Monthly Archives: March 2020

Expanding Our Knowledge During the Siege of Coronavirus

The Penny Stamps Lecture Series that the School of Art & Design puts on at the Michigan Theater every Thursday during term time videotapes all its presentations and posts them for viewing on the School’s website. They run between 60 and 90 minutes in length — Here’s the link for viewing them: https://stamps.umich.edu/stamps/past  — “Art” […]

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Kiwanis Center Temporarily CLOSED

See below an email sent out by the Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor on March 23rd, 2020.     Kiwanis Members, Volunteers, Staff and Friends of Kiwanis: The following message from Tanya Salamin was just received a few minutes ago regarding the Kiwanis Center. Our Kiwanis Trucks are parked to block the entrance to the parking […]

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VITA Update

Bob Mull informed us that all VITA tax services at the United Way have been suspended as the building is closed until April 6th. Rotary volunteers will continue to complete all the tax returns that are in our system.   They hope to resume services, but they have no definitive plans for how to do this […]

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Info on “Thank You Healthcare Workers” Signs

On this past Wednesday’s Zoom meeting, we discussed ways that we can help the community during the novel coronavirus pandemic. It was mentioned that some members wanted to put out the “Thank You Healthcare Workers” signs that have been popping up around town. Here is some additional information (posted on NextDoor) from Susan Schmidt, who […]

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Tired of Watching Cat Videos?

How about subscribing to one or more of Rotary newsletters? Did you know that Rotary has a wide range of periodicals that are delivered directly to your inbox? The topics span a wide range of endeavors and interests throughout the Rotary universe. There is bound to be at least one subject of interest to you. […]

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Michigan Medicine Seeks Desperately Needed Supplies

Michigan Medicine Seeks Desperately Needed Supplies     Rotary Club of Ann Arbor member Mike Rein, Director of Community Relations for the University of Michigan asks membership to lend a hand during the COVID-19 crisis.   “I would like to ask the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor members for their assistance in helping Michigan Medicine […]

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Very Important Fisher House News

Fisher House Michigan    VA Fisher House Ann Arbor has closed temporarily and has re-purposed the house to accommodate critical hospital staff during the current Coronavirus crisis. Fisher House Foundation fully supports this decision. We expect the Fisher House at VA Ann Arbor will open in the coming weeks, and it may be used for this purpose […]

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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Going “Live” on March 26

Like the Penny Stamps School of Art & Design, which has long videotaped speakers presented by the Penny Stamps Series and posted them on line approximately three weeks after the live presentation at the Michigan Theatre, the University of Michigan Lifelong Learning Institute makes videotapes of its lectures. They were available for viewing on its website […]

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