Join us Wednesday morning at 7:30am in the Great Hall - Kitchi Gammi Club (831 E Superior St., Duluth, MN 55802) as we hear from John Cole, Executive Director, CHUM.
John Cole, Executive Director, administers, manages and provides leadership for the overall programming and operations of CHUM. John has over twenty years of ecclesial and nonprofit governance, including human services, program management, development, and community organizing. He has a reputation for achieving results through forging cooperative alliances, implementing innovative solutions, and motivating teams to achieve ambitious goals. He believes in the intrinsic dignity of the human spirit and is a strong advocate for solutions addressing Homelessness. He credits Chum for introducing him to rhubarb pie and is a great fan of Rhubarbara!
John currently is leading Chum through a period of growth in services, the latest being the historic expansion of Chum’s Shelter and Drop-In Center.
On behalf of the Harbortown Rotary Charitable Foundation board, I want to take this opportunity to thank each of you that took the opportunity to join us July 6th at Ridgeview Country Club for our annual Golf fundraiser to benefit the Robert Hermans Scholarship Fund and the Donald Holm Founders Fund.
And to those that were not able to be join us, we thank you as well for your support of your Foundation!
Your continuing support of those funds and the Foundation is so greatly appreciated. Thanks, again!
Thank you to everyone's for your help and participation in the 2026 Cash Raffle. Below are this year's winners! We sold 370/500 tickets for total Revenue of $37,900. With prize money paid out, we raised over $17,000 for our club. Please return any remaining tickets you have in your possession (sold or unsold) asap. We need to have all the tickets on hand for audit purposes.
Congratulations to our 2026 Winners!
$10,000
Jim King
$2,500
Deb Laskowski
$1 ,000
Jeff Olson
$500
Jeff Freier
Jessica Leonzal
David Fulda
Ryan Erspamer
Marty Schubitzke
Scott Miller
Bill Punyko
Craig Carlson
Chris Trapp
Greg Goldman
Rick Oase
Steph Jago
Nichole Carter
Thanks again for your generous support of Harbortown Rotary!
Our JUNE 6, 9AM-3PM work day at the YMCA Camp Miller is fast approaching and we have a good number already signed up, however, there's always room for more. So if you want to join the group, please notify either Jim Wheeler or Pat Finney. (The camp will have coffee, soft drinks and prepare lunch for us.)
Following is a list of potential projects, so dress accordingly and bring a pair of work gloves - all other tools and supplies will be provided:
stain decks
paint wood shed
power wash some buildings
split and stack wood
work on tack shed
build maintenance fence and gate
brush out campsite
trail work
roadside pickup
inventory beds and furniture
other small misc jobs inside and out
Don't worry if you arrive late or need to leave early, just come and enjoy a great day of Rotary fellowship and support the Camp!
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.
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
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!
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