This Week's Program: Bob & Diane Hansen and the Great American Loop Adventure
Tomorrow our own Bob Hansen will share the details of a 'journey of a lifetime.' Don't miss it!
Bob and his wife Diane will be setting sail later this year to travel the Great American Loop on their 61' vessel which they named the Soulmate. The trip could take many years and many thousands of miles and with no schedule or final destination identified, the Hansens are certainly ready for the adventure of a lifetime.
Bob and Diane will share details about the loop, their vessel and their preparations. Bob has been boating for a total of 45 years and he and Diane boating together for 28 years.
"We have a tentative plan but weather, the amazing communities we will encounter and the people we meet, could change our schedule at any time."
Bob is greatly looking forward to a side-trip to the Bahamas and will winter the boat the in the Florida Keys area in January and February.
Bob will be blogging along the entire journey and you can follow Bob and Diane on their Facebook group or their MV-Soulmate website below.
Over 20 Rotarians, family and friends spent a scorching day on Saturday, June 5th at the annual YMCA Camp Miller service project.
The work was hard but the fellowship and accomplishments made it all worth it. The group spent the day building and staining a brand new deck, painting and roofing the Chuck Wagon and painting cabins and picnic tables.
Derek Thompson of Silver Bay and graduate of William Kelley High School was one of six recently awarded Robert Hermans Academic Scholarships. Get to know Derek a little better below!
"I've been admitted to UMD to major in Engineering Physics. I don't really have any dream career in particular, but as long as I am building things and solving problems, I will be happy. A personality trait that I have that will help me out in life is that I am very persistent. Whenever I start a job, it takes a lot of effort to pull me away from it. I always finish what I start, and I finish it well."
"As for the thing that has influenced me the most, I would have to say my dad. Anybody that knows both of us would agree that I am basically a carbon copy of him. We are both natural problem solvers and are oftentimes really stubborn once our minds are set on doing something. He has taught me the majority of what I know and is an amazing role model."
Best of luck at UMD Derek and on behalf of the Robert Hermans Scholarship committee and the Harbortown Rotary Club, congratulations!
For each hour worked – Grandma’s Marathon will provide our organization with a $7/per hour per person honorarium. If the all of the remaining time slots were taken the honorarium would be around $1,400.
Grandma's is in need of approximately 40 people to work from 4:30-10pm on Friday June 18th doing a variety of different tasks. No real food service experience is necessary, however the DECC is asking those that sign up to attend a quick tutorial on Thursday, June 17 at the DECC – Lake Superior Ballroom @ 5:30pm. All parking fees will be taken care of by the marathon. on Thursday as well as on Friday, June 19.
Besides the money to potentially be earned - each volunteer would receive:
Delicious Meal
Michelina’s All You Can Eat Spaghetti Dinner T-Shirt
Pair of Fitsoks
Race Wrap
(2) beverage tickets to use on Saturday, June 19 at Bayfront Park.
Invitation to the Volunteer Appreciation Party at Wade Stadium on Thursday, June 24 - where everyone will enjoy watching the Duluth Huskies take on Waterloo. This includes their ticket to the game, all you can eat meal and lots of fun! Grandma’s Marathon is sponsoring the game that night – so there will be a lot going on – plenty of prize drawings and much more!
Last but not least – A HUGE THANK YOU! for helping us.
Only two weeks left before the big cash extravaganza! We have 130 tickets left to collect, so please keep those tickets coming in! All cash raffle tickets need to be turned in, regardless of whether they have been sold or not, by absolutely no later then June 22nd as they need to be present for the June 23rd raffle date.
Please give me a call, or shoot me an email if you would like me to pick up stubs and cash to turn in on your behalf. Here is a quick update on our Cash Raffle fundraiser so far:
370 Sold Tickets have been turned in to date.
130 Tickets need to be turned in.
All tickets are distributed out to members
Turn in unsold tickets to Greg Goldman and Tony Hansen as soon as possible so they can redistribute to member looking for more tickets.
As part of a new Presidential and PR initiative, Heather Salfer and Charity Johnson are asking each active member to please update your profile in ClubRunner as soon as possible. Please be sure to upload/include a recent photograph as well.
If you have any questions about logging into ClubRunner or where you update your information, please contact Charity at csjohnson@starbasemn.org.
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).
The Holiday Inn has dedicated a laptop for weekly Harbortown use. All presenters need to bring is 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.
Because Harbortown is asked by the Holiday Inn for RSVPs each week, Rob will RSVP each weekly presenter to ensure the presenter gets breakfast. If the presenter is bringing a guest, please let Rob know so he can RSVP the guest, as well. Questions? Please contact Rob Haglin (rhanglin@awkuettl.com).
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:
October 27: Andres Gonzalez: Dave Uric, Twin Metals
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!
