Monthly Archives: March 2023

A beautiful sunny Wednesday sparked pre meeting conversation on March 15, 2023. The big topic was that Marlena Studer is working on reactivating the Rotary Youth Exchange. Several of our new members became acquainted with Rotary this way.  The Zoom chat string included a reminder from Todd Kephart about our Food Drive. Although the drive […]

This past Saturday, I had the opportunity to speak about Lou Callaway in Rotary at his memorial service. This is an excerpt from my remembrance. Lou was president of our club in 2009-2010, and he served 5 years on our board. He was a multiple Paul Harris Fellow. In 2014, his Rotary sponsors Dave McDowell […]

12:30 PM “Ring the Bell”  Today’s meeting started with the National Anthem as our patriotic song compliments of Tom Strode.  Our inspirational message today, about Spring, was from one of our newer members, Maggie Williams.  The name of this season was always called Spring.  Initially, the season was called Lent, with the association of the […]

Get in Step! The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at how we produce and consume. Make this the one thing you do for the environment this week. It will change the way you look at all the stuff in your life. It will teach you something, it’ll make you laugh.  Check […]

Once again this year, our Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Committee (VITA) will be hard at work offering free tax preparation services through the United Way of Washtenaw County (UWW). This service is available free of charge to anyone living in Washtenaw County who earned less than $60,000 in 2022. Led by Rotary VITA Committee chair Bob […]

Get in Step! It is SPRING!  Well, nearly.  But it is time to get ready.  Leo Tolstoy said:  ” Spring is the time of plans and projects.”  Time to plan your garden.  How about a pollinator garden this year?  A rain garden?  How about a rain barrel?  Save water AND money. Are you ready to […]

Solicitation for Nominations                                    Robert S. Northrup Humanitarian Award In 2018, the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor created an award to be given annually to a person meeting the criteria outlined below, in celebration of the exceptional humanitarian service provided by Ann Arbor Rotarian Dr. Robert S. Northrup. The individual must have made long term […]

The special preview performance of Wine, Women & Song XXI held at the Kerrytown Concert House on March 2 was a grand success!  It was sold out and featured several Rotary Club of Ann Arbor members. Next year, don’t miss out on the exciting concert and buy your tickets early!

Today’s meeting was called to order at 12:30pm by President Mark Ouimet, followed by Tom Strode’s playing of our patriotic song. Our inspiration message today was provided by Barb Eichmuller who read a poem about words and how impactful our words are in a number of ways, both good and bad.  She ended with a […]