Club News

Please submit your ideas for the next recipient of the Robert S. Northrup Humanitarian Award, named after our own club member Rob Northrup, in recognition of his lifelong humanitarian work. Nominees can be residents of any part of the world.  However, the recipient will be asked to present a 25-minute presentation to our Club on […]

Member Bob Mull was recently interviewed by WEMU on the VITA Tax Clinic that our Club supports. The interview is scheduled to air on Monday morning, November 25, during Morning Edition at 7:49 am, again at 9:49 am, and then again later in the afternoon. Don’t forget to listen in!

Our Bylaws state that an Annual Meeting shall be held on the first Wednesday in December in each year to conduct the business of the club.  Our business in the first half of the meeting includes:   Election of Directors and Officers Approve Bylaw Changes – Emeritus Membership Ann Arbor Rotary Endowment – Report   […]

On Friday, November 8 Rotarians Karen Driggs and Ebru Misirli Mansfield joined Sally Petersen at the Michigan Chapter of Best Buddies International inaugural gala at the Gem Theater in Detroit. The gala was to celebrate the successful fundraising activities of 13 local Champions. Our own Sally Petersen was one of those Champions! Best Buddies is […]

President Rosemarie, no longer sporting purple hair, opened the meeting at 12:25pm. Don Duquette started the meeting with thoughtful words: “Today we celebrate our Rotary Foundation and the work that it does around the world. The task we set ourselves to is enormous. Service above Self. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. […]

Girls on the Run is a nation wide organization that helps the more than 200 local councils to organize young girls in 3rd through 8th grade to come out after school to participate in an enrichment and running program.  The program inspires self confidence, teaches life skills, and gets girls who may not have other […]

Our Executive Director Lori Walters would like to remind you that we will not be having our weekly luncheon meetings on the week of Thanksgiving (Nov 27), Christmas (Dec 25), or New Year’s (Jan 1) — that leaves us with 9 more meetings at Weber’s before we return to the Michigan Union!

The annual Hire MI Vet career fair, which aims to help military veterans and their families find meaningful employment, was held Nov. 5 in the Morris Lawrence Building. The event is a joint effort of Hire MI Vet and Washtenaw Community College with the assistance of members of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. Our […]

Incoming President Joanne announced on 30 October 2019 the slate of club officers for 2020-2021. Club by-laws specify that the slate must be presented at at least 30 days before voting at the Annual Club Assembly, which will be December 4. The slate included: Sergeant-at-Arms: Karen Wasco Director of Public Image: Lauren Heinonen Director of […]

Take the “Ann Arbor Rotary Challenge!” (an invitation from John White) – This one doesn’t involve a bucket of ice water dumped on your head so please read on. What I am suggesting is that you take on the challenge of wearing your Rotary pin every day for a week or so. The idea is […]