Monthly Archives: October 2019

On Friday, October 18, was the monthly meeting of the Rotarians at Glacier Hills. It was a special privilege to have Sparky Leonard, District Governor for 6380 join us and meet the packed room of participants, including 17 Rotarians. The featured speaker was Rotarian Millie Danielson who spoke on the “Warp and Weft of Life”. […]

On Thursday, October 17, 7 hearty Rotarians (6 in morning session, 1 in afternoon) fought off the chill to help with the community build of the new playground at Eberwhite Elementary School. An additional Rotarian was able to help on Friday the 18th. The effort was well organized and very productive. It was very inspiring to about […]

The Distinguished Service Award committee has begun the process of picking this year’s DSA awardees. The Distinguished Service Award is the highest honor accorded by the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. Awardees need not be Rotarians, but each is chosen based on their demonstration of Rotary ideals. Several persons are selected each year. For Rotarians, […]

President Rosemary gaveled the meeting to order at 12:25pm. Dave Keosaian inspired us with a somber reading of John Donne’s No Man Is An Island. Joanne Pierson led us in a raucous rendition of Bill Withers’ Lean On Me. Thanks to the people who make the meeting run smoothly, birthday congratulations and introduction of guests […]

On Wednesday, October 16th, we welcomed 16 new members to the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. See who they are below!

Do you know what your Greenbelt millage funds are achieving? Remy Long, the City of Ann Arbor’s program manager for this initiative, is speaking to us about this topic on October 30. The City now is offering virtual flyover tours, using a Parks Department drone, of properties which have been protected from development. Click on […]

Past President John Ackenhusen, as you may know, moved to Washington this past year. At his new home, the Rotary Club of Poulsbo, WA, he is bringing the love of music that we all have in Ann Arbor. From John: “Here is a photo from my Classification Talk (“who am I” talk required of provisional […]

Abbey Edwards, UM Rotaract President 2018-19, is a little over a month into her 27-month journey with the Peace Corps in Peru, and she reached out to share a recent experience she had there with Rotary. They had a panel of community stakeholders visit the training center to talk about their jobs, especially in the […]

Our meeting began with a ‘ring o the bell,’ and a fervent rendition of “God Bless America”. Past President Patricia Garcia came to the podium and delivered a stellar Inspiration highlighting passages from Carl Sagan’s 1994 book, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space. “‘Look again at that dot. That’s here. […]

By: Ashish Sarkar, RCAA Rotary Foundation Chair As our Club prepares to celebrate Annual Polio Day on October 23, I am going to make a special request to you for your individual support of this worthwhile event. As you are aware, although this dreadful disease has been eradicated in most of the world, it remains […]