Monthly Archives: February 2021

The Rotary Fights Summer Hunger food drive kicks off this month, March.  Todd Kephart, the chair of the committee will give more info on March 3rd, but for now know that the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a massive increase in demand at Food Gatherers.  Reflecting this need and acknowledging the realities […]

Now that the Disaster Relief Committee has completed its work of providing a quick community response to the pandemic, I want to take an opportunity to extend a very special thanks not only to the many donors who helped us to raise $61,792 for the Pandemic Response Fund, but the people who worked behind the […]

The February 24, 2021 meeting opened on Zoom with social time and banter about Ohio State & Michigan rivalries. Members announced their attendance via the chat function in Zoom. Lori Walters opened the meeting and stated that everyone will be muted upon entering the Zoom meeting. At 12:30, President Joanne Pierson started the meeting by […]

Have you received one or both of your COVID-19 vaccine injections? An application is available for download from the Centers for Disease Control called v-safe, which will help the CDC check in on you after you’ve been vaccinated. See information below on what the application is: V-safe is a smartphone-based tool that checks in on […]

Mentors Needed: A Very Rewarding Opportunity to Serve Our Rotary Mentorship Program is very popular and successful this year even despite the pandemic. We have a record number of Mentorship matches and now have three more University of Michigan undergraduates who would like a Rotary mentor. The goal of the Mentorship Program is to create […]

A Rotary community conversation sponsored by ARC-AntiRacism Community about housing descrimination, its roots and impact will be held on Tuesday, February 23, 1:30 PM. All Rotarians are invited to join the conversation. Email Marcia Lane at mlane0407@gmail.com to be included with a Zoom link.

Rotary began today with a lively social half hour. At 12:27 PM, Lori Walters, our Executive Director, reminded us of Zoom etiquette and to check in to the meeting through Zoom Chat. At 12:30 PM, President Joanne called the meeting to order. As a wonderful beginning to the meeting, Tom Strode played “America the Beautiful” […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, February 17 via Zoom. Club membership on January 31 was 256 Active members, plus six Honorary members and seven Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s four meetings was 36%. Average attendance at each meeting was 93 members plus 9 others. Our Engagement Ratio for the month […]

Since social media dominates the internet, our great club needs a presence there. There are social media infographics below, following this brief guide. I think we can agree that the world is connected, like never before, and, like everything else, “with great power comes great responsibility.” Ours is a unique opportunity to publish positive, constructive […]

Thank you to everyone who submitted suggestions for a new name for our club’s weekly newsletter. This past Wednesday evening, our Public Image Committee carefully reviewed the names and have reduced the long list down to 6 possible names: Ann Arbor Rotary Wheel Ann Arbor Rotary Bytes Ann Arbor Rotary News Ann Arbor Rotary Advisor […]