Kutztown Rotary Club
Weekly Bulletin 

Volume 3 | Issue 32

Bulletin for the week of September 6, 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
 
 
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) Topton Fire Company Breakfast
30 – Field trip (Longswamp history museum)
October – Community Economic Development
 
3 - (V) Potato Harvest
6 - Club runner tutorial (zoom)
7 – Student of the month / Inductions
14 – Club assembly
21 – (V) Trick or treat on Main
28 – Club Halloween party
 
Meeting this week, Wednesday, September 9 is the District Governor visit at the Tavern Club Room.
 
Come meet the new District Governor for District 7430 and hear about all of the wonderful things planned for the year ahead. Jeremiah Sensinig is a member of the West Reading - Wyomissing Rotary Club.
 

Club Board Members are asked to stay afterwards for a short meeting with Jeremiah. 

Meeting will be live and zoom. Please contact Melissa, Laura, or Rose if you plan to attend by zoom so we know to let you in from the waiting room.


Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87228909315?pwd=Z7yUdni8AHRlg0KD1tHCkem4fEaMYA.1

 
Meeting ID: 872 2890 9315
Passcode: 456324
____________________________________________________________
Important Announcements or News
__________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
Meetings and trainings coming up
 
Meetings:
 
 
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)
 
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
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.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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. 
 
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
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.
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
 
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Volunteer opportunity!
The Kutztown Rotary and Friends will harvest potatoes for The Potato Project on October 3, 2026. 
Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Becker’s St. Peter’s Church, 225 Lake Road, Fleetwood, PA 19522
Contact Bob Hobaugh to RSVP (RotarianBob@hometownu.biz).
Visit the event calendar for more information.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 __________________
 
 
 
 
 
Kutztown Rotary Club last week
 
On Wednesday, September 2, 2026, the Kutztown Rotary Club celebrated our new exchange student Anton from Finland, with a picnic at the William DeLong Memorial Park (aka Bowers Park). In addition, we dedicated our Peace Pole installed at the park as part of our ongoing Centennial Celebration. Among a host of other activities, we have been hosting service projects throughout the year dedicated to the 7 Rotary Areas of Focus. February is Peace Building and Conflict Prevention.
 
Please visit our Centennial subpage of our website at this link to see a story of the dedication ceremony.
 
In addition, visit this photo album page to see addition pictures from the day. 
 
 
CENTENNIAL SERVICE PROJECTS FOR THE
ROTARY SEVEN AREAS OF FOCUS!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
February is Peacebuilding & Conflict Prevention
A Rotary Peace Pole has been laced in our community!
Please see the story above.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
April is Environmental
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 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!
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
July is Maternal and Child Health
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.
 
 
 
Please add mailservice@clubrunner.ca to your safe sender list or address book.
To view our privacy policy, click here.
 
ClubRunner
102-2060 Winston Park Drive, Oakville, ON, L6H 5R7