Monthly Archives: April 2022

RCAA Club member Paul Smith, his wife Carol and their two grown sons recently participated in a Rotary Service Trip to Nicaragua. This trip was sponsored by the Rotary Club of South Granville, NC and accomplished with funds donated to the memory of Paul’s brother, Mel Smith. Here is Paul’s report on the trip.   […]

Rotarians gathered at the Hands On Museum (aahom.org) on Earth Day to learn about a multitude of the engaging educational opportunities offered to local children to stimulate interest in our natural world.  Carol Knauss, Director of Operations, warmly welcomed our group and invited us to playfully experience the magic of Hands-on learning.  New members (Sue […]

12:30 Zoom Etiquette – Emily Olson Past President Joanne welcomed everyone to the meeting. 12:31 “Ring the Bell” Patriotic Song – Tom Strode 12:32 Inspiration – Norma Sarkar Norma Sarkar shared “today’s inspiration” which highlighted Jennifer Jones, who becomes the first woman Rotary President this year (2022-2023). Rotary salutes all of the women in Rotary. […]

April 25 is World Malaria Day and Rotary International, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and World Vision are hard at work implementing Rotary’s first Program of Scale, Partners for a Malaria Free Zambia.  This $6 million grant is training over 2,500 community health workers to diagnose and treat active malaria cases in their home […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, April 20. Club membership on March 31 was 247 Active members. Attendance for the month’s four meetings was 33% (up from 31% in February). Average attendance at each meeting was 81 members and 10 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 53%. The board discussed […]

In an article entitled, “Rotary Club Provides Impactful Experiences,” The University Record reviewed past president Joanne Pierson’s Rotary voyage from her introduction to the Club through her presidency. Click here for the article

The Northup Humanitarian Award Recipients are: Henry Maicki, MD for 2021 and Manish Mehta, PhD for 2022. The Award presentation will take place at the meeting on Wednesday, April 27 at the Michigan Union in the Anderson Room. You are cordially invited to join us in person or via Zoom. Each recipient will share some […]

CLUBRUNNER MOBILE: Rotary events and weekly meeting Zoom links are now listed on the ClubRunner mobile site! Access the member directory, information about weekly speakers, and links to join the zoom meeting right on your mobile device. Look for the Club Runner App on the App Store or Google Play. MEMBER PHOTOS: If you would like to […]

Due to the available dates at Fox Hills Golf Course (the first Monday after Labor Day was unavailable) our major fundraiser, the Golf and Tennis Outing (GTO), will be held Wednesday September 14, 2022.  Since Wednesday is the usual day for our regular Rotary meetings and since the GTO will be the Rotary meeting for […]

Have you lost the RCAA shirt that you received as a new member? Are you ready to flaunt your Rotarian pride? Well we have great news — club merchandise is now available through a pop-up store with Underground Printing! As a test run, we’re offering 2 styles through May 9th: a T-Shirt ($22) and a […]