Monthly Archives: September 2019

By Tammy Broderick, member of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North In a recent speech at the District 6380 Mental Health and Wellness – Anti-Stigma Symposium, Collyer Smith shared his experiences as a parent dealing with a child with mental illness. During his speech, Collyer told us about the events and experiences that he […]

Rotarians and other Residents met at the Glacier Hills for their monthly meeting on Friday, September 27th from 9:45 AM to 11 AM. Past President Ashish Sarkar, who usually leads these meetings was on the job. So was our own Burt Voss, who is responsible for taking care of the details of the meeting with […]

Thank you to our Sponsors of the 2019 Golf & Tennis Outing. Because of your generous contributions, we were able to have a very successful event that will fund our giving throughout the next year. See below the ad that is published on page 26 of the October edition of the Ann Arbor Observer.

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at the United Way Building. The Club’s membership on August 31 was 281 Active members, plus six Honorary members and seven Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s four meetings was 30%. Average attendance at each meeting was 80 members plus 10 others. The […]

President Rosemarie quieted the busy conversations at 12:25pm. We sang The Star Spangled Banner. Art Williams quoted some well known philosophers about the joy of giving of oneself. John Wooten, legendary basketball coach: “You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.” James Russell Lowell […]

Our Community Allocations Committee has been bustling with activity lately! Peg Talburtt, RCAA Director of Community Service, volunteered this past week with our 2019 Grant recipient, Sweet Dreamzzz. Their mission is to improve children’s health, well-being, and academic performance by providing sleep education and bedtime essentials to economically disadvantaged students and their families. Their R.E.M. […]

As an extension of the Peace in the Streets conference happening on Oct 25-26 in Detroit and Windsor, the 2019 Max Mark-Cranbrook Peace Lectures & Peace Maker Awards will be taking place on Sunday, Oct 27, 10am-2pm. Past recipients of the award include Dr. Noam Chomsky, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Abigail Disney, among many other highly […]

A mere three years after its predecessor, our own Steve Kesler has published another book. And, as usual with Steve, its subject and scholarship are rock-solid. Titled Great Lakes Rocks: 4 Billion Years of Geologic History in the Great Lakes Region, Steve paints a sublime picture of the true founding of our state: born of […]

This coming year, the Rotaract Committee will be meeting from 10:45 to 11:45 on the first Monday of the month at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 306 N. Division Street. We chose that location because it’s convenient to campus, which should facilitate attendance and participation by the Rotaractors. There also is ample free parking behind the […]

President Rosemarie rang the Rotary bell following a particularly beautiful prelude by Joan Knoertzer. Then Ed Hoffman stepped to the mic to deliver the Inspiration. In his usual effusively mawkish way, he put forth his case for books — even compared them to the old 50s bracelet charm with folded dollar inside as “that safety-in-a-box […]