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
21 – (V) Trick or treat on Main
24 - (V) Renninger's to sell raffle tickets
26 – Club Halloween event at the Strand
November – Rotary Foundation
4 – Student of the Month / Inductions
7 - (V) Renninger's to sell raffle tickets
11 – (V) Club Assembly & Thanksgiving Boxes
18 – Foundation dinner
25 – No Meeting
Meeting this week, Wednesday,
October 21, will be trick or treat on Main.
We will be handing out candy at the Hildebrand's parking lot again. Please bring candy to donate to any meeting leading up to the event or to the event itself. Please feel free to join in a potluck dinner the night of the event as well, which will take place before and during the candy hand-out time, which is 6-8.
Please feel free to sign up here to list food you will bring for the potluck.
Please sign up by 12 pm on Tuesday 10/20 so we can get a head count to organize food. If not enough Rotarians and guests sign up, the event will be opened to the public.
We are having dinner and a movie at the Strand. We will meet for food and socializing at 6:00 and then will watch Beetlejuice! Charge will be $15 for dinner. Please join the fun and feel free to wear a costume (movie-related or not).
Follow this link to sign up for items you want to bring to the club assembly meeting in the Kutztown Tavern Club Room on November 11 to create Thanksgiving holiday boxes for Friend, Inc. We are aiming to create 12 Thanksgiving boxes for area families in need and are providing suggested items on the list, along with a few blank rows for additional items people want to donate.
Spread the word for our upcoming blood drive at the Kempton Fire Company on Wednesday, December 16th. Stay tuned for more ways to volunteer!
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Last Week for the Kutztown Rotary Club
Last Wednesday, October 14th, was the October club assembly. Along with normal club business of budgets and expense approvals, the following items were discussed/presented:
Old business:
Sometime in the near future we will be switching from clubrunner to the new platform called de nova
Tom and Melissa agreed to be signers for the forms to establish a payment system on clubrunner for dues and other club payments (eg, holiday parties, etc)
Kurt agreed to take over as membership chair - rest of the committee is Jim, Melissa, Chris, and Bob
We will be establishing a rotary email address to use for rotary business, including the zoom account
New business:
We will be establishing club leadership role definitions - all officers and committee chairs are asked to provide a bulleted list describing their role and responsibilities; the lists will be available on clubrunner for all member access
An email will go out shortly for officer/board director nominations for the club and foundation boards - members were reminded that any member can nominate themselves for any position - club voting will take place at the club holiday party on December 16
The board voted to nominate Mana Kieke as president elect and an email vote is currently taking place - please remember to respond to the email if you have not already
We have been collecting plastic since last summer and have so far gotten one bench which was placed at the Boyer Park along with our Peace Pole on September 2.
Please email or text your picture and the weight toMelissa Kirk or Laura McBrideto 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!
To celebrate this area of focus, the Kutztown Rotary Club held a baby bundles drive in the months of July and August and, along with the Strand Theater, sponsored a double feature movie for the community to view a movie in exchange for a baby item donation.
Members delivered the Baby Bundles donation items to Friend, Inc and got a tour of the fabulous new facility. We enjoyed a pizza dinner from Tommy Boys and got to hear all about the renovations (current and future) and the amazing big plans Friend has to help the community.
Please follow this link to see more pictures of the Baby Bundles Drive.
