Upcoming meetings and events - click links for sign-up sheets
Bold indicates meeting in the club room,
(V) is a volunteer opportunity, (D) is a district event, BM is board meeting
May – Youth Services
7 – Student of the Month
14 – Area 3 Picnic
21 – BM; Rose Galeano-Phillips
28 – Exchange student farewell
June – Rotary Fellowships
4 – BM; RLI video meeting
11 – ToK Volunteer Training @ Park
(V) 14 – Taste of Kutztown (Saturday)
(V) 17 – Flag Day
18 – Installation of Officers @ Camp Edmar
(D) 21-25 – RI Congress in Calgary CA
25 –End of year wrap up
Meeting Wednesday, May 7
Meeting this Wednesday, May 7, will be at the Kutztown Tavern Club Room where we will celebrate the May Student of the Month event.
Each month the Kutztown Rotary Club recognizes one outstanding student each from Kutztown Area High School and Brandywine Heights Area High School. These students are selected by their school administrators and are often picked for significant improvement or overcoming challenges, accomplishments in academics, school participation, and community contributions. These students never fail to impress Rotarians with their positive impact on our community. Dinner for the student, two parents, and one school administrator will be paid for by the club - additional family and representatives from the school are always welcome.
Meet at 6:00 to get a drink and socialize. We order dinner at 6:20, followed by invocation and club news. Program starts around 7:15.
Meeting will be hybrid - live and via zoom. There will be a board meeting at 5:30 which will use the same zoom link.
Please help us earn a bench to place near the pickle ball courts we sponsored at the Kutztown Park. Use the picture below to see what type of plastic to recycle. Collect your plastic in a bag (clear plastic if you can), take a picture of the plastic, weigh the plastic, and record the weight. If you are able to, please take the recycling to Weis in Kutztown. If it is small, check to see if it can fit in the recycling bin at the front of the store. If it is too big for that bin, please ask at customer service desk (before 8:00 pm) and they will unlock the gate behind the store for you to drop it off there. Please email your picture and the weight to Melissa Kirk or Laura McBride. They will get it recorded at NexTrex and it will count towards our 1000 lbs for the bench. If you are unable to drop off the plastic yourself, please bring it to a meeting.
We are also preparing a Spring basket for the basket raffle to benefit Helping Harvest Food Bank. Please bring Spring items to a meeting by May 7 to donate to the basket.
Join us to say goodbye to our exchange student, Leander!
Exchange student picnic will be on Wednesday, May 28th at the Longswamp Township Community Park (1117 State Street, Mertztown, PA 19539)
We will gather at 6:00 and plan to eat at 6:30, followed by a goodbye presentation from Leander. Follow the link here or copy the one below for the sign-up sheet.
Meeting last Wednesday, April 30, was our Centennial update hosted by Chairwoman Florita Hobaugh.
Please follow the link below to see the slides that were presented at the meeting. We are looking for volunteers for all committees. Please direct questions to the following:
In addition, during Bob's Council time in Chicago, he visited the Rotary headquarters in Evanston and brought back a banner to present to our Club President, Marie.
Kutztown Rotary Club will celebrate a 100-year anniversary in April of 2026 and so is celebrating the whole year of 2026!
Please attend the April 30 Rotary Club meeting for fun updates on our amazing Centennial plans!
To kick things off, we are starting our
Centennial Service Campaign - Celebrating Rotary's 7 Areas of Focus (April, Environmental Service) with a NexTrex challenge recycling program. Follow this link to see what type of plastics to start saving. We will update with drop off instructions soon!
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