This Week's Rotary Scuttlebutt 11.13.24 (Nov. 13, 2024)

Morning Meeting:

Morning Fireside

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 our club's committees about their recent happenings.

Location: Kitchi Gammi Club

Coffee: 7:00am

Meeting: 7:30am

Breakfast will be provided

Join us on Zoom!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81421227000?pwd=c8dqLqgI1Y1PVHedRlWkfvUa1i5HkY.1

Meeting ID: 814 2122 7000

Passcode: harbortown

Learn more here!

Mentor North Coat Drive

Greetings, Harbortown Rotarians!

As a reminder, we are collecting gently used or new adult sized coats, hats, and mittens/gloves for Mentor North this year in replace of their Christmas Families program. This new initiative hopes to reach more families and make a greater impact on kids in need across the Northland.

Jim Wheeler and Chloe Strand will be collecting coats at our morning Rotary meeting on Nov. 13th. The club will reimburse a percentage of your purchase from the funds previously set aside for the Christmas gifts. Please turn your receipt in to Jim, Chloe, or Jan for reimbursement.

Learn more about Mentor North's Winter Warmth Partners program HERE.

Thank you for your continued support!

Chloe Strand

Foundation Day

Foundation Day!

Dear Harbortown,

November 20th will be the day this year that Harbortown Rotary shows its support of the Rotary Foundation with our Annual Foundation Day. We all became Rotarians to make a difference in our community and throughout the world. The Rotary Foundation allows us to pool our resources together to create positive, impactful changes here in Duluth and in countries across the world.

The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.

It is our hope that all those supported by the Rotary Foundation can count on you with your financial support. Our Harbortown Rotary goal is that every Rotarian gives a minimum of $100 per year to the Rotary Foundation. That is less than $2 per week. You can pay by check, credit card, or set up a recurring payment plan to automatically deduct your contribution. Visit rotary.org to set this up and learn more about the Foundation. Be sure to sign in if you donate online so that you and Harbortown Rotary are informed of your contribution!

I have attached a pledge form for giving to the Rotary Foundation. For your convenience, here is your Rotary ID number: 10948898. Please include this on your pledge form.

You can return this pledge form at the meeting on November 20th with instructions for how you want to pay or make a contribution online or by mail. Please make your contribution before the end of the 2024 calendar year.

November 20th will be a fun fast-paced day of giving at our meeting. We will honor individuals with Paul Harris Fellows. We will learn more about the Rotary Foundation AND our goal is to raise approximately $15,000 for the Rotary Foundation.

If you would like to honor a family member or friend with a Paul Harris Fellow, please let me know as soon as possible. If you will not be at the meeting on November 20th, please let me know ahead of time how much you would be willing to contribute on behalf of new Paul Harris fellows.

Thank you in advance for your contribution to the Rotary Foundation and for making a commitment to making a difference in the world.

Yours in Rotary Service.

Amber Sadowski

Harbortown Rotary Foundation Chair

Cesarzama Medical Clinic

Great News Everyone, Cesarzama Clinic Project is up and running in Bolivia! We received all the funding, matching grant, and Mano a Mano Bolivia is beginning construction. Thank you all for your generous support!

It will take around six months to complete the project so it might be good to start thinking about a trip to Bolivia in April 2025, we always have a great time exploring, this time in the Bolivia Amazon. Let me know if you are interested in a Great Bolivia Adventure.

Sincerely YIR
Karlos

Project update photos

"Hello Karl. Today the construction work on the Cesarzama health center finally began. The Mano a Mano Bolivia truck, the architect and the staff traveled today and after a meeting with the community, they started the project."
- Dr. Jose' Velazquez

Harbortown Holiday Party

You and your plus one are joyfully invited to join us on Thursday, December 12th at 5:00pm for Harbortown Rotary's Annual Holiday Party!

We will gather in our ugliest holiday sweaters and enjoy delicious food, and wonderful fellowship!

The night will include dinner catered by OMC Smokehouse and live entertainment by Duluth East Sterling Strings.

Who: You and Your Guest
What: Harbortown Rotary's Annual Holiday Party
Where: Duluth Cider
When: Thursday, December 12, 2024 | 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Why: To Celebrate the Holiday Season with our Fellow Harbortown Rotarians

$35/Person

Cash bar available

Rotary Events and Meetings Calendar

Mark your calendars for Harbortown's upcoming hands on projects, committee meetings, and gatherings!

LINCOLN PARK SPRING CLEAN-UP: neighborhood litter pickup organized by Ecolibrium3 and Ursa Minor

Saturday, April 26, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Register individually at https://ecolibrium3.salsalabs.org/lnpkcleanup2025/index.html. There is an option to organize large groups and meet at Clyde, but EcoRotary will be tabling at Ursa Minor (the individual & small group start point), so we will be planning to show up at Ursa with individuals/couples/families selecting whichever time slot they prefer. More details on the registration page.

Rotarian Birthdays

Happy Birthday to our Harbortown Rotarians celebrating this April!

Mike Cochran – April 16

Carl Maki – April 20

Happy Rotary Anniversary!

Happy Rotary April Anniversaries to our following members!

We so greatly appreciate your commitment to service.

Greg Goldman (36 Years)

Mark Erickson (33 Years)

Heather Salfer (17 Years)

Mark Fredrickson (6 Years)

Amber Sadowski (4 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 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.

Upcoming Program Duties:

04.23 - Mike Waldron - 23rd Veteran

04.30 - Scholarship Day

05.07 - Jr. Rotarian Take Over

05.14 - Denfeld meeting takeover

05.21 - PM Fireside

05.28 - Tessa Sandberg - TownePlaces Suites

06.04 - Dereck Murphy-Williams of Homegrown

06.11 - Jay Gabler - 100 Things to do in Duluth

06.18 - Harbortown Foundation Day

06.25 - President's Dinner @ Ridgeview

Harbortown News

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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Harbortown Rotary 2024