Please join us this Wednesday morning at 7:30am in the Kitchi Gammi Club Great Hall (831 E Superior St, Duluth, MN 55802) as we hear from Dave Schaeffer, Chester Bowl Executive Director.
Schaeffer is the Executive Director for Chester Bowl, a local Duluth non-profit running programs like the ski and snowboard camp and the summer day camp in Chester Park. He will talk about about their campaign Growing Up Chester which aims to expand and renovate the Thom Storm Chalet.
In 2014, the Chester Bowl Improvement Club announced David Schaeffer as the program's new executive director.
While Chester Bowl is a City of Duluth park, all its programs are operated by the non-profit, volunteer-run Chester Bowl Improvement Club. That includes the winter downhill skiing program that serves more than 1,000+ youth and adult skiers and snowboarders; summer day camp program for youth; assisting the city of Duluth with the Tuesday night summer concert series; and other activities at Duluth's most popular park.
Schaeffer has almost 20 years experience leading non-profit youth programming, including previous experience as the Director of Mentor Duluth and Harbor Highland's Community Center and Director of Education and Guest Services at the Great Lakes Aquarium prior to his work with Chester Bowl.
He has a master's in education from UMD and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in environmental forest biology from State University of New York. Schaefer is also a neighbor and frequent visitor of Chester Bowl. He is an avid skier and his daughter is a winter skier and summer camper.
You and your plus one are joyfully invited to join us on Wednesday, December 20th at 5:30pm for Harbortown Rotary's Annual Holiday Party!
We will gather in our ugliest holiday sweaters and enjoy delicious food, wonderful fellowship, and exciting axe throwing!
Who: You and Your Guest What: Harbortown Rotary's Annual Holiday Party Where: Skyline Social & Games - Fireside Room, 4894 Miller Trunk Hwy, Duluth, MN 55811 When: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 | 5:30pm - 9:00pm (Axe Throwing 6:00pm - 8:00pm) Why: To Celebrate the Holiday Season with our Fellow Harbortown Rotarians
$40/Person - Includes plentiful food and axe throwing! Cash bar available.
For the next two weeks, Harbortown Rotary will be passing the hat for the for the 10 families we're supporting for Christmas presents this year!
If you would like to donate and are unable to join us on Wednesday morning, President Tony is accepting Venmo and Zelle payments to go towards the presents.
Venmo - @Tony_Hansen (Last four digits of his cell: 6499)
Zelle - Search Tony's cellphone number (218.343.6499).
Thank you for your continued generosity during this holiday season!
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Learn more about Movember from Heather Salfer's son Blake (Junior Rotarian 2017-2018) here:
Thank you to our Harbortown Rotarians and the New Generations Committee for their continued support of the 3rd Grade Dictionary Project!
Check out the warm fuzzies we've received from students and adults alike below.
Hi, My husband is a senior grandfather working with grade 3 at Myers-Wilkens elementary. He brought home a dictionary that you distributed to the students. It is one of the best I have ever seen for children. The teacher had an extra so he has been gifted with it to use with the kids. Thank you. Bobbi Hoyt, retired teacher with ISD 709.
Notes received today from Ms. Sorbo's 3rd grade class at Lester Park Elementary. Enjoy!
Use the Google Photos link below to share them with us, so we can spread the word about how awesome our members are and the impact we're making on our community!
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:
04.03 - Jim Boileau
04.10 - Gabe Walsh, CEO of Lake Superior Area Realtors Association
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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