Monthly Archives: August 2018

Kathy Barden–Perlberg’s Outreach Committee coordinated with Susan Smith, Chair of the Social Committee of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, to invite a group of about 30 Rotarians for shopping, lunch and a tour at KC on Saturday, August 4. Alan Burg gave a talk on the transition of the Thrift Sale from the downtown […]

This year’s theme is Be The Inspiration, as highlighted by Rotary International President Barry Rassin, and championed by our District Governor, Jane McManus. New Rotary member, Lauren Heinonen, certainly embodies inspiration. Here is her story: I graduated from the University of Michigan in the Spring of 2017 with a degree in Biological Anthropology and immediately […]

After signing “God Bless America,”Wendy Correll invited us to consider the thoughts of Gopal Krishna Sarangi on sustainability. Sarangi calls sustainability “a complex, daunting puzzle…tantalizing but elusive.” This is certainly a lesson that we would learn later from our speaker. Next up was Shelley McMillan, who also inspired us, but this time with song, as […]

by Dave Williams Seventy Seven Ann Arbor Rotarians attended our first August meeting at Weber’s. We hosted seven guests, including our lively speaker and her father. Five visiting Rotarians joined us – ADG Anne Nauts, Dave Gilbert, Paul Schlisser and Lori Walters from Chelsea. and  Manish Mehta from Ann Arbor North. Sixteen members of the Golf […]