Monthly Archives: April 2019

Please be sure to join us Wednesday, May 1 as we celebrate the generosity of our membership. Member giving to the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor’s Permanent Endowment and Rotary International are crucial elements in Rotary’s success. We celebrate all of our members every day for all of the support given whether of time, the […]

Editors note: Due to size of articles- there is a limited amount of images that can be placed. For additional pictures of our very special event: The Robert S. Northrup Humanitarian Award- Holocaust Survivor Dr. Irene Butter— please click on:    https://photos.app.goo.gl/kYL7wzqdeZGZhWms8 Joan Knoertzer’s dulcet chords provided the perfect prelude to our meeting in Weber’s large […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at the United Way Building. The Club’s membership on March 31 was 295 Active members, plus six Honorary members and eight Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s four meetings was 28%. Average attendance at each meeting was 84 members plus 13 others. Member […]

Fellow Rotarian Steve Schram, Executive Director and General Manager of Michigan Public Media, was recently honored to announce that Michigan Radio is the proud recipient of a prestigious Peabody Award for their limited-run podcast Believed. Click here to read more on this award and the podcast.

On Wednesday, April 24, Rotary Club of Ann Arbor awarded the second annual 2019 Robert S. Northrup Humanitarian Award to Dr. Irene Butter. Dr. Butter is a Holocaust survivor, champion of peace and justice and University of Michigan Emerita Professor of Public Health. She is the co-founder of the Raoul Wallenberg Medal and Lecture at U […]

From the “This Day in History” section on www.history.com On April 26 in 1954, the Salk polio vaccine field trials, involving 1.8 million children, begin at the Franklin Sherman Elementary School in McLean, Virginia. Children in the United States, Canada and Finland participated in the trials, which used for the first time the now-standard double-blind […]

The Wayne State University Center for Peace & Conflict Studies and the Rotary Clubs of Detroit, Ann Arbor, & Windsor 1918 invite you to Peace in the Streets on Oct. 25-26, 2019. This Cross Border Rotary Peace Symposium will take place in Detroit on Friday Oct 25th and in Windsor on Saturday Oct 26, with both […]

On Saturday, April 20, a hearty crew of Rotarians (Arthur Williams, Jim Egerdall, Beth Nissen, Rob Shiff) braved the rain and chill to complete our second workday with Habitat for Humanity. Our job for the day was demolition which meant taking the interior of the home “down to the studs” by removing drywall from walls […]

After Members were greeted by Norma Sarkar taking reservations for the Irene Butter presentation on April 24 and Nancy Harrison and Agnes Reading inviting them to Moms, Motors and a Meal, President Greg rang the starting bell and the meeting settled into the business of the day. Norma Sarkar delivered the inspiration, a poem by […]

Judge Timothy P. Connors of the Washtenaw County Circuit Court will be speaking at our meeting on May 1st, and he has made available articles to accompany his presentation. You can find them here: Exit, Pursued by a Bear: Why Peacemaking Makes Sense in State Court Justice Systems Native justice: How tribal values shape Judge […]