Monthly Archives: February 2024

A full house at the Michigan Union’s Anderson Room, and 25 Zoom participants were part of today’s meeting.  After zoom etiquette from Ashok Natwa, President Mark Foster rang the bell and the meeting began.  Our pianist extraordinaire, Tom Strode, was unable to be at today’s meeting, so songleader Richard Ingram gave us the opening chord […]

On the final day of January, our club had 213 Active Members. Attendance for January’s meetings was 32% (down 2% from last month). The average attendance at each meeting was 69 members and 5 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 54% (up 1% from last month). This month’s membership saw two terminations: Fred […]

Jack Weidenbach, former U-M Athletic Director and revered 35-year RCAA member, passed away on February 17, just shy of his 100th birthday. He joined our Club in 1972, sponsored by fellow U-M officials Russ Reister and Wilbur Pierpont. Jack resigned in 2007. He had a dedication to community service in addition to a long and […]

Today’s meeting began with the Ringing of the Bell and Tom Strode leading us in song to the National Anthem. The topic of our inspirational message today from Alexis Antracoli was about Spring and hope, beautifully illustrated by a poem of Emily Dickinson’s titled ‘Hope is the Thing with Feathers’. Shelley MacMillan led our musical […]

On behalf of RCAA, the ARC-Peace Committee is seeking nominations for the Robert S Northrup Humanitarian Award. This award is 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 (multi-year) sustainable […]

Last Wednesday of each month 6-7:30pm; Ann Arbor Downtown District Library. A2 Office of Sustainability and Innovation is bringing the Sustainability Series back for another season! Join in person or online on the last Wednesday of every month. You can register HERE for the virtual meetings, but registration is not required to attend. 1.Feb. 28 – […]

EAG Volunteer Opportunity. The Second Annual A2 Climate Teach-in is Sunday, March 10, 2024, from 1:30-5:15 p.m. at Genesis (2309 Packard St.). They need volunteers for the Sunday sessions. Sign up here https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/29843986046/false#/invitation Please attend. It’s a great event. Details regarding the Teach-in can be found on the website. [https://www.a2climateteachin.com/] Please join us.

Spring Food Drive runs from March 4 – March 15, 2024 Right now in Washtenaw County, more of our neighbors are facing food insecurity than at the height of the pandemic. This means that more individuals and families in our community are turning to their local food pantries and meal programs to fill the gaps. The […]

President Mark Foster rang the opening bell and Tom Strode played American the Beautiful. Greg Stejskal read several portions of Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address, reminding us that as a nation we have had difficult and painful times before and that the bonds of friendship and brotherhood can strengthen ‘the better angels of our nature.’ […]

Rotarian Yolanda Whiten is the CEO of the Ann Arbor Community Center, a century-old nonprofit. The Center was recently selected by the U-M Credit Union (UMCU) as its Charity of Choice for the 2023 holiday season. On February 5, Yolanda accepted a $5,000 check from their Shop Local Give Local campaign. Late in the year, […]