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Morning Meeting:
Don Ness
Ordean Foundation Executive Director
Join us Wednesday, April 13th at 7:30am in the Holiday Inn Great Lakes Ballroom as we hear from Don Ness, Ordean Foundation Executive Director. 
 
Prior to joining the Ordean Foundation, Don served 16 years in elected leadership, culminating with a 91% job approval rating in his role as Mayor of Duluth. During this time, he was honored with the titles of both Twin Cities Business Person of the Year and the Labovitz School of Business and Economics Business Person of the Year.

He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota-Duluth, majoring in business administration and economics, and he earned a Masters in Management from the College of St. Scholastica.  Prior to his tenure as Mayor, he was the campaign manager for Congressman Jim Oberstar for nearly 10 years. Don is an award-winning author, an adjunct political science instructor, and an active civic leader serving on a number of boards and community-based initiatives.

Don’s core values include a deep dedication to his family, and an ongoing spirit of service to his community. He and his wife Laura continue to live in Duluth with their three children.

Source: https://ordean.org/about/

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Hands-On Hillside Park Cleanup 
Harbortown's next hands-on project is on Wednesday, April 20th 4:00pm - 6:00pm.
Rotarians will help clean up Central Hillside Park (where Steve O'Neill resident kids play), located on Lake Ave. and 4th Street. Please bring work gloves! 
 
Interested in helping out? Email Jinell Abernethy jinellabernethy@gmail.com
See you there!

 
Save the Date
Save the date for Harbortown's next Fireside meeting on Wednesday, May 11th from 5:00pm to 8:30pm at Grandma's Saloon and Grill in Canal Park.
 
Join us for a buffet dinner and cash bar, and keep an eye out for the RSVP!

 
Harbortown Donates $1,500 to ALC
Congratulations to the Area Learning Center (ALC) on receiving $1,500 for school projects and improvements!
Harbortown can't wait to see the wonderful things you all do!

 
Raffle Tickets Turn In
Only 3 weeks before the big Cash Raffle Extravaganza! There are still 185 raffle tickets that need to be collected. Please plan to turn in your sold tickets, or coordinate with you team captain if your having difficulty selling your tickets. If you are planning to buy your tickets, please turn them in ASAP. This will help the planning team can get an accurate assessment as to how many tickets are actually have left to sell in the final few weeks. 
 
An update on our Cash Raffle fundraiser as of last Wednesday:
  • 365 tickets have been turned in to date 
  • 109 Assigned but need to be turned in (let myself our your captain know if you need help)
  • 26 Tickets are not currently assigned
Please call (218.343.6499) or email (Tmh0823@gmail.com) Tony Hansen  if you would to coordinate ticket and cash return pick up.
 
All cash raffle tickets need to be turned in, regardless of whether they have been sold or not by June 21st . All tickets stubs need to be present for the June 22nd raffle.
 
Thank you everyone for the continued support!
 
 
Welcome to Harbortown, Rotary!
Please give a big, warm welcome to Harbortown's newest member Lexi Lanigan!
We're so excited to have you!
 

 
Rotary District 5580 Conference

The in person Tri District Conference has been canceled, but District 5580 has plans in the works for an exciting VIRTUAL District Conference on April 21 & 22, 2022.  

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

Thursday: 11:00am - 1:30pm & 4:00pm -5:30pm
Friday: 11:30am -1:30pm & 4:00pm -6:00pm

D5580 Virtual Conference Sessions


 
Rotary Support for Ukraine
Help Rotary in Warsaw, Poland with Relief for Ukrainian Refugees

 
 
Skyline Rotary is working with two clubs in Warsaw, Poland to support Ukrainian refugees.  
 
Mark Leutgeb and Bob Sherman will be talking to the District Governor for his support. There are special disaster relief funds available for Ukraine from Rotary Foundation for each district under an expedited process. Harbortown's co-sponsorship of the application (due at end of April) would be greatly appreciated.
 
Help Rotary in Warsaw, Poland with Relief for Ukrainian Refugees
As you know, over 1.6 million refugees have fled to Poland from Ukraine after the war started by Russia began. Bob Sherman has connected with two Rotary clubs in Warsaw that are providing medical supplies and starting education efforts for children who cross the Poland/Ukraine border as refugees. $5,000 has been raised so far and more is needed. 
 
Warsaw Rotary, the oldest club in Warsaw, has sourced medical supplies in Germany (few such supplies are available in Poland due to the war). This club is shipping them via businesses owned by German and Polish Rotarians via truck to a hospital in Lviv, Ukraine. Warsaw Rotary is working with Rotary clubs in Germany and the UK and well as our club to raise funds to buy these supplies.  Here is a link to the Warsaw club Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/rotarywarsaw
 
As of now, direct donations can only be made in euros to a Warsaw Rotary bank account. Until a US dollar account is set up, donations can be made by sending funds (checks only, please) to Bob Sherman who can send your donation in euros with others. Bob is at rtshermanjr@gmail.com or 612.386.3354 (mobile and WhatsApp). Checks should be made out to him and designated for Warsaw Rotary Refugee Relief.  If you are willing to give donations in euros, Bob can give you direct transfer information.
 
Warsaw Club Fryderyk Chopin is organizing a program for children in Warsaw that will help educate kids of refugees.  Many children are crossing the border alone as their parents have been killed or are in military service. This effort is new and will take more work to get going.  If you are interested in being the Skyline Rotary contact person for this work, please let Bob know ASAP.  He needs help and can’t manage both the work with Warsaw and the Chopin clubs.
 
Donations are currently not tax deductible but are badly needed now.  District 7630 DG Hugh Dawkins (Poland) and DGE Piotr Jankowski D-2231 are working with Rotary Foundation to secure disaster response funds for Warsaw clubs and others helping them.  These grants will be on an expedited basis, not via the normal global grant process. D-5580 can also apply for up to $25,000 of these funds.  Bob has more information and needs someone to help apply for this grant. When we have a grant  number to which tax deductible donations can be made for our specific projects, Bob will let us all know.
 
This is the largest refugee crisis in Europe since WWII. Our friends in Ukraine and Poland urgently need our help.  Please do what you can: donate or help coordinate our club’s work with Bob.
 
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
 
80+ Free Ukrainian Flag & Ukraine Images

 
 
 
Be a Host Family for an Exchange Student
 
Harbortown Rotary is in need of host families for a Rotary Exchange Student next year!
Interested in hosting or want to learn more?
Contact Chloe Strand (chloe.strand@hdcmn.org) or Mary Durward (rotarymary@mdurward.com).

 
Upcoming Program Duties
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:
06.15 - Mitchell Diers
06.17 - Hands-On Project - Grandma's Spaghetti Dinner
06.22 - President's Dinner & Cash Raffle
06.29 - Chris Trapp

 
Harbortown News
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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