Monthly Archives: May 2022

RCAA is going to march in the Ann Arbor Jaycee’s 4th of July Parade this year! Dan Romanchik is leading this event and would love to hear from anyone who would like to participate, has some ideas on how to improve our presence at the parade, or has any questions about the parade. Email Dan […]

The May 25, 2022 meeting opened on Zoom and in person with social time.  Emily Olson provided Zoom etiquette guidelines to the virtual attendees. At 12:32, President Susan Froelich called the meeting to order. We all joined in the singing of “America the Beautiful”.  Inspiration was provided by Ryan Peterson who shared the meaning of […]

Alfred Storey 6/15/1921 – 1/24/2022 The family of Alfred Storey invites you to celebrate his remarkable 100-year life with stories, music and ice cream at 1:00 on Friday June 17, 2022 at First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor, 120 S. State St. Published by Ann Arbor News from May 27 to May 29, 2022.

On the evening of May 19, 2022, nine University of Michigan Rotaract leaders, members from 2004 (the charter year) to the present, joined District Governor-Nominee Collyer Smith, Fanfan Zheng, and Joanne Pierson to discuss their experiences in Rotaract. As part of his goals, DG-Nominee Collyer plans to work toward launching more Rotaract Clubs in District […]

12:28 President Susan reminded all Zoom attendees of the Zoom Etiquette. 12:31 Tom Strode played “Ring the Bell”, the Patriotic Song. 12:32 Shelley MacMillan shared the weekly inspiration, which featured lyrics from the song, “Fill the world with music” by David Wagoner. 12:33 Dave Keosaian shared the weekly music selection which was a swinging YouTube music […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, May 17. Club membership on April 30 was 248 Active members. Attendance for the month’s four meetings was 31% (down from 33% in March). Average attendance at each meeting was 76 members and 14 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 51%. The board unanimously […]

On Sunday, June 12th from 1:00pm – 3:30pm our Rotary Club and the City of Ann Arbor are co-hosting “Music in the Playground” as a 5th Birthday Party for the Universal Access Playground at Gallup park, which was our Club’s Centennial gift to the community. Community High’s Jazz Band will perform at 1:00 and the […]

During our clean-up of I-94 on April 23, seven-year-old Gavin Luczak and his grandmother stopped at an exit to congratulate Tom Millard and John Sepp. Gavin was so inspired by the time he reached home that he got his gloves and bag and cleaned up trash in a wooded area behind his house! Our own […]

Lively discussion and laughter romped through both the zoomers and the in-person crowd at the Anderson room before our meeting. After Emily Olson’s zoom etiquette, Tom Strode and his trusty grand piano accompanied the Club in God Bless America. Bev Seiford inspired us with a poem penned by treasured A2 Rotary Club member, the late […]

James E. Brown arrived in late August 2021 as a Global Grant Scholar sponsored by the Tameside Rotary Club, District 1285 in UK. RCAA was the host club for this global grant. James thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity to pursue his Master of Law (LLM) degree at the University of Michigan Law School. He completed his […]