Kutztown Rotary Club
Weekly Bulletin

Volume 1 | Issue 27

 
Welcome to our new weekly bulletin! Here you can:
  • Get a list of upcoming events and meetings (along with sign up links)
  • Get the details and zoom link for the upcoming meeting
  • Find out any important announcements
  • See what we covered during the last weekly meeting
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Upcoming meetings and events - click links for sign-up sheets
Bold indicates meeting in the club room, name is member assigned to the meeting,
(V) is a volunteer opportunity, (D) is a district event, BM is board meeting
December – Disease Prevention & Treatment
 
 
25 – No Meeting, Christmas Holiday
January – Vocational Services
 
1 – No meeting, New Year’s Day
8 – Student of the Month
15 –Service event in the club room
22 – BM; Club Assembly
(V) 26 – Kutztown Kitchen
29 – Semper Fi & America’s Fund

 

No meeting December 25, 2025 and January 1, 2025.
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Important Announcements or News
 
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2025 Membership Renewal
 
It is that time again to think about the new membership year. Bills for 2025 dues will be going out later this month and will need to be paid by the end of January. It is very important that we find out before the end of the year who is renewing their membership for the next year. 
 IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY, PLEASE RESPOND TO THE EMAIL YOU RECEIVED ABOUT MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL AND LET US KNOW IF YOU INTEND TO CONTINUE IN ROTARY IN 2025 AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PAY YOUR DUES IN FULL IN JANUARY OR HALF IN JANUARY AND HALF IN JULY.
 
If we do not hear from you by December 20, 2024, you will be removed from the Kutztown Rotary Club roster. 
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Call to Kutztown Rotarians for Grant Training
  It is grant application time through March 30, 2025 for both District Grants and Global Grants. In order to participate in grants, more than 1 person in each club needs to complete the grant training, which is then good for 3 years.  Training expired this year for all but one member in the Kutztown club, so we need members to get the training. Members who are grant trained are responsible for writing and coordinating grants.
 
Grant Training will be held by ZOOM on January 13, 2025, at 6:00 pm
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT 
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Our next service event - Sunday January 26
 
Kutztown Kitchen at Trinity Lutheran Church on January 26 (2:30 for set-up). The sign-up sheet accounts for approximately 75 dinners, which we will be serving in person, and will be available soon. Please save your receipts as we will be reimbursing members for food purchases.
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Reminder on Club meeting responsibilities!
Club members are responsible for meetings throughout the year. Some meetings each month are assigned to a club member and that member is responsible for providing the program for that night (and the invocation). Please tell the club secretary (Melissa Kirk) who/what your programming will be as early as you can, but no later than 6 weeks before your date. If you cannot provide a program for your assigned date, please switch with someone and let Melissa know as soon as possible. The current meeting list will be updated regularly and can be found at this link. 
 
On deck for January and February are: Chris Volk (Feb 12) and Bob Hobaugh (Feb 26).
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Meeting December 18 - Club Holiday Party
Meeting last Wednesday, December 18, was our holiday party and annual vote.
 
 
We had a lot of fun at our annual Christmas exchange, Christmas sweater, and annual vote party. To add a little more cheer, we also wrote out 140 Christmas cards to residents in the senior living facilities in Kutztown and Topton. After dinner, we were treated to the famous Kutztown Tavern custard pies.
 
 
 
Congrats to the 2025-2026 Rotary year officers and board members. Below is the elected list of officers and board members.
 
Club Officers and Board 2025-2026
President –Rose Galeano-Phillips 
President Elect (2026-2027 president)– vacant
Vice President (2027-2028 president) - vacant 
Secretary – Melissa Kirk
Treasurer – Joni McPike
Directors –Erin Bailey, Jim Springer, Chris Volk
 
Past President – Marie DeFilipps (not an elected position)
Sgt.-at-Arms – Willem Hordijk (not an elected position)
 
Foundation Officers and Board 2025-2026
Foundation President – Florita Hobaugh
Foundation Treasurer – Joni McPike
Foundation Secretary – Tom Kulp
Directors – Ralph Capristo, Mike Collins, Holly Diefenderfer, Kurt Rohrbach, Doug Wunder
 
Please visit the photo album at the link below and feel free to upload more pictures if you have them. 
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