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Evening Fireside Meeting
(No Morning Meeting)
Join us Wednesday evening at 5:00pm at Green Mill (340 Lake Ave. S., Duluth, MN 55802) for our evening Fireside meeting.

We will hear from our various committees about what they've been doing this quarter and the exciting things we have coming up!

Club Social Time: 5:00pm - 5:30pm  
Meeting Start Time: 5:30pm
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Rotary Rose Sale!
Harbortown Rotary Rose Sale Tickets will be available this Wednesday, August 19th! 
Bob MacLean will be handing books out to our membership at the morning meetings.
If you cannot make a meeting, but would like a book, please let Bob know: bmaclean76@gmail.com.
 
Buy Roses Online starting on Aug. 19th at https://rotaryroses.com/
 
Get Your Safety Vest!
 
 
 
man in green and white adidas jersey shirt and white and blue fitted cap holding white
For four years, the District Public Image Committee has held a drawing each quarter for safety vests to encourage hands-on projects and to promote membership. After years of applying - Harbortown won the drawing! The safety vests will have the Harbortown logo and website on them.
 
Scott Soderberg rotaryscott5580@gmail.com is collecting current members' sizes and will gather some extras for new incoming members as well. While they are somewhat roomy, members are encouraged to consider the ability to wear them over heavier clothing so they can be worn year around!
 
Please send your preferred size to Scott at rotaryscott5580@gmail.com.
 
Hands-On Upcoming Opportunities
 

Save the Date for Harbortown's Upcoming Hands-On Opportunities!

Chester Bowl Fall Fest - Waste Stations  |  Saturday, September 19th, shifts throughout the day from 10:00am - 4:00pm

NorthShore Inline Marathon - Water Station  |  Saturday, September 19th

World Polio Walk Day - Wade Stadium  |  Saturday, October 24, 10:00am

 
Rotarian Birthdays

Happy Birthday to our Harbortown Rotarians celebrating this September!

Stephanie Jago - September 7
Bob Hansen - September 18
Chuck Jacobs  - September 24
If we've missed you, please reach out and let us know!
 
Happy Rotary Anniversary!
 
Happy Rotary September Anniversaries to our following members!
We so greatly appreciate your commitment to service.
 
 
Pat Finney  (23 years!)
 
 
 
 
Upcoming Program Duties
September 00
  • Greeter - X
  • Greeter - X
  • Fellowship - X
  • Invocation - X
 
Upcoming Program Speakers
If you have the upcoming program duty (check the duty roster here), please be sure to secure a speaker and provide notice to Chloe Strand (chloestrand90@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 Speakers:
  • Sept. 9th - Dr. Jose Velasquez, Executive Director, Mano a Mano Bolivia
  • Sept. 16th - Cory Thiesse & Korey Dropkin, Olympic Curling
  • Sept. 23rd - Guest of Michelle Schubitske
  • Sept. 30th - Guest of Chris Dahlberg
  • Oct. 7th - Guest of Jim Wheeler
     
     
Harbortown News
There will be some changes to the Club Service role starting 7/1/26.  There will now be a Club Service Committee: Chloe Strand, Brad Jenson, & Steph Jago.
 
JULY 1 - SEPT. 30, 2026 - Scuttlebutt
For news, announcements, event promotion, social media, media releases, please contact Chloe Strand | cstrand@allete.com | 218.340.2541
 
OCT. 1 - JUNE 30, 2027 - Scuttlebutt
For news, announcements, event promotion, social media, media releases, please contact Stephanie Jago | sjago@charter.net | 218.343.1833
 
HARBORTOWN HEALTHY & OTHER SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
Please contact Brad Jenson | bradleyjenson1956@gmail.com | 218.349.7566
 
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.  Your information will be used to create more dynamic and engaging content to share with potential club members and on social media! 
 
Do you have Harbortown Rotary pictures to share!? Share your photos HERE with Google Photos so we can spread the word about how awesome our members are and the impact we're making on our community!
 
Harbortown Rotary 2026-2027