Yearly Archives: 2020

Several Rotarians gathered on the Zoom call shortly after noon to check in and socialize for a bit. At 12:35, the video showing the rotary bell ringing kicked off the official meeting. President Rosemarie Rowney introduced Tom Strode on his piano, who in turn led the members in singing our National Anthem. Dennis Powers provided […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, April 15 via Zoom. Club membership on March 31 was 285 Active members, plus six Honorary members and six Inactive Emeriti. On March 31, the Operating Fund Balance was $7,520. The Club’s Endowment Investment market value was $1,872,536, a 13% decrease from February 29. Club response […]

 Almost all of us first heard about Zoom video conferencing since the start of the COVID-19 crisis. Since then, its deployment and use has skyrocketed as one way to offset the limitations placed on business activities and social interactions. As a testament to Zoom’s popularity, our virtual Wednesday meetings have enjoyed growing attendance to the point […]

HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Join Rotary, District 6380, in our goal of supplying 100,000 masks to first responders! You are doing what needs to be done by sheltering in place and observing social distancing.  You can do more with a donation to Rotary District 6380’s COVID-19 response.  Out initial goal is 100,000 masks, with the […]

Our Rotary Fighting Hunger Food Drive, in partnership with Food Gatherers, is chaired by Todd Kephart. Last year, Rotary raised $13,000 and food for 84,000 meals. This year’s goals were: $15,000 in cash and enough food for 90,000 meals. However, due to the closing of schools, the suspension of our Rotary lunch meetings, and general […]

We are now in unprecedented times, staying strong and safe as we fight off the global COVID-19 pandemic. If we stick together and help each other out, “We Can Do It!” Read more about how you can help in the community here. 

Lauren Heinonen welcomed us to another Zoom meeting. The topic of this meeting was a Focus on Youth, featuring our Interactors and Rotaractors. Lauren gave a brief tutorial about how and when to mute and unmute Zoom, putting an end to the several conversations that had been enjoyed since 12:00 noon. She then “rang” our […]

At 9:00am on Saturday, April 4, John White Zoomed into the regular weekly meeting of the District 6400 Passport Club. He learned of it earlier in the week on the Bruce Goldsen’s FaceBook page and was attracted by the announcement that the guest speaker was to be Valarie Wafer. Valarie is a Rotarian in Collingwood, […]

Unfortunately, it’s unseasonably quiet at the Rotary Centennial Playground at Gallup Park. Here is a photo from last Thursday (April 9th, 2020), the same day the State of Michigan extended its Stay-at-Home order through the end of April. Hopefully, all of us will adhere to the directions, remain well and stay safe until we can […]

In a previous article, you learned about how zones fit into the Rotary organization chart and how each pair within the 34 zones supplies a member to the RI Board of Directors for a two-year term. You also learned that our Zone 28 and adjacent Zone 32 combine to cover most of Canada, a number […]