The polio vaccine is “safe, effective, and potent.” With these words on April 12, 1955, Dr. Thomas Francis Jr., director of the Poliomyelitis Vaccine Evaluation Center at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, announced to the world that the Salk polio vaccine was up to 90% effective in preventing paralytic polio. Dr. Francis […]

Strategic planning sessions began earlier this month and after four sessions, close to 50 Rotarians have participated. If you’re not one of those 50, however, we’d love for you to come to one of the sessions planned for December. The planning sessions are the first phase of a four-phase process (analysis of current club landscape; […]

At this week’s lunch meeting, Ann Arbor Rotarians filled and were filled in two full dining rooms at Zingerman’s Road House. Our lunch included mouth-watering traditional Road House favorites such as creamy mac ’n cheese, sweet potato fries with spicy mayo, and fried chicken. The amazing, superbly motivated, and trained Zingerman’s wait staff kept us […]

On the final day of the month our club had 200 Active Members. All membership information is pulled from ClubRunner statistics. Attendance for September’s meetings was 37% (up 4% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 74 members and 9 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 59% (down 4% from last […]