Kutztown Rotary Club
Weekly Bulletin 

Volume 3 | Issue 31

Bulletin for the week of August 30, 2026

  
Upcoming meetings and events - click links for sign-up sheets
Bold indicates meeting in the club room, (V) is a volunteer opportunity
 
September – Basic Education & Literacy
Dictionary Distribution - TBD
 
2 – Exchange student picnic
9 – District Governor Visit (Board
meets after the meeting)
16 – Social - Art class with Marie
19 – (V) Fall Fest
20 – (V) Potato Harvest
20 - (V) Fiddle Fest
23 – Club assembly / Inductions
27 - (V) Toptop Fire Company Breakfast
30 – Field trip (Longswamp history museum)
October – Community Economic Development
 
6 - Club runner tutorial
7 – Student of the month / Inductions
14 – Club assembly
21 – (V) Trick or treat on Main
28 – Club Halloween
 
Meeting this week, Wednesday, September 2, 
is the student exchange picnic and peace pole dedication at Bowers Park at 6:00.
 
Join us in welcoming our new exchange student Anton.
We are planning a special night in which we also dedicate the centennial peace pole and bench installed this summer. Accordingly, the picnic is being planned to take place at the William DeLong Memorial Park (aka Bowers Park). 
 
 
Please see the sign-up sheet here to indicate what you will bring to share at the picnic.
 
Please check the calendar to note any changes in plans due to rain.
 
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Important Announcements or News
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Meetings and trainings coming up
 
Meetings:
 
 
TOK committee meeting, Monday, August 31
 
Foundation Board meeting Thursday, September 10 at 7:00 via zoom
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86533946523?pwd=ij0zbukEgIktHUwNq7DHkXDlCKTp4
 
 
Officer meeting on Tuesday September 29 at 7:00 via zoom
 
Zoom link coming soon
 
 
 
Training or district opportunities (follow the links to register)
 
 
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Student exchange picnic and peace pole dedication September 2 at 6:00
 
Join us in welcoming our new exchange student.
We are planning a special night in which we also dedicate the centennial peace pole and bench installed this summer. Accordingly, the picnic is being planned to take place at the William DeLong Memorial Park (aka Bowers Park). 
 
 
Please see the sign-up sheet here to indicate what you will bring to share at the picnic.
 
Please check the calendar to note any changes in plans due to rain.
 
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Club Social on Wednesday, September 16 - Sign up for an art class with Marie!
 
 
Cost is $25 and we are limited to 12 people. Please sign up here.
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Volunteer opportunity at Kutztown Fall Fest on Main
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JdYgb--Ummu6nifTJKWKjNgn9d9q50aiWt5pvfcFZQc/edit?usp=sharing
 
Fall Fest on Main is back! Saturday, September 19, 2026, from 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM. This annual event is hosted by Kutztown Community Partnership (KCP) to bring together our community and highlight our diverse local businesses. 
 
 
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Volunteer at the Rotary tent at Fiddle Fest on September 20
 
We will have a booth set up at Fiddle Fest to advertise our club and hopefully sell some of our raffle tickets for the amazing travel voucher prize.
 
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Volunteer opportunity!
 
We are setting up a table at the Topton Fire Company Breakfast to sell raffle tickets. The breakfast is 7:00 am to noon. We need 2 volunteers for 2 time slots (7-9:30 and 9:30 to noon). Please sign up here.
 
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Kutztown Rotary Club last week
For the club meeting on Wednesday, August 26, 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 that the Kutztown Rotary Club had to celebrate the July Area of Service: Maternal and Child Health. As part of our yearlong Centennial Celebration, we are doing a service project for each of the Seven Rotary Avenues of Service.
 
 
 
 
 
CENTENNIAL SERVICE PROJECTS FOR THE
ROTARY SEVEN AREAS OF FOCUS!
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February is Peacebuilding & Conflict Prevention
A Rotary Peace Pole will be coming to our community!
Look for an unveiling ceremony at the Bowers Park coming soon!
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March is Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene 

We partnered with Help a Girl Out USA in a collection drive throughout February which was sorted and donated in March.

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April is Environmental
We have been collecting plastic since last summer and will be placing benches in both the Kutztown and Topton locations this coming year.
Please email or text your picture and the weight to Melissa Kirk or Laura McBride to 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!
 
 
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July is Maternal and Child Health
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