Support Maternal and Child Health with the Kutztown Rotary Club - April 2023
Dave Kline from the Reading Music Foundation
Reading Music Foundation
On April 12, the Kutztown Rotary Club was delighted to listen to Dave Kline talk about the Reading Music Foundation.
The Reading Music Foundation is a public charity that provides financial support for music presenters in Berks County, music scholarships by audition and in response to financial need, and extensive music outreach, including programs in most of Berks County's public and parochial schools.
Organizations who have received recent grants from the Foundation include Barrio Allegria, Berks Arts, Berks Sinfonietta, Berks Summer String Institute, Berks Youth Chorus, Friends of Chamber Music, GoggleWorks Music Project, Hannahoe Vigil, Olivet Boys and Girls Club, Opus One: Berks Chamber Choir, Reading Choral Society, Reading Philharmonic Orchestra, Reading Theater Project, Reading Symphony Orchestra, Ringgold Band, Sunday Sinfonia, Vox Philla, WCR Center for the Arts, Vocum Institute for Arts Education.
Visit our website or come to a meeting to get information on joining us and learning how to help in your community.
On Wednesday, April 24, the members of the Kutztown Rotary Club invited the Fleetwood Club members to join them for a picnic at Longswamp Township Park. Although it was a little chilly, we all had a lovely time socializing. The highlight of the evening was a presentation by our exchange student from Brazil, Maria. It was so much fun to see all of the things she experienced during her time with us.
Kutztown Rotary members were among 14 Rotarians from 7 clubs and 15 other volunteers cutting potatoes for seed planting for the Potato Project. In all, 65 bags of potatoes were cut to plant potatoes for food-insecure families spanning a 5-county region. IHartHarvest began a campaign to feed the hungry in our area in 2008 and the mission just keeps growing every year. Even more fun is picking potatoes during the harvest which begins in August. Come visit us to learn how you can participate in fun community service projects like this.
Members of the Kutztown Rotary Club celebrated a Student of the Month ceremony on April 5th, 2023. One student from each of Kutztown Area High School and Brandywine Heights Area High School is selected by school administrators each month throughout the school year for this award based collectively on academic achievement, school participation, and community contributions. Honored for April was Mikayla Trubilla for Kutztown and Brandywine Heights will celebrate two students in May due to the school was on Spring Break during this past Wednesday.
The Kutztown Rotary Club Student of the Month from the Kutztown Area High School is Mikayla Trubilla. Mikayla is the daughter of Eric Trubilla and Jen Rabenold of Kutztown, PA. Throughout high school Mikayla has been very active in sports. She has participated in varsity field hockey all through high school. Then track and field 9th trough 11th grade. She is currently a member of the band and KIA. Other school activities include FFA and is a member of the Kutztown High School Student Council. Over her high school years Mikayla has also been involved in community activities such as; 4-H, collected donations for military personal and worked with Habitat for Humanity. Looking to the future she will be attending Penn St. University next fall and is planning to major in education with a miner in special education
Along with serving the community, members of the Kutztown Rotary Club like to be social. We do a social hour meeting every third Wednesday of the month, we have movie club meetings at area venues, and enjoy many other social activities.
In April we went to Saucony Creek in Kutztown for 2 separate events - we celebrated April birthdays there for a movie club night and also went there to participate in Trivia Night for a social hour meeting. Two of the club groups won first and second prize for the night! See pictures below for both events.
Come join our meetings to find out how we do good and have fun!
Member Spotlight for this Month is Chris Volk. Below is a short biography written by Chris.
Christopher Volk, born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. A graduate of Northern Kentucky University with a BA. A passion for music and performance based audio has led to a career in high end audio. Married for 33 years this summer, work us to the greater Allentown area in 2002, and Joined Rotary in 2018 to give something back to the community, meet like-minded people, and have fun.
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