Yearly Archives: 2023

The Rotary Club Board of Directors at its meeting on Wednesday, March 15th, authorized the allocation of the additional 2022 GTO funds ($21,152.50). The original Community Service (Foundation) Budget estimated a very conservative net proceeds from the GTO of $28,000. Thanks to the good work of the GTO team and strong support from the volunteers, […]

Susan Froelich, Immediate Past President and Chair of the Nominating Committee announced at the March 22nd RCAA Club meeting that the committee has nominated Bill McPherson to be Treasurer of the Club. A vote of the membership will be taken at the March 29th meeting to confirm his nomination. Here is some background information about […]

Join us July 22 – 30 in Guatemala to visit RCAA International Humanitarian projects, Mayan Ruins and the UNESCO Heritage Site, Antigua Guatemala. We will stay at the beautiful Jardines del Lago on lake Atitlan, visit Rotary projects and more. The Rotary e-Club of lake Atitlan has arranged an optional volunteer activity to install a […]

Bryant, Barbara Everitt 4/5/1926 – 3/3/2023 Ann Arbor. Barbara Everitt Bryant died March 3, 2023 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, of natural causes. Dr. Bryant served as Director of the U.S. Bureau of the Census from 1989 to 1993, the first woman to have done so. She graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Physics […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. On the final day of February, our club had 230 Active Members. Attendance for the month’s three meetings was 39% (up 2% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 92 members and 8 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was […]

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 […]