Yearly Archives: 2018

At the February 21 meeting, the Board of Directors approved thirteen new members, including Lori Athey, Kati Bauer, Lauren Heinonen, Heather Kendrick, Kate Lewis, Fernando Ortiz, Darlene Sosenko, Carolina Typaldo and Karen Wasco. Also included in the class are Toni Gupta and Greg Holcombe (previously approved by the board). In addition, the board reinstated Karen […]

On Wednesday, Feb. 21, our club welcomed the latest group of Junior Rotarians from Greenhills: Liz Shoenfeld, who intends to get a degree in public health, Richard Shi, who will be pursuing a career in engineering, and Jacob Berger, who plans to follow his dream to become an opera performer.

The luncheon meeting opened with a gentle ringing of the Rotary bell by President John. A lusty “Star-Spangled Banner” followed, after which Amy Goodman came forward to deliver the Inspiration. “Happy Valentine’s Day,” Amy began. “This is the day when one billion dollars’ worth of chocolate is sold world-wide; a billion Valentine’s cards are sent […]

One of the Objects of Rotary is, “The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.” For the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, the Social Committee of The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor provides these opportunities outside our lunch meetings. These opportunities include Tigers Baseball games, University of Michigan musical events, tours of downtown Detroit, […]

Dr. Tim Johnson said his involvement in Boy Scouting as a youth, prepared him to take on leadership roles as an adult, most recently as the chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan Medical School. Johnson will now use those leadership skills in his new role as President of the Southern Shores […]

Hot of the presses is the latest edition of this Rotary classic. It is easy reading since it is only 68 pages, doesn’t have much of a plot and contains fewer than half the number of the characters found in Tolstoy’s War and Peace. It is exclusively available to members at $10. See John White […]

Earlier this year, the Ann Arbor Rotary Club Board requested that the Survey Committee experiment with short monthly surveys on member engagement and related topics starting in 2018. The January “flash survey” was sent to members via Survey Monkey on 1/10/18, and the survey closed 1/20/18. It asked two questions: What was the most important reason […]

President John rang the Rotary bell, opening our meeting, and motioned to Paul Smith for the Inspiration. Paul came to the podium and immediately declared, “I detest politics.” However, after lamenting most of the presidents “in my lifetime,” he expanded on the legacy of one “I have recently come to admire. His real name was […]

Barbara Niess-May is featured in a story on MGoBlue.Com, “Why I’m Participating in the Big House 5K.” The 2018 Big House 5K will take place on Sunday, April 8 and will benefit six local, non-profit organizations that provide housing, healthcare, the arts, youth programming and social services. Barbara writes: I am a “later in life” runner, […]

Over the last few months, our Rotary club has worked with Friends in Deed to buy and deliver bunk beds to families in need. These bunk beds put a huge smile on the faces of everyone who received them, as you can see below in the video produced by Friends in Deed.