Upcoming meetings and events - click links for sign-up sheets
Bold indicates meeting in the club room, (V) is a volunteer opportunity
February – Peacebuilding & Conflict Prevention
18 – Game night
25 – 4 Way Test
March – Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
4 – Student of the Month and Rotary speaker
11 – Club assembly
18 – Social/service night
(V) 22 – Kutztown Kitchen
25 – People of Action Award
Wednesday, February 18th, Kutztown Rotary
is hosting a Game Night
Join us for an evening of friendly competition and comradery! We will have a game night at the Kutztown Tavern club room. Games will be provided,
but feel free to bring a game you enjoy.
As usual, arrive at 6:00 to get a drink at the bar - we will order dinner around 6:30, do a little club business and then play games while we eat and chat.
Centennial Service Project - Collection Drive in February!
March is Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Month
We are partnering with Help a Girl Out USA in a collection drive throughout February for feminine products and diapers to be donated to organizations in Berks County.
Help a Girl Out USA is a grassroots initiative providing empowerment and dignity to women and girls throughout Berks and Schuylkill counties. Below is a link to an Amazon wish list. Please contact a Rotary member to make a donation or drop off a donation during our club meeting at the Kutztown Tavern Club Room between 6:00 and 8:00 on Wednesday February 18th or 25th.
Reading Royals vs Greenville Swamp Rabbits
Santander Arena
Saturday, February 28th
Calling all Rotarians and friends of Rotary! Areas 3 and 4 are getting together for a night of Royals Hockey. $5 from every ticket sold will be donated back to the Rotary Club mentioned during ticket purchase.
Puck drops at 7pm
Arrive early for the Snuggie Giveaway and pre-game women in sports panel
Kutztown Rotary is participating in Scholastic Art Awards Contest
Kutztown University is the home to the East Central Pennsylvania Scholastic Art Awards for students in grades 7-12. The exhibition of student artwork is in the KU Miller Gallery located in the Sharadin Arts Building. The artwork will be on display until the recognition ceremony on March 1st in the KU Schaeffer Auditorium.
There were over 800 submissions from 27 local schools, and KAHS earned 16 awards. The Kutztown Rotary has agreed to present a "Kutztown Rotary Young Artist Award" for $100 to one of the 16 KAHS students that have been selected to participate.
On February 16th Doug and Marie will meet at 1:00pm at the Miller Gallery to jury 16 Kutztown High School students' art selections for the award. The artwork will be on display until the recognition ceremony taking place on March 1st from 2:00 to 3:00 pm in the KU Schaeffer Auditorium.
Kutztown Kitchen at Trinity Lutheran Church on March 22 volunteer opportunity.
We will be serving our famous Irish stew! Sign up here at the google doc to bring food and/or help for cooking at 12:00 or set up/serve/clean up starting at 2:30.
Seven Rotary Districts in conjunction with Lincoln Leadership Institute.
Information and link for registration can be found here.
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Kutztown Rotary Farmers' Night
Last Wednesday, February 11, the Kutztown Rotary Club hosted its 89th annual Farmers Night with 180 farmers and other guests, including Fleetwood Rotary Club. Speakers included PA Grange President Matt Espenshade, Senator Judy Schwank, and FFA students from Oley, Brandywine and Kutztown High Schools. The students again very much enjoyed the milk chugging contest with milk supplied by Way-Har Farms, the owners of which were our Farm Family of the Year.
Special thanks to Kaleigh Grim and Bob Hobaugh for organizing the event as well as all of the Rotarians on the Farmers' Night committee for all their hard work.
A Rotary Peace Pole will be coming to our community as well as a peace poster contest for students in the Kutztown and Brandywine school districts! Look for an unveiling ceremony coming soon!
We have been collecting plastic since last summer and will be placing benches in both the Kutztown and Topton locations this coming year.
Although the NexTrex recycling program has changed, we are going to continue to collect. Please email or text your picture and the weight to Melissa Kirk or Laura McBride to get it recorded at NexTrex.
Help us celebrate our centennial with a Roaring 20's theme party.
Tickets on sale now for our 100th Anniversary dinner party held April 1, 2026, at the Astor Event Center in Allentown. Guest speakers include TRF Trustee and RI Director-Elect Marty Helman.
Tickets are $75.00 and can be purchased by check through a Kutztown Rotary member or on Eventbrite at this link.
5:30-6:30 cocktail reception with cash bar
6:30-8:00 dinner and speaker program
8:30 - music, dancing, costume contest, selfies with props
1920's era costume or cocktail attire
Event registration closes Wednesday, March 19, 2026
