Monthly Archives: October 2026

It is time again for the Community Allocations Committee (CAC) to begin its grant review cycle for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. CAC, co-chaired by Marsha Chamberlin and Carolina Typaldos, is inviting returning members and new members alike to a kickoff meeting on Thursday, November 5th, at The Venue at 1919 South Industrial Highway, Ann Arbor. […]

Bill Gates recently published an update on the fight against polio. Click here to read it. https://www.gatesnotes.com/n6-things-you-should-know-on-world-polio-day

On the final day of the month our club had 195 Active Members. All membership information is pulled from ClubRunner statistics. Attendance for September’s meetings was 34% (up 7% from the previous month). Average attendance at each meeting was 67 members and 13 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 67% (up 22% from […]

Joy was in the air at today’s Club meeting for the 78 Rotarians, guests, and Zoomers. From the personal greetings at the door from Emily Olson and Leslie Pinney, to the Kathy Waugh-inspired inspirational welcome by Shelley MacMillan, and from the beautiful rendition of What a Wonderful Waugh, to the last ebullient notes of Gershwin’s […]

The Rotaract Club at the University of Michigan started up in 2000 and officially was chartered on January 18, 2005. It gets together each fall to celebrate its chartering by welcoming new students to membership. Charter Dinner this year will be at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, November 2, at the Knight’s Steakhouse location on Liberty […]

The club’s 5th annual food packing event is scheduled for Saturday, November 14 at 9:00 at Pioneer High School. The goal is to recruit 200 volunteers to package enough of one pot, rice and nutrition based meal packs to make 50,000 meals. The amount of food we can pack is directly related to amount of […]

Michelle Deatrick hosted a light lunch at her home for seven Rotary Silent Auction bidders and guided them through a Poetry Workshop on a beautiful autumn Sunday October 18. Participants wrote Fall themed poetry together, read aloud and generally agreed that Michelle helped make poetry accessible to all regardless of experience and background.

I am very excited to announce that our collaborative with the University of Michigan Depression Center is officially underway! In my travels, more and more of our youth continue to face mental health challenges. What a privilege it is to be part of the Rotary movement engaged in addressing these challenges. A huge thank you […]

Join us for a special Rotary luncheon at the Ford Library on North Campus, featuring a presentation by presidential scholar Gleaves Whitney, followed by a private tour of the Library. PLEASE NOTE: We will not be meeting at the Anderson Room on November 4th. This offsite meeting replaces our usual lunch meeting. Attendees will select […]

The meeting was called to order at 12:25 by president Roy followed with an impassioned inspiration from Jim Irwin focused on “A Rotarian Doesn’t say no!” Jim urged our newest members to get to know fellow club members better by sitting with new people each week and getting involved with club activities. Marlena Studer, accompanied […]