The Rotary Club of
Kutztown
 
Chartered 1926
Transition Month with Kutztown Rotary Club!
July 2023 Bulletin
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Annual Pete Keegan Scavenger Hunt
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Pete Keegan Scavenger hunt - The Over the Hill Gang, led by members Peter and Ellen Overcast. This year, we enjoyed a fun (but hot) jaunt from Kutztown to Topton to collect clues and ended the night at Hermann's Drive In for dinner, ice cream, and socializing. Join us next year for this fun, friendly competition.
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Some July Meetings
On July 12, our new outbound exchange student, Ava, told us a little about herself and the things she hopes to do in her year in Argentina. We wish her the best of luck and can't wait to see all of the wonderful pictures she will bring to show us next year.
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Exploring the Kutztown Community Library
 
Member Holly Diefenderfer treated members to a tour of the Kutztown Community Library on July 19 to hear Director Janet Yost and Youth Librarian Tara Sanders gave a very informative presentation on the berks County library system in general and Kutztown specifically, followed by a tour of the library. It was wonderful to learn about all of the helpful programs and resources the library has to offer. A special thank you to Holly for providing a pizza dinner for the evening. 
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Field Trip to Omnitech
Member Jim Springer organized a tour of Omnitech Automation for July 26, followed by dinner and libations at Saucony Brewpub, Kutztown. Omnitech is a business that designs and builds automated machinery for American manufacturers. Teh company's owner, Fred Hafer, gave a presentation on what the company does and some of the large manufacturers it has as clients and then gave us a tour of the facility. What an amazing company to have here in Kutztown.
 
Stories
When Not at Work - Members at Play
Along with serving the community, members of the Kutztown Rotary Club like to be social. We do social hour meetings throughout the year, we have movie club meetings at area venues, and enjoy social activities with other clubs.
 
In July for Movie Night, we went to Kurt's house, watched a movie outside at Tom's house (see picture collage below), went to Weathered Vineyards to see the Woodside Avenue Band (see picture collage), and went to Ozgood's for prime rib. 
 
Also in July, we volunteered at the Kutztown Folk Festival and 2 members participated in handing out food for the Healthy Harvest Foods Bank in Hamburg Middle School with the Hamburg Rotary Satellite Club, made up of members who are young adults on the Autism Spectrum (see picture collage below).  
 
Visit our calendar on our website to learn where you can find us and come out to see how we do good and have fun!
 
Picnic and movie outside at Tom's house.
 
Weathered Vineyards with Woodside Avenue.
 
Healthy Harvest Food Pantry at Hamburg Middle School with the Hamburg young adults on the spectrum satellite club.
 
Member spotlight - Club and Foundation Board members
 
Someone forgot to get a member spotlight this month, so we will honor the newly sworn in Club and Foundation Board members who put in a lot of time and effort to make the Rotary year run smoothly.
 
Club board members pictured below from Installation Night are Jim Springer, Marie DeFilipps, Soni Diaz, Melissa Kirk, Joni McPike, Kurt Rohrbach, and Ellen Overcast. Not present at installation were Alex Meynardi and Meredith Drumheller.
 
Foundation Board members picture below from Installation Night are Florita Hobaugh, Holly Diefenderfer, Ellen Overcast, Joni McPike, Melissa Kirk, Nancy Hildenbrand, and Kurt Rohrbach. Not present at installation were Tom Kulp and Mike Collins.
 
 
Club Information
Welcome to Kutztown Rotary
Service Above Self
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Kutztown Tavern-Club Room
272 West Main Street
Kutztown, PA 19530
United States of America
6 PM to Order Dinner 7 PM Meeting Start Time
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Volunteer for Dinner on Main Aug 4
Volunteer for Kutztown Day August 6
Volunteer for Das Awkscht Fescht
Volunteer for Brake the Cycle of Poverty Aug 11
Sign up for dinner at Yellow House on August 30
District Happenings
Vibrant Club Summit Oct 7
Upcoming Events
Club meeting - Financial literacy
Kutztown Tavern
Aug 02, 2023
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
 
Volunteer for Das Awkscht Fescht
Aug 04, 2023 – Aug 06, 2023
 
Volunteer at dinner on main
Aug 04, 2023
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
 
Movie Club - Dinner on Main
Hildenbrand Funeral Home
Aug 04, 2023
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
 
Volunteer for Kutztown Day
Kutztown Community Park
Aug 06, 2023
11:30 AM - 8:30 PM
 
Social Night at the Kutztown Fair
Kutztown Fair Grounds
Aug 09, 2023
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
 
Volunteer for Brake the Cycle of Poverty
Aug 12, 2023
6:30 AM – 2:30 PM
 
TOK Volunteer dinner
Market Cafe
Aug 16, 2023
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
 
Club and Board meeting
Kutztown Tavern
Aug 23, 2023
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
 
Social night - Dinner at Yellow House
Yellow House
Aug 30, 2023
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
 
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