Monthly Archives: October 2022

President Mark Ouimet started the Oct. 12, 2022 meeting with the traditional ringing of the bell, whereupon a full contingent of Club members meeting in person and an attentive group of Zooming Rotarians, sang “America the Beautiful.” The A2 Rotary Orchestra was led and performed by Tom Strode at the piano. Marcia Lane gave us […]

Make your Polio donation by October 24 and you may take Jonas Polio Bear home and know that you have contributed to our goal to END POLIO! We welcome any amount that you can make to this important cause. Here are your choices: POLIO PLUS SOCIETY Membership in the PolioPlus Society requires you to donate […]

The October 5 meeting opened with a welcome problem – there were so many in attendance in the Anderson Room that we ran out of chairs! All Rotarians are invited to come to meetings and make this a regular occurrence. Tom Strode started us off with God Bless America. Barbara Neiss-May read an essay entitled […]

Each year, we ask Rotarians to consider a donation to move us ever closer to the Eradication of Polio. This year we would like to introduce The Polio Plus Society. The PolioPlus Society is a group of individuals who are passionate about Rotary’s #1 Priority…the elimination of the poliovirus from the face of the earth. […]

The RCAA Environment Action Group will be officially unveiled this Wednesday, October 12. Music Parody by Joanne Pierson and friends; Trivia contest by Nishta Bhatia and Tom Millard; introduction to the eight core sustaining members of the committee; and invitation to our first practical action by Co-chairs Don Duquette and Missy Stults. The scope and […]

Rotary Road Waste Warriors pictured above: Don Duquette, Lauren Heinonen, Norman Herbert, Steve Kesler, Tom Millard, Lauren Mist – Rotaract, Nora Pasche – Rotaract, Rob Schiff, John Sepp, Ed Wier, Fanfan Zheng Photographer and participant not pictured: Chris Wentland A “Dirty Dozen” of Rotary Road Waste Warriors were once again smiled upon by Senor Sol […]

The ARC – Anti-Racism Committee would like to share the excellent message from Rotary International President Jennifer Jones, “IMAGINE DEI 2022-23 Presidential Initiative”. We’re working to implement her ideas and suggestions for all Rotary Clubs. See her message below, and click here for the full brochure on “Expanding Our Reach: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.”

World Polio Day is Monday, October 24. RCAA will commemorate this special day on Wednesday, October 26. Plan to join us in the Anderson Room on this day for a wonderful speaker and a variety of activities. Let’s take a brief look at Rotary’s long history in the fight against POLIO. In 1985, Rotary launched […]

Our meeting was called to order at 12:30pm by President Mark Ouimet, and Tom Strode provided our national anthem for today’s patriotic song. Our inspirational message today was provided by Ryan Peterson.  Ryan spoke about ‘sitting’ in the tension of the near and the far.  Today, here in Ann Arbor (the near) we are comfortable; […]