Club News

Joan Knoertzer began the proceedings with a wonderful prelude. From her keyboard came beautiful renditions of “Sweet Georgia Brown,” “You’re the Top,” and “I Get a Kick Out of You,” among others; all designed to extend a musical red carpet to our STRIVE students, their parents, and our speakers. Dave Keren, STRIVE Committee chair, gave […]

On Monday, May 13, twenty members of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor invested their time and talent during an afternoon devoted to strategic planning last Monday.  Bev Seiford professionally guided the group through a series of interactive exercises designed to build a framework for the next two years.  President Elect Rosemarie invited the participants […]

At the board meeting on Tuesday night, there was a question of what constitutes a “Large Club” in the Rotary universe. While John White has not found that RI has an official definition, he did have a list of the 100 largest clubs as of July 1, 2017. (Click here for the list.) As you […]

Your Help is Requested!   Have you been given a gift card that you’ve not had the opportunity to use? Or, a bottle of wine that might not be quite to your taste? We can use your unused gift cards and bottles of wine to raise funds at our upcoming Golf & Tennis Outing. Please […]

The annual Spring Fling was held on Mothers Day 2019 at the  Hudson Car Museum in Ypsilanti, and a good time was had by the many Rotarians in attendance, as the photos below testify.

President Greg struck the Rotary bell, and everyone rose to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” to Tom Strode’s delightful accompaniment. Along with the prelude, this would be just the opening salvo to a remarkable meeting filled with music. Inspiration: Jim Irwin, tanned, rested, but clearly still overheated by Florida’s sun, bounded to the podium. “Here are […]

It wasn’t pretty, but on Thursday, May 2, your bowling team won the Ann Arbor Service Clubs League championship. Facing the tough Michigan Bowling 2 team, the squad, consisting of Dick Elwell, Sara Maddock, Norm Herbert, Chris Georgandellis, and Dan Romanchik, hung in there just long enough to take the title. (Collyer Smith and Spaulding […]

Editors note: Due to size of articles- there is a limited amount of images that can be placed. For additional pictures of our very special event: The Robert S. Northrup Humanitarian Award- Holocaust Survivor Dr. Irene Butter— please click on:    https://photos.app.goo.gl/kYL7wzqdeZGZhWms8 Joan Knoertzer’s dulcet chords provided the perfect prelude to our meeting in Weber’s large […]

Fellow Rotarian Steve Schram, Executive Director and General Manager of Michigan Public Media, was recently honored to announce that Michigan Radio is the proud recipient of a prestigious Peabody Award for their limited-run podcast Believed. Click here to read more on this award and the podcast.

On Wednesday, April 24, Rotary Club of Ann Arbor awarded the second annual 2019 Robert S. Northrup Humanitarian Award to Dr. Irene Butter. Dr. Butter is a Holocaust survivor, champion of peace and justice and University of Michigan Emerita Professor of Public Health. She is the co-founder of the Raoul Wallenberg Medal and Lecture at U […]