 
Meeting ID: 814 2122 7000
Passcode: harbortown
 
Learn More Here!
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Speaking of Golf
"SPEAKING OF GOLF!" - Scott Fisher
 
Mark your calendars as the 2025 Harbortown Rotary Charitable Foundation Golf Fundraiser to benefit the Robert Hermans Scholarship Fund and the Donald Holm Founders Fund is scheduled for JULY 7, 2025 at Ridgeview Country Club. 
 
Don't want to golf? Join us for dinner only, the Holm Family Putting Contest, and/or sponsor a hole.
 
 
Bike Fest Sponsorship Opportunities!
 
The Bike Duluth Festival planning is in full swing! We are currently looking for 2025 sponsors to support our fundraising efforts.
 
If you are interested or a local business you know is interested in supporting the Festival, please reach out to Tony Hansen (tmh0823@gmail.com) or Bob MacLean (bmaclean76@gmail.com).
 
Learn more about 2025 Bike Duluth Festival sponsorship opportunities HERE!
 
 
 
The Great Bolivia Adventure

The Great Bolivia Adventure 

September 13th – 21st, 2025
Travel to Bolivia with
Duluth Harbortown Rotary Club
Fergus Falls Rotary Club
Mano a Mano International
 
We are planning the Great Bolivia adventure for September 13th - 21st, 2025 and I have several candidates from our club who may be interested in joining us.  Also, I heard from some members in our club who would like to work on and complete a service project.  I spoke with Dr. Jose, and he provided several options to work two or three days on Bolivia projects, possible Anchallani clinic or another clinic. He currently has a group from Idaho who is planning to work on a similar service project. The primary challenge is that our Rotary workers would need a comfortable place to stay while they are working on the project. One solution is to work at a project near Cochabamba or at the Mano a Mano office in Cochabamba where they construct furniture for their projects. 
 
Let me know if you are interested in working on a Bolivia service project.
 
I am providing the attached Bolivia trip brochure here
 
Karlos  218-491-3422
 
Rotary Events and Meetings Calendar
 
 Thanks to Kay Biga and the Pachel Foundation who are sponsoring Rotarian Night at the Duluth Playhouse again on Thursday, September 11. The musical will be "Million Dollar Quartet" set on December 4, 1956 at Sun Records in Memphis when Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley had a jam session. This will be free to Rotarians and guests. 
 
The show is at 7:30 pm with doors open at 6 for snacks and drinks. 
 
 
 
 
 
    Rotarian Birthdays

    Happy Birthday to our Harbortown Rotarians celebrating this October!

     
    Mitchell Diers – Oct. 4
    Duane Holm – Oct. 11
    Nathan Sager – Oct. 20
     
     
    Happy Rotary Anniversary!
    Happy Rotary October Anniversaries to our following members!
    We so greatly appreciate your commitment to service.
     
     
    Jim Boileau (6 years)
    Lisa Mitchell-Krocak (21 Years)
    Bob Maclean (28 years)
    Bob Hansen (39 Years)
     
     
     
     
    Upcoming Program Duties
    If you have the upcoming program duty (check the duty roster here), please be sure to secure a speaker and provide notice to Steph Jago (sjago@charter.net) 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. 
     
    Upcoming Program Duties:
     
    10/1 – Pizza Party, with short Fireside Presentation
     
    Harbortown News
    For news, announcements, event promotion, social media, media releases, and more, please contact Stephanie Jago | 218.343.1833
     
    For Scuttlebutt: If you are hosting the program speaker, please copy Stephanie on the speaker's name, organization, and email.  If you are the chair of a Harbortown Committee, please update Stephanie on relevant information regarding grants and awards, meetings or news.  Your information will be used to create more dynamic and engaging content to share with potential club members and on social media! 
     
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    Harbortown Rotary 2024