The 2021 Silent Auction for the Krause Anderson Bike Festival is live. Please share the below link on social media and with your contacts. Bid early and bid often!

 

 

Bid on a variety of biking gear, local restaurant/retail and brewery gift cards, unique home items such as firepit rings, golf, hotel stays and so much more!

 

 

Items can still be added up until the close of the event at 7pm on Saturday, so connect with Tony Hansen ASAP if you have items to donate as I need to have them cataloged and uploaded right away.

 

 

 

Team, as of today we are 47% full for volunteer positions for the KA Bike Duluth Festival. With being 50% full on Saturday and only 10% full on Sunday, we still need everyone's help to make this event happen! Saturday we could still use help with Youth Activities, Parking Attendants, Mid-Day Race Registration, and General Race Course help. Sunday we have a great deal of positions open and lots of availability in all areas. 

 

Volunteer check in is in the lower Chalet on Grand Ave, main level of the Chalet (near the bar!) When you enter the doors the volunteer table will be easy to see, it is by the fireplace and Carl Maki or another assistant will be there all day to direct people where to go.  Maps will be provided if you are helping with a race or area located away from the Chalet.

 

 

Please follow the link and sign up for a time slot that works for you. It is a 3-day event and some of the volunteer spots are only a couple of hours. Feel free to invite others also, it would be a great way to introduce someone to Rotary in action.

 

 

Feel free to call Carl 218-481-4200 or email carl.maki@asdcosupply.us if you have questions.

August 2021 Rotary Magazine:

 

The new Rotary International President has announced a significant goal for the coming year: to increase Rotary membership to 1.3 million by July 2022, and the call to action is simple: Each One, Bring One.

 

"As we make membership a priority this year, let us focus on diversity by reaching out to younger people and especially to women. Every club should celebrate its new members, and every Rotarian who sponsors a member will be personally recognized by me. And those who are successful in bringing in 25 or more members will be part of our new Membership Society," says Shekhar Mehta.

 

Each month Rotary magazine asks Rotarians to respond to a new monthly What Would you Do? question. Email magazine@rotary.org to answer this month's question and perhaps see your response in writing in the September issue!

 

The construction for the Harbortown Rotary sponsored medical clinic in Sarufaya has begun! Materials were recently delivered to the site, and the community hopes to have the building complete in four months!

 

Check out the amazing progress in these pictures from the site. Thank you to our fellow Rotarians for your support!

 

   

Photos Courtesy of Karl Everett and Jose Valasquez (Mano a Mano)

Show your Rotary pride with new official Harbortown logo wear!

 

Thank you to Heather Salfer and John Cron for creating the official Harbortown Rotary Apparel website. Click the link below, select your favorite apparel brand, use the newly branded Harbortown logo, and place your order! Prices vary depending on the brand you select.

 

NEW! Light colored embroidery options are now available for dark apparel. See below for example of thread color.

 

 

 

If you have an upcoming program duty (please check the upcoming duty roster), please be sure to secure a speaker and provide notice to Rick Oase (rickoase@yahoo.com) or Stephanie Judd (sljudd@gmail.com) as soon as that speaker is confirmed. If you are unable to confirm a speaker, 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).

 

 

Thank you for your help and thank you to all who are working hard to find engaging content for our upcoming sessions!

 

 

October 27: Andres Gonzalez: Dave Uric, Twin Metals

November 3: Keith Kylmala, Rotary Foundation Day

November 10: Evening Fellowship Gathering

November 17: Tony Hansen

November 24: Bob Lindquist

For news, announcements, event promotion, social media, media releases, and more, please contact Charity Johnson (csjohnson@starbasemn.org  /  218-788-7288) and Chloe Strand (chloe.strand@hdchrc.org  /  218.340.2531).

 

For Scuttlebutt: If you are hosting the program speaker, please copy Charity and Chloe on the speaker's name, organization, and email. If you are the chair of a Harbortown Committee, please update Charity and Chloe on relevant information regarding grants and awards, meetings or news. Charity and Chloe 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!