Monthly Archives: June 2018

Harpoon for the week of June 20 Lunch will be “Weber’s Croissant Sandwich Buffet.” The menu includes croissants with chicken, egg or tuna salad filling, fruit tray, vegetable tray, pasta salad or hummus, chips, house salad with cranberries and almonds. Beverages include coffees, iced tea, lemonade and milk Is your Directory Listing Up-to-Date?   The printed […]

On June 13, the Community Allocations Committee celebrated the 2018 CAC grantees at a special reception held at Gladwin Farms. Due to space restrictions, invitees were limited to: the Rotary Board, the CAC Committee, and one staff and one Board member from each 2017 and 2018 grantee organization. But a great time was had by […]

Katie Bauer is the brilliance behind the Tree Tag project for the current class of new members. She disavows bringing a thought out plan to the group, crediting a random thought seized upon by the other members. It was a great project that financed 100 trees, involved the Ypsilanti and Chelsea Clubs as well as […]

President John struck the Rotary bell, and all stood to sing “God Bless America.” Phil Klintworth came forward and delivered a splendid Inspiration centered on the double anniversaries of the Battle of Midway, in 1942, and of D-Day two years later. Fought and won by the U.S. only six months after Pear Harbor, Midway provided […]

  Ralph Zuke, President of the Rotary Club of Fairview Heights, Illinois and his Barcalounger Rickshaw are riding from Fairview Heights near St. Louis to Toronto, Canada where the Rotary International Convention is being held. The ride will take 22 days, symbolizing each of the preventable cases of polio last year. There are only three […]

by John White Photos from the District Conference Weekend Click Here for a pictorial view of our social event at the Yankee Air Museum, the planting of our trees and the District Conference itself. Thanks to Mike McManus of the Brighton club for his coverage throughout the entire period of May 3-6. Weekly Meeting Statistics […]

This year was a big year for VITA, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program at the United Way of Washtenaw County. This tax season, VITA completed 528 tax returns, 14% more than the prior year. These returns yielded refunds totaling $967,000 and helped taxpayers avoid  $130,000 of tax preparation fees. Eighty one volunteers, including 6 […]

Many of our members bought tags to place on the 100 trees that were planted at the D6380 Conference in early May. Almost all the trees have now been planted in 8 parks in Ypsilanti. Are you wondering where your tree is? We now have an easy way to find out! Click here to be taken […]

Weekly Meeting Statistics Attendance at our fifth meeting at Weber’s included 91 members of our club plus three visiting Rotarians from the Detroit Club (Trey Greene, Colleen Dolan-Greene and Bruno Wilson) and four guests. Eleven members of the Peace Committee and three members of the Internal Financial Procedures Committee met after lunch. Monthly Membership Report […]

Luncheon conversation was interrupted pleasantly by President John who, performing double duty, played a beautiful “Rhapsody in Blue” at the piano. When finished, and amidst great applause, he ‘did a Rubio,’ and lunged for the gavel, whacking the bell a good one. Steve Pierce came up for the Inspiration: “That good, close relationships are good for our […]