Family of Rotary

The June issue of the Ann Arbor Observer includes a general advertisement inviting readers to consider learning more about any or all of the eight Rotary clubs in Washtenaw County. Three are in Ann Arbor with one each in Chelsea, Dexter, Milan, Saline, and Ypsilanti. The ad is on page 9. Please feel free to […]

The latest issue of the weekly newsletter from the local Kiwanis Club notes that their Thrift Sale has been selected as one of Kiwanis International’s top ten Signature Projects in the world for clubs over 27 members. The final three will be announced on June 9 as part of Kiwanis International’s Annual Convention. Click here […]

April 25 is World Malaria Day and Rotary International, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and World Vision are hard at work implementing Rotary’s first Program of Scale, Partners for a Malaria Free Zambia.  This $6 million grant is training over 2,500 community health workers to diagnose and treat active malaria cases in their home […]

Good day Fellow District 6380 Rotarians This years Rotary Convention is coming up fast and we need to have our Flights secured! June 4-8, 2022 will be the next Rotary International Convention in Houston, Texas I am asking you all to Register today to take advantage of the lower fees, make flight reservations to fly with me […]

“I am standing puzzled, unable to decide whether the veil is really being lifted, or lowered more firmly in place; whether I am witnessing a revelation or a more efficient blinding.”      What will you be doing during the Black History Month? 2022 marks the 70th anniversary of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. A novel “judged […]

As we all know, Rotary Clubs are to be comprised of members representing a wide range of professions and occupations. A large club like ours has not had to worry too much about that guidance but it is worthwhile to take stock of our situation every once in a while. On January 12, a small […]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an adult victim of polio, founds the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which he later renamed the March of Dimes Foundation, on January 3, 1938. A predominantly childhood disease in the early 20th century, polio wreaked havoc among American children every summer. The virus, which affects the central nervous system, flourished in […]

The Four-Way Test was adopted by Rotary in 1943, but it had been around since 1932 when it was coined by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy. This 24-word test for employees to follow in their business and professional lives became the guide […]

October is the special season for our celebration of all that has been accomplished as we work towards the eradication of polio, and a focus on what still needs to be done. Usually we meet in person around this time, but this year we were forced to go back to Zoom so we were unable […]

Our Rotary District, and Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, were so very fortunate to hear from Chief Justice Bridget McCormack address mental health in our judicial system. Rotary District 6380 Mental Health Chair, Collyer Smith, and Rotary Club of Ann Arbor Board member, Lauren Heinonen, asked questions surrounding mental health issues.  See the interview here. […]