Monthly Archives: August 2021

Chat before our August 25, 2021 meeting included a geography lesson on the Northern Michigan islands and enthusiastic reviews of Summer of Love, a performance featuring several of our members at Burns Park the previous weekend. Kathy Waugh had the starring role and Heido Vitso’s ballerinas brought delight to the evening. Executive Director Lori Walters […]

Over the past eighteen years of our annual event, the Golf and Tennis Outing (GTO), our club has raised over a half-million dollars for various local causes including scholarships for high school graduates, the local literacy and health initiative Washtenaw Success by 6, and the replacement of trees lost to disease. We are pleased to […]

The August 18, 2021 meeting opened on Zoom with social time.  Karl Edelmann announced his retirement from the Air Force and his celebratory bow-tie was admired by all. Lori Walters opened the meeting and provided Zoom reminders. At 12:29, President Susan Froelich started the meeting by ringing the bell. Tom Strode led us in “The […]

The recent reports of violence and political turmoil in Afghanistan were disconcerting to all of us but especially to Rotarians who track polio eradication efforts.  Cases of the wild polio virus are now only found in two countries:  Afghanistan and Pakistan.  The number of cases in 2020 Afghanistan were 56.  There is only one wild […]

Ten sociable Rotarians met Saturday morning (August 14)  in person at the County Farm Park pavilion to chat and enjoy each other’s company.  Dan Romanchick brought homemade cookies and coffee.

Happy chatter was suspended by Executive Director Lori Walters at 12:25pm. President Susan rang the bell and called on Tom Strode to play the patriotic song. Pattie Katcher looked forward to our speaker with her Inspiration. She talked about her experience with piano and the skills it taught her. She quoted friends who had the […]

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor invites you to join the FUN at the 18th Annual Golf and Tennis Outing!  A shout out and thank you in advance to current volunteers of our GTO Crew!  Join Lauren Heinonen, Virginia Geren, Judith Vindici, Rick Taylor, Elizabeth Trinh, JoAnn Barrett, Dan Romanchik, Victor Stoeffler, Pat Pooley, Ronald […]

Dear Fellow Rotarians, The 2021 Rotary Club of Ann Arbor Golf and Tennis Outing (“GTO”) will be held at Fox Hills golf course in Plymouth, Michigan on Monday, September 13th.  The GTO is the largest and most important Rotary fundraising event of the year. It is a major source of funding for the Rotary charitable activities. […]

You may not think golf is your club of tee and that you may be a real putter finger when it comes down to it.  But, if you’ve not tried it be-fore, maybe now is the time to get your hands birdie!  The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor’s September 13th  Annual Golf and Tennis Outing is […]

Music: Tom Strode, our piano virtuoso played the national anthem to begin the meeting. Inspiration:  Ryan Peterson asked us to put one word in the chat that we love about Ann Arbor. We live in a great community but our current reality makes it hard to have community. The power of community is so important […]