Yearly Archives: 2024

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, […]

Want to reduce your home’s energy use? Opportunity knocks. Using the climate change millage funds, the city’s sustainability office will offer cash rebates to Ann Arbor residents for energy-efficiency and electrification improvements, including replacing gas appliances with electric models. You could get rebate $$ and technical advice for projects in your home. Contact Julie Roth […]

Raise your environmental awareness. Serve the community. Help address climate change. Promote Rotary service! Come to the Second Annual A2 Climate Teach-in on Sunday, March 10, 2024, from 1:30-5:15 p.m. at Genesis (2309 Packard St.). Details regarding the Teach-in can be found on the website. [https://www.a2climateteachin.com/] Besides attending, you can volunteer to help. Wear your […]

The Membership Committee is embarking on a trial program to help members become more aware of the activities of the Club. Click here for a consolidated schedule of meetings, events, activities, and deadlines for February. This handy one-page document should be especially helpful to members who would like to become more involved since it includes dates […]

After briefly wrestling with the sound systems, President Mark Foster rang the opening bell and asked Tom Strode to lead off. Tom chose The Star Spangled Banner. Vic Stoeffler’s Inspiration acknowledged the stresses and struggles of our time but pointed out attention to all the good things that remain. Don Duquette previewed our speaker by […]

President Mark Foster rang the opening bell on a meeting packed with Rotarians and guests. Tom Strode played God Bless America to start us off. Ed Johnson shared some so familiar lines from Scottish poet Robert Burns whose memory is celebrated across the world on January 25. Elaborate, and raucous, Scottish dinners, including haggis, are […]

Cat Meyer begins her journey with the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor as Executive Administrator on January 22, 2024. Read on to learn more about Cat. Cat Grew up in Detroit Cat was a 1967 Cooley High School graduate. She has four siblings. Her mom raised five children, and passed away at the young age […]

On the final day of the month of December, our club had 215 Active Members. Attendance for December’s meetings was 34% (down 3% from last month). The average attendance at each meeting was 75 members and 3 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 53% (down 6% from last month). This month’s membership saw […]

Our subscription to Clubrunner is your electronic connection to fellow members, your profile, your attendance records, and more. Clubrunner is the membership database used by our club and our district. A very handy feature is the app for smartphones. With a few taps, you can find, call, email, and text your fellow Rotarians, both in […]

This is so helpful! There are 17 tools in the Climate Change Toolkit. [https://www.a2climateteachin.com/climate-action-toolkit/] Check it out. You don’t need to hit a homerun. You’ll feel great if you can hit a couple of singles. Every little bit helps when we ALL do something.