Join us Wednesday morning at 7:30am in the Great Hall - Kitchi Gammi Club (831 E. Superior St., Duluth, MN 55805) as we hear from our Denfeld Junior Rotarians and Gabe Dodson, Manufacturing Group Leader from LOLL Designs
Based in Duluth, MN, Loll Designs is a designer/manufacturer of durable, all-weather, outdoor furniture and accessories made with HDPE (high density polyethylene), partially from recycled plastics like milk jug containers and shampoo bottles. Using thoughtful, original designs and unique materials, Loll creates innovative, fun and high quality products proudly crafted in the USA.
Loll Designs is for the modern lollygagger, by the modern lollygagger. We inspire people to appreciate the outdoors through our thoughtful, original designs and unique materials to create innovative, fun and high-quality products. We are proudly crafted in Duluth, Minnesota, by over 100 hardworking craftspeople, with parts and materials sourced in the USA. You could say, we define what it means to truly be made in the USA.
We will start out at the Chester Park entrance across from Burrito Union on 4th street. We'll hike up the trail for about 20/25 minutes and then head back down to the Burrito Union for some fellowship time. Be sure to spray for ticks and bring a water bottle for the hike.
You are encouraged to invite family and friends who may be interested.
Mark your calendars as the 2025 Harbortown Rotary Charitable Foundation Golf Fundraiser to benefit the Robert Hermans Scholarship Fund and the Donald Holm Founders Fund is scheduled for JULY 7, 2025 at Ridgeview Country Club.
Don't want to golf? Join us for dinner only, the Holm Family Putting Contest, and/or sponsor a hole.
The Bike Duluth Festival planning is in full swing! We are currently looking for 2025 sponsors to support our fundraising efforts.
If you are interested or a local business you know is interested in supporting the Festival, please reach out to Tony Hansen (tmh0823@gmail.com) or Bob MacLean (bmaclean76@gmail.com).
Learn more about 2025 Bike Duluth Festival sponsorship opportunities HERE!
We are planning the Great Bolivia adventure for September 13th - 21st, 2025 and I have several candidates from our club who may be interested in joining us. Also, I heard from some members in our club who would like to work on and complete a service project. I spoke with Dr. Jose, and he provided several options to work two or three days on Bolivia projects, possible Anchallani clinic or another clinic. He currently has a group from Idaho who is planning to work on a similar service project. The primary challenge is that our Rotary workers would need a comfortable place to stay while they are working on the project. One solution is to work at a project near Cochabamba or at the Mano a Mano office in Cochabamba where they construct furniture for their projects.
Let me know if you are interested in working on a Bolivia service project.
I am providing the attached Bolivia trip brochure here
Thanks to Kay Biga and the Pachel Foundation who are sponsoring Rotarian Night at the Duluth Playhouse again on Thursday, September 11. The musical will be "Million Dollar Quartet" set on December 4, 1956 at Sun Records in Memphis when Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley had a jam session. This will be free to Rotarians and guests.
The show is at 7:30 pm with doors open at 6 for snacks and drinks.
If you have the upcoming program duty (check the duty roster here), please be sure to secure a speaker and provide notice to Steph Jago (sjago@charter.net) 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 Duties:
10/1 – Pizza Party, with short Fireside Presentation
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