Join us this Wednesday at 7:30am in the Great Lakes Ballroom - Holiday Inn Downtown as we hear from Brian Hayden, Head Coach of Duluth DEVO Mountain Bike Program.
The mission of the Duluth DEVO Mountain Bike Program is to build strong bodies, minds and relationships through lifelong cycling. The provided programming helps youth become stronger riders, be it for performance at races or for fun on Duluth’s great trails!
Founded in 2013, as the Duluth Composite Mountain Bike Team, the program began as a team participating in the Minnesota High School Cycling League. Since then, Duluth DEVO has expanded to include programs for elementary aged youth, riders seeking more technical riding in the enduro program, and youth interested in adventure riding not racing.
The program served almost 200 youth in 2019, grades 2 - 12!
Read more about Duluth DEVO’s vision and strategic priorities here.
Harbortown Rotary plans to dedicate the next Bolivian medical clinic project in honor of Karl Norman, a member of Skyline Rotary who passed away recently. Karl Norman had worked on several medical clinics with Mano a Mano in Bolivia, including those in Jutan Mayu, Candelleria and Sumula communities. Harbortown Rotary plans to support the construction of a medical clinic project in the 20 de Septiembre community located near Cochabamba Bolivia. Harbortown will apply for a District WCS grant to match all contributions; please let Karl Everett <karl_everett@q.com> know if you know of another Rotary Club who would like to participate in Harbortown's grant request. If you personally would like to contribute, please send your checks to the Harbortown Rotary Charitable Foundation, and request 100% go to support the construction of the medical clinic being dedicated to honor Karl Norman. Thank you.
Other than my parents, another person I looked up to is Kobe Bryant. Growing up and watching him play basketball was a treat for me. I knew how important of a role he played both on and off the court. I wanted to try and model him to the best of my abilities. His death was devastating for me as he was one of my childhood idols. This motivated me even more to learn about the "Mamba Mentality" and try and copy that. I knew I would never be Kobe Bryant, but if I could use his techniques and work ethic in my life, I knew success would follow.
Harbortown has three upcoming volunteer opportunities. See below for details!
Michelina’s All You Can Eat Spaghetti Dinner (Grandma's Marathon) - Friday, June 17th
Dinner is served from 11:00am - 9:00pm in the DECC's Lake Superior Ballroom.
The event appreciate the help received last year from Harbortown Rotarians and would love if Harbortown Rotary could earn even more this year. This is a great fundraiser while having a super fun time! For each hour worked, Grandma’s Marathon provides Harbortown with a $7.00 per hour per person honorarium. For those interested, please email Lisa Mitchell Krocak (lisamk1@charter.net).
There will be two shifts; 1st Shift is: 9:00am - 3:30pm and 2nd Shift is: 3:00pm - 10:00pm.
71 individuals are needed to serve all that come to enjoy Race Weekend. As many Rotarians are welcome as Harbortown Rotary can offer.
If possible, the DECC is asking those individuals who sign up to attend a brief tutorial food service meeting on Thursday, June 16 at 5:30 pm.
Each volunteer will have a packet with their name on containing their Volunteer Shirt, Fitsoks, and other volunteer goodies. Each volunteer will also receive a free meal and 2 beverage tickets to use on Saturday, June 18 at Bayfront Park.
Grandma's will pay for everyone’s parking on Thursday and Friday. Each volunteer will have their name on the free parking list provided to the parking lot attendants.
Following Race Weekend on Thursday, June 23, Grandma’s Marathon is hosting the Volunteer Appreciation Party at Wade Stadium. Each volunteer is invited for an evening of baseball, all you can eat baseball fare catered by Black Woods and much more as a small token of appreciation for your help.
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).
President Mary Durward is bringing her laptop to 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:
11.06 - Rotary Hands On Project
11.16 - Rotary Foundation Day - Amber Sadowski
11.23 - Rob Haglin
11.30 - Tony Dierckins: Duluth's Grand Old Architecture - Mark Erickson
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 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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