In Duluth or greater Minnesota we don't often think or worry about light pollution. But we should... Randy Larson will join us this week to dive into the Dark Skies initiative and what this means for our region. There are associations and organizations world-wide whose mission is to preserve the night sky for current and future generations.
"80% of kids growing up in North America have never seen the Milky Way. Light pollution is something each one of us can do something about and make a difference. We are loosing the night sky at a rate of 2% a year worldwide."
Randy Larson loves building, loves people, and loves a challenge. As an iconoclast, he loves innovatively appropriating materials, ferreting out new technologies, and shoes with toes. And ice cream. Away from Meteek, Randy enjoys his many teenagers, paddling, cycling, traveling, and getting people to tell him stories.
"I grew up in northern MN with amazing memories of the night sky. It has taken 150 years to get where we are with light pollution and it will take another 20-30 years to raise consciousness about how important the night sky is. " ~Randy Larson
Please register if you plan to attend the Harbortown Investment Club Q4 meeting. Please click on the link on the email you were sent via ClubRunner to attend or decline.
Harbortown's next hands-on service opportunity is going to be Wednesday, December 15th, 2021 from 4:00pm - 9:00pm at Bentleyville at Bayfront Festival Park. There will be no morning meeting.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Jinell Abernethy (jinellabernethy@gmail.com). Thank you!
The Marketing and Communications Committee will be hosting its first meeting of the new Rotary year. Additional committee members are greatly needed to continue to support the areas of PR, Scuttlebutt, and social media initiatives.
Please join us!
When: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 7:30am
Where: Caribou Coffee, Stone Ridge Shopping Center (next to Cub Foods), 627 West Central Entrance
We would love to hear new ideas on how we can better share our club's good work in the community and attract new members who share a love for service!
Rotary District 5580 is an organization of officers, committees, programs and activities intended to support the operations of the clubs within its area. It includes Rotary clubs in portions of MN, WI, Ontario, and all of ND. It is the District’s role to assist in strengthening each club and their ability to make a positive difference in their communities and in the world by:
Empowering engaged Rotarians in service to each other and to their communities
Fostering unity among member clubs
Strengthening and expanding Rotary around the District
Communicating the work of Rotary district-wide
Providing a system of inspiring and effective administration
We strive to continually enhance and grow the level of support we offer our District’s clubs, and we need your help in defining what is important, what is working, and what needs to be improved in our offerings. Pleaseprovide your valuable input by completing this short survey.
We have all adapted and found new ways of connecting during the COVID-19 pandemic. The same is true for education in many places around the world: COVID-19 disrupted learning for children and adults. But amid the challenge, educators and communities are using their creativity to find ways to keep students learning.The Rotary Foundation has funded projects and programs like these that increase communities’ capacity tooffer a basic education and promote literacy:
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 (rhaglin@awkuettel.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:
Feb. 16 - Hands-On Second Harvest Food Bank
Feb. 23 - Carl Maki
Mar. 2 - Dan Holm
Mar. 9 - Rick Cleath
Mar. 16 - Hands-On Boys and Girls Club (Clyde Iron Location)
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!
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