Harbortown Rotary Club in Duluth announced a $6,080 donation to support Courage Kenney Rehabilitation Institute, Duluth Denfeld Robotics, March of Dimes Foundation, Boys and Girls Club of the Northland, Valley Youth Centers, Men as Peacemakers, and Life House.
Pictured from left are: Kevin Anderson, Jason Young, Eric Larson, Maude Dornfeld, Ed Heisler, Russ Salgy, Anita Skutevik, Matthew and Taylor, and Jeff Woolverton
In 2012, Mano a Mano and Rotary Clubs in District 5580 (including key involvement by Harbortown Rotarians of Duluth) , completed a new water project in Jusku Molle, Bolivia. This is a community about five minutes down the road from Laguna Sulti, another Mano a Mano reservoir project. This reservoir provides 350 Bolivian families with sufficient water to irrigate their crops. It can hold 50,000 cubic meters of water and will irrigate about 741 acres of land (the reservoir is roughly the size of three football fields). Following is a photo of Jusku Molle taken Feb. 2015.
Come join us on an adventure visiting our Rotary International Projects in Bolivia.
We are planning to travel to Bolivia June 12th to June 21st 2015 and visit water reservoir projects, road construction projects, and medical clinics near Sucre and Cochabamba Bolivia; and view future project opportunities with our Bolivian partner Mano a Mano International. We have had great success assisting the communities with medical care and water resources in the past with our Rotary projects and have received wonderful receptions from the Bolivian people. Experience the people, culture and the Cordillera Real Mountains with potential site trips including Machu Picchu, Uyuni salt flats, Potosi Cerro Rico mine, Cretaceous park in Sucre, Santa Cruz and other historic, religious and cultural sites. If you are interested or would like more information please contact.
An Educational Fellowship Experience for Members of the Kitchi Gammi Club, Members of the Duluth area Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs, and Friends
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Spring Session
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
The American Heritage Book Group of the Kitchi Gammi Club is an is an educational fellowship experience for members of the Kitchi Gammi Club, members of Duluth area Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, and friends. There is one gathering per quarter (winter, spring, & fall). A different book will be discussed at each respective gathering.
Spring Session
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Kitchi Gammi Club
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