Join us this Wednesday evening, 5:30pm at Hoops Brewing (325 S. Lake Ave. Duluth, MN 55802) for our quarterly Fireside meeting! We will hear from each of our committees about the happenings of their various projects.
Sammy's Pizza will be served for dinner! Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions we should be aware of.
The Harbortown Rotary Longevity Study Group will meet exactly 3 times. We will accommodate dates and times such that those who want to participate can participate. (We're not in a rush to get this done.) Each session will be 1 ½ hours. Each session will meet in the evening. The first and third session will be in person at the Kitchi Gammi Club meeting for drinks and conversation in the evening (after dinner) from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. dates to be determined. The second session (this is a change) will likely meeting on a Sunday evening via Zoom on a Sunday night when neither the Vikings nor the Packers are playing football.
The key Longevity planning question is this: “How can I make my potential 100+year life the most fulfilling it can be?" (No guarantees of getting to 100, of course.) The result of participating in these sessions is that you will have established a list of goals for flourishing in the Longevity Revolution. As such, you will be well on your way to completing a holistic Personal Longevity Plan for yourself.
The only cost is the cost of the book Join the Longevity Revolution ($15) and whatever you order for drinks at the Kitchi Gammi Club. So, if you are interested in participating in this 3-Session Harbortown Rotary Longevity Study Group, please let me know soon.
BTW, in the September 28, 2023 edition of The Economist, there is an interesting article with the title: "Living to 120 is becoming an imaginable prospect: Efforts to slow ageing are taking wing"
Words of wisdom: Don't bet against science. The Human Gnome Project was completed two decades ago. Gene editing, epigentic editing, and removal of senescent cells are the future scientific breakthroughs that await us in the next 10 to 20 years.
"By 2030, 90 will be the new 40." --- Dr. Michael Roizen, emeritus chief wellness officer of the Cleveland Clinic, coauthor of The Great Age Reboot: Cracking the Longevity Code for a Younger Tomorrow
Thanks,
Brad Jenson
Faciliator, Harbortown Rotary Longevity Study Group
Please join the Twin Ports area Rotary Clubs at the Greysolon Ballroom on Wednesday, October 25th at 5:30pm for this years Paul Harris Dinner. There will be no morning meeting for Harbortown this day, and a formal invite will be coming out shortly. Tickets will be $40, and registration and payment will be done through Eventbrite. Each table seats 8, and attendees can purchase 1-8 tickets at a time. Purchasers will be prompted to select a meal for each ticket before payment.
Upon arrival to the event, attendees will be directed to the registration table where they will be given seat saver cards to be placed at the table of their choice.
In public health, you don't see what you don't look for. So polio and other disease hunters run vast surveillance operations. In this issue of Rotary magazine, we take you to a largely hidden frontline in the fight against polio. Learn how this detective work is done, including its decidedly unglamorous side (one key to helping ensure a polio-free world is poop). Then, be part of history and help us build awareness on World Polio Day on 24 October.
Click here to read the October 2023 issue. The link will take you to your digital copy, which you can read using any common web browser.
This past July saw the hottest global average temperature in about 125,000 years, according to scientists. In another of this month's features, we take stock of a season of heat, fire, and floods, and how Rotary members are responding to aid victims of climate disasters.
And finally, we bring you two stories — one in photos, one in words — celebrating Rotary Youth Exchange, which has been promoting international understanding for nearly 50 years. Three students share their exciting year in Brazil. And journalist Sharon Basco reflects on the youth exchange that helped launch her career.
If you have an upcoming program duty (please check the upcoming duty roster), please be sure to secure a speaker and provide notice to Chloe Strand (Chloe.Strand@hdcmn.org) as soon as that speaker is confirmed. If you are unable to confirm a speaker, please contact Rick Oase (rickoase@yahoo.com) or Stephanie Judd (sljudd@gmail.com) for help, 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).
Harbortown Rotary has a Windows 11 laptop at the Kitchi Gammi Club for weekly Harbortown meetings. 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.
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:
10.18 - Junior Rotarian Welcome Breakfast
10.25 - Evening Gathering for All Twin Ports Rotary Clubs (No Morning Meeting) - Program: Rotary Foundation
For news, announcements, event promotion, social media, media releases, and more, please contact Charity Johnson (csjohnson@starbasemn.org / 218.788.7288) and Chloe Strand (chloestrand90@gmail.com / 218.340.2531).
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. Chloe and Charity 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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