Monthly Archives: April 2026

The Final Jeopardy answer in the episode on April 23 related to the announcement of the Salk vaccine and the significance of the date of April 12, 1955. Two of the contestants, including ultimate winner Jamie Ding, responded with the correct question. As many nearby Rotarians know, the announcement that the vaccine was “safe, effective, […]

Thanks to a grant we received through the Ann Arbor Rotary Club, 2025 became a year of deeper care, wider reach, and lasting recoveries at our malnutrition center in Haiti.  {Ed. comment: This was a grant of $5,000 sponsored by the IHPC supplemented by a District Grant of $2,133.} We saw a record number of […]

UM seniors, proudly carrying their convocation honors swag, mingled with Ann Arbor Rotarians heading toward the Michigan Union on Wednesday.  By 12:30, 75 Rotarians and their 10 guests were joined by 10 Zoomers as President Dawn Johnson rang the bell to begin our meeting. Pianist extraordinaire Jody Tull de Salis played our National Anthem, and […]

On Wednesday, April 15, Ashish D Sarkar received the Northrup Award presented by Dawn Johnson, President and Dave Keren, ARC and Peace committee chair. His presentation was entitled, “Journey of an Immigrant: A Life Well Lived. Ashish spoke briefly about his childhood and obtaining an undergraduate degree in Marine engineering in India. In 1971 he […]

A larger than normal crowd of 69 member and 40 guests gathered as President Dawn Johnson called the meeting to order. Inspiration Bryn Mickle began by reflecting on the recent space launch to the dark side of the moon, a trip to the movies to see “Project Hail Mary” and how he is reminded of […]

On the final day of the month our club had 205 Active Members. All membership information is pulled from ClubRunner statistics. Attendance for March’s meetings was 31% (the same as the previous month). Average attendance at each meeting was 62 members and 9 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 59% (up 1% from […]

The Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor has officially recognized what our Rotary Club has long known; we have some very special members! At its regular luncheon meeting on April 6, 2026, three RCAA members were among a total of seven local persons awarded Honorary status. They were Norman Herbert, Ingrid Sheldon, and Yolanda Whiten. The […]

John Greden (Sponsors Bob Mull and Ingrid Sheldon) John is originally a Minnesota guy graduating from Rollingstone High School, attending St. Mary’s University in Winona before transferring to the University of Minnesota for undergraduate work and his Medical Degree.  He interned in pediatrics at UCLA but returned to Minneapolis for his first year of psychiatry […]

Our Club’s Community Allocations Committee (CAC) wrapped up this year’s annual “Helping Kids Succeed” grant requests. CAC received over 50 proposals requesting over $185,000 in funding. Fifteen of the proposals were first time grant requests. CAC members went through a rigorous review of each propsal leading to a list of the top rated grants. The […]

Last Wednesday, EAG presented an analysis of our Club’s Carbon Footprint for our weekly meeting. 1232 pounds CO2 per meeting (The charts and the graphs are now available on the RCAA webpages.) Our carbon footprint is not bad actually compared with similar meetings. But it’s still a lot of hot air. Rotary International is encouraging […]