Yearly Archives: 2021

The “Each One, Bring One” campaign by 2021-22 Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta encourages every Rotarian to get non-Rotarians to visit us, learn more about us, and maybe even become a member or otherwise involved with Rotary. Don’t forget to talk about Rotary with your friends, family, coworkers, anyone! Invite them to one of our […]

Join the Rotary Road Waste Warriors for the club’s fall highway trash pick up scheduled for Saturday, October 2. The only date not conflicting with Michigan home football games. This years participants in groups of four will be assigned to less than a city block in length, on one side of the highway, to help […]

Notes from September 1, 2021 Rotary Club of Ann Arbor Meeting The September 1, 2021 Rotary meeting was called to order by President Susan at 12:30 PM. Tom Strode began the meeting by playing “God Bless America.”  Dennis Power’s inspirational message included several quotes from Robert F. Kennedy, “Few will have the greatness to bend […]

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, Ginny Geren, Judith Vindici, Rick Taylor, Elizabeth Trinh, JoAnn Barrett, Dan Romanchik, Victor Stoeffler, Pat Pooley, Ronald Slagell, Lowell Brumby, […]

On Thursday August 26th, the Rotary Club Membership Committee hosted a reception for new Rotary members at the Carlyle Grill in Ann Arbor. Thirty-five members enjoyed a delightful event at which new members were joined by Rotary President Susan Froelich, Committee Chairperson Aleia McDonald, Executive Director Lori Walters and several Rotary Club Directors and leaders. […]

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.