On Wednesday, April 27, the Fleetwood Rotary Club joined the Kutztown Rotary Club for a picnic at Longswamp Park. Although the strangely frigid late April weather forced us indoors, all had a good time with lots of laughter and fellowship. Central to the festivities were the root beer floats made as a peace offering after the Kutztown Club fairly easily won a bet with the Fleetwood Club over which club could get the most members registered for the Purple Pinkie event last October. The Kutztown club donated their winnings (2 cases of root beer) and the Fleetwood club brought the ice cream and toppings. Seriously, we really enjoy spending time with the Fleetwood club and invite them to mingle anytime! We forgot to take pictures, but did we got one of our fearless leader with his root beer float.

 

 

A few members of the Kutztown Rotary Club attended the STEM YEA Reverse Raffle Fundraiser on April 30 at the Indian Valley Country Club. Terry Hart, former NASA astronaut, US Air Force fighter pilot, and telecommunications executive and current professor at Lehigh University gave a fascinating speech about his career and the importance of encouraging science in students. Although the club members in attendance did not win during the raffle, they had fun at the picture booth!

One of our newer members (and our youngest member) will be graduating from Kutztown University next weekend with a bachelor's degree in art history and a minor in anthropology. This past weekend, there was a graduation toast with President Hawkinson, which was supposed to be followed by a graduation parade down main street and a dinner in Meghan and Melissa's back yard to celebrate the occasion. The terrible weather caused the parade to be cancelled and the dinner to be moved indoors. However, the Kutztown Rotary Club was there to celebrate this momentous occasion with Meghan and her mom.

 

This week's member spotlight is Nancy Hildenbrand. Below is a bio supplied by Nancy: