Yearly Archives: 2025

More than 200 volunteers gathered on Saturday, November 8, at Pioneer High School to pack almost 60,000 meals to help those affected by food insecurity. The three Ann Arbor Rotary Clubs, as well as the Ann Arbor community raised $20,000 for this cause. This exceeded our goals of $17,500/50,000 meals, making this the most successful […]

Seventy-five Rotarians and guests met on a windy November 5 at the Michigan Union and via zoom. President Dawn Johnson rang the bell to begin the meeting, and while the club sang along, pianist Richard Ingram played My Country ’Tis of Thee. President Dawn led us in reciting the 4-Way Test, and Greg Stejskal inspired […]

World Polio Day 2025 is now in the books as is our club’s “Pennies for Polio” campaign. Following five weeks of activity plus one additional day for stragglers, we finished with $414.75 in pennies plus $779.10 in other coins, some currency, and a few checks. This $1113.85 total, when matched 2:1 by the Gates Foundation […]

The meeting began with a patriotic song and the four-way test, followed by an inspirational poem by Barbara about the power of saying hello. President Dawn welcomed guests, including Nate and Marianne Shiff, who were introduced by Rob, and Ed Snyder, introduced by Roy. The meeting acknowledged birthdays, anniversaries, and long-term Rotary member anniversaries. Club […]

President Dawn started the meeting with our patriotic song and the 4-way test. Today’s inspirational message, provided by Kathy Waugh, started with a quote from Maya Angelou that reminded us of the impact we have on each other, every day.  Even when we are faced with negativity and reactivity, when we respond with kindness, people […]

Our club can take great credit for raising $1,002.35 over the five weeks of the campaign which ended with the presentation on polio by Matt Boulton of the U-M School of Public Health on October 22. With the generous 2:1 match from the Gates Foundation and the cost $0.60 per dose, our efforts will pay […]

Throughout the month of November EAG will recycle your batteries, plastic bags, and printer cartridges for you. Bring them to a Rotary meeting. We’ll have bins and will see that these are properly recycled. When it comes to the environment, we can’t do everything, but we can do SOMETHING! Thanks.

Our 2026-2027 President-elect Roy More attended the Rotary Large Club Conference (LCC) in Dallas during the week of October 21. The LCC is an annual gathering of Presidents-elects and senior staffers from about 50 of the largest Rotary Clubs in the US and Canada. The purpose of the gathering is to share information and address […]

Rotarians are passionate, sharing people. It’s only natural, then, for us to want to share our interests and activities with other Rotarians. With a membership hovering around 200, though, all this sharing could overwhelm us. That’s why we have the Rotary Shares Table. According to the policy “Sharing Non-Rotary Information with the Club Membership: Rotary […]

Today’s meeting was called to order by President Dawn and, accompanied by Jody Tull, we sang the patriotic song. New member Rona Hu then delivered a moving inspiration: Dear Rotarians, friends, and guests, It is my honor to welcome you all to our Rotary luncheon today. I’m grateful to share a brief reflection from my […]