This Week's Rotary Scuttlebutt 01.15.25 (Jan. 15, 2025)

Morning Meeting:

Bike Duluth Festival

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 fellow Harbortown rotarians Chloe Strand, Jeremy Jeannette, and Tony Hanson on the Bike Duluth Festival

Harbortown Rotarians Chloe, Jeremy, and Tony will present on the 2024 Bike Duluth Festival, what they envision for 2025, the impact of the festival on our community, and how the club and its members can step up and support the festival.

the Bike Duluth Festival is a family-oriented biking event held at Spirit Mountain in Duluth, Minnesota. Profits from this incredible event go directly back into the community to support local nonprofits and Duluth’s outstanding trail systems!

The festival is run entirely by volunteers including representation from Harbortown Rotary, COGGs, Duluth Devo, Spirit Mountain and more.

Join us on Zoom!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81421227000?pwd=c8dqLqgI1Y1PVHedRlWkfvUa1i5HkY.1

Meeting ID: 814 2122 7000

Passcode: harbortown

Learn More Here!

New Member Welcome!

Harbortown is excited to welcome new member Jeff Price!

Please give a warm hello at your next morning meeting.

Rotary Events and Meetings Calendar

Mark your calendars for Harbortown's upcoming hands on projects, committee meetings, and gatherings!

LINCOLN PARK SPRING CLEAN-UP: neighborhood litter pickup organized by Ecolibrium3 and Ursa Minor

Saturday, April 26, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Register individually at https://ecolibrium3.salsalabs.org/lnpkcleanup2025/index.html. There is an option to organize large groups and meet at Clyde, but EcoRotary will be tabling at Ursa Minor (the individual & small group start point), so we will be planning to show up at Ursa with individuals/couples/families selecting whichever time slot they prefer. More details on the registration page.

Rotarian Birthdays

Happy Birthday to our Harbortown Rotarians celebrating this April!

Mike Cochran – April 16

Carl Maki – April 20

Happy Rotary Anniversary!

Happy Rotary April Anniversaries to our following members!

We so greatly appreciate your commitment to service.

Greg Goldman (36 Years)

Mark Erickson (33 Years)

Heather Salfer (17 Years)

Mark Fredrickson (6 Years)

Amber Sadowski (4 Years)

Upcoming Program Duties

If you have the upcoming program duty (check the duty roster here), please be sure to secure a speaker and provide notice to Casey Nies (Nies.casey@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 Duties:

04.23 - Mike Waldron - 23rd Veteran

04.30 - Scholarship Day

05.07 - Jr. Rotarian Take Over

05.14 - Denfeld meeting takeover

05.21 - PM Fireside

05.28 - Tessa Sandberg - TownePlaces Suites

06.04 - Dereck Murphy-Williams of Homegrown

06.11 - Jay Gabler - 100 Things to do in Duluth

06.18 - Harbortown Foundation Day

06.25 - President's Dinner @ Ridgeview

Harbortown News

For news, announcements, event promotion, social media, media releases, and more, please contact Casey Nies (nies.casey@gmail.com | 701.351.7270)

For Scuttlebutt: If you are hosting the program speaker, please copy Casey on the speaker's name, organization, and email. If you are the chair of a Harbortown Committee, please update Casey on relevant information regarding grants and awards, meetings or news. Casey will use this information 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 2024