Upcoming meetings and events - click links for sign-up sheets
Bold indicates meeting in the club room, (V) is a volunteer opportunity
November – Rotary Foundation
11 – (V) Apparel presentation &
Thanksgiving Boxes
18 – Night of Giving (aka Foundation dinner)
25 – No Meeting
December – Disease Prevention & Treatment
2 – Dinner Around the World raffle drawing
9 – Area 3/4 Holiday Party
16 – (V) Centennial blood drive
16 – Annual Vote and Holiday party
23 & 30 - No meeting (Christmas holiday)
Meeting this week, Wednesday,
November 11, will be Thanksgiving Boxes for Friend and Statement Apparel.
Statement Apparel will be at this meeting to present some garments and pricing for members to purchase Kutztown Rotary Garb. It will be an informational meeting - we will then start to organize how we will order the garments.
In addition, we will be packing Thanksgiving boxes for Friend, Inc
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.
Notice for club and foundation elections coming up in December!
Nominations for all officer and board director positions for both the club and foundation boards are currently open. If you are interested in being put on the ballot for any position, please contact a current board member. Please remember that any member can nominate themselves for any position. The ballot list will be announced by December 1st, and club voting will take place at the club holiday party on December 16th.
Current officers and board members are listed below.
New nominees are listed in blue.
PLEASE CONTACT CLUB SECRETARY MELISSA KIRK (melissakrotary@gmail.com) IF YOUR NAME IS BELOW AND YOU DO NOT WANT TO RUN FOR THAT POSTION FOR THE 2027/2028 ROTARY YEAR SO WE CAN GRAY OUT AND ITALICIZE YOUR NAME SO EVERYONE CAN SEE WHAT WILL NOT BE INCLUDED ON THE BALLOT.
Current (2026-2027) Club Officers and Board
President – Laura McBride and Rose Galeano-Phillips
President Elect (ie, president for 2027-2028) – Mana Watanabe
Vice President (ie, president elect for 2027-2028) - Erin Bailey
Secretary – Melissa Kirk
Treasurer – Joni McPike
Past President – Rose Galeano-Phillips
Sgt.-at-Arms – Willem Hordijk
Directors – Erin Bailey, Bob Brad, Amy Sheller, Chris Volk, Doug Wunder
Current (2026/2027) Foundation Officers and Board
Foundation President – Florita Hobaugh
Foundation Treasurer – Joni McPike
Foundation Secretary – Tom Kulp
Directors – Ralph Capristo, Mike Collins, George Muugi, Julie Pummer
Ex officio – Laura McBride and Rose Galeano-Phillips
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, November 4th, 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.
Shown here are Kiley Hess from Brandywine Heights School District and Owen Macfarlane from Kutztown Area school district. Both students addressed the club members at the Ceremony where they demonstrated qualities of exemplary students. They also entertained questions from the club members and showed off their talents and abilities.
This month we also heard about all of the wonderful things going on at both school districts. The Kutztown Rotary Club recently donated $5000 to the PAWS project for the Kutztown Area School District and the Superintendent, Christian Temchatin, gave the members an update of that program as well as a number of other exciting programs happening in the district. Assistant Principal for Brandywine Heights, James Strohecker was also in attendance and updated the members on a number of events and programs coming up for the Brandywine Height School District as well. The Kutztown Rotary members were very happy to welcome them both.
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. We wish Kiley and Owen the best of luck in their future endeavors
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.
