Monthly Archives: September 2026

Eighty-nine Rotarians and guests met in person or via Zoom to see our Club’s history come alive. Thanks to the magic of a skit, we heard how local Ann Arbor physician Theron Langford initially learned about Rotary from seeing a paperweight in a colleague’s office. He then shared the concept of Rotary with friends Harlon […]

The RCAA Strategic Planning Committee will be meeting on October 7, 2026 at the Michigan Union at 1:30 pm (room TBD). Members of the original committee met this past week (Dawn Johnson, Rob Shiff, and Kathy Waugh) to discuss strategy and communication. We also made updates to the strategic plan monthly snapshot (under member resources […]

The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor is proud to be a sponsor of the world premiere of the nature/environmental documentary film The Coalition to be shown at the Michigan Theatre on Monday afternoon, September 28th. This film covers the interplay of drug safety and ecosystem stability, along with organizations partnering to further their shared environmental […]

The RCAA Environmental Action Group (EAG) will represent our Club in the Annual Ann Arbor Trash Talk Tour (AATTT) next weekend with a booth at A Thrifting Field Trip as part of the event’s Fall Festival next Sunday, September 27th, from noon to 3:00 pm at the Kiwanis Thrift Shop at 100 North Staebler Road, […]

Thank you for being here with us today. Your participation means more than we can ever say. The dollars that together we all will raise Help our community in so many ways. We provide grants to non-profits right here in town. You all know that great needs continue to abound. We help organizations who Help […]

Please join us on Tuesday, September 22 at 6:00pm at the Peony Garden in the Arboretum to celebrate the Dedication of the Peace Pole, a joint effort by the Rotaract Club of U of M and the ARC-Peace Committee of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. There will be a Dedication Ceremony followed by light […]

Dodging raindrops, 43 water-repellant Rotarians and their 10 guests, along with eight dry Zoomers enjoyed today’s weekly Rotary Club meeting. President Roy More struck the bell to begin the meeting and led us in reciting the 4-Way Test. He then cued pianist extraordinaire Jody Tull de Salis who accompanied the Club in My Country ’Tis […]

With 13 Zoomers joining 66 members and guests in the Anderson Room, President Roy called the meeting to order at 12:29 p.m. Inspiration: Leslie Pinney spoke of her introduction to Rotary at last year’s GPO by Agnes Reading’s daughter Kelly. She realized that Rotary was a community bonded with service, singing, friendships and a focus […]

RCAA 2026 Nominating Committee Updates The RCAA nominating committee, Barbara Eichmuller, Susan Froelich, Dawn Johnson (Chair), Roy More, Rob Shiff, and Kathy Waugh met at the beginning of August to discuss recruitment for the open leadership and board positions beginning July 2, 2027. We are recruiting for the following positions: • President Elect 2027-2028 (President […]

Margaret Needham and Randle Kado, this year’s co-Presidents of the Rotaract Club, staffed a table at Festifall last Wednesday afternoon to “put out the word” about Rotaract to new students. There was great interest in learning more about Rotaract, and an in-depth presentation will be made at the Rotaract Club’s first meeting.