Kutztown Rotary Club
Weekly Bulletin 

Volume 3 | Issue 28

Bulletin for the week of August 9, 2026

  
Upcoming meetings and events - click links for sign-up sheets
Bold indicates meeting in the club room, (V) is a volunteer opportunity
 
August – Membership & New Club Development
 
 
12 – TOK volunteer dinner at Market Café
16 – (V) Movie event for baby drive
19 – Club Assembly / Inductions
26 – Field Trip to Friend, Inc
September – Basic Education & Literacy
Dictionary Distribution - TBD
1 – Learning session (zoom)
2 – Exchange student picnic
9 – District Governor Visit
16 – No Meeting / Social
19 – (V) Fall Fest
20 – (V) Potato Harvest
23 – Club assembly / Inductions
30 – Field trip (Longswamp history museum)
 
TOK volunteer dinner at the Market Café in Topton beginning at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, August 12.
 
 
Please join us to celebrate “Taste of Kutztown” at the Market Café in Topton on Wednesday, August 12th at 6:00 p.m.  A delicious meal will be served and we’ll share some of the fantastic results. It is our chance to say “Thank You” for volunteering.
 
Members are asked to pay $18 for their meal as for a normal meeting to offset the costs of the dinner for volunteers. Please bring a bottle of wine to share.
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Important Announcements or News
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Meetings and trainings coming up
 
Meetings:
 
 
Executive board meeting on Tuesday, August 11 at 6:00
In person at the Kutztown Tavern
 
Training or district opportunities (follow the links to register)
 
 
 
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Wine and Dine fundraiser for the Muhlenberg Rotary Club on August 15, 2026
 
 
 
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August 16, 2026 will be a double feature baby bundles drive movie event at the Strand Theater in Kutztown!
Please spread the word and start collecting donations!
 
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Student exchange picnic and peace pole dedication September 2 at 6:00
 
Join us in welcoming our new exchange student.
We are planning a special night in which we also dedicate the centennial peace pole and bench installed this summer. Accordingly, the picnic is being planned to take place at the William DeLong Memorial Park (aka Bowers Park). 
 
 
Please see the sign-up sheet here to indicate what you will bring to share at the picnic.
 
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Volunteer at the Rotary tent at Fiddle Fest on September 20
 
We will have a booth set up at Fiddle Fest to advertise our club and hopefully sell some of our raffle tickets for the amazing travel voucher prize.
 
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Meeting last week, Wednesday, August 5, 2026
 
Social night at the Kutztown Fair! 
A few members of the Kutztown Rotary Club braved the thunderstorms and celebrated a social night at the Kutztown Fair. As usual, the food was scrumptious and music by the Zeptones was fabulous! Our club knows how to do good work but knows how important it is to have fun as well!
Come join us at a meeting and see for yourself! We meet most Wednesday evenings at the Kutztown Tavern on Main Street in Kutztown.
Follow this link to get to our website.
 
CENTENNIAL SERVICE PROJECTS FOR THE
ROTARY SEVEN AREAS OF FOCUS!
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February is Peacebuilding & Conflict Prevention
A Rotary Peace Pole will be coming to our community!
Look for an unveiling ceremony at the Bowers Park coming soon!
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March is Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene 

We partnered with Help a Girl Out USA in a collection drive throughout February which was sorted and donated in March.

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April is Environmental
We have been collecting plastic since last summer and will be placing benches in both the Kutztown and Topton locations this coming year.
Please email or text your picture and the weight to Melissa Kirk or Laura McBride to get it recorded at NexTrex. 
Although we had 4 entries in the Q2 drawing we did not win a prize in the drawing. But we did recycle a lot of plastic and did a bit of good for the environment!
 
 
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July is Maternal and Child Health
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