Kutztown Rotary Club
Weekly Bulletin 

Volume 2 | Issue 39

Bulletin for the week of October 5, 2025

  
Upcoming meetings and events - click links for sign-up sheets
Bold indicates meeting in the club room, (V) is a volunteer opportunity
 
October – Community Economic Development
 
 
8 – Club Assembly
15 – Night at the Races social event
(V) 18 – Race to Zero
22 – (V) Trick or treat on Main (Rain date Oct 29)
29 – Field trip to Historical Society (Oct 22 possibilty)
November – Rotary Foundation
 
5 – Student of the Month (Nov/Dec)
12 – Club Assembly
19– Foundation dinner
26 – No Meeting – Thanksgiving
 
Meeting Wednesday, October 1st
 
Meeting on Wednesday, October 8, will be at the Tavern club room for our October club assembly. It will be an open board meeting with updates from club committee leads. Please join the meeting and find out what is happening in the club and how you can play an active part!
 
Meet at 6:00 to grab a drink and socialize. Dinner will be a pizza and salad dinner for $11. Meeting will start at 6:30. Please send an email to Melissa (or let someone else know) if you will be joining the zoom call. Zoom link can be found below:
 
Meeting ID: 823 9102 9033
Passcode: 976827
 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82391029033?pwd=osJBmtgecHd95D6rqxloaZPCqyI562.1
Zoom link
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Important Announcements or News
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Meetings coming up
 
Foundation meeting on Tuesday, October 14 at 6:30
 
Meeting ID: 870 9324 4748
Passcode:742677
 
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87093244748?pwd=ficwYdFNdr9icZPdiGHIJ6fKFHdlpH.1
 
Centennial dinner committee meeting on Thursday, October 16 at 6:30
Meeting ID: 867 5666 5958
Passcode: 282235
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86756665958?pwd=KvnbOb8is309HVvMJsXOziRlLKRx6X.1
 
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Volunteer Opportunity!
 
Support the Schuylkill River Greenways grant project 
Saturday October 11
Please come out and help us with our grant with the Schuylkill River Greenways Association to repair and improve the ADA accessible ramp leading to the Hamburg Bridge on the Schuylkill River Trail on Saturday October 11, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. 
 
Please sign up here if you can help out sanding and staining the ramp.
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Race to Zero Event, Saturday October 18
Join the Rotary District 7430 "Race to Zero - Let's End Polio." This is a family-friendly event with a chip-timed 5k Run, a 5k Walk, and a 1-mile Fun Run/Walk. The race begins at Simmons Elementary School in Horsham and runs along the Horsham Powerline Trail. Follow the link below for more details and to register.
Look for the Kutztown Rotary Group in the donation/registration list.
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Booze, Buck$, and Bags Bingo
A Kutztown Rotary Centennial Fundraiser!
Purchase tickets below - follow the QR code.
Volunteers are needed to make this event possible.
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Area 3/4 Holiday Party December 10, 2025, at Moselem Springs Golf Club
 
6:00 PM | Social Hour | Cash Bar | Raffle ticket sales
7:00 PM Dinner | $60/Person Buffet | 8:00 PM Raffle
Please sign up here and submit payment by November 30
Party is limited to 80 participants, so sign up early! 
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Kutztown Rotary meeting last week,
Wednesday October 1
Student of the Month, District Governor Visit 
And More!

Last Wednesday, October 1, members of the Kutztown Rotary Club celebrated the Student of the Month ceremony. 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. Pictures above show Kamryn from Brandywine and Joslyn from Kutztown who were celebrated for October. 

Both Kamryn and Joslyn addressed the club members at the Ceremony where they demonstrated qualities of exemplary students. They entertained questions from the club members showed off their talents. The ceremony normally occurs during the Kutztown Rotary meeting on the first Wednesday of the month at the Kutztown Tavern, where the weekly meetings for the club generally take place.
In addition to student of the month, we traded flags with our exchange student, Luna, as well as Craig Bower of the Cross Timbers Rotary Club in Dallas - Fort Worth.
We also welcomed District Governor Mary Cook who spoke to us about the Rotary Action Plan and presented a $7,000 check to Brandywine Heights for pickleball courts at the high school as a legacy gift for our upcoming Centennial celebration year starting in January 2026. Come visit us at a meeting to learn more about all the great things we do and all we have planned for the community during our centennial year of celebration! 
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Centennial Celebration Corner
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Kutztown Rotary Club will celebrate a 100-year anniversary in
April of 2026 and we are celebrating the whole year of 2026!
Our tentative timeline is shown here:
 
 
NexTrex recycling program - Keep up the great work!
We are almost there!
Just 16 pounds to reach the goal!
But keep on collecting - we are doing a second bench as well. Just continue to send pictures of your drop off and let us know the weight.
 
 Please email or text your picture and the weight to Melissa Kirk or Laura McBride to get it recorded at NexTrex to count towards our 1000 lbs for the bench. If you are unable to drop off the plastic yourself, please bring it to a meeting.
 
 
 
 
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