Monthly Archives: November 2021

On November 17, 2021, District 6380 Governor Brenda “Woo Woo” Tipton visited our club at our weekly Wednesday hybrid meeting. She came bearing gifts, including a brand new banner with our club’s logo on it. We will surely be displaying it prominently on many occasions.

Unfortunately Lori Walters has given her notice to leave the position of Executive Director for RCAA effective February 10, 2022. Her decision was made due to a family health challenge. Fortunately Lori plans to join the club after she has handed over the reins as Executive Director. We have formed both a group to review […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, November 17. Club membership on October 31 was 244 Active members, plus five Honorary members and twelve Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s four meetings was 32% (up from 28% the previous month). Average attendance at each meeting was 75 members plus eight guests. Our Engagement […]

We are excited to announce that on November 10, the STRIVE committee started with the first hands-on workshop at Pathways. During the summer we gathered feedback, data, and insights from all the different stakeholders and it became apparent that there are more effective ways to cater to the needs of the students we aim to […]

You have an opportunity to donate to a veteran’s kit-bag!  Our Veterans Initiative Committee is collecting Chap Stick, Kleenex packets and small Pocket Combs for veterans at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. The personal hygiene kits will be distributed at the VA Medical Center on December 16. Please consider purchasing Chap Stick Classic Original […]

Our Community Service Assessments (which are due at the end of next month) provide much of the funds for the grants that Rotary Club of Ann Arbor is able to make to local-area non-profits engaged in the RCAA goal of helping kids succeed.  One of this year’s grantees, the Student Advocacy Center of Michigan, has recently released […]

Rotarian Tim Marshall and his wife Emily Moorre-Marshall have been recognized at 2021 Volunteers of the Year by SOS Community Services. https://twitter.com/SOS_Community/status/1452704645302870017?s=20

On November 10, as we were hearing from Dr. Ginny Creasman about the VA Hospital in Ann Arbor, work was underway at Concordia University to set up the mobile version of the Vietnam Memorial Wall. The Moving Wall is a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. After the opening ceremonies later […]

Long-time Rotarian Larry Eiler was awarded Honorary status by the Ann Arbor Kiwanis Club at their meeting on November 8. Here’s the writeup from their newsletter: “Larry and his late wife, Sandy, helped raise funds to start the Ronald McDonald House at CS Mott Children’s Hospital and would take homemade meals to the families staying […]

John White hosted the Zoom portion of the November 10, 2021 meeting with great success. All on the meeting hope to see him in the role again.  We welcomed the news that Joe and Beth Fitzsimmons have returned for the Winter. Football was, of course, a popular topic. John closed the Zoom portion and President […]