Yearly Archives: 2019

After Tom Strode’s marvelous prelude and accompaniment to the national anthem, which everyone sang with that 1970s equivalent of enthusiastic approbation — gusto — Barbara Niess-May came forward to share the day’s inspiration. “I’ve been thinking lately of a vision of hope,” she began. “I’d like to read a poem by Anne Lamott; author of […]

The following photos and notes were provided by our President Elect Rosemarie Rowney, who is currently at the Rotary International Conference in Hamburg, Germany with several other RCAA members. — Greetings from the Rotary International Conference in Hamburg, Germany! There are 27,000 Rotarians here from all over the world who care about their communities and the […]

Dues are Due!  PayPal has been compromised to don’t use the website to pay until further notice. Ryan Petersen opened our Memorial Day meeting with a moving tribute to the U.S Army Old Guard, which attends the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. Slides showed these dedicated young men performing the Memorial […]

It is dues time Rotarians. Please refer to the email sent on May 22 to help determine the amount of dues owed. You can also click here to view the 2019-2020 Dues Letter. It is important to note that we are unable to process dues through the website at this time. If you did make a […]

One of our former STRIVE students and scholarship recipients, Joi, has some wonderful news to share with us. She recently graduated from Washtenaw Community College with a degree in Culinary Arts. She has been accepted to Eastern Michigan University and will be transferring in the fall. You may recall that Joi was also our keynote […]

The University of Michigan Rotaract Club spent their Spring Break volunteering with Honduras Child Alliance (HCA), in El Porvenir, Honduras, for the second year in a row. With only a week to help HCA prepare a newly acquired building to be used as a school house for children in the area, the team quickly got […]

We are looking to determine which members of our club are Eagle Scouts. Please email President Greg at stejskalmi@sbcglobal.net if you or another RCAA member you know is an Eagle Scout.  

Many Rotarians were spellbound by Dr. Adam Marks’s April 17, 2019 presentation on end of life in America.  Among other things, Dr. Marks talked out the importance of having conversations with family and close friends, a Patient Advocate, and a Living Will. There are many issues to discuss – medical treatments, financial considerations, who needs […]

July 4 – Celebrate Independence Day with your fellow Rotarians as we march in the annual Ann Arbor Jaycee’s Fourth of July Parade Our district governor, Sparky Leonard, will lead our group in his eye-catching Rotary Mobile, we’ll have signs to carry promoting some of our amazing projects, and two patriotically-painted mobility carts to drive. Marchers […]

Memorial Day was on Jim Irwin’s mind as he reminded us of the beautiful physical features of America and the service of our military personnel.  He and Tom Strode then led us in singing America the Beautiful and God Bless America.  Our Speaker’s topic was anticipated with an inspirational quote from Neil deGrasse Tyson about […]