Lauren Heinonen

Leo Shedden, the leader of our STRIVE Mentor group, worked with Marissa Bailey-Johnson (Pathways counselor) in arranging to have the Pathways to Success seniors and the Ann Arbor Rotary Club mentors meet in groups of 2 students for about 10-15 minutes on November 9, 2018 and December 14, 2018. The purpose of these meetings was […]

On a bright and sunny January 5th, a group of a dozen Rotarians from the Ann Arbor Rotary Club assembled at Mobility Worldwide in Milan to spend a few hours building mobility carts that will transform the lives of disabled people half a world away. After some brief training the group got to work and […]

The STRIVE Committee started its 20th year of working with the seniors at the Pathways to Success Academic Campus by introducing the program to the Pathways seniors at their all-school assembly on November 2, 2018.  Dave Keren, Lauren Heinonen, and Leo Shedden presented highlights of the program to the students at this assembly. Students were […]

Cass Community Social Services, the organization spearheading the Detroit Tiny Homes Project that we have been involved with, hosted an open house with tours of the six newest tiny homes over Labor Day weekend. More than 500 people attended, including a handful of our own members. The homes have come a long way from the […]

Many of our members bought tags to place on the 100 trees that were planted at the D6380 Conference in early May. Almost all the trees have now been planted in 8 parks in Ypsilanti. Are you wondering where your tree is? We now have an easy way to find out! Click here to be taken […]

This past weekend, nearly 40 District 6380 Rotarians, a U-M Rotaractor, and members of the community put on their steel-toed boots and leather gloves—a change in pace from the typical business attire and nice lunches—and got to work putting 100 trees in the ground in various parks in Ypsilanti. The efforts were lead by Ann […]

As you may know, a goal for 2018 is for every Rotarian to plant a tree. That said, Scott Nelson (past president of Ann Arbor North Club) is leading an effort to plant 100 trees as a wrap up to the district conference the first week of May. The trees will be planted in Ypsilanti […]