Yearly Archives: 2020

Quote: “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up” John Holmes, author. The social portion of the meeting welcomed Kinnari Shah, who is nominated to become a member on September 24. She had already attended a STRIVE meeting so is off to a great Rotary Career. Past President […]

Funding for our community contributions is derived from member assessments and our annual Golf and Tennis Outing. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, we are unable to host this wildly popular event this year. However, is the spirit of the outing, we will be holding an online auction to help support our annual fundraiser. The auction will […]

Warde Manuel, University of Michigan Athletic Director, will discuss the challenges of maintaining athletic competition during a pandemic, and the impacts on the students, the program and broader community. Warde J. Manuel was named Michigan’s Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics on January 29, 2016. His five-year appointment became effective on March 14. Manuel’s return […]

Grotrian, Harvey Paul 8/18/1938 – 9/7/2020 Harvey passed away at the age of 82 on Monday, September 7, 2020 and was born on August 18, 1938 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Clara and Lloyd. He married Paulette on January 28, 1968 in Valparaiso, Indiana, and his beloved son, Jonathan, was born on June 19, 1980. […]

After his talk on September 2, a number of Rotarians asked Ron Harris how we can begin to learn more about our unconscious biases in order to create change. Club member Yolanda Whiten is sponsoring a virtual workshop on September 10, 2020, from 10 – 3 PM titled “Race Conversations: Implicit Bias Training.” All are […]

Myth: Rotary is a secret private luncheon club for old white men Reality (word by word): Secret – Rotary is a service organization of 1.2 million persons in 35,000 clubs around the world. It is not clandestine but Rotarians are generally humble in going about the good work they perform in their community and internationally. […]

Do you have updates from your RCAA committees? News about your  projects, events and grants? Do you want to share with the club when your volunteer event is happening, or a happy hour, or maybe even a committee meeting?  We want to share them for you! But how do you submit these articles, photos, and […]

The Ann Arbor Observer creates a weekly email newsletter called a2view, which features local news, events, and interesting stories. In the August 13th edition, our own Past President Ashish Sarkar was interviewed about the District 6380 100k Mask Challenge, as well as a global grant supported by Rotary clubs in the area and in India […]

Fifty-nine Rotarians gathered on the Zoom call shortly after noon to check in and socialize. At 12:27, Lori Walters provided the “Zoom Etiquette” for  members. At 12:30, President Joanne Pierson rang the bell to start the official meeting, she then introduced Tom Strode on the piano with the “Star Spangled Banner.” Ryan Peterson provided the […]

See below an update from Mary Avrakotos on our Global Grant project with Bumpeh Chiefdom, Sierra Leone.