Richard “Dick” C. Marsh passed away on September 27, 2024 at his home in Ann Arbor after a long illness. He was the son of Harold and Helen (Dunford) Marsh. He grew up in Dearborn as the son of the local Chevrolet dealer in the hometown of the Ford Motor Company. This background resulted in […]

On Sunday September 22, 18 Rotarians, Rotaractors, and a couple of guests spent their morning cleaning up I-94 as part of the semi-annual MDOT Adopt-A-Highway program. If you drive along there between State Street and Platt Road, you might notice a couple of sections that are quite a bit tidier. That is because this amazing […]

President Joyce Hunter rang the bell to begin our meeting, and dynamo pianist Jody Tull de Salis played My Country Tis of Thee for us all to sing along. Next year’s President, Dawn Johnson, gave a spot-on inspirational welcome thanking DTE for providing our area with energy, and noted that we are our best selves […]

On the final day of the month our club had 205 Active Members. All membership information is pulled from ClubRunner statistics. Attendance for August’s meetings was 29% (down 1% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 59 members and 7 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 48% (up 1% from last […]

A2SF and the Ann Arbor District Library celebrated some of our community’s most impactful leaders with Monuments by Australian-based visual artist Craig Walsh in early September. It was held in Ann Arbor at Wheeler Park. Built for the great outdoors, Craig Walsh’s Monuments celebrated selected individuals through large-scale, nighttime projected portraits onto live trees in […]

Newish (not quite one year) Rotarian Alexis Antracoli was featured on page 27 in the September 2024 issue of the Ann Arbor Observer. Alexis is the Director of the U-M’s Bentley Historical Library. The article notes her undergraduate time at Boston University, PhD from Brandeis, and Master’s Degree from the U-M School of Information (2011) […]

President Joyce rang the opening bell on our first meeting of the 2024 football season. Rick Ingram played My Country ‘Tis of Thee. Vic Stoffler’s inspiration contrasted parenting styles, one parent harsh and rough denying his son, one family engaged and encouraging the child’s curiosity. He invited us to choose which style  to emulate. Dave […]

The STRIVE Committee is looking for volunteers who are interested in helping disadvantaged students pursue their educations. We meet once a month, usually by Zoom. Some of the committee members choose to become mentors who work with the students at Pathways to Success High School once a month. It is a challenging and rewarding experience […]

President Joyce Hunter rang the opening bell at 12:30.   Richard Ingram tuned us up with My Country Tis of Thee. Shelley MacMillan’s Inspiration included two quotes about Preservation, today’s speaker topic. Architectural Historian William Murtaugh said, “It has been said that, at its best, preservation engages the past in a conversation with the present over […]

Our club members brought red, white and blue balloons and colorful signs to the Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Saturday August 17 to welcome Tamaki Miura, our club’s exchange student from Japan.  The welcoming crew included Tamaki’s host family (Sara and Todd Maddock, Ashton and Ainsley), FanFan Zheng, Laura Valencia (former Rotary exchange student), Steve Ragsdale […]