Yearly Archives: 2018

The real opening of the luncheon meeting occurred during the piano prelude – President John killed it. Your reporter can’t cite the music performed, only say that it was a beautiful, continuous ‘wall of sound’; the Rotary equivalent of the B-side of Abbey Road. Then, jumping from bench to podium in a second, John announced, […]

My Rotary is a collection of stories about the Rotary experience, including the foundations of Rotary and our personal experiences of Rotary. If you have a story that you would like to contribute, email Dan Romanchik. I know that this may be anathema to some of you, but one of the reasons I love attending […]

The intent of the Survey Committee is to create, distribute, collect, tabulate and report a survey of all the members of the club annually. Last year, 2017, the Board recommended that the annual Rotary survey be revamped to focus more on member engagement. Based on feedback from Board members and President John, the Committee announced […]

Spring Break is over and Spring comes this weekend with Daylight Savings Time.  That means time for Spring Cleaning, and that means time to Rent A Rotaractor to help clean up yards and closets.  Rent monies go towards funding Rotaract projects, especially the Spring Trips that have meant so very much to Rotaractors these last […]

Harpoon Notes for March 7, 2018 By Ed Hoffman, photos by Fred Beutler President John struck the Rotary bell gently as Deanna’s superb piano prelude luffed in our consciousness like regatta pennants at sunset. All rose to sing a full-throated “My Country, Tis of Thee” with a gravitas worthy of our speaker and her subject. […]

THE TOILET WARRIOR IS COMING! Mark Balla, Rotary Club of Box Hill in Australia, embraces the name Toilet Warrior and he is bringing his message of sanitation to DisCon2018. Mark has spent the last six years advocating for toilets in schools as a means of keeping adolescent girls in school to continue their education. He […]

My Rotary is a collection of stories about the Rotary experience, including the foundations of Rotary and our personal experiences of Rotary. If you have a story that you would like to contribute, email Dan Romanchik. The treasure of fellowship By Dan Romanchik When I first joined our Rotary Club, I was actually kind of […]

The average college student eagerly awaits spring break. They plan for weeks and dream of warm weather, partying, and relaxing on white sandy beaches. For 25 members of the U of M Rotaract club, while the weather will be warm, building bathrooms and removing invasive species will be the tasks at hand. 15 students traveled […]

By Carol Sewell The Survey Committee reviewed the results of the February Flash Survey, which consisted of two questions: What skills or interests would you like to develop or share more through Rotary Which of the following committees are you interested in serving on? 75 members responded to question #1, and the top skills/interests were: […]

The Rotary sponsored Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) tax clinic is in full swing.  The month of January was spent training our volunteers with sessions on Thursday nights and Saturdays.  We operate primarily out of the Washtenaw County United Way office on Platt Road, but also do taxes at MI Works in Ypsilanti and have […]